So Grateful

I have had two very exciting things happen this morning. Last week, I participated in the GDP008 challenge over at the Global Designs Project blog. It was great fun and I encourage all of you to play along. I found out this morning that I was one of three winners! My project can be found here.  Thanks so much to all of the talented designers over there who continually inspire me.

I have been a member of Splitcoaststampers for many years. If you do not know about this amazing website for papercrafters, check it out. It is chock full of inspiration, tutorials and tons of challenges to get your creative juices flowing. Each week, they feature a stamper. This morning, I was completely humbled to find out it was me.  With all of the talent exhibited on that website, I was completely floored. Please visit my gallery (small, but growing) and CASE one of my projects. Use #FS456 so I will be able to find it and be inspired by your work!

After last week's post using the flower from the Stampin' Up! set Remarkable You, I just couldn't quit thinking about the watercolor possibilities of the images from this stamp set. Look at these amazing images:

This is how I did it...all products Stampin' Up! unless noted. I inked the stamp with Sahara Sand ink, stamped it off once on scrap paper, then stamped it on watercolor paper. This gives you a faint image to paint with your inks. I tapped ink from the colors I had chosen on to one of my acrylic blocks, using the block for my paint palette. Using one of my Aqua Painters, I painted the flower with Cherry Cobbler and Crushed Curry and the stem and leaves with Old Olive and Old Artichoke. To complete the look of this flower, I took a sketch pencil from my stash and traced the image, paying special attention to the details. This really helps the image pop. The rest is pretty self explanatory, but please let me know if you have questions. If you are viewing this blog post via email, you may have to click on over to my blog to see the products I used. 

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Enjoy your Sunday and I hope you have a creative day!

Artfully Yours,
Kim

Global Design Project #8 and New Weekly Deals

I had not had the opportunity to participate in the challenges over at the Global Design Project blog until this week. This week's #GDP008 challenge is to CASE the designer, the very talented Kylie Bertucci. We were instructed to be inspired by either the theme, layout, the colors or particular stamp sets. Here is her card:

I ended up using the theme (flowers) and the color combo of Stampin' Up Cherry Cobbler, Tip Top Taupe & Crushed Curry. All products used are from Stampin' Up! including the recycled corrugated cardboard I tore from a Stampin' Up! shipping box. 

I somewhat flattened the corrugated cardboard by running it through my Big Shot between the cutting plates. Then I randomly rubbed Versamark on it and embossed those areas with White Stampin' Emboss powder. I added water & color randomly on the tag before stamping the flower image from Remarkable You on it with Tip Top Taupe and the speckles with Crushed Curry using my most used stamp from the  Gorgeous Grunge stamp set. I then used a barely wet brush to paint the flower with Cherry Cobbler & Crushed Curry. I used the White Signo gel pen to add a few highlights to the flower. I dyed the Whisper White Seam Binding Ribbon with Crushed Curry ink. All in all, I am happy the mixed media look of this card. 

Products used:

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I hope you enjoyed the project. Please use the hostess code shown in the top right corner when ordering online, unless your order will total $150 before shipping & tax. At that point, you become your own hostess and get all the rewards! Please keep in mind if you choose "no contact" from the demonstrator, I'm unable to even send you a thank you note for your order...That's right, I'm not even able to see your name. 

As always, let me know if you have any questions about the project or the products used. Thanks for visiting my blog. 

Artfully Yours,

Kim