Rain Puddles Design

There is a challenge, a cheat and a life changing art method in this post today. I don't know where to begin! Art method: I have been creating a giant taboo with my acrylic paints. I had NO IDEA I was tearing apart my projects in the process of laying down my paint. I'm mortified! I'm not sure the exact search I started on about acrylic, but when I came to " Worst Mistake Acrylic Painters Make " my search ended and I went out and bought some new supplies. I have mediums sitting next to my painting case and I'll never thin them wrongly again. Whew! I think they like me again. A Challenge.  I'm hosting the MIx-Ability challenge this next week! Check out the challenge below! MIX83: Naturally Elements A Cheat. Stampendous has these amazing collage stamps. They have new ones almost every release. It's incredibly easy to create mixed media style cards in minutes when you want some creativity in a short amount of time. My card uses Eif...

  Happy Friday! Today we are hopping altogether with a big wow! Have we got some wonderful projects to show you today. I'm kind of excited to see them myself. If you have found yourself in the midst of our blog hop, welcome and join in at the beginning to see all of our projects. If you feel a little deja-vu, yes you're here again, my Thursday post is in our hop as well! My card today was created with Stampendous Glance and Vintage Press stamps. Coloring is done with STAEDTLER 's Aquarelle pencils, soft pastel, wax crayon and colored pencils. When applicable I blended with an aqua pen. There have been lots of fun new ribbon from May Arts that I have loved to just hold and run through my fingers, so it can be hard to cut into, but it was worth the trims to complete this card. Look for this brand the next time you need ribbon, May Arts ! I believe I've used Faux Linen ribbon and white Wax Cord. The last few bits of bling are from Stampendou...

 It's the grande finale hop today. I've so enjoyed using STAEDTLER fine art supplies to color my Stampendous images. Thank you to our coordinators April and Laura for creating such a wonderful week of great inspiration. It's so great that there are prizes! Oh yeah. Feel free to check out the details below so I can get right to my sample share. My project today is a quick one. I stamped the Jumbo Calla Lily stamps on mixed media paper and then stared at it for bit. I grabbed two chalks  and created the foundation colors. Then I lightened up the petals some more with a lighter color. I switched to the Ergosoft watercolor pencils and added greens to the stems and blues to the background. I did add some scarlet to the centers of the flowers. Now then, I had in my package a few graphite pencils and pigment liners  to use so I just started doodling around the flowers. This is too big for a card, but I think it will be a great little framed piece I'll keep in my st...

Its the third day of a colorful partnership with STAEDTLER products this week while we showcase our theme Up, Up and Away with new images from the Stampendous 2013 April Catalog .  You all know I love color, right? Well, it's not that easy to hold me back from using everything in the rainbow, but I think I managed to leave out... nope I got them all in, tee-hee. I created a card with three sets (see list below) of new stamps on this card. After stamping out the Hot Air Trio in Jet Black Ranger ink (waterproof ink) I opened the glorious package of STAEDTLER Ergo Soft Aquarell Pencils and delicately started adding color. It wasn't long before I was using all the techniques and then some for applying color with these pencils onto the balloons. Dry on dry, dry on wet and wet on dry, and using the soft pastels as a resist in the sky. I have had a set of the STAEDTLER Triplus Color pens that I've used on and off to add a solid color to a piece and also to use on journal...