It’s Ellen Hutson’s release day – so I’m playing with color while I share the new goodies! That way you might learn something along with getting a peek at the release. I’m all about learning new stuff….and today’s little video explores what happens when mixing Aussie Red Gold with French Ultramarine Blue! That’s a warm red and cool blue, so don’t let anyone tell you that you have to stick with warms or cools.
NEWS FLASH! Ellen now has a line of….FELT! GAH! So excited. It just popped into the store so I haven’t got my hands on it but I just ordered a bunch and will show you soon! Wheeee!
The Snowman Collection of Felt and Floss
The Bear Collection of Felt and Floss
The Ornament Collection of Felt and Floss
The Arctic Collection of Felt and Floss
The Flannel Collection of Felt and Floss
The Color Pop Collection of Felt and Floss
I attempted to make an animation with pics…let’s see if it works:
And now…on to today’s projects!
Instead of just showing you Ellen’s new release, I’m also going to be playing with a couple colors along the way! They’re not a traditional “red yellow blue,” so I call them off-primaries.
Watch the video below or click HERE to see it in HD on YouTube.
With Mondo Chrysanthemum….I painted the flower and leaves on flat paper, then cut them out. I just slathered on color – it was so easy to just plop the color down and let it do its thing! (The fussy cutting wasn’t nearly as easy!) The background is just stamped flowers, and the color layer under the stamped panel is also painted with the same colors. Sentiment is from another of the Totally Random Sayings sets (Vol 3) – I love that there are generic sentiments and some fun specifics in them.
I diecut a ton of leaves and painted them in the same colors, just to play with color mixing….then did the same on a background piece. I put some plastic wrap over the top and let it dry maybe an hour or two, and got the cool texture! Then I added sentiments from Totally Random Sayings, and added my leaves. On cream cardstock these look especially fall-like!
This one was using up some bits – the splashy fun background was a piece of paper I had splattered on by accident (whoops!) so added more paint. Then added extra leaves….and when I saw “Hello my name is awesome” in the “Voices in my head” set – I decided I’m going to make nametags for everyone in my Toastmasters club and hand them out at a meeting sometime! Wouldn’t it be fun to run around with that nametag on all day?
And then…ornaments! I haven’t ever made one – I know, I know, I live under a rock! But I have no felt til today’s order. I’ve seen pics of craft rooms overrun with it since collecting ALL the colors and brands seems to be a thing, so hopefully I can stop at one line! But for my video, I painted some watercolor diecuts and sewed those together with Namo Yarn (which I bought all the colors of, thinking it was yarn, and it’s more like thread, and now I gotta figure out how to store it – LOL!)
I also made Sew Cute Snowman – same painted paper technique!
And then there’s Lil Squatch, whose camouflage beards will help them hide in the fall colors! On Friday I have a video going up at Ellen’s blog – and I could use YOUR suggestions for what scene to make. Leave your ideas in the comments on this post or out in social media, I’d love to get some other thoughts on where to create a scene for these lil buddies!
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Love your vision of colors! Your cards are beautiful! Thanks for making videos! I am going to try this and hope I don’t create a muddy mess!
I’m so impressed by your limited use of colors and how you use primary to get secondary shades that are fabulous!! A great teaching video.
I love your vision of colors! You make beautiful cards! Thanks for the videos. I am going to try this look and hopefully I wont make a muddy mess.
I just came across your page. Your work is fantastic!
You always make such awesome cards.
Would have never put these colors together. Thanks for broadening my color world!
Love all the rustic, autumn colors!
I love the way these colours work together, Sandy! Great projects! Thanks so much for sharing!
Those colors just melted together into fabulous! What adorable little big feet guys! My son is part of the Animal Planet Big Foot series so this will tickle his fancy! Your mum and snowman and all the leaves – constant gorgeousness comes from your fingertips and we just love to see it all. Thank you for the beauty, Sandy!
Love the ornament made from watercolor
paper. Good way to get around not having
felt. All of the projects are wonderful.
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Gorgeous cards! love your backgrounds made with the plastic wrap- I need to try that! And, I love your stitching on the card stock.
These are just wonderful!
I love autumn colors and your cards are spot on with the shades and color blends. Your painting is inspiring The technique you used to give the soft muted colors as the backgrounds looks like leaves in water… so pretty. Those Sasquatch would look good with one sitting on a sled in the snow and the other one pushing him down hill. And I think Sasquatch is singular and plural.
Great inspiration! Love watching how you add scenes to the stamped image, adds such a wow factor.
Beautiful colors!
I can’t believe you fussy cut the chrysanthemum! Were your eyes crossing by the end?! It really does make a difference, though! Makes your colored image truly pop!
Sandy, you always rock it, girl.
Wow – gorgeous! What stunning watercoloring and I love how you pulled them into cards. The colors, movement and texture they bring are amazing.
I love the color theme on all your projects.
Sandy, I’m with you about your delight with the colour & the movement of the Nickel Azo. Beautiful! Each of your cards are a treat as I love the blend of colours you used as well as the free movement of the watercolours. You are uber talented! I think the plural of sasqutch would be sasquatch, just like the plural of sheep is sheep. Just guessing… Thanks so much from another Pac. N.W. dweller.
No matter what you do Sandy, the end result is always amazing! And the best part about looking at your creations is not only the joy that seeps through, but the inspiration you cause and the fact that you enable us and liberate us. Your name is definitely AWESOME! ❤️
Beautiful colors! I love this watercolor style
I absolutely love your watercoloring. I love the colors and it is so lovely seeing those colors.
A wonderful set of creations! 🙂
Such beautiful fall colors!!
This looks like such fun! No wonder you are so well-balanced! Doing this has to be better than a session with a psychoanalyst!
Beautiful cards! Love the wonderful fall colors.
This color scheme is great for fall. I love the leaf cards using it, and I’m excited too about the felt.
Wonderful fall colors and such a cool technique and look!
LOVELY. such an awesome color palette!
So many fun projects!!! May the forest be with you too!!!
Your choice of color is fabulous!
What fun projects you made. I love those sasquatches.