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Embrace Life - Trigger Tuesday challenge

Saturday, October 16, 2010

I just LOVE Cath's Blog Moxie Fab World ! There is always fabulousness on it! Every Tuesday she posts an inspiration piece ala' the one above and invites papercrafters to be inspired to create something based on the picture. Fun Right? It's called the Tuesday Trigger - HERE is the link to the specific post - you still have time to participate! So here is my creation triggered by this picture - I think the inspiration is pretty obvious.

I like the damask and the colors! The background is Vintage Flourish by Stampabilities that I got either at Mikes or HL. I stamped it several times in Hawaiian Shores on Hawaiian Shores cardstock to create the background. The image and sentiment are both from the SU set Embrace Life and I received them through PIF or Wish RAK I don't remember which . I colored in the blooms with some Raspberry Fizz ink I smeared on a stamp case then picked up with my water brush. I cut out the image and it's matte using my rectangle nestabilities. The sentiment I punched out with SU's new Decorative Label punch and sponged the edges with Raspberry Fizz ink. I wanted to try out my new waffle paper from SU so I attempted using my Fiskars Threading Water border punch. It did not go very well though it totally could have been user error! If anyone has any tips on using waffle paper I would LOVE to hear them! Then to cover the edge I used some bitty dotted Hawaiian Shores Ribbon. Thanks for looking and why not join me in the challenge!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Hawaiian Shores, Raspberry Fizz, Dark Chocolate - all Papertrey Ink
Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Dark Chocolate and Hawaiian Shores -all Papertrey Ink
Other: Ribbon - Hawaiian Shores Papertrey Ink, Brown Waffle Paper - Stampin Up
Tools: Stampin up Decorative Label Punch, Fiskars Threading Water Punch, Water Brush, Rectangle Nestabilities
Stamps: Vintage Flourish - Stampabilities Embrace Life - Stampin Up

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Tessa

Labels:Embrace Life,Threading Water,Tuesday Trigger,watercoloring | 3 Loves

Another Color Challenge

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

....this time a Ways To Use It from SCS!

The challenge was to use a color combo site to get out of the box and use new colors!
Something I always need help with! I used the site Julia suggested cause I hadn't before!
This is the site KULER, The color combo I used is the AVI of the person on THIS page.
I just loved the way those colors popped out at me!
I interpreted them as Very Vanilla, Ocean Tides, Pure Poppy and Close to Cocoa!
This is what I came up with.

I was in a coloring mood so I chose this image from the SU set For Father. I needed something that would have red in it and I could use the other colors!
I am working at getting better at my watercoloring! It's a slow process. My new Koi waterbrush seems to help - it has a very fine tip! This is a BIG card! It is 6.5x5.5 I needed it big to get my image and sentiment on it! I have finally started using my nesties and spellbinders dies on a regular basis and I LOVE them! I use them in a Sizzix Big Kick!

Tools:
CS: Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa SU, Pure Poppy, Ocean Tides PTI
Ink: Dark Choc, Ocean Tides, Pure Poppy PTI, Summer Sun, So Saffron, Close to Cocoa, Creamy Carmel, Old Olive SU
Stamps: For Father SU, Pond Life PTI
Tools: Scalloped and Regular Square Nesties, Double Ended Tag Spellbinders
Other: Red Brads, Koi Waterbrush

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Tessa

Labels:For Father,Nesties,watercoloring | 9 Loves

Friendship Blooms

Thursday, July 24, 2008

I've been on a card making kick! This is an image I got from PIF. It was in the SU mini catalog and I really liked it but wasn't sure I needed to own the set! I watercolored this by using my SU markers and coloring onto the case of a SU set. You then use you aqua pen to pick up the color and color your image. It's one of my fave techniques. And I think I'm getting pretty good at it! This image however was VERY hard to color! It was hard to tell what was leaves and what was flowers. I went with a purple flower - think pansies - the centers are yellow - very small hard to see. I then matted the image twice and used a double matte for the card base. I stamped the sentiment from PTI Green Thumb in Elegant Eggplant and added some white buttons with some DMC floss that I attempted to color with my SU markers - not nearly as easy as ribbon or pretties let me tell you! But it worked in a pinch! I hope these are posting as we are actually on our mini vacation visiting Andrew's parents right now!

Tools:
Stamps: Bloomin Beautiful by SU, Green Thumb by PTI
Ink: Basic Black, Certainly Celery, Elegant Eggplant, Summer Sun
Paper: Elegant Eggplant, Certianly Celery, Perfect Plum, Whisper White by SU
Access: White Buttons, DMC floss
Tools: Aqua Pen, SU markers, SU plastic stamp case

*Live*Laugh*Love*Create*

Tessa

Labels:card,Papertrey Ink,PTI,Stampin Up,stamping,SU,watercoloring | 8 Loves