Water colouring technique

I'd seen a lot of this water colouring technique on craft (or crumb cake) coloured card so I thought I'd give it a go. After white heat embossing the flowers I used white ink to water colour the flowers. Then I used regular pink ink to water colour over the white. I think I did two or three layers of the pink to achieve some shading on the flowers. The colours are more intense close up.

Materials:
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Rose Red
Ink: Rose Red, Versamagic in Cloud White, Versamark (I can't remember if the background was stamped with Versamark or Rose Red ink)
Stamps: 5th Avenue Floral, Distressed Dots
Accessories: Basic pearls, chipboard 'happy birthday', waterproof craft mat
Tools: Big shot machine, top note die, heat tool, white embossing powder, embossing buddy, aqua painter pen, Sakura clear glitter gel pen, liquid glue

Tips:
1. I sponged the chipboard with white ink and let it dry before using the glitter gel pen over the top.
2. The stamens of the flowers were also coloured with glitter gel pen but I must have done that after I took the photo.

Valentine's Day

I made this card for my husband for Valentine's Day last year. I just love how cute Lawn Fawn's stamps are!

Materials:
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Brushed Gold, Whisper White
Ink: Tuxedo Black, Versamark, markers - Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Basic Grey, Daffodil Delight, Rose Red, Bashful Blue, Real Red
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Backdrops, Love'n Breakfas
Accessories: Raspberry Ripple stitched satin ribbon
Tools: Glossy Accents

Butterfly Birthday

I had some new goodies that I'd just bought and wanted to try them out on this card. I made this for my sister-in-law. I'm pretty pleased with the way it turned out.

Materials:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, So Saffron, Regal Rose
Ink: Tuxedo Black, Versamark, Regal Rose, markers - Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo, So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, More Mustard, Tempting Turquoise, Marina Mist and Bashful Blue
Stamps: Flutter by, Grand Greetings, Teeny tiny backdrops, all by Lawn Fawn
Accessories: Blue and pink rhinestones
Tools: Big shot machine, Adorning Accents edgelit die and embossing folder, dimensionals, Dazzling Diamonds glitter glue

Baby Shower

This card was made for my niece's baby shower. They were keeping the gender of the baby a secret so I wanted to go with bright colours for something a little bit different.

Materials:
Cardstock: Shimmery White, Bashful Blue, patterned papers "Bright Side" by Lawn Fawn
Ink: Tuxedo Black, Versamagic Cloud White, Pumpkin Pie marker
Stamps: Plus One, Sunny Skies, Say Cheese, all by Lawn Fawn
Accessories: Baker's twine from The Twinery, orange and purple rhinestones, pink polka dot washi  tape, vintage glass look button
Tools: Big Shot machine, Say Cheese Lawn cut dies by Lawn Fawn, corner rounder punch, Dazzling Diamonds glitter glue, dimensionals, white gel pen

Personalised Wedding Card

The trickiest thing about this card was doing the alphabet stamping. It's a simple card and I'm happy with the result. Except for the bow. I have to get a bow tying device.

The cardstock was a shimmery white in real life which isn't caught by the camera here.

Materials:
Cardstock: Shimmery White, Blushing Bride
Ink: Tuxedo Black, Blushing Bride
Stamps: Happily Ever After, Sally's abc's, both by Lawn Fawn
Accessories: Striped organza ribbon, Basic rhinestones
Tools: Nestable square dies, dimensionals

MIA

Yep, still here! I went through a stage where I totally lacked creativity and was just casing other people's cards but I've found my mojo and I'm back to making up my own designs.

I probably won't post the cards in as much detail as before but these cards are not difficult to work out. Let's start with these two:

Same card, different colours.

Materials:
Cardstock: Not Quite Navy, Basic Grey, Brushed Silver, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Cajun Craze
Ink: Basic Grey, Not Quite Navy marker, Cajun Craze marker.
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Sentiments, Tool kit both from Stampin' Up, Chevron background by Hero Arts.
Accessories: Grey baker's twine from The Twinery, silver washi tape.
Tools: Big shot machine, top note die, dimensionals, Sakura clear glitter pen, Modern Label punch, Diamond plate embossing folder.

Bright Birthday

Hi there, I'm still making cards just have been so busy I've not gotten around to posting them. Let's start with this one that I made back in April.

The layout was cased from another card. I have the picture of it but not the website or designer. I will add it as soon as I can find it.

This is how it was done -

Materials:
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Brightside 6x6 paper (Lawn Fan)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Stamps: Bake Me a Cake, Sophie's Sentiments (both Lawn Fawn)
Accessories: Basic rhinestones, Lemondrop twine (The Twinery), iridescent glitter.
Tools: Beautiful Wings embosslit, square punch, 2 way glue pen, dimensionals, glue tape

Tips and Tricks:
1. This card is pretty straight forward. I used the 2 way glue pen to adhere the glitter to the cupcakes and butterfly. Here's a pic of the glitter, blurry I know but you get the idea:

Stuff Ups:
1. I'm not happy with the way I stamped some of the cupcakes. The cherry is lopsided and that swirl just doesn't look good.

Pleasant Surprises:
1. The butterfly looked great with the glitter on it and the twine wrapped around it to make the body and antennae.