Another set of Flowers

I was really taken by this example presented in the class -- it looked perfect for a sympathy card I wanted to make.  I loved the misty quality and the diagonal composition. And now I keep a scrap piece of watercolor paper nearby to test strokes and pigment with before I apply my brush!  

This is the best class ever and I'm learning so much about brush techniques!!

Day Five - Expressive Flowers and Leaves

This was the best of the bunch!  I'm catching on to the brush strokes; used a larger brush and did better with layering color.  This is one of those cards that would be hard to send away!

Day 4 - Watercolor Class

This was a practice session on using brush techniques to create depth.  It actually came from a larger piece of watercolor paper.  I chopped off a section that looked OK and made it into this card.  My biggest challenge is to keep things from getting muddy by applying too much pigment too early,  After I finished the card I went in and removed some from the flowers so they'd have more depth.

Day one -Watercolor Class

Wow!  A new watercolor class for card makers has started.  I loved the first one I took a year or two ago.  It was so inspiring - and this one is nothing short of AMAZING!  I knew quite a bit about working with watercolor as a medium and mixing and blending colors, but this is on a whole new level for me because so much of it is based on the use of what I would call Asian-inspired watercolor techniques that are based on using pure brush strokes to create imagery,  First thing I had to do was go out and get some more brushes.  

This exercise was about creating an ombré effect using a flat brush and blending/bleeding two colors together.  I used it to create this simple but dramatic card with a butterfly and a few sequins for accents.

Stamp-affaire - Red Carpet Finale

What a day!  We had so much fun racing through all the challneges and we are now experts on uploading and cajoling our Ipads and internet connections to get photos on our blogs and get them linked up with the PTI blog.  And you could just hear the brains humming with ideas and darting about looking for different colors, shapes, sentiments, tools  and techniques.  

Stamp-affair #7 Runway Inspiration

This time we took inspiration from various runway shots of deigner outfits and gowns along with a list of colors,  This was proably the most painstaking card of the day as many of the pieces are inlaid die cuts. Teensy tiny die cuts.  I'm ready to crash and finish tomorrow!

Pins, Needles and Stitches

Three different tchniques here.  Melissa Phillip's stick pin and one of her darling tiny tags which is dangling from the sentiment.  And Heather Nichol's sweet stamp set: Stamped and Stitched.

It's 8:30 already, which is why I combined all three into one card.  I think I'm going to go change into my comfy jammies!