May is coming to a close which sadly means it is our last Saturday with our marvelous and magnificent May Leading Lady, Cris G. I feel so fortunate Cris has been our Leading Lady this month gracing us with her ingenuity, awe-inspiring artistic skills and creativity! It has been a magical May indeed.
If you missed her smashing debut you must see it...CLICK HERE or her sensational second performance of bright and bold watercolor wonders CLICK HERE or her triumphant third performance of en-wrap-turing projects CLICK HERE.
Make sure to visit her blog for a chance to win a giveaway.
Lucky for us all we have her final command performance today.
Hello crafty friends!
Today is my last performance as a Leading Lady (is it just me or
this sound a bit melodramatic? :)). It has been a real pleasure sharing this
time with you and reading all the wonderful and always encouraging comments,
even when I didn’t feel so creative. I confess now that I was suffering from
lack of mojo even before my first post... still do. Anyway, thank you so much
for having me Shay! You know I truly admire your kindness, strength and
perseverance!
For this last post I brought the most unique theme (ha ha):
Flora! I can explain, the theme could be Flowers, but there is a tree and
leaves... and no flowers, so I thought that Flora would cover everything.
First of all, my Brushos arrived... yabba dabba doo! They
are really fun to play with, but I still have a lot to explore and control. For
now I think that a mix of free powders on watercolour paper (and all over the
desk), along with a little bit of discipline from a brush are the technique(s)
that work best for me.
Before this first card I had two really bad attempts, but
finally I’m pleased with this one. I started by stamping two hydrangeas
from In
Bloom: Addie’s Garden with a little masking, and then literally soak
them in water, using a brush. After that I carefully dropped the powders,
repeating the process a few times until I was happy with the intensity of
color. Although powders spread beyond where we want them to be, you can blame
all that spatter on me :). Then I cut the In
a Word: Kisses Cutaway from the main piece and from craft foam.
Stamped and white heat embossed the word sending from The
Big, the Bold and Friends, adhere everything and spritz with a mix of
Perfect Pearls and water.
Project two. I started with Scenery:
the Leaf Effect Creative Screenings and Brushos. I saw a video on
YouTube sharing some different techniques with watercolour powders and decided
to try this one. I simply LOVE the effect of mixed colors on the leaves. The
second step was white heat embossing the tree from Kindness
with Evelin T Designs and sentiment from the Wishing You With Evelin T
Designs on vellum. Stamped the little “sunshine” from In
Bloom: Eva’s Favorite Flowers and fussy cut, then attached with a tiny
metal clip to the vellum piece, embellishing with some sequins from Winnie’s
Sparkly Shaker Selection. Easy card with a cool effect produced from
applying Brushos through a stencil.
For my third and last card I decided to do something more
classic with a vintage touch. I used a vintage like stamp for the sentiment, to
match the overall design.
Thank you so much for stopping by today and for your lovely
comments. Don’t forget to leave a comment by June 1st, 11:59 pm CST on my
blog for a chance to win a $30 gift card.
Have a fabulous week!
