Watercoloring with stamps

28 Tuesday Oct 2014

Posted by wlbillings in Artist/Store, Cards, Jennifer McGuire, Thank You Card, Tutorial Links, Tutorials, watercoloring

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card, embossing, Jennifer McGuire, pearl embossing powder, peerless watercolors, thank you, tutorial link

Good Morning!

Today I would like to share with you a couple of cards that I made using Jennifer McGuire’s water coloring with stamps tutorial.

Well, I guess I do not have a picture of the other card I made with this technique. Bummer, I forgot to take one before giving it away. It was done in blues and was a birthday card.

I just love this stamp set. You can find it here. And I love how the Pearl embossing powder sets off the whole image. It is subtle in real life, but I messed about with the angle so that you could see it on camera.

As always Jazz and I appreciate your visit to our little blog.

Hope your week is fantastic!

Spice Market KISS card

26 Sunday Oct 2014

Posted by wlbillings in Best Wishes, Birthday, Cards, Catherine Pooler/Stamp Nation, Just because, Tutorial Links, Tutorials

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basic grey, best wishes, Birthday, card, distressed ink, Easy, embossing, just because, KISS, Spice Market Stamp

Hey gang,

Hope you all are enjoying this fabulous fall weather. Here in Colorado it is absolutely gorgeous. Here is the view from my neck of the woods. Mt. Meeker at an elevation of 13,911 and Pikes Peak at 14,111.

But anyway…

I found this tutorial from Catherine Pooler. If you have not checked her out, you should. She hosts Stamp Nation. It is an online group that has hundreds of card making tutorials that you can join for a small fee or just check out her blog as she has tons of stuff there too.

I loved how simple these were to make and how different they all looked simply by using different colors.

Thanks for looking!

Wendy

Oops!

23 Saturday Nov 2013

Posted by wlbillings in Cards, encouragement, Folds, Simply B Stamps, Simply Betty Facebook Challenge, Tutorial Links

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bo bunny, brown, cards, challenge, encourgement, Simply B Stamps

Good Morning!! Hope that this finds you enjoying your weekend. I can’t believe that it is already the end of November. Where has the year gone?

Today’s images are especially fun ones. I love em. Though I don’t know why anyone would want to shoot our sweet and loving Corinne with an arrow. (giggle)

I used a diamond gate fold that I found on Splitcoaststampers. You can find the tutorial here. (The small clothespins are just to hold the card closed for the photo.)

I used The Paper Studio Affinity papers. The die is from Spellbinders Fantastic Flourish two.

For those that asked, the retreat was AWESOME! I had such a good time. Miss Betty was an amazing hostess. The house was perfect, the jacuzzi warm and the wine was tasty. Although it was not my most productive weekend, I met some fabulous gals that I hope to see again at the next one.

Jazzy sends a big hello!

Hugs,

Wendy

Good vs Evil challenge.

02 Monday Sep 2013

Posted by wlbillings in Birthday, Cards, Challenge, Friendship, Jazzydoodledesigns, Just because, Simply Betty Facebook Challenge, Tutorial Links

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bendi fold, cards, challenge, just because, mermaid, Simply B Stamps, Tutorial Links, water scene

Hey I thought since I was on a roll I would show you the card I made for last month’s challenge. GOOD vs EVIL. I choose good because that is who I am LOL.

Ok, stop laughing now and take a look.

I used a the Bendi tutorial for the card. You can watch it on you tube here.

Here is another view half open:

And here is is all the way open:

This was a time consuming card, but lots of fun.

Roxie the good mermaid

and Spika the evil mermaid

Thanks for looking.

Hidden Flowers

12 Wednesday Sep 2012

Posted by wlbillings in Beads, eggs, Jazzydoodledesigns, Life in general, Pendant, Polymer clay, Tutorial Links

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blue, brown, jazzydoodledesigns, polymer clay, Polymer clay beads, polymer clay eggs, Tutorial Links

Hello again. I hope that your week is going well. We are halfway through. WE CAN DO IT!

This last weekend I purchased a tutorial from Clay Lessons. This website provides great lessons on working with polymer clay. Some of the lessons are free. Always a bonus. So anywho, I saw one called Hidden flowers. It was reasonably priced at $6.00. So not one to turn down a good deal 🙂 I bought it. And here is what I made with the technique.

If you click on any of the photos they will enlarge and become a slide show.

The pictures really do not do these justice. You simply cannot see the metallic sheen that gives these depth and shine. I need to work on my camera techniques. You know in my “spare time”. LOL

There are so many possibilities with this technique. I can’t wait to explore some more. In fact… alas I must go to work…sigh.

Talk to soon.

Wendy and the doodle dog!