Water coloring Attempt 2!

 So I decided to use a different image and did some more water coloring. It isn't a perfect science but it takes so much practice. For this first one I used a thin brush and it came out not how I wanted it. There was too much water and it came out dark again and you can see the width of the brush. I used the refill bottles and put a couple drops on a stamp block. 

In this second attempt, I used a thicker brush. There was too much water but the color was a better shade. The momento also bleeds a little bit because of all the water. I liked this coloring better. 

In this attempt, I used the thicker brush again and I got the ink-to-water ratio to work better. This is the coloring that I was looking for in water coloring. For the blue flower, I colored in the center separately and colored the petals first. The water also didn't bleed through the cardstock and worked so much better. 

For this last attempt, I used the big brush just to see what it looked like. The brush doesn't work with this image but I can see how it would be good for background on cards. It also came out a little darker than I would have liked so if I wanted to use it for a background I would have to get a better ratio of water to ink. 

Tomorrow, September 15th 12:01am - 11:59pm MT, is an awesome day! There is a 24-hour
SALE on stamps from the Annual Catalog.

 

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Water coloring attempt 1!

I didn't make a card last night but I made my first water coloring attempt. I was told that it wasn't a bad first attempt but I don't like it. It doesn't give off that water coloring look that I was looking for. This week I am going to keep trying to achieve the technique and look that I am looking for. It came out too dark and doesn't have the watery coloring that you would expect from water coloring. I think this looks more like a bad coloring job with markers. I am going to have to keep trying to get it to look the way I want it to. 

 

These deals end Wednesday night before the start of the new set of deals on Thursday. 

Invitation

My daughter is turning 1 the first week of October. We are having a little party at my building. I had the perfect stamp set to make the invitations. I made them just like a postcard instead of a card. The base is still the standard 4 1/4 x 5 1/2. The DSP is 4 x 5 1/4 and the Very Vanilla is 3 1/8 x 4 1/2. 

The stamp set I used was So Inviting. It is not available in the new annual catalog. When I was writing out the invitation I wrote the RSVP wrong on EVERY single invitation that I made so I cut out a little piece of paper and glued it over the wrong word and wrote the right word. I of course colored out my address. 

I was looking at my stamp sets and realized I could have stamped the dates but I like the handwriting more. Even when I messed it up. 

The new weekly deals are up. 8th - 14th the items below are all on sale. Who doesn't love Deals? 

Don't forget about Perfect Partners. These stamp sets have a new matching die set to go with them. If you already have the stamp set you can get the die set separately. If not you can get the bundle with the 10% discount of buying them together. 

 

 

So Much September!

There is so much going on in September. We have the Perfect Partners bundles that have Dies that go with these 6 stamp sets. The link will take you to a more details PDF of what is in each bundle. Bundles are always great because you get a discount when you buy them together. 

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The next best thing that is happening in September is WEEKLY DEALS! Who doesn't love deals? Each week there will be a new set of deals on certain items. You will be able to find the items on my store of what is on sale.