Thursday, November 30, 2017

GUEST ARTIST FEATURE: Kathy Racoosin

Hello! How are you today? My name is Kathy Racoosin and I am super excited to be a guest today on the blog. I am a fangirl of everything Dawn and working with her beautiful illustrations (stamps) makes me so happy.

I have a card and a video plus a bonus card to share with you today using the Christmas Rose Bouquet stamp with some Zig watercolor markers. This beautiful stamp isn’t just a holiday stamp thought, with a little creativity, it can be used all year.

For the card on the left, I have a video sharing my process, the card on the right is my bonus card.

While traveling on The Coloring Challenge Road Trip and teaching my coloring tips, I have discovered that many people struggle with their Zig markers. You might not fall in that category, but hopefully you will pick up a tip or two. You can watch the video below to see my process while making this card.


Watch above or watch in HD at YouTube

Once my watercoloring is dry I enjoy adding accents with a colored pencil,a white gel pen & a fine tip Sharpie marker. Sometimes the finished card calls for simplicity - no sequins or vellum...nothing. And I hope you agree.

My bonus card was colored with pencils on the airplane a month ago and I finished it up yesterday. I hope you can recognize the stamp set. Yes, it's the same one - Christmas Rose. By bringing the background into the petals and leaves you can reshape these areas.

If you look closely you will see little “rip” or nick in the petals and leaves. Super fun to doodle adding lines and elongated areas on the petals. I finished this card off with a strip of vellum stamped with a simple "hello" sentiment from the Kind Soul stamp set. To secure the vellum to my card, I it around my card and secured it to the back with tape.

If you are loving the Christmas Rose Bouquet stamp set as much as I am and don't have it just yet. Be sure to sign up on the product page to be notified by email as soon as it arrives. It is due back in stock on Monday Dec. 4th along with lots of other stamp sets!

Thank you for letting me share with you today. Wishing you all a great weekend, and I hope you find the magic of the season no matter what you celebrate!

Hugs, Kathy

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Floral Highlighting with Kelly

Hello Crafters! I'm starting to feel the Christmas spirit. How about you?

Stamps like this gorgeous bouquet make it pretty easy to fall in love with the season.

I've used this stamp set a few different ways since it's come out but I really wanted to make those beautiful florals POP! I decided to do a bit of stamp highlighting in order to achieve that effect.

The first way you can make a specific element pop is by actually popping it up. I stamped the bouquet twice, then just colored the florals on one before fussy cutting them out and using foam tape to make them really stand out.

The second way I helped them shine was by making my background monochromatic. By stamping the bouquet in a slightly lighter color and using similar shades of green it takes the focus off the leaves and places the flowers right in the forefront.

You can watch the whole card come together in the video below.


Watch above or watch in HD at YouTube

You can use either of the techniques I talked about separately, or combine them like I did to showcase a particular portion of your card. I hope you're inspired to dive into those holiday cards!

Thanks for visiting!

Featured Supplies

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Wplus9 White Cardstock
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Wplus9 Silver Lining Dye Ink
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Wplus9 Christmas Rose Bouquet
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Memento TUXEDO BLACK MARKER Dual Tip Tsukineko
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Sakura WHITE GELLY ROLL Medium Point Pens Set
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EK Success WRITING PEN FINE TIP
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Fiskars PREMIUM CUT LINE Paper Trimmer 12 Inches
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3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent
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Simon Says Stamp LARGE GRID PAPER Pack Pad
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Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun
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Silver BLACK VELVET Brush Size 2 Round
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Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad PEELED PAINT
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Tonic SHIMMERING PEARL Nuvo Embossing Powder
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Copic Sketch Marker C1 COOL GRAY
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Copic Sketch Marker R35 CORAL
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