Watercolored Jolinne

This week's MFT WSC challenge is to use watercolors.  During my last trip to El Paso, I took my watercolors for my mom and aunt to try out and they loved them!  I have to admit, although they are nice to use, I rarely ever use them.  It's just easier to whip out the copics and color away.  But for this challenge, I dragged out my twinkling h2o's and pearlescent water colors and colored up Miss You Much Jolinne. 

I'd been dying to try Ashley Cannon Newell's scrunched ribbon after seeing her tutorial, but everytime I made a card, I just forgot.  It's so easy to do and doesn't take up as much ribbon as I thought it would.  This technique's a keeper.

I managed to get a pic that showed all the sparklies that the h2o's and pearlescent watercolors added to my image.  I just love how sparkly and bright the colors look in real life.

That's it for today.  See ya later alligator!

Spring Time and Cheer Up

Hi guys, I'm back with two cards today.  The first one is based on this week's Mercy sketch.  I used my new Kioshi pad from Basic Grey and an image from Prickley Pear that I had previously watercolored using twinkling H2O's.  I stamped and embossed the image onto watercolor paper and used my twinkling H2O's like watercolors to color the image.  I love how they give just the right amount of shimmer to give the image some pizazz without making it overwhelming.  Anyways, here's the card:

And a closeup of the stamped panel:

The paper did warp a bit from the watercoloring and embossing, but not enough to bother me.

Supplies:
papers: Kioshi Basic Grey, watercolor paper, green cardstock
stamp: Prickley Pear
other: ribbon, button, twine, brads

I also made another card for a friend who's been having a hard time lately.  I'm hoping to give it to her paired with a little box of candies to help cheer her up.  It's hard to be sad when you're eating some chocolate! :) 

I used a previous Mojo Monday sketch and some new SEI paper I picked up recently.  I only bought one sheet, but I can already tell I'll be back for more.  When I first saw this stamp at Verve, it just called to me.  I loved what the verse was saying, to me it seems like a hopeful message.

Supplies:
papers: SEI, BoBunny, DCWV, black and white cardstock
stamp: Verve - Plain Jane
other: black ribbon, pink rhinestones

I'm experimenting with a fun project this weekend and I'm hoping for good results so I can share with ya'll (yes, I'm a Texas girl!) on Monday.  Wish me luck!

Enjoy your weekend.