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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

marmalade bokeh flower

i'm back! i'd like to thank my technical team (aka my adorable husband) for fixing my computer. i really didn't want to have to start over with a new one so i am so grateful that he saved mine from what seemed like certain death. i would tell you what was wrong with it but after he said it was fixed, i kinda stopped listening...haha!

today is no surprise, more watercolor! i'm going to keep practicing until i get really good.

first i stamped the essentials by ellen bokeh dots in versamark to create a flower and covered the image in stampendous detail white embossing powder. before heat embossing, i added a stem with quickie glue and then a leaf.

after heat embossing, i started watercoloring my bokeh flower in spiced marmalade distress ink. i let it dry before coloring the background with twisted citron and peacock feathers distress ink.

i added a few sequins and stamped the "you're the best" sentiment from wplus9 hand lettered thanks set on the paper smooches wise dies adornments.


xo,
carly
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

be back soon...

i'm experiencing some yucky technical difficulties (my computer died) so i'll be back as soon as possible. 

 xo,
carly
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Thursday, July 2, 2015

watercolor + layering

i've missed you all! i've been a little under the weather this past week plus we've been having a heat wave in the pacific northwest and my craft room is blazing hot! but i'm feeling a bit better now, excited for a 3-day holiday weekend and i have about a dozen fans keeping me cool! 

this card was inspired by the amazing watercoloring and layering of kim stewart, she is so talented! check out her blog, happy like yellow and check out this gorgeous layout.

i started by watercoloring a circle of cracked pistachio on my favorite ranger watercolor paper. and my favorite way to watercolor with distress inks is to swipe them on my non-stick craft sheet and add water. i also added some metallic mint gelato for a little sparkle.

while my background was drying i die cut leaves and foliage from essentials by ellen designer dies, bohemian garden from glitter paper and watercolor paper.  

i watercolored my foliage. then i stamped a flower from the essentials by ellen clear stamp, bohemian garden. i watercolored it with abandoned coral and delicata golden glitz, then die cut it.

to finish i layered all of the foliage and flower on the watercolored circle with gold thread and dimensional adhesive.


xo,
carly

 p.s. in addition to being a 3-day holiday weekend, it's my birthday so i'll see you all next week!
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Thursday, June 25, 2015

peerless watercolors + bold blossoms

i decided to break out of the purple box i've been in lately and use some more summery colors on this simple watercolored and die cut card.

i watercolored a simple background with 3 bright colors (jackqueminot pink, alizarine red and golden yellow) from the peerless watercolor joanne sharpe edition set. i purchased this set to just "try out" the peerless watercolors and i wasn't disappointed! the watercolors are beautiful and really fun to use. the bright colors in this set are also available in the bonus pack.

i die cut the essentials by ellen designer dies, bold blossom stand-alone die from solar white cardstock and adhered the leaves to the card. before 3D mounting the flower to the card, i adhered some gold thread to it.

and finally i added some gold sequins, because everything is better with sequins!


xo,
carly


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Sunday, June 21, 2015

heart flower

this afternoon's crafting session combined some of things that seem to really be my jam lately - purple, distress inks, lots of essentials by ellen products and flowers...all into one card! and i created a 3D flower with a heart die totally inspired by this cool project from mondocherry.


i stamped flowers from the essentials by ellen clear stamps, bohemian garden set in versafine onyx black, leaving room for where i wanted to place my 3D flower.

next i added some splatter with shaded lilac distress ink and set it aside to dry while i created my 3D flower.

i die cut the small heart from the essentials by ellen designer dies, home & heart set 12 times and folded the hearts all in half. then i adhered them in a circle to create a flower.

then i added "hello" from the essentials by ellen clear stamps, mondo magnolia set. i added some little dots from the essentials by ellen clear stamps, bokeh dots in shaded lilac on top of my splatter.

finally i finished the card with just a little wink of stella along the edges of the 3-3/4 x 5 rectangle & the 3D flower. and i adhered the whole thing to the card.


xo,
carly



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