Coloring outside the lines

 

Do you have a rebellious side? 

Me, not so much. 

You'll never find me on a bungee jump. 

I don't have a need for speed. 

While I'm sure the view and the experience is fantastic, I won't be booking any trips to Nepal to climb Mt. Everest. 

While others may live for adventure, I let my wild side out while I'm creating. Now, I don't go crazy and shoot color out of a paint gun, roll around with my body covered in paint,  or throw knives at paint filled, suspended balloons. 

 

But sometimes, it's nice to break the rules a little bit.

 

So for these cards, I stamped these images in black (the large botanical image is from Kaisercraft, the sentiments are from Hampton Art), and rather than color them in, I mixed a little water with some colored ink and splattered. Drip, drip, drop!

 

 

Now, a kindergarten teacher might encourage you to color in the lines, but me--I'm a paper art rebel.  I say "Go for it"!

 

Look for more watercolor techniques in the next issue of Scrapstreet that will be posted on October 1st. 

I'd love to see your watercolor rebellious side!

 

inks, stamps, oh my!

Happy Thursday everyone!

Today, I'm just sharing a fun layout with you using the May SFTIO kit. I loved this kit because of the beautiful, happy colors!

Doesn't this layout look fun, but girly at the same time. I normally don't do "girly" but decided to change my scrapping up a bit. I try to do this every now and then so my layouts don't look the same.

I used lots of inks and some stamps on this layout. For the drip effect, I simply sprayed some puddles of ink on my cardstock, then propped the layout upright so the ink would drip.

• Supplies:
• Cardstock: Creative Memories
• Patterned Paper: Prima
• Jewels: Zva Creative
• Acrylic Stamps: Glitz Design
• Spray Ink: Ranger, Smooch
• Canvas: Prima

Just a little something...

During the holiday season I always think of people that I would like to show my appreciation to with a little gift, but my checkbook doesn't feel the same way.  I realized I could make something, but it really needed to be something that was quick to make.  What about TAGS!  With the popularity of gift bags why not give tags? I know that I rarely gift wrap anymore because the bags are so convenient and truthfully I hate to gift wrap.

You can make tags for any occasion.  Just because my examples are all Christmas doesn't mean you have to create Christmas tags too.  A great plus about creating tags is that you can use your "leftover" goodies that you have been saving.  If you are like me you save stuff thinking that at some point you will use that one sticker left on the sheet, or the goofy die cut flower that you have never been able to figure out what to do with. 

Most of my tag that I'm sharing were done using digital stamps.  Because I LOVE to color with my Copics most of my tags include a colored image.  I also like to use Glossy Accents and Stickles to add sparkle and shine to my holiday tags so you will see these products throughout too.  These tags feature stamps from Dilly Beans Stamps.

My next group of tags are a little more manly.  The center one was created using a Tiddly Inks digital stamp, but the others were created using stickers and diecuts. You can create tags quickly if you use pre-made embellishments plus you still get that hand-made look.  They make a perfect gift too.

My last three tags are snowmen.  The middle snowman is a stamp from Hambo Stamps.  The outside ones are from Dilly Beans Stamps.  Most of my tag bases are cut out of card stock, however a few are Bazzill pre-made tags, which I love.   You can easily save time by using a pre-made tag as a template to cut your tags from. 

All you need is an hour or two and your leftover stash.  You can create a bunch of one-of-a-kind tags to give just to show you care.  Your checkbook will thank you for it!