Rainbow of Color- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Welcome.

Today, I have a card for our new challenge at the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge.

We have a fun theme to be inspired by this month; Rainbow

We are welcoming our guest this month as well, Hannelie (Desert Diva).  

To create my card, I began by making a monoprinted background.

I rubbed Distress Oxide inks onto my stencil, starting with the lightest colour at the top and moving down to the darkest at the bottom, sprayed with water to help blend the colours and pressed onto my paper.  When I lifted up the stencil, I was left with this wonderfully rainbow coloured background.

I dried the piece then placed it into my Misti.  I inked up the stamp from the Unity set and stamped it onto my rainbow background.  I stamped the sentiment then simply mounted it all onto a white card front.

I hope you will come and play along with us.  I'm sure we will have such a wonderful, colourful gallery this month.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Use Your Stuff- FREE WEEK
Watercooler Wed.- FEMININE ANYTHING GOES
Try It On Tuesday- STENCILS/DIE CUTS or both
Papercraft Challenge- CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Supplies

Stamps- Insightful Meadows (Unity); sentiment (Rubbernecker)
Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; Distress Oxides- Fossilized Amber, Picked Raspberry,
Candies Apple, Peeled Paint, Evergreen Bough, Peacock Feathers,
Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans, Blueprint Sketch, Wilted Violet (TH)
Paper- heavy white
Accessories and Tools- Misti; Bubble Layering Stencil (TH); Mister (TH)

Monoprint Christmas

Good Morning.

Meet today's card.  

Simple monoprinted background and one of my favourite snowflakes.

To begin, I wanted to use a stencil to create a Monoprinted background.  I love the way the printed backgrounds look and you can make them in a short amount of time which is great for this busy time of year.  

For those of you that have never done a Monoprinted background before, you ink the back of you stencil with some kind of waterbased ink, spray with water then press onto your paper.  Its a great way to also get a different look to your stencils and give it more of a watercolour look.

When the bkg. was dry, I placed the piece inside my Misti and stamped the sentiment.

I die-cut the snowflake, glued it in place and added a blue gem to the center.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

 Allsorts- INSPIRED BY A WINTER THEMED SONG

(Let it Snow)

 Crazy 4 Challenges- CHRISTMAS or WINTER

Crafting With Friends- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps-  Christmas Cheer (Technique Tues.)

Inks- Memento black; Salty Ocean, Peeled Paint, Wilted Violet DOX (TH)

Paper- heavy white

Accessories and Tools- Misti; Harlequin stencil (TCW); snowflake die (SSS); Cuttlebug;

blue gem; Mister (TH)

Sweet Silhouettes

Happy Saturday!

Great time to play with some new toys.

I just picked up this stencil by The Crafter's Workshop called Mini Sweet Peas.

I wanted to do a monoprint using Brushos so I laid down my stencil over a piece of scrap paper, sprinkled on some Brushos pigment powder over the back, sprayed with water then pressed onto my paper.  I quickly lifted up the stencil so the ink wouldn't run underneath it to create a lovely monoprint.  It is a great way to get a different look from the stencils you already own.

After the piece had dried, I placed it in my Misti and stamped the wildflowers and the sentiment.

Pretty straightforward and simple.

Hope you have a great weekend.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Addicted to Stamps and More- ANYTHING GOES 

4 Crafty Chicks- BLACK< WHITE AND ONE OTHER COLOUR

Craft Rocket- STARTS WITH 'F' (flowers)

Supplies

Stamps- Dans la Nature (Carabelle Studio)/ Nature Flower (Art Journey)

Inks- Brushos-Leaf Green/ Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tool- Misti/ stencil- Mini Sweet Peas (TCW)/ mister (TH)

Get Well WIshes

Good Morning.

I created a get well card for you today by using the  
Stencil Monoprinting technique for the background.

So for those of you that are not familiar with this technique, you ink the stencil with a water based ink, spray it with water and press it onto your paper.  You will get a more loose, open look from the stencil but I really like the results you can achieve.  It is also another way to get a different look using the stencils you already have on hand.

Next, I placed the flowers stamps from Tim Holtz and Magenta into my Misti, inked with Tuxedo black and stamped.  I filled in some of the areas on the side where the ink didn't quite make it using the Mixed Media stamps from Stamplorations.
The sentiment is from Studio G.

 Have a great weekend and thanks so much for the visit.


Adding my card to these challenges:
Cards and More- DOTS, DOTS, DOTS
Lemon Shortbread- ANYTHING GOES
A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES


Supplies
Stamps- Wildflowers (TH); Mixed Media (STAMPlorations); Flower Silhouette (Magenta)
Get Well- (Studio G)
Ink- Tuxedo Black Memento; Distress- Faded Jeans, Salty Ocean (TH)
Paper- heavy white (local store)
Accessories and Tools- Misti, stencil- burlap (TH); Mister (TH)

Timeless

 Morning.

Here is another card I made using the Stencil Monoprinting Technique I showed you yesterday.

Really easy and fun to do.

I began by rubbing Mowed Lawn and Peeled Paint Distress inks onto the back of my Tim Holtz stencil called Clockworks, sprayed with a generous amount of water then pressed it onto my cardstock.  I placed a paper towel over that and rubbed, being sure the ink was distributed around the paper.

I lifted the paper towel but left the stencil in place so I could sponge a hint of the Peeled Paint over the top filling in the white areas.  

I cut the panel down and splattered some more paint over that to add some extra depth and interest.

The sentiment is a new one I just got from Impression Obsession.  I stamped that in Memento black ink and then I scored a line down the front using my ScorBug.

 

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says- ANYTHING GOES

Little Red Wagon- ROUND and ROUND

Crafting With Friends- ANYTHING GOES

Simply Papercraft- ANYTHING GOES


Hope you have a great day and thanks!

Supplies:  stamp- Impression Obsession/ ink- Memento, DI/ stencil- TH/ applicator tool/ mini mister/ Scorbug

Stencil Monoprinting

Morning.

Today, I am officially a part of the TLC (Technique Lovers) Challenge Team at Splitcoast Stampers.

For my first challenge, I am challenging others to make a card using a Stencil Monoprinting technique.

It is super easy and lots of fun and just another great way to stretch the use of your stencils

for a different, more watercoloured look.

I began by inking the back of my Tim Holtz Wildflower stencil with Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers Distress ink.

Next, I sprayed with a generous amount of water and pressed the ink onto my cardstock.  I covered it with a dry paper towel and pressed all over the stencil being sure the ink would transfer onto my 

paper.  I removed the paper towel and stencil to reveal the background.

While that dried, I die-cut the flowers, also from Tim Holtz and glued them over the monoprint.

The sentiment from Rubbernecker was stamped with black Memento ink in the other corner.

I sponged the edges with more DI when my card was done just to give it a more finished look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says- ANYTHING GOES

Time Out- MAY ALL YOUR WEEDS BE WILD FLOWERS

613 Avenue Create- ANYTHING GOES


I so appreciate you coming to visit...thank-you.
I hope you get a chance to try out this fun technique.

Supplies:  stamps- Rubbernecker/ ink- Memento, Distress/ stencil- Tim Holtz/ die- TH/ Cuttlebug/ Mini Mister/ MISTI