Watercolour Pencil Class With Altenew Striped Floral Stamps

Hello Everyone!

I am back from my trip to Alberta, and have a ton of work to catch up on! Saturday was my first class after getting back, and it was the Watercolour Pencil Class posted here. But before I begin, I would like to share with you a couple of photos of flowers that were given me before class started. It was my birthday on Thursday, and a dear sweet lady that has taken classes from me for years, came in singing "Happy Birthday" and gave me a gorgeous bouquet of flowers!

Thank you again for the beautiful flowers!

Let's get back to the class photo post...

For this class we worked on using Watercolour Pencils with gold heat embossing and to create a more loose and impressionistic style.

So lets have a look at some of the photos I took. Because I am so busy right now, I did not take the time to edit all the photos, but you can see the beautiful work that was created in class.

The first piece we created, with the gold embossing -

Beautiful, aren't they.

For the next one more of the photos turned out...

Well that is it for this class. I have the Spellbinders Educator class coming up tomorrow and need to get back to work. I am trying to completed another card kit for the studio with instructions to complete, and have the homework kits ready for the Graphic 45 Fairie Dust Diorama Card class, plus create samples for the next Spellbinders Educator class. All this for tomorrow! I wonder if I will get it all done?

Thank you for stopping by today to have a look. I hope to have another post for you tomorrow, or latest some time on Thursday.

Happy creating everyone!

Altenew Striped Floral Valentine for Dad

Hello everyone! Today's post is not class related, and I know that Valentines is a bit off into the future, but if I do not post it now, I might forget. Plus there is the time does go by quickly and it will be Valentines before we know it.

One day I was cleaning up my craft area and came across the Altenew Striped Floral stamp set. I wondered if I could make a masculine card using the set, and sat down with it deciding to make a valentine card for my Dad, and came up with this card.

Used Altenew's Platinum embossing powder on the black card stock. It looks better in real life than in the photo. Because I used my stamping platform, I was able to double heat emboss the striped flowers which helped to make the embossing smoother, thicker, and added more dimension.

I also love how the Nuvo Crystal Drops in Ebony Black look on the black card stock.

My heart shaped dies are still packed away in storage, so I had to cut a heart out of the red card stock with my scissors. Again the "for you" is heat embossed in Platinum on the the red (single layer only).

I think that I proved to myself that a person can create a masculine card with flower stamps. It just depends on the colours and techniques you use. I think my 84 year old Dad will like this card.

Thank you for stopping by to have a look! Maybe you will make your own personal challenge to create a masculine card using a floral stamp set...

Tomorrow I will share another MISITI / Stamping Platform & Altenew class, so be sure to stop by again to have a peek.

Happy creating!

Watercolour Pencil Class #5 - Altenew Striped Floral

Our fifth Watercolour Pencil Class! Everyone taking the class series, is doing so well. I look forward to introduce you to some new things in this class. (details in class description below)

Just one note before you continue on. The image with the gold embossed "celebrate" we will not do the embossing in class. I just wanted to show you what you could do with the space we will be leaving on both of the paintings made for cards.

Watercolour Pencil Class #5 - Altenew Striped Floral

WHEN: Saturday, February 24th
TIME: 10:00 - 12:00
COST: $25.00 + GST

At the Studio

To register for the class, contact Stacey - sbebc2011@gmail.com or 778-533-4290.

For this class we will paint using an Analogous colour scheme with gold embossed lines. We will not be embossing a sentiment on your painting piece as I tried to do on mine. You can stamp whatever you like at home when you create your card. The other piece uses a light coloured ink to give the image a faint line look and using water to make the colours bleed out past the colouring lines to create a more impressionistic look.

For those of you that are using the Spectrum Noir Aqua Blend Watercolour Pencils, you will need the "Florals" set for this class to add to your colour repertoire.

BRING TO CLASS: all your Watercolour Pencils (if you have Spectrum Noir Aqua Blend Watercolour Pencils you will need two sets - Naturals & Florals, craft mat, wooden cutting board, heat tool, Kraft knife &/or pencil sharpener, water colour brushes, Aqua Brushes, small amount of water in a jar, paper towel, and clear Wink of Stella or Spectrum Noir Glimmer pen.

ANALOGOUS COLOUR SCHEME in gold embossing

COLOUR BLEED IMPRESSIONISTIC watercolouring

It is fun to do so many different kind of things with stamps and watercolour pencils. Look forward to seeing you there!

In the meantime happy creating!