An engineer's creative corner studio.
This is the first in the 10 Minute Monday series and it's really like a 12 minute Monday because I did add some distress inks and a little Wink of Stella off camera, but I did it really fast, so it probably only added about 2 minutes, haha. I will be posting these once a week and hopefully I will get down to 10 minutes total. You can see the video below!
Hope you enjoyed that and check back later this week for another tutorial that's a little more in depth with some techniques. Happy crafting!
Hi everyone! This post just to capture the last of my cards and artwork for the week. I made this card for a challenge, the prompt was "Cup".
#muglife
This was done by drawing the cup on watercolor paper, using Tombow brush pens to color and then embossing the #muglife.
i also found the time to do some more hand lettering.
Market and pen on white Bristol
I used a mixture of Pitt artist pens, Sharpie Fine, Le Pen, and Copic markers for this one. Took about 2-2.5 hours from start to finish, hopefully I'll get faster. I'll be starting next week with a 10 minute card, until then Happy Crafting!
This card was done using the "No lines" coloring technique. No video today, but here is a step out.
Stamp your image in a soft, neutral color.
This is one of my favorite stamps, a mermaid from Stampendous.
Color your image, I used Copic Ciaos
I used a few Spectrum Noirs too.
Cut out your image.
I used Distress ink in varying colors to make the "water", I used a torn paper masking technique.
Rain stone application.
Shaker sequin selection! Those flowers are from a set I got at Target!
I made a foam tape barrier.
Adhered the front, and it's done!
Under the sea!
That's all, hope you're inspired to make something fun! Happy crafting!
So I did manage to make the butterfly card I mentioned before, but I wanted to post this card first! I had the idea to make a card that said I love you oodles and had a happy bowl of noodles on the front. So I altered one of my Avery Elle Stamps and made this card. The video below details the whole thing, including the watercolor background and the hand lettering. I used Tombow markers to do my lettering and my Kuretake set to do the watercolor. I used a clear piece of acetate for my watercolor palette to lay down the initial background color. I have a new set of Ranger Watercolor brushes that I'm using in this video, I like them a lot.
I hope you enjoyed this video and that it inspired you to try some new ideas with stamps and materials you already have, until next time Happy Crafting!!
Next post will for sure be about the butterfly card, just have to finish up the video!
I wanted to try doing some hand lettering and water coloring and I thought the easiest way to do it would be to use my Molotow masking pen.
I started by finding a quote I really liked from Aesop, and hand lettered it in pencil on a piece of Bristol paper.
Beginning and some guide lines.
Completed quote
Then I covered all of the lettering with the Molotow masking pen.
All masked and ready to go.
What I should have done here is erased my guidelines, but I didn't so they're slightly visible in the finished work, but if you are making this, now is a good time to erase them being careful not to disturb the masking fluid.
Then I added my watercolor background and dried it with my heat tool.
Before the reveal...
Finally I removed the mask with an adhesive eraser (they're very handy and won't cause your paper to pill).
Finished product!
Overall, I'm pretty happy with the results! The next time I do this though, I will erase my guidelines earlier and I will use a lighter sketch pencil when I do my hand lettering. Hope you enjoyed this, Happy Crafting!