Christmas in July Tag

Always a good idea to add to the Christmas card and tag stash when inspiration is available.  Challenge # 92 at Tag You're It! is themed "Christmas In July"

For this challenge I used some pretty stamps and dies from W plus 9 to create a shaker card .  I realized after I assembled it the candle image didn't look quite right because I missed one of the layer stamps for the flame.  But I think this shaker tag turned out very pretty.

Thanks for stopping by, please share your Christmas themed tag at the current challenge.  

Red Tulips Tag

Hello!  This is my card for the Tag You're It! Challenge.

When I saw this months lovely tag made by Lindsey M-P I immediately thought of my Grandma.  My Grandma's favorite flowers are tulips and she loves red.  I love that when I make cards I can personalize them for the recipient.  For my card I stamped the tulip image (from Wplus9) in a light pink shade of Distress Ink on watercolor card stock.  I painted the stamped image using Peerless Water Colours.  I painted the flower in areas that were not adjacent to a wet area, for example I would paint a petal then the next petal to paint would be on the other flower.  If the wet paint touches more wet paint they will bleed together and the no line water coloring would loose its definition, it wouldn't work.  If I painted a petal next to one that was wet the paint would spread together and it would look like a blob or if the green of the stem touched still wet red paint of the flowers the colors would mix.  Once the image was dry I die cut the tag shape and adhered fun foam to create dimension.  I coated the die cut sentiment with Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents.

Thanks for looking, I hope you play along with the Tag You're It! Challenge.

Spring Tulip Card

Hello!  Lovely spring day here.  I don't know if tulips can grow here in the Texas climate but tulips are a flower I think of in spring.  When I saw the inspiration photo for the challenge at Inspired By All The Little Things I thought of using a stamp I have from WPlus9.

I watercolored the stamped image with Distress Ink.  For some subtle sparkle when the watercolored piece was dry I spritzed it with shimmer spray.

Thanks for stopping by.

Painted Flowers

Sharing more projects I made for the Online Card class "Watercoloring for Cardmakers".  I used Antique Linen Distress ink to stamp the flower images (from Wplus9).  I can still see the lines from the stamped image so I'm not sure it gives a faux hand painted effect but I liked the results.  I have really enjoyed this class, I learned a lot from it.