Showing posts with label Watercolor Pencils. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Watercolor Pencils. Show all posts

Sunday, January 8, 2017

Kickoff Part Card - Hey Chick

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Today I am sharing another sneak peek from the upcoming Occasions Catalog & Sale-a-Bration Kickoff Party.  This is the ULTIMATE new catalog event, because it allows you to play with dozens of new products from the catalog! You'll create 20 DIFFERENT cards, each one highlighting a different stamp set (or two) from either the Occasions Catalog or Sale-a-Bration Brochure!  It's a fabulous way to try it before you buy it, while you stock up on cards for all occasions!  
This class is filling up fast!  Be sure to contact me today to get registered and save your spot.  You can find all of the class details HERE.

Angie and I will be sharing a sneak peek of a Kickoff Party card every Saturday & Sunday over the next 3 weeks!  Look for the "Kickoff Party Card" logo!

Today's card features the fun and quirky Hey Chick stamp set, along with the awesome new Watercolor Pencils!  The Hey Chick stamp set in one of the FREE items from the Sale-a-bration catalog. 
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5th Annual Occasions & Sale-A-Bration Kickoff Party!
Create 20 DIFFERENT CARDS featuring dozens of new products!  Enjoy hourly prize drawings, exclusive specials and receive a FREE set of Watercolor Pencils in your kit! 
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Hey Chick Watercolor Cards

Don't you just love this funky chicken!?  I've had a lot of fun playing with this stamp.  One of the things I love about the Watercolor Pencils is that I can color my images any color I want and they coordinate with our other Stampin' Up! products!  And how about that "chicken wire" background?  I'll tell you how I did that a little later in this post!


Focal point -- I started by cutting the Whisper White squares and Basic Gray scallop squares using the Layering Squares Framelits dies.  The chicken image was stamped at various angels using Archival Basic Gray ink. 


Next, I used the Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie Watercolor Pencils and a Blender Pen to color the "hair" and tail feathers.  I also colored the beak in Pumpkin Pie.  These images are popped up using Stampin' Dimensionals.

Background -- To get the look of chicken wire in the background, I used the new Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  Only I didn't emboss it, I used it as a stamp!  I inked up the raised side of the folder with Archival Basic Gray ink and placed my Whisper White card stock on it and simply applied pressure to get a "stamped" image.  How cool is that?


The new Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder is like the Cable Knit one from the Holiday Catalog.  It embosses a very deep, almost 3-D, impression in the card stock.


Sentiment -- The sentiment is stamped in Archival Basic Gray onto a 1/4" x 2 1/2" strip of Smoky Slate and fish-tailed at the end.  The sentiment is also popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Finishing Touches -- I added two pieces of the Urban Underground Designer Washi Tape at the bottom of the card.  These coordinate perfectly with the color pallet I chose for this card.  The card base is Basic Gray with a Delightful Dijon mat.


I also made a second version of this card.  I completely changed the color pallet on this one!


This time I used the Daffodil Delight and Bermuda Bay Watercolor Pencils on the chicken.  I added some Bermuda Bay Thick Baker's Twine tied in a bow. 


The sentiment was again stamped in Archival Basic Gray, but this time on Melon Mambo card stock.

Complete Supplies List—"Clear" means a rubber stamp on a clear block. "Photopolymer" is see-thru. 
Thanks for stopping by,
Michelle






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Saturday, January 7, 2017

Kickoff Party Card - Beautiful You

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One of my biggest events of the year is the annual Occasions Catalog & Sale-a-Bration Kickoff Party that I host with Angie Leach.  This is the ULTIMATE new catalog event, because it allows you to play with dozens of new products from the catalog! You'll create 20 DIFFERENT cards, each one highlighting a different stamp set (or two) from either the Occasions Catalog or Sale-a-Bration Brochure!  It's a fabulous way to try it before you buy it, while you stock up on cards for all occasions! 
But that's not all!  At the Kickoff Party, we'll have dozens of new catalog samples to inspire you, hourly prize giveaways, exclusive Sale-a-Bration specials you can only take advantage of at the event...and more!  You don't want to miss this one!

Today, I'm sharing one of the cards from Angie that we'll be creating at the Kickoff Party featuring the gorgeous Beautiful You stamp set, along with the awesome new Watercolor Pencils!  Oh, and did I mention that every class attendee will receive a FREE set of Watercolor Pencils in their supplies?!  Whoo hoo! 
Angie and I will be sharing a sneak peek of a Kickoff Party card every Saturday & Sunday over the next 3 weeks!  Look for the "Kickoff Party Card" logo!

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 5th Annual Occasions & Sale-A-Bration Kickoff Party!
Create 20 DIFFERENT CARDS featuring dozens of new products!  Enjoy hourly prize drawings, exclusive specials and receive a FREE set of Watercolor Pencils in your kit! 
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Today's sneak peek features the Beautiful You stamp set with cards made by Angie.  I just LOVE these!



 Created by Angie Leach CASEd from Carmen Morris at Caring For Stamps.
Beautiful You White Watercolor Cards

 If you love to color, you're going to LOVE the new Watercolor Pencils!  Not only can you color with them as a dry pencil, you can use an AquaPainter or Blender Pen to dissolve the color and blend it smoothly and effortlessly!  Best of all, these colors perfectly MATCH our Stampin' Up! exclusive colors, so everything coordinates...as it should!






Focal Point— Angie started by stamping the dancing Beautiful You girl onto a 4" x 3-1/4" piece of Crumb Cake with Archival Black Ink.  She stamped her off to the right side to have plenty of room to stamp one of the lovely Beautiful You sentiments next to her.  She also added a water image from the new High Tide stamp set along the bottom, making her look like she is dancing on the shore!    








Next, she lightly sponged some Soft Suede ink around the edges of the stamped layer for some depth.  
















Watercolor Accents—Angie colored her hat with the Bermuda Bay Watercolor Pencil, adding a little heavier color to the left side.  Then, she blended the color with an Aqua Painter to soften up the pencil strokes.  Super easy!  Her dress is colored with the White Watercolor Pencil.  I love how the white adds a soft, opaque look!  Just color in the whole dress with the pencil and smooth out the marks with the Aqua Painter.




Finishing Touches—Angie added a strip of Very Vanilla 1/2" Lace Trim to the edge of a 4-5/8" x 3-3/8" layer of Bermuda Bay card stock, securing the ends on the back with a full strip of Tear & Tape Adhesive down the side.  The texture of the lace requires a little extra sticky to keep it in place.  I also wrapped some Linen Thread around that layer and tied it into a bow.

The Bermuda Bay layer is adhered to the Soft Suede card base with SNAIL and the watercolored layer is popped up with Dimensionals over the top.
Of course, this wouldn't be complete without a second "Too Cool" version from Angie!



Two Cool—For the second, vertical version, she used a Rich Razzleberry background and highlighted the umbrella girl image and a different sentiment from the Beautiful You set.


This one is colored with the Melon Mambo Watercolor Pencil on the umbrella and shoes.  Angie thought it was a nice "bright" color to go with the phrase she selected.

Complete Supplies List—"Clear" means a rubber stamp on a clear block. "Photopolymer" is see-thru. 
Thanks for stopping by,
Michelle

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