Moved Nicole

Welcome to another Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop!  This week our theme is SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW. Another fun theme for this month and another watercolor card to share!  I am officially obsessed with watercolor!  Now it's been three Saturday's in a row with this style of cards. Tons of color of course for a rainbow themed card!  And every bit of color you see was done with ink pads and an aqua painter. The blue sky was created with Dapper Denim ink and allowed to dry while I worked on the other elements.  The word "RAINBOW" was next, it was heat embossed in black so the colors would stay put in each block letter.  Even the word "sunshine" was die cut from watercolor paper then Daffodil Delight ink was added.  I made some areas darker for the lovely contrast. This is most definitely a happy card and a really fun one to create!  I have all the supplies listed below if you'd like to give this a try and make your own watercolor rainbow c

Welcome to another Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop!  This week we have a really fun theme, RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD. Another fun theme for this month and another technique to share!  I used watercolor paper again but in a different way. Aren't the rain drops fun!  They were created by sponging ink onto the watercolor paper then sprinkling water over top to remove some color.  It's another great way to get more out of your products! In this close up you can see the how the drops of water pulled the ink back off the paper.  Just take your aqua painter or any paint brush and tap it over your paper with a little water.  Then just use a paper towel to pull away the ink. I kept the card simple to really show off the raindrops.  All I added was the sentiment and clouds from SPRINKLES OF LIFE .  Several silver foil paper raindrops over top added a bit of extra sparkle.  Can you see the shimmer on the clouds?  I used Glimmer paper and embossed in silver to ma

Welcome to the second part of the August Blog Hops with the Color Fusers Design Team!  This month we are featuring a super gorgeous color combination of Cherry Cobbler, Watermelon Wonder and Smokey Slate.  Be sure to click on the links below to visit all the blogs for tons of fabulous inspiration! I went with my favorite style of the moment, CLEAN AND SIMPLE!  A perfect stamp to do this with is the new SUNSHINE SAYINGS . I used the coordinating thinlits to create a clean look in just 10 minutes! Love the whimsical look of these thinlits!  I went with Smokey Slate for my card base to the Watermelon Wonder heart and Cherry Cobbler sentiment would pop against it.  Extra stamping was required to complete the sentiment.  I added in "& hugs" below with Basic Gray Archival Ink and embossed "sending" in white to add above.  I love the different textures and colors combined together....very fun! Give this wonderful color combination a try, it's a keeper!  Below is a

Thank you for all the great comments and e-mails about the Galaxy Watercolor cards that I shared yesterday!  I am so glad you all loved this fun technique as much as I do! Here's the two cards I shared again with this awesome technique.  I have a few pictures to show you how I did this technique with Stampin' Up! products.  I want to give a shout out to Wendy Cranford who shared this idea on her blog. Let's get started!  You will need the following: Product List Watercolor Paper [ 122959 ] Aqua Painters [ 103954 ] Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [ 126948 ] Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [ 126944 ] Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [ 131171 ] Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad [ 126951 ] Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin' Pad [ 126950 ] Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [ 126970 ] Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [ 103033 ] Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad [ 101731 ] Lay out your watercolor paper and make sure your aqua pain