Watercoloring { A dragonfly }

 This week Kia has shared with us this dragonfly water coloring video that takes place on fast forward mode. I had seen the lady had traced a dragonfly image into her painting and so I felt perfectly free to stamp one for my sample project. 

I stamped this Peddlers Pack dragon fly with some Adirondack mist on Arches hot press and used this silcone brush end to apply the Daniel Smith masking fluid over that. 

First layer of paints ( wet ) the white is Dr. Ph. Martins bleed proof white, mostly Daniel Smith watercolor paints with some Holbein shadow green.

Third layer of paints 

When I removed the masking fluid. ( I had tried to leave a little space for the paints to flow through the wings since they should be see-through ish but, I probably could have left a lot more space than I did.I also seen that I could not see the stamping ink for the veins or details of the stamp anymore so, all the detailing on the finished painting is just guess work. 

trial veins and such. I think the eyes look a little goofy but, for a first try its not too shabby.

even though this was taped down it did warp so, I left it being pressed inside my big shot while I went to work on Tuesday AM. 

The pressing it was a marginal fix so, I ended up mounting this to some textured Bazzill with foam tape to help make it a little more "flat". You can find this challenge here at Splitcoaststampers to play along with us. Thanks for stopping by.

Inspired by { Lady Yard }

 This week Amy has shared with us this Lady Yard site where I came across this vase in the storefront and decided it was just the push I needed to finish painting this poppy that I had started a long time ago. I had stamped the Poppy Background ( Sweet n Sassy stamps) with vintage photo distress on some shinzen textured watercolor paper and started out with the first layer of paint as some shimmery watercolors that June had gifted me with that I keep at work) and over time I started adding more Daniel smith over the top to deepen the colors and the shimmer still peeks through from behind it which is interesting. 

So, I cut this out with scissors and used a piece of textured burgundy/brown ish cover sheet that I no longer remember who makes it and then found a shimmery textured satin trim in the gold ribbons box. ( that is totally unknown to me too) The base here is some Neenah earthstone and this one finished out at A7 in real life. I left off the sentiment as I do not know how I want to use this just yet, but I suspect it will end up being a birthday card eventually. You can find this challenge here at Splitcoaststampers to play along with us. Thanks for stopping by.

WOYWW # 677

 

Happy desk peeking day, if you'd like to see more spaces or play along 

the link up for this blog hop starts here at our hostess

Miss Julia's Blog.

There is also a new Instagram hashtag of #WOYWW

 

(I am behind and driving all day for work, so will be playing catch up over the long weekend) 

 

 This was my desk Yesterday after work. I had thought I may have time to turn the doodle planets piece into a card for that challenge but, it didn't get that far. I had also hauled home some flowers I started painting at work in the slow times months ago thinking to add more shadows and finish them off maybe. ( this really has not happened yet) but, the intention is there. those mice are staged as they were in just a stack ha ha. 

on the other side I have been you know stamping cling stamps on cards to laminate them for years now and since it took a long time and I was shopping through out the process sometimes to finish a card of sentiments I just stuck them all on one card, and that has been really frustrating to find the one you want to use knowing you have it kind of a situation. So, I have been going through some of the previously stamped cards and resorting them into tighter categories as A I own more stamps now and B this will just be better in the long run. So, I am allowing it to take "longer" to have better organized cards now than I did a few years ago. ( there is a pile of partially stamped cards on the coffee table across the room they have been there so long I probably need to dust them again ha ha) 

the update on the truck is it made it onto a rail car last Friday to start crossing the country to get here. I know it will ultimately end up in Portland at the top of the state and there is a shortage of Union works to unload things so it may be there for a while before it makes its way down here to me. but, at least its finished being built and on the way. :)

That's about it from me, hope you are all doing well. Thanks for stopping by.

Watercoloring {Circle Doodles}

 This week Angie has shared with us an abstract painted circles doodle project seen here on YouTube

I kind of grinned as I was watching this because, I have similar colors on the palette so, I decided what the heck. Funnily enough I even had the brushes she used and nope, I was not that great at spinning that big flat brush. (this was the first time it got wet and played with) so, after a while I did switch to an 8 round.

This is arches hot press watercolor paper and Daniel smith paints. I had remembered she mentioned they looked like planets to her. and it was late when I was trying this I could not see the colors well so I kept adding more. I skipped the salt stage.

 

So this morning before work I added more paint to it making "circles" of doodle blobs of paint over the top mostly. 

And it dried so I tossed it in my bag and doodled on it at work with those pens ( as that was what was on my desk) 

What it looks like with the tape off. ( my desk at work has a glass top and an overhead light so, this was cropped a little to take the desk/glare out) but its probably about A6-ish in real life. You can find this challenge here at Splitcoaststampers to play along with us, thanks for stopping by.

Inspired by { Crazy Dog T-Shirts }

 Hi, It's my week to host the Inspiration challenge at Splitcoaststampers and I had stumbled across a silly fishing tee shirt from Crazy Dog T-Shirts and thought this may be fun for jump starts for Fathers Day. They also have Pinterest Boards that hide here. 

 

I have really been enjoying being able to just pop cards into the mailbox without having to stand in line to mail them this last little while so, I knew I had this Hero Arts nested T-shirt die set and that it would be really easy to make some Clean and Simple tee shirts. I laughed at this shirt in particular And started digging out my Fishing sentiments and some tiny fishing images. I cut a stack of the largest t die and then I scored some thin 80# white accent opaque cardstock to be folding bases for the tops to layer on, the fold is slightly under the collar of the neckline ( which you can see on the tee shirt on the left here as that one is a one layer card. the others with "crisp" corners on the collar are layered cards.

I think that rounded look is "OK" too, I do think the fishing lines ( Impression Obsession) are a little too big scale wise for the die but, this was just for play so, I paired it with a Sentiment from stamping Bella as it went nearly side to side on the shirt front. The one in the center the small fishing scene was a block with no mfg info on it and hubs found it on eBay a while back, that sentiment is from Heather and the larger fishing scene on the right shirt is from the old SU set called Angler, that sentiment is from Inky Antics.

So I decided to try some with just sentiments. The shirt on the left the sentiment is from Rubbernecker and I believe the one on the far right is also a Rubbernecker stamp but, I don't see it online in their store anymore and its not in the evernote file. the one in the center is from Impression Obsession. These the corners of the outside edge of the shirt are too wide to fit into A2 envelopes like this so, I have put them crooked into A6 envelopes. That's about it from me, hope you are doing well. If you'd like to play along with us this challenge hides here at SCS. Thanks for stopping by.

WOYWW # 676 { A catch-up post}

 

Happy desk peeking day, if you'd like to see more spaces or play along 

the link up for this blog hop starts here at our hostess

Miss Julia's Blog.

There is also a new Instagram hashtag of #WOYWW

 

I decided to take some shots leading up to Wednesday as most of the time the desk is clear on Wed am...

So, this is a Sunday afternoon Monday am view of the desk.

 

I had the bright idea to stamp off some things on watercolor paper and start painting them. With more than one panel taped down that allows me to shift between them when I have a chunk of time to paint and let the paints dry.

 what it looked like from the other side.

and some of the happy mail that came monday

these came from two different Etsy sellers.

and these came from two ebay sellers and one etsy seller. 

what the desk looked like Tuesday pm. and then I seen that Karen's husband Mark is the teaparty destination at SCS this week. ( his wife Karen lost her battle with cancer last month and the card shower is casing cards from her gallery there.) and one fairly close to the top was this pretty Iris one. 

So, this is what I did with the flowers I had started painting before I found that card of hers.

The elegant iris corner is from Penny Black and the sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp. there is a second sentiment on the inside here also. 

 That's about it from me, evidently I am now an every other week poster. ( which is a little better than once a month) So far, the truck has not arrived and there is a slight chance that the irrigation water may be turned on at the end of this month. ( crossing fingers here) Hope you all are doing well. Happy Anniversary Julia! Thanks for stopping by!