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



Fun Stampers Journey Rise and Shine meets Mixed Media 5/23

Hello Creative Friends.

In today's post I am sharing a fun card featuring the stamp set Rise and Shine SS-0337 and a bunch of fun techniques using FSJ Splashes and stencils!  Make sure you go over to my Facebook page @CCreativeJourney,  tomorrow evening (5/24 at 6 pm Eastern time) to catch a live video of the step by step of making this card. 
 I used Blue Lagoon cardstock (11 x 4-1/4) for my card base, a layer of Sweet Berry (5-1/4 x 4), a strip of Pool Play (5 x 2) cut with the  Border Basic Die Set, Whip Cream (3-1/2 x 5), a scrap of Whip Cream, Sweet Berry, and Black Licorice cardstock.  I also used a Black Licorice ink pad and Clear Pigment ink pad for stamping.

 

To make the background I grabbed 3 Media Misters , my Pineapple Smoothie Splash, Blue Lagoon Splash, and Lemongrass Splash and headed to the sink.  I filled the media misters each with 1/2 splash and 1/2 water.  This gives you more control then the actual splash bottles and dilutes the colors for a watercolor effect.  After I prepped the media misters, I grabbed a piece of clear acrylic that I had saved from my stamp sets, and sprayed a few squirts of the Pineapple Smoothie onto the acrylic.  Then I dragged the Whip Cream cardstock through it.  Make sure you use your heat gun to dry between each step.  After the Pineapple Smoothie is dry, wipe off the acrylic sheet, place your Bubble Bubble Stencil on top.  give it a few squirts of both Blue Lagoon Splash and Lemongrass Splash.  Next, pick up the stencil and flip it over onto your Pineapple Smoothie background piece.  This gives you a reverse image of the actual stencil- pretty cool huh?!!!  Dry the background with your heat gun.  Also, I mopped up the extra spray on the stencil with a piece of media paper to use another time.  Ok, now you are ready for the next stencil, Cheveron Stencil , and some Gesso.  Place your stencil on your mixed media background paper, hold it in place and using a Spatula, spread a thin coat of gesso on the left side of your cardstock.  Dry completely with your heat tool.

Now we get to stamp!  I cut the Happy off of one of the sentiments in the Rise and Shine set ( you know me, I like to cut my stamps apart?), and inked it up with Black Licorice ink.  I stamped it multiple times down the left side of my media background.  After that I added some Bubble Gum Silk, because you know you have to have Silk Spashes on everything!  Then I stamped both birds onto a scrap of Whip Cream cardstock and punched them out using the 1-1/2"Punch & the 1-3/4" Punch .  I colored them using my Journey Color Burst Pencils. (04,17,23,25,28) and then mounted them onto Sweet Berry scrapes punched with Scalloped Circle Punch 1-3/4 & Scalloped Circle Punch 2".  I looped some Black Twine behind them and mounted them with pop dots.  Then I put my sentiment back together, stamped it onto a scrap of Black Licorice with Clear Embossing ink and covered it with White Embossing powder, cooked it, and placed it ton my card front.

 

Thanks for stopping by today! 
Make sure to stop by my Facebook page Cindy's Creative Journey (@ccreativejourney) for live videos and updates.
Cindy

Fun Stampers Journey Artful Fins 5/11

Hello Creative Friends.

I can't believe how fast this week is going! It is already Thursday and my vacation is going way to fast!  Yesterday I shared a Mixed Media project with you and today's card is considered a Mixed Media project also.  See the background?  Bet you thought that was a watercolor wash!  Well, you are 1/2 right, and 1/2 not so right.

 

This background is considered Mixed media and is done using Fun Stampers Journey Color Splashes and our Color Splash sheets.  Your start by wetting your Color Splash Sheet with a Media Mister filled with water.  Go ahead and get it nice and wet.  Then you are going to spray it with Citrus Cooler Color Spash ( make sure you have your paper in a spray box so you don't get overspray on other things).  You can pick the paper up and move the color around if you have sprayed enough water on your sheet.  Next you will spray the paper again with Sweet Berry Color Splash.  You may want to mist your paper again with the water to move the color more.  After you get the look you like, you can dry it with your Heat Gun. 

I finished the background paper by splattering it with Bubble Gum Silk and Citrus Cooler Silk.  Don't you just love that Bloom Cluster Die cut from Bubble Gum CS in the background, kind of a subtle touch that adds so much.  While I was at my Platinum machine, I also cut a Sweet Text Bubble die out of Beach Ball CS.

I stamped 2 of the fish from the Artful Fins Stamp set and colored them with Color Burst Pencils, covered them in Journey Glaze and a sprinkle of Clear Confetti Sparkle Elements.  The finishing touch is the Whip Cream Sparkle Tape  in the bottom left corner.

Don't forget that if you are ordering the Artful Fins set from me this week, you will receive a card kit to create Monday's card!  Also, if you add your order to Party #12660, you will be entered in the Mystery Party Hostess drawing to win the Hostess benefits for this weeks party! 

Stay Creative!
Cindy