Say hello to our first ever Watercolor Weekend Roundup! We know you love our watercolor line, and wanted to provide you with even more inspiration! Please welcome our Watercolor Guest Design Team members, Dot Freel, Tricia Kennedy and Tricia O'Bin! Every first and third Saturday on the blog, we will show a project each of these talented ladies has made. Let's take a look at their fabulous projects!
Hello. I'm so excited to show you the first card I made as a guest designer for my most favorite stamp company - Art Impressions! I really love barns and I think a quilt should be painted on all of them. I love how Iowa, where my best friend Jamie lives, has a lot of barns with quilts painted on the barn sides or doors. I'm also a quilter which is another reason why I love barns with quilts painted on them.
The Old Barn stamp set is truly my most favorite of all of the Art Impressions watercolor stamps. I have used it more than any other set except for the Foliage set 1 which is an absolute necessity if you are going to make these wonderful scenes. I added the quilt to the barn stamp by using a ruler and a Micron Pigma Pen. I used Marvy Pens and Strathmore watercolor paper to watercolor this scene. I added Distress Mosaic Glaze to the water to make it look wet. I rounded all of the corners of my card and background papers using a corner rounder from Michael's, then used my tape runner to tape everything in place.
I have a few of my barns framed and placed around my house but I am beyond thrilled that the Art Impressions booth will have this card I made as an example at the future Scrapbook Expos. Click here to see the schedule and maybe you can attend a watercolor class near you! I'm still hoping to attend one myself.
Art Impressions Products: 4807 Old Barn (Barn, tree and fence), 4051 Foliage Set 1 (small grass and leaves), 4774 Stamp Positioner, 4773 Acrylic Block 5 Pack, WC Brush NO. 4, Strathmore Watercolor Paper
Marvy Le Plume II Markers: 72 Pine Green, 45 Sepia, 15 Olive Green, 17 Steel Blue, 28 English Red, 86 African Violet
Other Supplies: Distress Mosaic Glaze, Micron Pigma Pen 01 (drew quilt using ruler), Scotch tape runner, corner rounder punch
I stamped the center "selective color" pot, flowers and foliage with three markers #45 sepia, #65 iris purple and #15 olive green. Using water and a paintbrush, I watercolored the Art Impressions way by pulling out the color from the stamped image, fussy cut it out, added foam squares to the back and set aside. Next I stamped and watercolored the two "sketched" images in #12 grey. I attached the "selective color" piece in the center. I chose a silver 3 1/2 x 5 frame which compliments the "sketched" background. I love how the selective color technique gives a sketched look and just the perfect pop of color. This could easily be made into a card or a scrapbook page embellishment.
Art Impressions Products: 4051 Foliage Set 1, 4868 WC Flower Set 2, 4869 WC Small Container Set, 4773 Acrylic Block 5 Pack, WCPLT Watercolor Palette, WCPAD Canson XL Watercolor Paper Pad, WC Brush NO 6
Marvy Le Plume II Markers: 45 Sepia, 55 Iris Purple, 15 Olive Green, 12 Grey
Other Supplies: Foam Squares, Post It Notes
Other Supplies: Foam Squares, Post It Notes
Art Impressions Products: 4870 WC Ornate Container Set, 4867 WC Foliage Set 2 New, 4903 WC Sentiments Set, 4604 Chest of Flowers, 4868 WC Flower Set 2, Watercolor Palette, 4773 Acrylic Block 5 Pack, Canson XL WC Paper
Marvy Le Plume II Markers: 45 Sepia, 20 Magenta, 43 Brilliant Yellow, 8 Violet, 15 Olive Green, 86 African Violet
Other Supplies: Gina K Designs – Lemon Drop ink, Spellbinders S4-110 Nestabilities Large Classic Ovals Die
Wow, what fantastic projects! Be sure to leave some comment love to welcome our Guest Design Team! Did they inspire you to try a new technique? We would love to hear what you think in the comments! You can also visit their personal blogs or Instagram accounts for even more inspiration!
Dot's Blog & Instagram
Tricia K's Instagram
Tricia O's Blog & Instagram
Happy Watercolor Weekend!
9 comments:
Very creative use of the watercolor stamps!
Love them all ,
I'm going to love this series. How do I sign up for it? Such beautiful cards. Love the idea of the quilt on the old barn. Edna
Talk about knocking it out of the park, ladies! Looking forward to seeing everything you'll be sharing with us on Watercolor Weekends!!
Three gorgeous watercolored cards!! Beautiful way to start!!
Wow, yay more AI water color cards and tutorials. These are all wonderful ladies, each of you did an awesome job!!!
Congrats to designers Great projects
Lovely cards, I am such a fan of the AI WC Series of stamps.
There's really nothing to sign up for. Every first and third Saturday these 3 designers will be featured with a watercolor creation on the blog. You can see them by logging onto the blog or you can look at the blog sidebar where there is a long list of ways to follow Ai. You can choose one of those to see the work as well as on Facebook or Instagram. I'm so glad you like the new series!
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