Serene Dolphins

Morning, Some more Dolphins for you today. Having the open spaces in these stamps makes them so versatile for so many looks and styles. They are so easy to colour or fill to suit your project. For this project I have used some Blue Brusho and a selection of Blue Watercolour paint and some Pebeo drawing gum.

You will Need:

Craftascope A5 Media Dolphin Stamp Set 1

Brusho

Selection of Blue Watercolours

Versafine Grey Ink

Memento Midnight Blue

Brush

Drawing Gum

Water 6 x 6 Watercolour Card

Black Card

Blue Centura Pearl Card

Step 1: Stamp your Dolphins onto the watercolour card and mask with the Drawing gum. Leave to dry thoroughly. Use a fan brush to add some splatters of gum to remove later leaving a little white space. Wash your brush Immediately.

Step 2: Spritz your card with water and sprinkle some Brusho for the sea, you really to want some white space here as well to add some drama and movement.

Step 3: Use a brush to add a little blue to the sky. Leave to dry again. Then remove the drawing gum from the Dolphins.

Step 4: Use your selection of blue watercolours to colour the dolphins. Top Tip: I am quite heavy handed with colour so I mask off some of the dolphins with gum, little area here and there, then remove some for another colour. You can always go over it later with a much lighter blue, if required. Next stamp "Serene' using a dark blue ink pad.

Step 5: Mount your finished piece onto black card (Gutted) leaving a narrow border. Then position onto your base card, here I have used Centura Pearl.

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Thank you ever so much for joining me today, I do hope you have enjoyed the tutorial along with the finished card. I look forward to welcoming you again very soon. Take care and Happy Crafting.xx

Paint Along With Matthew Palmer

Two Posts in one day, WOWEE.

I just had to do a post about my experience with the Matthew Palmer watercolour DVD collection. I can honestly say that I never thought I could paint something that I was so proud of. Just before I moved to Bulgaria, I bought Matthew Palmers DVD collection and watercolour paints. When they arrived I didn't have time to try them as everything had to be packed up. It was only after seeing his new shows on Hochanda that I remembered that I already had them along with his paints. Seeing his demos gave me the inspiration to unpack them and get painting. I am so happy that I did, His teaching style is amazing and I would highly recommend them to anyone who would love to paint, but like me lacked the confidence to try.

I followed his demonstration on the dvd and this is what I was able to achieve with his guidance. I am filled with enthusiasm now and have the the confidence to continue. I really love ATC cards, so I decided to try and paint the same picture in the ATC size. I am over the moon with the results.

I hope you like the finished pieces and maybe you might also give it a go. I can't begin to explain how easy it was to follow him.

A Wedding Card Using Sheena Douglas Stamps

Day Six and another update.

Not bad I hear you say. Today, I thought I would share a wedding card I made using stamps from Sheen Douglas and a Die from Sue Wilson. For the outside of the card I used the outside die from Sue Wilson's Australian Collection, the background set. I cut that out to create a frame for the stamped image behind.

I stamped the frame with a selection of swirl stamps and words, also by Sheen Douglas. I used distress ink to stamp the swirls and the colour was Tattered Rose. Then I used the a few distress inks around the frame to blend into the background, The inks were, Tattered Rose, Antique Linen and Victorian Velvet.

I stamped the main image twice onto Crafters Companion watercolour card using Black archival ink as I wanted to use watercolour, also I wanted to decoupage the car. The blossoms were also stamped in black archival ink and painted using the same distress inks used for the frame. Finally the image was painted using a selection of Tim Holtz Distress inks, used with water from the craft mat. To finish the card, I used foam on a roll to add dimension to the frame and 3d glue gel to decoupage the car. The I tied a bow using double sided satin bow for the top left hand corner and a wrap of the same colour ribbon on the bottom right hand corner. I was going to glaze the car but decided against it on this card.