SSInk: Watercolor Wednesday

Happy Wednesday to you! I have another watercolor project to share with you along with the other ladies at SSInk.

This camera was one of those stamps in the catalog I just had to have. I'm so glad I picked it up. I see a future Project Life card in my future. Anyway, my son had a birthday earlier this month, he turned 14 and I thought this camera works well for a masculine theme. I chose chevron ribbon and the Arrow embossing folder for extra texture and stole the arrow clip out of my Everyday Occasions card kit for that extra little something.

I love painting from the ink from my ink pads. One thing is that the top side of the inkpad makes the perfect palatte to blend the ink with water. I love Aqua Painters also because of the constant access to water without the fear of spilling water on any of my precious papers at my desk.

Supplies:
Stamp:  Snapshot, Boys Will Be Boys
Ink: Stazon Jet Black, So Saffron, Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango, Smoky Slate
Card Stock: Pacific Point, Watercolor paper
Accessories: Arrows embossing folder, Black Chevron ribbon, Arrow paper clip (Everyday Occasions Kit)

SSInk: Watercolor Wednesday

One of the things that I find relaxing is Watercoloring. I bought this super fun stamp set Boys Will Be Boys with watercoloring and the blendabilities in mind. For this card I went for a messy look. sometimes you let the water bleed out the colors and that's ok! I added some random splashes of red and smudges of orange to add to the look. For a super easy background I sponged on some Tempting Turquoise and then brushed over it with the Aquapainter to blend it out. The last little touch I added was stamping the top portion of the tower of blocks in this stamp set as an arrow. One more thing I wanted to point out is I used some of the Flower Pot DSP for layers on this card. It isn't just a girly set of paper!

My four year old son has claimed it for his own and I'm glad because I achieved making this appealing to  a little boy. For more lovely watercoloring check out the other ladies' cards at SSInk.

Supplies: Boys Will Be Boys
Stamp Set:
Ink: Stazon Jet Black, Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point, Old Olive, Real Red, Smoky Slate
Card Stock: Tangerine Tango, Watercolor paper
DSP: Flower Pot
Accessories: Aquapainter

SSI Water Color Wednesday

I just love watercoloring! I bought the Forest Friends set because my kids are pretty much obsessed with foxes and hedgehogs right now and these two are pretty darn cute.  I pulled out my inks and aquapainters because this is my favorite way to watercolor. I pulled colors from the Retro Fresh DSP since I knew I wanted to use elements from that paper as an accent.

To make this scene I had to think through which images were going to be foreground and background. I stamped the hedgehog first with Stazon ink and promptly stamped the same image onto a Post It note to create a mask. You may remember my post earlier to this card where I describe how to mask images. This is just slightly more complicated because I have some overlap in my images. Next I cut out the mask, placed it over the hedge hog and then stamped the fox where I wanted him to go. I stamped the fox on a Post it note and cut that out for a mask as well. After placing the mask over the fox, and keeping the hedgehog mask in place I stamped the tree image in different heights.

Now my images were all set and I was able to get to the fun part! Since I used watercolor paper I was able to use more water with less peeling of paper. I did a wash of the lighter tone and then added less diluted amounts of ink in the shadow areas. Don't feel the need to have every speck of paper covered in ink. A little white is desirable.

Hope you like this card! Check out the other watercolored creations at the SSInk blog for even more inspiration.  

Supplies:
Stamp Set: Forrest Friends (c:133851. w:133848) Chalk Talk (c: 130634, w:130631)
Ink: Baked Brown Sugar (131174), Gumball Green (126861), Tangerine Tango (126946), Coastal Cabana (131175), Sahara Sand (126976), Stazon Jet Black (101406)
Cardstock:Whisper White (100730), Coastal Cabana (131297), Soft Sky (131203)
DSP: Retro Fresh (132993)
Accessories: Aqua Painters (103954),. Chalk Talk Framelits (129983), Uniball Signo White gel pen (105021)

Baby Elephant

Another case of mine from this weekend. This time it was from the Fall preview guide. I changed the bottom of the card to be scallops made from my slit punch. I colored in the image with my watercolor wonder crayons and painted with the aquapainter filled with Future. I'm making this for a swap for convention using a different color scheme. I think I will try watercoloring with just water on my next try.

Stamps: Year After Year
Card Stock: Orchid Opulence, Only Orange, Taken with Teal, Whisper White
Ink: Stazon Black, Watercolor wonder crayons
Accessories: Slit Punch, Stampin Dimensionals, 1/2" circle punch, aquapainter