Three more cards in the Garden Party Collection.
Monday, March 3, 2014
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Friday, February 28, 2014
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Envelope #58
February 27, 2014
Today's envelope was an experiment to see what would happen if a Sharpie was used on top of a wet watercolor background. I am still seeing how the materials are interacting with the 100 Cotton Rag Resume envelopes.
To achieve this envelope, I used watercolor crayons and then applied water (very little water). I then applied the colored fine line Sharpie background in three separate colors (red, blue, black). I then applied the stained glass lines in the foreground in the medium tip black Sharpie. Finally, I outlined the envelope with a broad tipped Sharpie.
I was surprised that none of the Sharpie lines blurred or feathered with the dampened material. Although some of the colored fine line markers faded in and out of some of the more damp areas, all of the markers fared well.
One note of caution, be sure to open the flap when working with water. Even the least bit of moisture will activate the gummed surface and can prevent the envelope for being used in the future.
Garden Party Cards (cont.)
Since I am giving sending this as a birthday card today, I decided to tease you with my upcoming post next week that reveals three more of the Garden Party cards. Enjoy. I don't know about you, but I can't wait to get over this winter weather in NYC.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Envelope #56
February 25, 2014
Another experiment in shading. It really is amazing the different results between the Crayola colored pencils and PrismaColor colored pencils. The above was done with the PrismaColor pencils.
Iron Craft 2014 Challenge #4--Rose Card (Project 8)
Iron Craft Challenge #4 was dedicated to hearts or flowers. In a previous post, I mentioned that I was developing a series of paper cut cards called "Garden Party." They were developed for a friend's mother who enjoys handmade stationery. I shared the above card with that post.
Below are two more in the series. The black card was designed as a blank card for her to send out as she needed.
The red card below was designed for her to receive as a birthday card. I included a blank card for her personal use.
I will share the remaining cards in a future post. There will be ten different cards in the series.
Monday, February 24, 2014
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Friday, February 21, 2014
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Monday, February 17, 2014
Envelope #48
February 17, 2014
Testing out new blending liquid and materials. Also, new envelopes. These are 100% cotton rag envelopes (resume envelopes) from Staples.
Project #7--Garden Party Cards
This week's project is a little bit of a surprise so I am only showing you one sample. I have a friend's mother who is having a birthday next week (she doesn't read my blog so I am not spoiling the surprise). I am making her a birthday card and her favorite color is purple. As a gift, I am sending her matching (but different) cards. Since all of the cards are based on flowers, I am calling this set Garden Party 1. Eventually I hope to design 10 different cards.
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Envelope #47
February 16, 2014
I struggled with this one which is why it was posted so late. I liked it the way that it is but couldn't decide if it would look better colored in. I kept putting it aside to look at it with fresh eyes until I eventually decided to just post it as is. Maybe I will do something similar later with color.
Saturday, February 15, 2014
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