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Christian, Mother, Paper Crafter, Blogger

Watercolor Stripes: Right at Home Stamps + Catherine Pooler Ink Blog Hop

I’m delighted to be creating with Right at Home Stamps AND Catherine Pooler inks today as part of a super fun blog hop!  Right at Home not only has an adorable line of stamps and dies, but now they are carrying Catherine Pooler inks, which I believe is a fantastic pairing!!!!

Both of my cards feature the Watercolor Background stamp. I love those bold, uneven, thick stripes!!!! I inked up the stamp with Seafoam ink, spritzed the stamp with water and then pressed my cardstock onto the stamp (didn’t even use watercolor cardstock). Then came the snails, lol! How cute are these snails….

The snails, sentiment and heart all came from the mini Handmade by Me.  Rainbow snails… LOL! Why not…. Oh how I wish I had some tiny googly eyes, lol!!!! Black and White diagonal striped background finished off the design nicely.

 

The next card reminds me of a unicorn. I have no idea why. Maybe the blending of the ink colors… I didn’t plan it that way. I just blending some colors I liked and fell in love with the results. So much so, it was hard for me to cover up. So I heat embossed the Watercolor Background with Silver Pearl Embossing powder.

I stamped the sentiment with Flirty Fuchsia and heat embossed it in clear! Yep, all of the Catherine Pooler inks are heat emboss-able if you work quickly!

 

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Readers that hop along and leave comments on each blog hopper post will be entered to win an item of your choice from Right at Home newest release.  Winners will be announced April 26th on the RAH blog!

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Mermaid Tails + Alcohol Inks

Mermaid Tails! I adore this stamp set and couldn’t wait to pull it out for the Ellen Hutson Color Trends Challenge (formerly Pin-Sights Challenge). I made two different versions of the cards, both using some alcohol ink backgrounds I had done in the past.

The first has a distress oxides inked background and the tale was die cut from an alcohol inked background I had done in the past.

 

Does the silver embossing look divine?

My next card is similar, only I used the alcohol ink background as a “wave”.

This is my all time favorite black embossing powder!

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*Video: Mosaic Turnabout Stamp Techniques

Do you love the Concord & 9th Turnabout stamps? Justine Hovey and I have collaborated again and each of us have a card/video to share with you using a Turnabout Stamp. Justine’s video can be found by clicking HERE! Today I am using the Mosaic Turnabout Stamp set and created a 2 for 1! This stamp is the first of the Turnabout Series to have a separate center stamp so you can create a different design. You’ll see that in the video as well! To watch the video, click HERE! And if you aren’t a subscriber, I’d love for you to be. Just click HERE!

Here are a few still shots from the cards I made in the video. The first few are a 2 for 1 special as I call it!  I did a little foiling accents to the heart…. I heat embossed the mosaic background and did some ink blending.

My second card was so easy as I used the second half of the background and did some simple stamping.

The third card uses the center image from the Mosaic Turnabout set.  I did some 4th generation stamping with Royal Treatment ink. I LOVE Catherine Pooler inks. They stamp beautifully, gorgeous color options and so many techniques you can do with them.

These 4 shades of color all from one inked image. Yes, please.

Here are a few videos I have posted in the past using the inks for techniques. Ink Swiping Video, Multi Color Inking Video, Stencils and Ink Techniques Video, Iron Off Embossing Inked Background Video AND a 2 minute tip video I made for Ellen Hutson, which demonstrates how awesome these inks are in 2 minutes!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!!!!!!!!! Lot’s going on this week so I’ll see you soon!

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But First Coffee: Zig Colored Images

But first coffee! Definitely yes. Especially these days. We got a new puppy last week and man, it’s like having a newborn and toddler all the same time.. So I’m tired. Very very tired. I discovered Studio Katia products over at Ellen Hutson and decided to try a few things out! The Sweet Latte stamp set is full of super fun images… I watercolored them with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers (on Bristol paper of course). I used the Coffee Script die to finish off the sentiment. I added some Glossy Accents to the “Coffee” and some white gel pen accents to some of the coffee images…

 

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Be Strong: Liquid Watercolor Backgrounds

Today, I have a few cards using some fun Liquid Watercolor techniques.  I am using a brand new stamp and die set from the latest Essentials by Ellen April 2018 Release. For my first card, is it no surprise I created a colorful background???

 I love the Avery Elle Liquid Watercolors. The colors are bright and vibrant and just up my ally. I added a few drops of different colors to the top of my card, spritzed it with water, and then held my card vertically so the watercolor would drip down the page. I added the sentiment and die from the Be Strong stamp and die set and voila! Oh oh, a little bit of black texture flicks to finish off the first card!

Next, a multi embossed sentiment paired with a soft wash of liquid watercolors. I dropped two liquid watercolors onto my craft mat (Sugarplum and Aquamarine), watered it down heavily so I could achieve a less pigmented look, and then just smooshed my cardstock into the color…

Once dry, I stamped the background in versamark, and then sprinkled on two colors of Brutus Monroe embossing powder and really love how it turned out. I added a wee little strip of that Unicorn washi tape to finish off the second card.

The entire April 2018 Essentials by Ellen release is available now for purchase and you  can find it by clicking HERE!

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