Bold, Drippy Rainbow

Here's another card from this week's Watercolor Wonder class, using water and reinkers.

Did you know if you get a stream of water going down your paper (using an Aquapainter), and add a drop or two of ink, it will also follow the path of the stream and nowhere else?  It is pretty easy to control where the color is going if you use a heat gun to dry between colors.   You can add more than one layer of color as well, like I did with the green.  It is so fun to make water "move".

I'm playing along with Mix-Ability challenge #31, Drip, Drip, Drip.  I was inspired by a card by Ronda Palazzari and couldn't wait to try it with Stampin' Up supplies.

Stamps: In the Bag Paper Pumpkin, Yippee-Skippee!, Dictionary BG; Paper: Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Watercolor paper; Ink: Black Stazon, Versamark, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Gumball Green, Pool Party, Pacific Point, Elegant Eggplant reinkers; Accessories: Rhinestone jewels, Early Espresso baker's twine, Clear embossing power, Aquapainter, Beautiful Wings embosslit, Big Shot, Dimensionals.

Stampin' Up! Happy Watercolor

Here's a peek at this week's Watercolor Wonder class.  We played with selected watercoloring techniques, but I wanted to start with faux watercoloring using the watercolor wash stamp in the Happy Watercolor set.

There are some beautiful flowers in this set, perfect for coloring, but I wanted to focus on the warm-colored wash paired with gold.  This card is a combination of influences from other wonderful demos, Lee Conrey, Kimberly Van Diepen, and Jeanna Bohanon.

Stamps: Happy Watercolor; Paper: Baked Brown Sugar, Very Vanilla, Watercolor Wonder DSP, Gold Foil sheet; Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe, Summer Starfruit, Pistachio Pudding, Baked Brown Sugar, Gold Encore; Accessories: Gold baker's twine, Gold sequin trim, Vintage trinkets, Banner punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon border punch.

The New Catalog is Coming...

June 2 is the day for the new Annual Catalog!  It will be here before you know it.  If you don't currently have a demonstrator, I would be happy to send you a copy of the 2014-15 Annual Catalog for $5.00.  Get yourself on the list now; catalogs start shipping from Stampin' Up! on May 1.

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MDSM60 Stampin' Up! Ahoy, Matey!

Beth is bringing us a card sketch on this week's MDS Monday.

Looking at a line of flags got me thinking of flag poles or ship masts.  I remembered I downloaded Ahoy, Matey! a couple weeks back, and I was off and running.

• What a cute kit for a little kiddo party!  The background scene for the party invitation was created with the Tasteful Trim punch shape, filled with Lemonade Stand DSP, for the waves and cloud stamps from the New Heights kit.
• The preschool-friendly pirate ship was created with triangle and half circle punches.  The custom right-angle triangle punch was created by editing the isosceles triangle shape (see this post for how-to).  After filling with DSP, the sails were printed separately so they could be popped up. 
• To satisfy the recoloring option for an embellishment, the treasure chest party favor box was recolored in Soft Suede.  Simply print, cut with scissors, and assemble.  Such a cute way to create custom invitations, party favors, and thank yous without much fuss!
• For more ideas, check out this post to see how I used this kit (when it came in paper form) for my daughter's birthday.

Paper: Soft Sky, Whisper White; Accessories: Dimensionals; MDS Elements: Ahoy, Matey! kit, New Heights Cloud 1 & 2, Lemonade Stand DSP, Tasteful Trim Shape 1.

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FM153 Watercolored Feathers

Sara brings us a new challenge on the Friday Mashup.

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Here's your Mashup Challenge:

1. Create a project using the colors "Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi & Perfect Plum".
2. Create a project using "an Aqua Painter or a Blender Pen to create a Watercolor Effect".
3. Or mash it up and create a project with the "Colors above & a Watercolor Effect".

Also playing along with Mix-Ability Challenge #43, the goal was to use two or more mediums for feathers.

For this card, I pushed the limits for the definition of watercoloring.  :)  I started playing with different card stock - watercolor, Shimmery White, and vellum.  I sponged color onto the Fine Feathers stamp and stamped onto wet watercolor paper.  I cut the Shimmery White and vellum feathers with the e-cutter.  I applied the reinker spreader technique to the Shimmery White feather.  This card also uses Mojo Monday Sketch #335.  Kinda funky but fun.

I'm thinking about my friend today, who passed away recently.  She could be a tie-dyed flower child, and I remember her with this card.

Stamps: Fine Feathers, Four You; Paper: Wild Wasabi, Perfect Plum, Very Vanilla, Watercolor Paper, Shimmery White, Vellum, Epic Day DSP; Ink: Wild Wasabi, Perfect Plum, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White craft; Accessories: Gold Sequin Trim, Stampin' Spritzer, Aquapainter, Sponges, On Film framelits, Big Shot, e-cutter, Sewing machine, Thread; MDS Elements: Feather Woodcuts.

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Stampin' Up! Geometrical

Another Stamp Club card using Stampin' Up's Geometrical stamp set.  I just love the clean and bold look of the Kaleidoscope Suite.  Here's a fun and quick version -

Or step it up with a Dotted Scallop Ribbon border punch trim and smaller button on the banner punch-out -

The Banner punch is FREE during Sale-a-Bration (through March 31) with a $50 order, and it is a must have!  This card is a combination of MDS Monday #54 and clean&simple FTL #277 sketches.

Geometrical Clear-Mount Bundle (#134942)

Stamps: Geometrical; Paper: Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Kaleidoscope DSP; Ink: Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, Black Stazon; Accessories: White baker's twine, Basic Metal button, Bitty button, Banner punch, Triangle punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon border punch.

Stampin' Up! Peachy Keen

Another stamp club project today, using Stampin' Up's Peachy Keen stamp set.  The coordinating camera image and film accessories are so fun to play with!

The arrow and camera embellishments are stacked with a couple layers of chipboard for fun dimension.  This card uses Mojo Monday sketch #335.

Peachy Keen Clear-Mount Bundle (#135225)

Stamps: Peachy Keen; Paper: Tangerine Tango, Coastal Cabana, Baked Brown Sugar, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Retro Fresh DSP, Gold Foil sheets, Chipboard; Ink: Tangerine Tango, Baked Brown Sugar; Accessories: Gold baker's twine, Crystal Effects, Arrows EF, On Film framelits, Big Shot, Dimensionals.