Live your Dream - Enjoy the Journey

I'm sharing a bookmark with you today that I made with a couple of my new products from Crafting Ability.
 The tag/bookmark was covered with black paper to intensify the beautiful watercolors I was going to use.

Gansai  Tambi Starry Colors

Pretty shimmery golds was applied with my new watercolor brusH2o over ARtplorations Happy Flowers Stencil.

I used Red Gold & White Gold

I like the fact that the Starry Colors set comes apart so you can conveniently use them individually.

Live Your Dream-Enjoy the Journey

I brushed the white gold on the other side of my bookmark let dry, and sealed the watercolor with a matte medium, before stamping the sentiments using jet black archival ink.

My thoughts:
I found the water coloring brush to be not only easy to use, fill with water and your ready, eliminating the need for a brush and water (I could even write with it) but also it was very easy to clean.

BrusH20

I am in love with these two products by Crafting Ability!

 

 I really enjoyed my first play with water colors!

And I will be exploring this new medium more!

Linking to:

Stamplorations- Never Ending Mixed Media Challenge

Simon Says Wednesday Blog Challenge-Anything Goes

Happy Birthday Tag

 Hello Crafty Friends!
I made a tag today in celebration of Stamplorations 3rd Birthday! Come join in the blog hop and linky party!
  The cute bird with balloon is from Limited Runs Digital Stamps. I colored everything with markers. Stamping with black archival ink. Stars are from my stash. Tag was outlined in red ink.

Linking to:

 STAMPlorations 3rd Birthday Linky Party 
Create a Birthday project inspired by the mood board


 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog-Anything Goes

Altered Cover Page for Binder

I started with a basic 3 ring white binder.

I cut paper from My Minds Eye 12 x12 Designer Paper (Meadow Lark) to fit  inside plastic

I found 2 papers that I really liked from the paper pack to alter & create my new personalized cover.
 I chose the paper with a bird, and a owl which was left over from another project.

My plan was to put these two together and glue onto the black and white design paper above.

 Now the fun part! I got out the distress paints, my fave stamps, ink, some coloring markers and started to play with it.
Starting with some distress paints to give it some color!
Using stamps by Tim Holtz and black archival ink.
 Colored the butterflies, leaves, flowers and sentiment with markers.
This is my finished cover page for the binder!

 

Supplies:

12 x12 Designer Paper

3 Ring Binder

 Stamps by Tim Holtz

Black Archival Ink

Distress Paints:

Broken China

Rusty Hinge

Peeled Paint

Markers:

Green

Blue

Orange

 Glue Stick 

Linking up with the following:

 Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog-Anything Goes

Make A Wish Tag

I created my tag by dabbing the background with metallic gelatos in silver ice, blueberry, grape and- distress paints in brushed pewter and peeled paint.
Stamping with Tim Holtz stamps, and black archival ink. Using brushed pewter distress paint and metallic grape gelato to outline and distress tag.
Finishing with a satin bow also colored with the brushed pewter distress paint.

Entering my tag in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge- Make A Wish

Craft Stamper Take It Make It Challenge Blog-Anything Goes
(As Long as You Have Used Stamping Somewhere On Your Creation)

Happy Day Mixed Media Tag

Background was created by dabbing on different distress paints.

 Cute bird stamp by Dina Wakley. Swirls,sentiment,butterfly and flowers  are from Stampendous Daisy Thanks stamp set.

 Stamping was done with a black archival ink. 

 I colored and outlined my images with craft markers.

Supplies Used:

Lg Manila Tag

Black Archival Ink

Bird Stamp

Daisy Thanks- Stamp Set

Distress Paints:

Picket Fence

Peeled Paint

Broken China

Fired Brick

Craft Markers:

Ladybug

Cornflower Meadow

Linking up with The Craft Stamper Take It Make It-  May Challenge:

 

Craft Stamper May Challenge- Take A Stamp Anything Goes 
(as long as you use stamping somewhere on you project)

Oddball Art Stamp- Friends are Forever ATC

 I used a digital stamp from Oddball Art Stamps called Love Sick Heidi #280. I colored my artist trading card and image with pencils. Friends and little heart stamps are from my stash. Printed words are from my computer. Outlined atc with red brick distress paint & burnt umber hybrid ink.

Playing along with:

 Oddball Art Stamp Challenge  Facebook Group-Anything Goes
                                            

Your Scrapbook Place- It's May Days With Oddball Arts

Flower Stencil Tag

 Having fun with stencils on this tag. And experimenting with Gelatos & Distress Paints! I'm learning & enjoying every minute! I am so used to collage and shabby chic-ing my projects, so this inking & stenciling is all new to me.

Supplies:
Flower Stencil
Dot Fade Stencil
Distress Paints:
Scattered Straw
Broken China
Black Archival Ink
Gelatos:
Metallic Icing
Iced Pear
Iced Coffee
Printed Sentiment
Lace for tags hanger




Linking To Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog- Anything Goes

A little Birdie told Me...

Live your dreams

Tag was lightly coated with Deco-Page matte sealer. I applied Metallic Mint & Iced Pear Gelatos. Dot Fade stencil added with Black Soot distress paint. White acrylic paint circles put on using the bottom of the Gelato stick.
 Dina Wakley birdie stamp was stamped on card stock & colored with pencils and cut out. (I love this stamp set!) Live Your dreams sentiment was printed out colored & distressed with gelatos too.
 I used tulle that I also colored with the same Gelatos, for the tags hanger & to embellish the tag along with a bit of flower ribbon & a green button. Finished tag by distressing with Iced Coffee Gelato.

Linking to Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Blog- Anything Goes!