Water Color Fun

With Water Color Pencils

Using water color pencils is a fun way to color your project. 

You can mix colors to get blended and softer colors. 

Or...you can just color in your image without adding water. 

Be sure to give it a try and share with us at  Heart 2 Heart.

Soft Coloring

With Crazy Eights

at Color My Heart

Using the Crazy 8 colors below to make a soft colored card I used 

Canary, Lilac, and Blue Belle and Fern. The background is stamped 

with Lilac and the flowers and leaves are water colored with ink pads.

Grab 4 colors and share a project with us at Color My Heart.

Green with Purple

At Color My Heart

with a Midas Touch of gold

Using one of my favorite stamp sets, Budding Peony, for water coloring.

One of  my favorite color combination is purples and greens, 

Adding a little gold bling with the gold sequins completes the card.

Use the Stitched Rectangle Frames for the background.

Choose your green, add a color and share at Color My Heart.

Add some gold for the Midas Touch and share at Heart 2 Heart.

The Colors of Roses

A Challenge of the Colors of Red

The challenge at Color My Heart is to use only shades of red with black and white free. When I think of Roses I think of red roses. So I made a Red Rose Collection  with CTMH reds: Sangria, Ruby, and  Candy Apple. The roses and leaves are water colored with ink pads.

Candy Apple with Black

Candy Apple, Ruby and Black

Ruby and Black

Ruby, Sangria and Black

The red colors are from this challenge at Color My Heart.

It's Tic Tac Toe Time

At Color My Heart

With a Sketch from Atlantic Hearts

New England Ivy, Sage, and Glacier from the 

Tic Tac Toe board below and the sketch from 

Atlantic Hearts stage the water colored butterfly.

Adding a little Toffee to the Tic Tac Toe colors

New England Ivy, Sage, and Glacier.

Use these colors to create your own special 

project and share with us at Color My Heart

Need a pattern idea? Check out the

 sketches at Atlantic Hearts

Rock Around The

Tic-Tac-Toe Board

It was hard to choose from the colors of 

the True Love Tic-Tac-Toe Board at

Color My Heart so I made cards all 

around the Board with a little 

touch of gold sequins.

I also wanted to use my leftover pieces 

from the Stitched Frames Thin Cuts.

Sage,Mint, Sugarplum

Eggplant, Sapphire, Sage

Eggplant, Canary, New England, Ivy

New England Ivy, Ballerina, Sugarplum 

Now it's your turn to choose colors from the

True Love Tic-Tac-Toe Board for your

project to share at Color My Heart.

Water Color Fun

With Water Color Die Cuts

And the January Stamp of the Month Card Captions

The Water Color Die Cuts are colored with the Sugarplum Shimmer Brush, water color pencils, and Clear Shimmer Brush. View the Shimmer Brush Video HERE. The card pattern is pattern #7 in the Make It From Your Heart Vol IV.

To view more Water Color Cards go HERE

Color Dare #300

It's Been Six Years

Since the first Color Dare came on the scene, I remember when Sarah Stone invited Close to My Heart consultants to come and play at the new Color Dare challenge. And...I was there. You can visit my first post at Color My Heart HERE. Time really does go by fast at my age. Thanks Sarah.

And... six years later I still love playing at Color My Heart. To get the soft colors on my card I stamped the image in permanent black ink on water color paper. Then I placed one drop of  Bashful, Mink, and Pacifica re-inker on an acrylic block. I used the water brush to water color the image. Fun and easy.

Join the contest and design a special project with these colors and win a medium size box of fun Close to My Heart products. Be sure to post your project at Color My Heart.

Just Right

For Flowers

I've been wanting to play with my new die-namics stitched flowers from

My Favorite Things when I came across this sketch at  CAS(E) this sketch.

It is just right for the stitched flowers.

Be sure to check out the sketches at CAS(E) this sketch for a fun

challenge for your next project.

Sketch Time

At Atlantic Hearts

This Easter Card is made using the sketch below. The stamps and papers

are from the Chelsea Garden collection. the butterflies are colored with

water color pencils and the Shimmer Brushes Bashful and Clear.

If you need a fun sketch for your card making just check the

sketches weekly at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.

Technique Time

 Water Color

At Heart 2 Heart the new water color challenge gave

me the opportunity to bring out my water brushes.

My favorite way to water color is to use the coordinating

ink pad and the water brush to add the color.

This is a close up of the water colored flowers and leaves.

For this technique cut your desired shapes and lay them on

the Versa Mat or a water proof surface. Spray them with a

light mist of water. Use your water brush to pick up ink color

from the lid of your ink pad. Touch the wet image with the

inked brush and it will spread across the wet image. To get the

two tone color on the leaves I used Emerald with a touch of Lemon.

I used this sketch from Atlantic Hearts for my card.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Little Dreamer

Cardstock: Glacier, White Daisy

Stamps: Happy Heart

Ink: Lagoon, Blossom. Smoothie, Whisper, Emerald, Lemon

Embellishments: Little Dreamer Gems

Flowers and Leaves: Flower Market Cricut cartridge

Fall Candles

With Nature's Colors of Fall

"Trending Now" the Heart2Heart challenge: Candles

For quick and easy Fall center piece fill any clear container with

 beans, peas, popcorn, etc. Add a candle and some Fall embellishments.

I embellished with some thick twine and a base & bling pendant 

and a water colored  leaf with a flower from Sangria Assortment.

Share with us your trendy items at Heart2Heart.

Fun With Shapes

And Wonderful Water Colors

Water coloring the cut out shape from this card 

made another fun card with the leftovers for the

water color challenge at Heart 2 Heart.

Water coloring the cut out butterfly and adding the

white layering softens the water color look.

When playing with your water colors don't forget the shapes

and layers available with the new Artistry Cricut cartridge.

Take the water color challenge at Heart 2 Heart.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Kaleidoscope

Cardstock: White Daisy, Water Color Paper, Gypsy, Sapphire 

Stamps: Snowflakes, Sending Love

Ink: Sapphire

Embellishments: Silver Sequins, Blue Dots

Winter Wonder Window

Making A Window Card

Making a window card is easy as choosing a shape, cut out

 the shape and stamp a scene behind the cut out shape.

Be sure to check out Through the Window challenge

at Heart 2 Heart for more window ideas.

I cut out the snowflake using water color paper. 

 After wetting the water colored the paper I painted it 

with a light blue. While it was wet I sprinkled salt on the 

blue paint to get the snow effect. I stamped a snow scene

 in the window and put the card together. Make your window

 card and share with us at Heart 2 Heart.

CTMH Supplies:

Cardstock: Eggplant, New England Ivy, White Daisy, Water Color Paper

Stamps: Frosted WOTG, Snowflakes

Ink: Eggplant, New England, Ivy

Embellishments: Gold glitter paper

Water Color Fun

With Splats of Color

Adding a splat of color to your card has never been easier.

Just use our new CTMH Water Color paints, water color paper and

brushes. Add a sentiment with black ink and embellish with any

assortment of black embellishments.

For the splat technique cut your water color paper 1" bigger on all

sides of the size you will want to use. Attach the paper to a piece of

cardboard with washi tape to secure. Wash the paper with clear water

using the widest brush. Choose your colors and add your splats with the

largest round brush. Each splat will run in the wet water that you washed

on the paper. They will run together to make other colors. I started with

the red color, then added some yellow and then the green. I just let 

the splats run on the paper wherever they wanted to go. Let the paper

dry completely before you make your card.

CTMH Supplies:
Cardstock: Water Color Paper, Black, Poppy
Stamps: For Family
Embellishments: Black Fundamental Assortment, Black Shimmer Trim

Water Color Splat

Making a Messy Leaf

It's a messy water coloring challenge at Heart 2 Heart challenge.

Found a left over piece of water color paper so used it to cut some

leaves for water coloring. First, water color the leaf and let dry.

Splat some brown on the leaf and score with embossing tool.

Messy leaf ready for card. Get messy and share at Heart 2 Heart.

CTMH Supplies:
B&T Duos: Sangria
Cardstock: Cashmere, Champagne
Stamps: Count Your Blessings
Ink: Cocoa

Water Color Blocking

With Honey, Poppy, & Cocoa

From the challenge at  Color My Heart.

I found a new CTMH challenge: Between the Folds

and decided to give it a try. The challenge this week was watercolor.

Since we don't currently have washi tape I decided to turn it

into a tool. Use your washi tape to block off the area on your

watercolor paper. Then watercolor the blocked off area the colors 

of your choice. I used Poppy and Honey. I used the script block 

in Universal Backgrounds with Cocoa ink to give it some texture.

So, Check out Between The Folds each Tuesday for a new 

CTMH challenge and be sure to challenge yourself 

each week with the Color My Heart Color Dare.

CTMH Supplies:

Cardstock: Cocoa, Watercolor paper

Stamps: Shower Flowers, Victorian Gratitude

Ink: Cocoa, Honey, Poppy

Color Dare 159

The Colors of Sangria

Eggplant Pomegranate Poppy Cocoa Desert Sand Champagne

The new Sangria paper pack brings us bright and cheerful colors of Fall.

Also new this Fall is water coloring of all kinds. I wanted to try coloring the

 stamp with the water color paints and stamping on the CS. The challenge

at Color My Heart helped to make this water colored card.

The Sangria paper packs offers a variety of Fall colors to

make this floral stamp fun to paint. Even though the color

challenge does not name a green the paper has a green in it.

So I used New England Ivy ink pad for the green stems on

my stamp. The flowers are Eggplant, Pomegranate, and Poppy.

So, now, it's your turn to share your Sangria creations with us

at Color My Heart.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Sangria

Cardstock: Champagne

Stamps: Paper Garden, Sending Love

Ink: New England Ivy, Eggplant, Pomegranate, Poppy, Cocoa

Embellishments: burlap Ribbon

Water Color Paper

Coloring Fun

With Markers, Water Colors, and Ink Pads

The coloring challenge at Heart 2 Heart inspired these 3 X 3 gift cards.

Using the stamp set Reindeer Bells I stamped each image with

Archival Black ink. After the ink dried I colored each one with

a different media.

Reindeer and background colored with water color paints.

Packages water colored using ink pads and a wet paint brush.

Santa colored with markers. Face is colored with water color

pencils. Nose and cheeks are also accented with the pencils.

Each card is accented with the bitty icons from Countdown.

Fun to color but more fun to water color.

Share your coloring tips with us at Heart 2 Heart.

CTMH Supplies:
B&T Duos: White Pines
Cardstock: White Daisy, Ruby, Goldrush, Topiary, Desert Sand
Stamps: Reindeer Bells, Countdown
Ink: Topiary, Ruby, Goldrush
Embellishments: Sparkles
Water color paint

Poppy Color Challenge

 Gift Tags for All Occasions

The color challenge at Heart 2 Heart is 5 fun colors from this

 poppy photo: Topiary, Lagoon, Glacier, Sunset, and Cranberry.

For this challenge I made an assortment of gift tags for all occasions

using the gift boxes from Reindeer Bells and water colored with ink pads

For a Housewarming: Lagoon, Glacier, Cranberry

For Christmas: Glacier, Cranberry, Topiary

For a Birthday: Lagoon, Sunset, Topiary

A fun part of making these tags is adding the tiny icons

to enhance the packages. These tiny icons come from 

the stamp set Countdown. 

Now it's your turn to share your "Poppy" creations at Heart 2 Heart

CTMH Supplies:
B&T Duos: Zoe, Scaredy Cat. Snowhaven
Cardstock: Glacier, Cranberry, Topiary, White Daisy
Stamps: Reindeer Bells, Countdown
Embellishments: Bakers Twine