Creations By Carol R

Friday, October 30, 2020

So Beautiful Flowers | Arteza Watercolor

I decided to do a little watercoloring today with my Arteza Premium 60 and the Arteza Expert watercolor paper. This weekend Arteza is doing 20% off sitewide (10/30/20 thru 11/01/20). SHOP ARTEZA

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Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Halloween 2020 | Sizzix Gate Keeper | Oxide Ink Blended Background

Oxide ink blending makes a quick, easy and dramatic background. Pair that with a great die and you have a fa-boo-lous card!

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Christmas Craft Creations October Challenge | Christmas Music

This one had me digging deep into my stash. I did not have anything specific that was Christmas Music so I had to improvise. So I hope this encourages you to look into your stash and think outside the box!

Some of the exact products I used are no longer available, but I was able to find similar. Using kraft cardstock I pressed embossing ink through the music stencil and embossed with gold embossing powder. I die cut the music panel with antique frame die set and inked the edge with vintage photo distress ink.

I gold heat embossed the Deck the Halls on red metallic cardstock and backed it with a kraft layer. I used nested circle dies for this. All the metallic cardstock is by Tim Holtz.

The holly die cut is also by Tim Holtz. I used a stylus to make the veins in the leaves and put glossy accents on the berries. To put it all together I popped the music panel up on foam tape and glued and/or foam tapped the other pieces. So putting it all together I thought it had the feeling of the Christmas song Deck The Halls (with boughs of holly...).

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Halloween 2020 | Whimsy Stamps Kitty 'n Pumpkin | Copic Coloring

Whimsy Stamps always has the most adorable images! This Kitty 'n Pumpkin stamp set was so easy to color. The kitty is so cute I just couldn't make him a scary black cat so I did a gray cat. Then I went totally crazy with the pattern paper! The colors in the pattern paper are a bit muted so I though it still allowed the main image to stand out. The pattern paper came in a Halloween kit from last year, but there are tons of fabulous collections out this year too.