Zig Watercoloring today

All the cards (except one) that I am showing here today were colored 

with my Zig Watercolor Markers!

This card was using a new stamp I got.

I put a scalloped background and a pink bow

and that is all it needed.  

I love how the colors turned out on this one.

After I put this picture on this blog I saw it was off centered.
To fix that I put a pretty bow on the right side where it was off
and it came out so pretty.

These next two cards were using a stamp

that my friend Cindy R. gave me.

She brought over a whole box of

stamps and I could pick whatever I wanted,

The first one is colored with Spectrum Noir

and the second one is colored with Zig markers.

They are each different but so pretty.

I did not realize until I posted this that the first one is off center.

Crap!

The next three cards are card kits that I

made for my friend Ann M.

I made one card and cut pieces for 5 more of each of them.

This is just a very subtle orange and so delicate.

This is a new dogwood stamp that I got.

I heat embossed it and then water colored it. 

I added some sequins for embellishments.

I had trouble placing the sentiment

as I did not want to cover up the pretty flowers.

After seeing this card on the blog, I did not like the sentiment.
I have since made a few more of these and used a pink vellum sentiment.

This is a Stampin Up Flower that is water colored.

The sentiment is from Cindy's box.

The twine is from Cindy's Etsy store.

Of course, I added sequins.

After I added the photo, I put leaves behind the flower.

I hope Ann M. likes all these cards kits.

It was a productive day and I had fun water coloring.

I am going upstairs to make a couple more card kits.

I have some ideas in my head and John is watching tv

so I will go up and create!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to you all!

Cindy's Visit

My good friend Cindy R. came to visit me from New Jersey.

She spent a couple days here and we had so much fun

playing in my craftroom.

Cindy brought the pieces to this card and with my inks and her pieces

we created 18 of these beautiful Christmas cards.

I am so very happy with the way they turned out.

I taught Cindy how to do this card.  I had taken a class at Archiver's

a long time ago and learned how to make this card.

We each made 3 of these and they are all colored different 

and each one is prettier than the next.

I just got these new flower dies so we came up with this design

that I really love.  I think they came out so darn cute.

We each made 3 of these.

Cindy has a good eye for picking background paper!

We made 8 of these cards.  I decided to turn them to see how they 

would look and I kind of liked it.  So I made 2 of each and 

Cindy did too.  We had a terrible time lining up the stamped flower

with the punch.  I had John come up to my craftroom and between

the three of us we got it figured out.

I got a new dogwood stamp and we came up with this design using

that stamp.  We stamped in black ink and then colored the image 

with white pencils.  Then Cindy drew lines around the whole cards.

I love, love, love how this came out.

I wanted to learn how to make a shaker card so Cindy taught me.

We made the santa one from a Mod podged napkin.

The polka dot one was using some pre cut circle things

that Cindy brought and they made it super easy.

We also made the purple one in the previous blog post.

I can see more shaker cards in my future.

They are such fun to make!

I got this new stamp and Cindy stamped them and I colored.

I did mine in this color and she did hers in oranges.

A sentiment on vellum and easy peasy and so very elegant!

Cindy brought this stamp that I love and I stamped 5

of these and colored them with my Spectrum Noir markers.

I added some black sequins for embellishments.

Love how this turned out.

Cindy brought her Ken Oliver Colorburst powder

for me to try.  I loved it!  I still have some blue stains on my fingernails!

These are some backgrounds that we made.  I love how they turned out.

I made this card yesterday using one of the backgrounds pictured.

I just love these backgrounds as they make amazing cards.

We had such a wonderful time and I sure hope that Cindy comes back to craft again.

We have so much that we did not get to do.

Maybe next time!

Shaker card

My sweet friend Cindy came to spend a couple of days crafting with me.

She lives in New Jersey.

She taught me how to make a "shaker card".

We used a mod podged napkin for the background and added

some sequins, glitter and beads.

We then put a strip of paper on the front and 

use a die cut "happy birthday".

I thought it turned out so beautiful!

We sure had a wonderful time and I learned a lot of new techniques.

We shared supplies and had so much fun together.

I cannot wait till we craft together again,

We work well as a team!