Hello again! A second post in one day, whaaaa? Sandy’s gone nuts! Nope. I had rearranged some things here on the blog, and the sale part didn’t get copied to today’s mousie post. Oops!
Anyhow – wanted you to know that since we’re all in that tax pain moment, I’m going to let art do what it does best: ease our pains! Take 19% off over at art-classes.com ….and go paint or draw or color something. Forget your tax blues for a little while. Enjoy!
Sale lasts through tomorrow due to my messup; coupon code is TAXDAY19 . . . Feel free to pass the word to your creative friends!
This little mousie is so cute – and the stamp set comes with lots she can hold, or you can play paper mousedolls like I did and dress her up!
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I used my Earth+ palette – the 6 colors that came with it, plus some others I picked out to go with it!
The background – that was pure playtime! Give yourself a treat and just start playing around. Mix colors, drop one into another, and see what happens. After this was 90% dry I dropped in tiny drops of water to create these little bursts.
The panel has a nice white space to add the sentiment I need at some point…what occasion do you think would be good for this one?
Supplies
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The new release of Art Impressions stamps is a great opportunity to check out some marker sets and compare them for colors – so that’s what I’m up to today! There’s a little bit of technique in here, but lots is about whether you want bright colors or more vintage or natural colors in your art.
Video
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It’s always good to create a practice page – whatever AI watercolor stamps you get, stamp them a bunch and play around with what colors and arrangements of the flowers you like best, and how much water is appropriate for your style, marker brand, and paper.
These two sets of 10, by the way, aren’t Tombow’s picks – they’re by Bonnie Krebs, the owner/designer at Art Impressions!
In each of my finished cards I also created multicolor sentiments using a markers and the MISTI – note that these Tombow markers may discolor clear stamps a little, but they’re perfectly usable even with color.
For my storage, I use these plastic cases….I break up sets but keep like-minded images together….flowers by approximate size, containers, buildings, bridges, fences, etc. It helps to know which case to go to when I’m doing each portion of a card.
Supplies
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I’ve had many requests for more watercolor classes….so it’s time to launch One Fish, Two Fish! In this class, negative painting is the primary focus – learning how to paint the areas AROUND the subject rather than the subject itself.
In this class, negative painting is the primary focus – learning how to paint the areas AROUND the subject rather than the subject itself.
This course will also talk a lot about edges. And combining styles and teachings of multiple instructors I’ve had – a valuable thing to learn as you develop your own style!
The class contains two full paintings, and they’re in real-time: one fish….
…and two fish!
If you’re interested in the class, see more about it over HERE!
Winner of a gift certificate from the Top Flight Stamps hop: Mary McCaslin!
As soon as I saw the Stamped Just For You stamp set from Hero Arts, I had two thoughts: 1) It’s genius; and 2) of COURSE it’s by Hero. They’re such a great promoter of stamping and drawing new people into the craft – and this is an idea right up their alley!
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It’s a huge stamp set – and is a little more expensive than their usual price because of it. But it’s so worth it – I made a dozen cards for this post to show you a whole bunch of the sentiments – and they work on fronts or backs or envelopes. There’s not a lot of stamp sets that I think this highly of, but when it comes to great sentiments, let’s just say…this stamp set ain’t goin in the prize boxes any time soon, I like it that much.
I don’t have tutorials for these – but lemme tell you a little of what I did. I played with the “life changing” brushes. I bought the small set first thinking more brushes = more value. Uhm. nope. I do not like the tiny ones at all. I know some folks love them but I found them incredibly difficult. The BIG brush in one set though is relatively awesome. It still leaves a blob, and I need lots of practice to figure out how not to blob – thus all the cards today!
Before the comments about alternate cheap versions of these brushes: I will be deleting any such comments. Cheapie Amazon-land is not part of my lexicon here, you might have noticed; I only link to reputable craft retailers, only those who do business with integrity, and only to Amazon if I cannot find the item at an arts or crafts shop. I ask your cooperation in letting my blog remain as craft-supportive as possible. Thanks!
The square black metal “plate” is the surface I use when doing messy inky things – it’s called a Craft Assistant, and since it’s metal it won’t crinkle, and it’s also 12×12 so it’s not totally huge and taking over my space. Cleans up great!
These cards are all going out in the prize boxes from the Playjournal giveaway. Only a few of these stencils used are still available…I haven’t bought many stencils of late, so only a couple are recent and linked in the supplies at the end.
Sentiments: Just Inking of You, Stamped with love and a little sweat and tears; You impress meSentiments: Grateful for you (and my stamps) ; Stampers make the best friends; eat sleep stamp repeat.Sentiments: So blessed we are inky friends; Life is better with crafty friends; Inked with loveSentiments: Grateful for you (and my stamps); Sending iniky hugs your way; We’ll always be stamping buddies, you have so much great stuff
