Watercolor Fall Leaves card with Cindy Bristow

Watercolor Fall Leaves card with Cindy Bristow

 

Howdy!

 

I am enjoying my second cup of coffee this morning and thinking about how blessed I am, I mean really, I get to create pretty things all day!

 

Today I wanted to share a watercolor card that I created last week.

 

 

I used one of the leaves from  the FSJ stamp set Autumn Leaves, SS-0006.  I started by stamping the first leaf in the center of my Color Splash sheet with Clear Embossing Ink and added Journey Gold embossing powder.  After I heat set it, I stamped the outside leaves and added embossing powder and heat set.  When stamping an image 3 times, always start with the middle image so you can space the outside images the same distance from the middle one.

After heat embossing, I grabbed my Journey Color Splash pencils (these are the watercolor ones) and pulled out a green, aqua, blue, a couple of yellows and a red.  I started with the leaves by painting the leaf with plain old water ( this helps the color move) and then used my water brush to pick up the color straight from my pencil lead and drop it into the leaf.

Once all the leaves where done and dry, I started playing with my background.  I put down a layer of water, added the lightest yellow, let it dry and then repeated the step with the darker yellow and then the red.  To finish the panel, I flicked some of the blue watercolor onto the background.

 

 

Here are the FSJ ingredients and dimensions for my card:

 

Autumn Days Stamp set  SS-0006

Journey Color Splash Pencils  JM-0078

Journey Gold Embossing Powder

Journey Color Splash Sheet 4-3/4 x 3-1/2

Denim Days cardstock  4-7/8 x 3-5/8

Whip Cream cardstock base 5-1/2 x 8-1/2

Clear Embossing inkpad

 

If you have any questions or would like to order any of the products I used in this card, email me at:

cindyscreativejourney@gmail.com

 

Finished card is available in my Etsy store.

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Cindy

 

 

 

 

 



Watercolor Autumn Days Card with Cindy Bristow

Watercolor Autumn Days with Cindy Bristow

 

Howdy!

 

It's cool and cloudy here in South Texas and I am moving at the rate of a slug.  I am going to blame it on the weather because it is not due to lack of caffeine.  I am enjoying my second cup of coffee and might even help myself to another once this one is finished.

 

 

Remember last week when I said I was going to be using some of my forgotten stash?  Well that is just what I did this morning.  I grabbed my Color Splash pencils and my much loved Autumn Days stamp set (SS-0006).  Autumn Days is one of my all time favorite stamp sets, even though it has Autumn in the title, I use it all year round.

 

 

I only used 2 of the leaves from the set and stamped them with Clear Embossing ink onto a Color Splash Sheet, sprinkled them with Gold embossing powder and heat set them with my Heat Tool.  Then I pulled out my Color Splash pencils and Blending brush.

 

After I finished watercoloring the image, I sprinkled it with Gold Silk and Cranberry Bliss silk.  The embellishment over on the right is made with (3) 1/8 inch strips of Raspberry Berry cardstock, a gold piece of Bloom-fetti ( I finally found a use for that stuff) and then topped of with a red gem from my Rainbow Drops.

 

Here are the dimensions for my card:

 

Color Splash Sheet:  3-3/4 x 5

Raspberry Berry cardstock 3-7/8 x 5-1/8

Oatmeal Cookie cardstock base 5-1/2 x 8-1/2

 

If you have any questions, or would like to order any of the products I used in this card, please email me at :

cindyscreativejourney@gmail.com

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Cindy



Autum Days

Hello Creative Friends,

Fall is officially on us and I wanted to share some fall colors today.  Today's card is created with a Fun Stampers Journey set called "Autumn Days".  It is one of my favorites in the FSJ large catalog.

The background of this fast and easy card is created with another of my favorite background stamps, Canvas Prints.  Isn't the texture it creates just amazing?!!!

 

I created the leaves by using daubers and various ink pads that I listed below to cover a piece of Buttercream cardstock.  Then I stamped my leaves and die cut them with the matching die.  Love that we have dies to match our stamps!!! and the bonus is if you purchase them together, you get a bundle price!

 

I hope you enjoyed my share today and as always, have an Amazing day!

Cindy

 

Products used in todays project:

Stamp Sets:  Autumn Days Bundle, Canvas Prints, Text Happy

Cardstock:  Oatmeal Cookie, Pumpkin Bread, Buttercram

Ink pads:  Oatmeal Cookie, Dark Roast, Pomegranate Splash, Summer Days, Pumpkin Bread, and Green Olive

Silks:  Bronze Silk, Gold Silk, and Cranberry Bliss Silk

Accessories:  Sea Stones, Journey Gold Twine

 

Count Your Blessing Hanger

Hello Creative Friends.
Don't you just love that the Holiday season is almost upon us?  Halloween is next week and then Thanksgiving will be here sooner than you think.  Today's post is a video tutorial showing how to create this rustic style door hanger that is perfect to give as a hostess gift. 

 

If you scroll down to the bottom, I have listed everything I used to make this project.

Here is the link to the video:

https://youtu.be/AJsGPYoaYcY

Items used for project:
Chipboard, Press Punch, Craft Glue, Gesso, Square Paint Brush, Oatmeal Cookie Acrylic Paint, Canvas Prints Stamp, Hazelnut Blend Ink Pad, Fusion Ink Sponge, Pumpkin Bread Ink Pad, Faith Journey Prints, Hazelnut Blend Cardstock, Journey Brads Mini, Give Thanks Bundle, Pineapple Smoothie Cardstock, Gold Pan Pastel, Pan Pastel Tools, Foam Squares, Gold Elements, Autumn Days Bundle, Raspberry Berry Ink Pad, Rich Sorbets PanPastels, Gold Silk, Cranberry Bliss Silk, Crease tool, Wooden accents, Natural Thread, Pineapple Smoothie Crimp Ribbon

Grateful Heart

I've been thinking about how blessed my life has been for the past few weeks.  I have a wonderful husband who loves me and lets me follow my dreams, 3 great kids who are awesome, 4 beautiful grandbabies, and a whole host of friends who make me laugh and support me.  Do I want more?  Yes, but I am grateful for what I have and need to make sure I show my gratitude each and every day.  I have challenged myself to tell someone everyday how I am thankful they are in my life and what they mean to me.

 

 

 

I love the colors on this card, Pomegranate Splash, Banana Cream, Hazelnut Blend, Citrus Cooler and  touch of Gold Silk.

 

 

I used the Brush Stroke Set SS-0205 to create the background and to "color" my leaves.  You can find this set and the rest of the items used here.

 

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.

~Cindy~

 

Items used in this project

 

Ink Splash Embossing Folder EF-0008

Brush Stroke SS-0205

Fancy Label Die DI-0035

Autumn Days SS-0006

Autumn Days Dies DI-0118

Grateful Heart AT 0159