You Are Going To Love This……

Posted in May 2014, Online Class Homework, Watercolor by Kreative Kymona

Guess What!!!!!!!

My daughter’s blog is finally live!!! I’m so excited for her. She loves it too. I invite all of you to take a look at what she’s done!

The name of her blog is Mac & Cheese With A Side of Craft, Please. The name tickles me. It fits her well. Please, let her know how she is doing. Click here to view her work in action.

Now On To WATER-COLORING!!!!!!

My Watercolor for Card Markers class started Monday and I’m so excited about it. We learned about Watercolor Backgrounds. I was totally blown away by all of the techniques that were taught.

There where three different topics:

1. Soft watercolor Wash Background (with Stencils)

2. Vibrant Watercolor Wash Background

3. Stamped Emboss Resist + Watercolor Wash

I will demonstrate all of the above techniques (not all in this blog post) so that you can see what they look like.

My first card will be the Vibrant Watercolor Wash Background.

This technique required that we use the products we have on had to create very vibrant background. You don’t always have to use actually watercolor inks. I used 5 of my Brights Stampin’ Up! ink pads, an acrylic block and water to create my watercolor wash background. I had so much fun creating this card.

Using watercolors allows me to relax while creating because as Laura Bassen says we have only that much control over the movement of the water on the paper.

1. I prep my watercolor paper by adding water to coat it.

2. I stamped my acrylic block straight onto the different inks and then placed the block onto the paper.

3. With each color, I placed the stamped block on the previous color and pull downward to blend the two touching colors.

4. Once I was done adding all of the colors, I used my heat gun to dry the ink.

5. Once the ink dried, I added water splats by touching the paper with the tip of my brush with water.

6. I sit the card mask to the side and worked on my sentiment.

7. I cut my sentiment using my Silhouette Cameo and the BSD Brushed Titles from Two Peas in a Bucket.

8. I adhered the sentiment using my mono multipurpose glue.

9. To add a little flair to my card, I added Clear Wink of Stella to the entire watercolor image.

I will try to post my homework every night so you check out what I’m learning and how much fun I’m having.

Soooo, what do you think? I’m EXCITED about how my card came out, I hope you are too!

Supplies Used:

30Apr2014

Watercolor Embossed Thank You

Posted in April 2014, One Layer Card, Online Class Homework, Thank you, Watercolor by Kreative Kymona

Second Post for the Day

I’m back again today with a card that I made with my new Koi Watercolors. In my last post, I introduced that set of watercolors and the colors that I used to create this card.

I stamped the “Thank You” with VersaMark and embossed it with clear embossing powder. By doing that, I created a watercolor resistant area. Which means the watercolor will roll off the embossed area. It is so cool to see. It took me awhile to create this effect but I finally got it.

Take a look:

I just love it. I love how the thank you has small splotches of watercolor on it. I could have wiped the color off the sentiment but I really loved how it looks. I used the colors that I said I loved in my last post. Numbers 15, 19, and 23. They combine so pretty.

I decided that I wanted to add a border around the card mask before adhering it to the card base. I used Papertrey Ink’s Stitching Lines Die. I love them. The die made it easier to add dimension to my card.

Please let me know what you think? I would love to hear from you.

Supplies used:

-Kymona

30Apr2014

Koi Watercolor Swatches

Posted in April 2014, Online Class Homework, Watercolor by Kreative Kymona

I’m back today after a couple of days off! I’ve been working with my daughter to set up her blog. I’m so excited about it and so is she. She can’t wait to go live!!! I will let all of you know when her blog goes live.

My Watercolor for Cardmarkers Online Card Class starts Monday coming and I can’t wait! Monday, May 5th can’t come fast enough.

So in the meantime, Kristina Werner wanted us to play with all of the watercolors we have. Our homework was to create color swatches to familiarize ourselves with the colors we have. I have five different sets of watercolors for this class. I want to use all of them.

My first swatch was made with my new Koi Watercolors. It comes in a small portable case that has a removable palette inside.

Take a look:

These colors are so vibrant and pretty. My favorite colors are numbers 15, 19 and 23!!! I used those color to create the card that is behind my swatch. I will post that card next.

Let me know what you think.

Supplies used:

-Kymona

24Apr2014

My Daughter’s Water Splats

Posted in April 2014, Blog Challenge, Sanaa's Cards, Watercolor by Kreative Kymona

I’m so excited today!!!! I have a guess designer visiting my blog. Let me introduce my special guest.

Sanaa is a 7-year-old crafter. She is new to the public eye. She wanted to debut her first appearance here on the Kreative Kymona blog. I’m so happy she choose me to showcase her. She is also my beautiful daughter.

Sanaa wanted to play along with Papertrey Ink’s Make a Monday #161 Water Splats challenge. She had a lot of fun creating her card.

Take a look:

Take a look at her final card:

She used Papertrey Dye Ink Aqua Mist and Berry Sorbet to create her card. Sanaa had a blast adding her Water Splats. She was totally amazed at how the ink reacted to the water. Once she started adding water, she couldn’t stop. The look came out so good.

After adding the Water Splats, she die cut Lawn Fawn Hello die and Papertrey Ink’s Sketched Stars Die Collection and adhered it to her card base.

I love how her card came out. This was her first time working with her inks and water. She said she wants to do another card.

Supplies used:

Please leave her a comment, she would love that!

-Kymona for Sanaa

22Apr2014

Watercolor Splats

Posted in April 2014, Blog Challenge, One Layer Card, Online Class Homework, Watercolor by Kreative Kymona

Did I tell you that I’m soooo excited about Water-coloring!!! Well, just in case you missed it, I’m soooo excited about Water-coloring!!!!!

My water-coloring class starts next week and I can’t wait. So in the meantime, I’m practicing using my watercolors. I’m also waiting from my order to come in with some different types of watercolors for this class. What class you ask, its my Online Card Class called Watercolor for card makers. I want to learn everything there is to know about how to use water-coloring on my cards. I also want my 7-year-old daughter to learn all about water-coloring as well. She’s taking the class with me, lol.

Today’s card is for Papertrey Ink’s Make it Monday #161: Watercolor Splats challenge. What a great way to practice water-coloring!!! I Love It.

So, watercolor splats are a fun twist that lets you use droplets of water to do all of the work for you. I used Papertrey dye ink’s to pull of this effect. My order of ink’s came in today which was perfect for this card. The colors are amazing and they do dry fast.

Take a look:

To create these watercolor splats, I used my sponge daubers to apply the ink to my paper. I love the textured look the sponge daubers created on my paper.

After applying each color of ink, I used my Artist’s Loft #4 paint brush soaked with water and touched my paper with the tip of the brush. I didn’t press hard at all.

Once the water landed on the paper, the ink started to move all by itself. To create bigger circles, I just added more water to the center of the circle. It was fun to watch.

I can’t wait for my 8 year daughter to create her card with these splats. She is going to be amazed. I’ll post her card when she is done.

Supplies used:

Please leave a comment below, letting me know what you think!! I would love to hear from you.

-Kymona

21Apr2014

Watercoloring…..

Posted in April 2014, Online Class Homework, Watercolor by Kreative Kymona

Water-coloring, oh how I love water-coloring. It reminds me of when I was a kid in grade school. It was so simple back then. We grabbed a piece of paper, a brush and our crayola watercolors. The teacher instructions were create a picture and do not make a mess. How simple!!

Today as adults, water-coloring is about making a creation that looks perfect. The colors must match and everything needs to look uniform. Why aren’t things simple anymore?

Since we are adults now and things aren’t simple, I’m taking my next Online Card Class on Water-coloring. I’m so excited about this class. I will learn to play and create projects that are perfect, lol.

This class starts May 5 but to get all of the participants ready we were given an assignment to help prepare us for whats to come. The assignment is to play with our watercolors so that we can feel comfortable with our supplies.

For my first assignment from Jennifer McGuire, I took my Pelikan Watercolor Opaque Paint Box and Big Hugs die cut and created a die cut of my mixed colors. My watercolor set is from Germany. They are made with highest quality pigments of the finest grain size.

This set includes hollowed paint tablets in the following colors: Black, Blue Green, Burnt Sienna, Carmine Red, Cobalt Blue, Cyan Blue, Flesh, French Green, Indian Yellow, Lemon, Magenta Red, Olive Green, Orange, Paynes Gray, Prussian Blue, Turquoise, Ultramarine, Umber Natural, Vermilion Dark, Violet, Yellow, Yellow Brown, Yellow Green, and Yellow Ochre. The color pans are interchangeable. A tube of Chinese White is also included.

Take a look:

I love these colors. I used ultramarine, violet, and magenta red. They look so pretty together. The Hugs die cut looks great. It will look good on a card. The negative space looks great too. I will have to use that too.

My watercolors are opaque so it will take a lot of water to tune them down. I run these colors over a black strip and you couldn’t see the black underneath. I also embossed a sentiment with white embossing powder and applied these colors over it and you couldn’t see the sentiment, so be mindful of that.

My next assignment is to create a swatch for my watercolors. I’ll post it as soon as I complete it.

I can’t wait to learn more about adult water-coloring!!!

Supplies used:

Please leave a comment, letting me know what you think. I would love to hear from you.

-Kymona

7Apr2014

Live the Life you Imagined Watercolor

Posted in April 2014, Watercolor by Kreative Kymona

I’m back again with another card with the watercolor look. I really love this look. I want to make more cards using the water color technique.

For this card I used different four different colors to pull of this look. The colors I used were Stampin’ Up’s Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Coastal Cabana and Bermuda Bay.

Take a look:

I rounded the corners only on two sides of the card for balance. I added two orange sequins to give the card an additional color.

What do you think of my card. Please leave a comment below to let me know what you think of my card.

Supplies used:

Happy Watercolor
133191

Really Good Greetings
130330

Ultra Thick White CS 120

Coastal Cabana
131175

Melon Mambo Classic Ink
126948

Bermuda Bay Ink
131171

Daffodil Delight Ink
126944

Bermuda Bay CS
131197

Stampin’ Trimmer
126889

Hello Sunshine Mixed Sequin

Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive

5Apr2014

SSS Wednesday Blog Challenge – Happy Birthday Card 2

Posted in April 2014, Blog Challenge, Happy Birthday, Watercolor by Kreative Kymona

I’m back with another card for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Blog Challenge.

I’ve been watching a lot of videos on using watercolor on cards and I love how it looks. So I decided to try the technique myself.

Take a look:

The die cut balloon is what I used the watercolor technique on. For my first try, I think I did an OK job.

As I look at the card, I realized that the background on the card is competing with the balloon image. It might look better if the card base was blank, then the balloon image would really stand out on its own. All in all, this was a learning experience for me.

Please, leave a comment letting me know what you think.

Supplies used:

Classic Crest Solar White CS