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Gab about Watercolors

Supplies, Tools, Reviews, Drawing, Cards, Crafts, Unboxing, Shopping, Diy, Coloring, ColorGabriela SimsComment

I love watercolors and I use them in various states, pencils, crayons, markers, and traditional cakes.  I have 2 travel sets, one is Cotman and the other is Koi.  They are both wonderful, but my only complaint is that you get 6-12 colors and you have to "make" the rest yourself.  This is common, but time consuming...and then I found the Kuretake GansaibTambib sets! They are everything!! I chose the largest set, 36 colors, and I could not be more satisfied. The colors are vibrant and smooth plus the box they come in is beautiful.

 

Before the unboxing. 

Before the unboxing. 

Then when you open them there is a color chart on the interior of the lid. 

 

A handy surprise. 

A handy surprise. 

It took a few minutes to get all of the colors done, but the chart makes me even happier because of how the colors look, and this is on ordinary paper! 

 

Completed chart! 

Completed chart! 

The set includes 33 "traditional" colors including white, and 3 metallic colors.  Each cake has the corresponding chart number on the bottom, so that if you ever mix them up, you can reorganize them with ease. I have to say I am very impressed with the set and cannot wait to make some cards with these, happy crafting!

Gab about encouragement

Graphic, Graphic design, Color, Tutorial, Paper crafting, Drawing, Cards, Crafts, Digis, Coloring, How to, DiyGabriela SimsComment

This is a card I did to follow my other "Sound & Color" card from last week.  I used the same artwork, but changed the background to distress ink and acetate. 

 

Shoot across the sky. 

Shoot across the sky. 

I wanted to do a mashup of encouragement with my unicorn drawing as well, so I revisited that with a distress ink background as well, but used a normal card stock base. 

 

Always have hope. 

Always have hope. 

I have some new ideas coming up soon for some of the doodles I put together. 

 

Dance with me! 

Dance with me! 

The feelings ninja. 

The feelings ninja. 

I'll be posting cards with these in the next few days and I will try to post some tutorial videos for these techniques as well. Happy crafting! 

Inspiration is everywhere.

Crafts, Graphic design, Cards, Graphic, DrawingGabriela SimsComment

I love the new Coldplay album and Alabama Shakes' current alum. I've been listening to them both lot lately, and tonight I was inspired to make this drawing:

 

Simple black and white. 

Simple black and white. 

I also changed up the letters and made some smaller ones:

 

A little variety. 

A little variety. 

I colored one of them and I'm going to watercolor a few to see what I like best.

Fully colored

Fully colored

You never know where you might find inspiration, happy crafting! 

Card making is...

Drawing, Crafts, Cards, Christmas, Paper crafting, Tutorial, Stamps, Color, Wedding, Diy, ColoringGabriela SimsComment

My favorite thing to do right now! I have been making cards like crazy and using markers and stamps. These are the cards I've made in the past week. 

 

Tons of thanks! 

Tons of thanks! 

This was done with Copic markers, distress ink, and then matted. 

Robot birthday! 

Robot birthday! 

This used a stencil I created with my Cricut,  Copic markers, distress ink,  some miniature gears, and then it was layered. 

A bonus birthday card. 

A bonus birthday card. 

This used Copic markers, a die, an embossing folder, and a white gel pen. 

A wedding shaker card. 

A wedding shaker card. 

This used distress ink, Copic markers, the fuse tool, and a Wink of Stella Pen.

I'll be posting a few videos for how to make these cards soon. Until then, Happy Crafting! 

Coloring with Markers

Coloring, How to, Stamps, Diy, Graphic, Crafts, Paper crafting, Cards, Color, Graphic design, DrawingGabriela SimsComment

Hi everyone, I have started coloring more and I have to say I'm really enjoying it. The video below is for a masked stamping shaker card that I colored. 

 

I was so happy with this that I asked for new stamps for Christmas! I am also going to be doing some examples like this with my own drawings soon, until then, here are a few other stamps I finished. 

Original stamp

Original stamp

Masking

Masking

More masking

More masking

The finished jar!

The finished jar!

Some super cute elephants. 

Some super cute elephants. 

Some hearts on strings. 

Some hearts on strings. 

The original is on the left and the right is after I added eyes, color, and glitter. 

The original is on the left and the right is after I added eyes, color, and glitter. 

I think I'm going to really enjoy doing these, happy crafting!