Experiment with watercolor pencils

I’m pretty new to color pencils, I wanted to do a comparison of watercolor Derwent pencils and Derwent Inktense pencils to see which I preferred. The one on the left is inktense and the other is the Derwent watercolor pencils. The inktense puts a lot of color down so I had a hard time controlling the highlights. I really like them both & will continue to practice before I make a judgement.
Will be entering this in Gina K Stamptv challenge,the ModSquad challenge, Word Art Wednesday Challenge and 
Pink &Main challenge 29
Items used
Paper-GKD plum punch, black onyx and layering white
Inks-GKD Amalgram jet black, plum punch
GKD-small &large stitched rectangles & double stitched oval
Stamp set-GKD Thank you Friend

That’s all for now, wishing you a blessed day!

The Great Outdoors

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If only it was warm and sunny here today

,but it's rainy and cool. Oh well this card is my entry into several challenges.

StampTV MIUM challenge is Nautical
Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge- The Great outdoors

products used:
GKD-By the Sea Stamp set
GKD-inks was sweet mango, wild dandelion, kraft, and ocean mist
Memento Black Tuxedo

Hoping it clears up and everyone has a fabulous weekend!

Winner Winner!!

Happy Sunday everyone! Just popped in to announce the winner of my giveaway and without any further babble the winner is:

1. 
   BonnieJanuary 29, 2017 at 9:13 AM

   Oh you know I am in for a drawing. Don't have either one of these.
   
   Your glitter is over the top. Now I do have to get some Nuvo. Have resisted till now.

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   Congratulations Bonnie, please send me your address to miller896042@bellsouth.net and I will send it right out.  I have some more items to pass along so keep your eye out will have another drawing sometime this week. Thanks everyone!

Yupo Paper

I made my background using the Yupo translucent and alcohol inks. Put a couple of drops for ink onto a pad and added a little blending solution and started dabbing the paper. I was going for a soft look and it only took a couple of small drops of ink. I like the look, but you could do this on glossy card stock too. I will say it was a little difficult to color the flower, I had to dab on the ink as not to smear the black. Will need to do a little more research on using the Yupo.

My card is for the challenge over at StampTV Here,  a sympathy card. I used the Birthday blessings Stamp set from GKD for the flower and the sentiment is from the Heartfelt Stamp set also from Gkd.

Don't forget to check out my giveaway Here.

Hope everyone has a crafty weekend!

Happy Sunday

Just a quick post today. Made another card for StampTvs birthday challenge, I can never have too many birthday cards.Also entering in the Simon Says:Anything goes Wednesday challenge.

Don' forget I have a giveaway going on here.Here

CS is GKD black onyx and pure luxury white
Inks -Tim Holtz distressed, salty ocean,  cracked pistachio and mustard seed
GKD-Black Onyx
Stamps - GKD Handmade Botanicals and Scripty Sayings

Ok that's it for now, hope everyone has a blessed Sunday!

Happy Birthday + Giveaway!

Today I worked on a birthday card for a challenge over at Stamp TV, it's my party! I love to do birthday cards and never seem to have enough.

I made the striped paper by making my own glitter paste, my first attempt and I love how it turned out! Now I can make any color paste I want to match my card stock. It's just a mixture of texture paste, I used transparent gloss and added Nuvo pure sheen glitter and Gina K lemon drop dye reinker. Mix it together and spread a thin layer over a stencil. Remove stencil and clean immediately along with your spatula. Allow to dry before stamping or cutting.

Products used
GinaK Jelly Bean green cs
GinaK pure luxury white cs
Stamps are all GinaK - Holiday Frame, Country Roads 2, A Year of Flowers 3 and A Year of Flowers
Spellbinders-Romantic Rectangles

Now for the give away, I've been organizing and cleaning up my craft room and found several duplicates of items, so I've decided to pass them along to someone else. Just leave me a comment if you're interested and I will draw a winner on Sunday February 5, 2017!  The winner will receive More Massive Messages from GinaK design Stamp set and the Spellbinders Label 37 set.

Hope everyone has a crafty happy weekend!

Acetate Panel Card

       This card is for the Mix it up Monday challenge at Stamp TV, Going Gingham. Trying out something different today!!  I added an acetate panel to the center of my card so that the inside sentiment would show through.

     I cut an 8 1/2 x 11 to 4.25 x 11.  Scored at 5.5, 7.25 and 9.  The second and third score lines are were you are going to cut out your center panel.  Save your bottom piece when you cut , you will reattach to the acetate panel.  For the acetate panel I cut a 2.5" x 4.25". attach to inside of card bring in 1/2" to adhere to card. Take your bottom panel and reattach bringing in 1/2" to attache.  Whala, you now have an acetate panel card.

    

 





     For my base layer I used pink gingham paper cut a 1 3/4"x 4,25 for my top layer and a 2"x 4.25" for my bottom panel.  Next I cut pattern paper at 1.25 x 4.25 for top panel and 1.75" x 4.25 for bottom.  Ok now we'll do the focal image panel, bottom panel is 3.5" x 1.5" and your top piece is 3.25 x 1.25.

 

     My image is from Gina K "Genevieve Giraffe" set and added a pink gingham bow, isn't she cute?  Now just attache to front of card and stamp your sentiment making sure it shows thru the acetate.

I also decorated the inside to hide where I added the acetate.

 

 

Hope you have a great day!!