DT Tips: Achieving a Watercolored Look with Stamped Images...

Welcome! I've had some questions on this previous post of mine on how I blended the bird to get the watercolor look, so I created a video for you today with a new card and the technique of stamping images and blending them to make them look watercolored. I hope you enjoy watching it, and please let me know if you have any questions!

Here is the video tutorial, and I apologize that the video is so small! I can't seem to figure out how to make it bigger on my blog. Please click HERE to watch it at over at Papertrey Ink's YouTube channel! Thanks!

The stamps used on this card are The Sweet Life, Spring Woods stamps and dies (bird and branch) and Bold Blossoms (sentiment). Have a creative day!

Creative Cardmaker: Coloring pages for cardmakers...

Coloring pages for adults seem to be all the rage right now… I mean, really, who doesn’t like to color? It’s so relaxing and reminds me of my childhood love of art! I’ve recently discovered that now cardmakers get to color, too! Check out these neat card-sized paper packs with different designs you can color in with Copic Markers, colored pencils, etc., so much fun: this one is called Fancy Pants Sentiments Coloring Pages by Papertrey Ink. They have others, including a feather-themed pack, a butterfly pack and more. And when you are done coloring, you get to send your finished artwork to someone special in the form of a card!

I’ve chosen this particular sentiment, because I had these tulips all stamped and ready to go, and this “Miss You” coloring sheet has a nice open space in the lower left corner where I can add my tulips. So this one, it is! I’ve also grabbed some Copic markers from my collection that I thought would go well with the colors in the tulips.

What I learned is that I’m not the best colorer in the world, but I had a lot of fun with it, and it sort of turned out with an “artistic” look. I used the R39 Copic Marker to color in the “Miss You,” then shaded around the words with R20. The swirls were colored in with BG10, then shaded with two greens on the ends, YG11 and YG63.

What do you think? Will this be a trend you’ll try? See the Scrapbook Expo blog for the finished product!

Bunny Bag Revisited...

Today the senior Papertrey Ink design team is revisiting a die collection called Bunny Bag that was released February 2014 originally, but we would like to share with you some new ideas for it! I paired it with Tulip Time stamps and dies.

The eyes were stamped with the center of the tulip from Tulip Time! And the cute little nose was shaded with a pink Copic marker and popped up with dimensional adhesive. I used Papertrey Ink's Rustic Cream Button Twine for the whiskers.

I thought she would be cute with some patterned paper ears and some tulips in her arms. This would make a cute gift bag for a spring event, baby shower, etc!

Here is the first bunny bag I made a couple of years ago when it first came out. And here is the video tutorial to make the bunny bag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHUv-zgiimc

Visit Melissa, Betsy, Dawn and Heather for more with the Bunny Bag die collection! Thanks for stopping by today!