Hey Crafters,
today I have another very quick water colour card with one of my new stamp sets. It's my first Dylusions set, so and I LOVE it. The sea creatures are so hilarious.
I stamped the fish on water colour card stock and coloured it as usual with my Inktense pencils. After it dried, I covered the image with masking fluid and sprayed on some Dylusions spray mists in watery colours. Then I coloured a strip of paper with some yellow alcohol markers, shading from dark to light and die cut the sentiment from that strip of paper.
When it all had dried well, I doodled some white lines and dots to make it look even more sketchy.
Have a nice Sunday
Ela
Challenges:
Seize the Birthday: Make your own background
Hi guys,
I am so proud and happy, my card below has been picked for one of the princesses at Freshly made Sketches.
Thanks to all the team and of course especially to Jen who picked me.
Love
Ela
Hello Crafters,
you still have a week to create water colour cards for our Challenge over at
I've been in a true water colour frenzy these past two weeks, so this Challenge was right on time for me.
A few days ago, I got a set of 5 different Acrylic effect mediums at ALDI (South). the set includes gold, silver, pearlescent,clear and white structure paste. I only have white embossing paste, so I decided to try them out.
They are more liquid than the original, but they were much cheaper, so I am happy I got them.
I used the clear paste to stencil some accents on my craft card base.
Then I stampt the pots and succulents from the Simon says Stamp set. Aren't they lovely?
As usual I coloured the images with my Inktense pencils. When they had dried, I covered them with masking fluid and created the background with more water colours.
In this case, I really like how the coloring turned out.
Lots of love
Ela
Challenges:
The Paper Players: Clean and simple water colour
Seize the Birthday: Anything goes Birthday
Hello Crafters,
I really enjoyed colouring with my alcohol markers the other day, so I created another card. This time I used one of the new Tom Holtz flower stamps (flower garden).
I stamped it several times in grey on a stitched panel. Then I outlined it with shades of neutral grey, to give them some depth. I matted the panel with some black card stock and embossed the sentiment on another strip of black card stock, which I popped up with some foam tape.
Then I adhered it all to a grey card base.
At last I stamped the flower again in black ink and coloured it in shades of red, to create a pop of colour. I added the flower flat to the banner, so it's popped up from the main panel.
Have a great day
Ela
Challenges:
Seize the Birthday: Anything goes Birthday
Virginia's View: Layers and Dimensions
Simon says Stamp: Make your own background
Stempelküche: Monochrom / Monochromatic
Hey Crafters out there,
hope you're all doing well.
Today I'd like to show you another card I made with the same Penny Black stamp as before.
This time I used my my alcohol markers and had another go at no-line colouring. I cut the focal panel smaller this time and used a second panel in black and a grey card base with rounded corners.
I liked the doodled border I did the other day, so I did that again. But I think there's still something missing.
See you soon
Ela
Challenges:
Stempelküche: Design Team Call
Hello Crafters,
I created another card with the Ori Kami set from Altenew.
Once again I used Inktense pencils and a lot of water to colour the image... I also added some sequins and a sentiment in grey. Very simple but I like it.
Have a great day
Ela
Challenges
Just add ink: #259 Sequins
Hey Crafters,
it's Challenge time again, over at
Matching my current water colour frenzy, we're challenging you to use your water colours:
Challenge
#13 Water colour
I wanted to try water colouring with some bright neon markers by Stabilo I had. I am not a big fan of neons, but I just wanted to give it a try. So I picked the humming bird stamp from Create a Smile and stamped it 5 times on a panel of water colour paper.
Then I did some very simple colouring and combined the panel with a black card base and black sentiment banner.
I hope you'll join us and grab your own water colours as well.
Love
Ela
Hello Everyone,
it seems to be watercolour week for me - or maybe rather month. I created another card with my Inktense pencils. This time I stamped the image in black and did some very simple water colouring.
Then I added the sentiment and adhered the panel to a black card base. Very simple.
I hope you like it anyway, have a great day
Ela
Challenges:
Freshly made Sketches: #182
Hello Everyone,
the week's almost done, I am looking forward to the week-end a lot. The weather is wonderful here in Germany right now, and I love to see the sun.
Today I want to share a card I created for the Muse challenge.
I stamped and black embossed the flower on watercolour paper and coloured in in tones of blue with my Inktense pencils. The image is so intricate, that shading is rather difficult, but I tried to get in at least a little shading.
When it had dried, I wet the background and coloured that too, in a lighter shade. Then I cut it to a panel with my new stitched rectangle dies and adhered it to a blue card base.
For the sentiment I chose a Paper Smooched die and used the same blue card stock. Then I added some bling.
I didn't create an envelope yet, because the watercolour paper is off-white and I've run out of off-white envelopes.
Have a sunny week-end
Ela
Challenges:
Just add ink: #259 Sequins
Stempelküche: #17 Monochrom / Monochromatic
Muse: #113
Hi Crafters,
I spent a happy evening crafting last night. I really want to get back to doing more challenges. They are such a nice starting point and inspire me a lot...
And of course there are all those new supplies I received during the Easter holidays.
So, I grabbed the same Penny Black flower stamp as before and went for some no-line colouring. I really want to master that technique someday. I inked up the petals in pink, the rest in light green distress ink and stamped it off once before stamping it to watercolour paper. This way the impression wasn't too bold and I could cover it up with my colouring.
Then I water coloured the image with my Inktense pencils. I usually take the pigment directly from the tip, I find that easier than dissolving it when it's been applied directly to dry the paper.
After the colours had dried, I stamped the sentiment, dropped on some black splotches and doodled a black border with a Copic Multiliner. Then I cut the panel to a tall and skinny size and adhered it to an off-white card base.
I did not yet create an envelope, because of the unusual size. But I surely will soon.
Love
Ela
Challenges:
Seize the Birthday: Tall and Skinny
Less is More: One layer and splatters
