Embossed Tag Thanks

More scraps -- this one was just an embossed scrap.

Purple Flower Thanks

Getting rid of some of my background tries. This one was a no-line watercolouring try. I like the way it turned out!

Sunshine Garden

Very simple card first embossed with ivory embossing powder and then coloured with some Tombow watercolour markers.

Bear Slim Line

Tye Dye Koi

The Tie Dye Circles technique is from the April/May 2014 issue of Technique Junkies. 

The colours I used were: Broken China, Salty Ocean and Faded Jeans.

The Koi stamp was embossed in Black.

This is for the Technique Junkies April Challenge!  Tie Dye Circles.

Stamp:  Technique Junkies Stamps (Koi)

Tie Dye Circle Bamboo

The Tie Dye Circles technique is from the April/May 2014 issue of Technique Junkies. 

The colours I used were: Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn and Peeled Paint.

The Bamboo stamp was embossed in Early Espresso.

This is for the Technique Junkies April Challenge!  Tie Dye Circles.

Stamp:  Technique Junkies Stamps (Bamboo)

Wedding Card

This uses Mojo Monday sketch #467.

Layering Stencils Technique:Stamping

More fun with Creative Chemistry.  This is the Layering Stencils Technique:Stamping.  The colours used are Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans and Chipped Sapphire.

Perfect Splatter Distress

The colours I used were Mermaid Lagoon and Wilted Violet with silver Pearl Ex.

Stamping with Reflections

Week 4 in Creative Chemistry and this time I tried the Stamping with Reflections technique.  The colours I sponged after were Squeezed Lemonade, Picked Raspberry and Mermaid Lagoon.

Brown Splattering

Another Perfect Splatter Distress.  The inks used were Vintage Photo, Antique Linen and Walnut Stain with the Perfect Pearl colour Copper.

I sponged around the edges with Ground Espresso and also stamped a script stamp and the flower stamp with the same.

Perfect Splattering 101

More techniques from Creative Chemistry 101.  Day 9 Technique used was Perfect Splatter Distress.  Colours used were Abandoned Coral and Carved Pumpkin.  The Perfect Pearl was Copper.  I sponged around the edge and stamped in Ground Espresso.

Stamps:  Michael Strong (Cloisonné Gecko)

More Creative Chemistry 101 Marbling with Stains

More marbling with stains from Creative Chemistry 101.  The colours I used on this tag are Mustard Seed, Rusty Hinge and Fired Brick.  When dry I ran it through an embossing folder and sponged the edge in black.  I also ran a bronze ink pad over the embossing to highlight the raised part.

Creative Marbling

More playing along with Creative Chemistry 101.  This is the marbling with stains technique from Day 5.  The colours used are Blueprint Sketch and Wilted Violet.  Once it was dry I ran it through an embossing folder and then sponged all around (and on top) with Wilted Violet.  The dove was also sponged with Wilted Violet.

Creative Chemistry - More Playing

More playing along with the Creative Chemistry 101 review. 

Colours:
Picked Raspberry
Mustard Seed
Mermaid Lagoon



Stamps:  Designs by Ryn, Technique Junkies Stamps

Creative Chemistry Week 1

Playing along with the Creative Chemistry 101 review. 

Colours from top to bottom:
Festive Berries
Ripe Persimmon
Mustard Seed
Twisted Citron
Mermaid Lagoon
Wilted Violet




Stamp:  Technique Junkies Stamps

Mother's Day Mojo

This is my card for Mother's Day. My mom was born in November so the poppy is her flower. The sketch is based on this weeks Mojo Monday #446.

Michael Strong Card of the Day - Friday

So one more card before my little pony goes galloping off into the sunset.

The colours here are Twisted Citron and Mermaid Lagoon.  I masked off a section of watercolour paper and used a paintbrush to brush on some Twisted Citron on the left and some Mermaid Lagoon on the right.  They blended a bit in the middle.  Here I used watered down re-inkers so the colour was a bit more vibrant.  The pony is embossed in black.  The paper is Island Indigo.  It's a pretty simple card 'cause sometimes you just have time for those.

Michael Strong Card of the Day - Technique Thursday

I used the Ombré technique on this card.  I actually just made it up so it's not really a technique.  Ombré basically means to move from one colour hue to another gradually.

To create the card I took some Summer Sun (very old Stampin Up! colour) re-inker and blended it with some Tangerine Tango re-inker.  At the top of the card I painted on just the yellow ink and then gradually added more and more orange until the bottom, which is all orange.  Quick and easy.

The pony was then embossed in black.

Michael Strong Card of the Day - Wednesday

I embossed the pony in Early Espresso embossing powder and coloured with some distress stains.  The background is Antique Linen distress stains with some Early Espresso sponging.