Watercolor and Doodle Card

Welcome to my blog!

Today I'm showing you a birthday card I

made for my daughter, Kelsie.

You may have seen this watercolor piece before, 

as I've had it in my stash for quite a while and 
I'm sure I showed it when I made it.

I put down some colors on a piece of water color paper

and doodled onto it with a black pen.

I haven't done a lot of this kind of artwork, but I do love

how it turned out.  I've been saving this piece for just

the right occasion. And Kelsie's birthday was

the perfect time to make a card with it.

I think she loved it and I know she'll have it 

on display somewhere.

Since it was an odd sized card at 

6"x6 1/2"  I made my own envelope for it with 

some paper from my stash.  She loves

animal prints and I thought this paper had

an animal-ish look to it.

Thanks for coming by today to see what I've

been up to lately!

I hope you have enjoyed your time here and

will come back soon.

Until then,

use something from your stash that you

forgot about.

 

Doodling Card

Hello! 

 I hope you're having a great day.

Today I'm sharing a card I made.

Lately I've gotten more into doodling,

one day I was going through my background

stash and found this piece that I had made

with watercolors and decided to do some

doodling on it.

I know I need to practice more and get better

at it, but the important thing is that I

enjoyed making it.  

I let this piece sit for quite a while,

not really sure that I was happy with it.

Then one day I picked it up and decided that

even if it wasn't unbelievably gorgeous or anything

close to it, it should be made into a card.

I trimmed it down and adhered it to a card 

base and I think whoever gets it will

love it even though it's not a 

"stunner"

I had fun, like I said, that's the important thing.

Thanks for visiting today,

come again soon.

Until then:

have fun with your crafting!

Watercolor swatches

Hi y'all!

Today I have a couple cards to show you that I made

from some watercolor and doodling pieces that

I made.

I painted the swatches onto water color paper

with water color paints, then doodled with a black

pen.  I used more water color paints to paint in the 

leaves etc. and I love how these turned out.

Same technique was used on these swatches,

I've been practicing and thought I should do something

with the pieces I created, so cards it is.

I hope the people that receive them like them

as much as I do.

Thanks for spending time with me today,

I hope you have enjoyed your visit and will

come again soon.

Until then;

Try something new.

Water color and doodling practice

Good day everyone!

Hope y'all are keeping healthy.

Today I'm showing you a couple pieces that I 

did to practice my watercolors and doodling.

If you are interested in this kind of artwork,

I suggest watching some of the videos of one of my

favorites watercolor artists

creationsceecee on YouTube.

I love her work and she shows some fabulous 

ways to relax and enjoy creating with 

watercolors and doodling both.

This was my first exercise of this kind,

It was okay, but I'm not thrilled with it.

Much happier with this one and 

every time I sit down to do more, I get

more confident and pleased with the 

results.

Thanks for coming by today,

I hope you are taking some time to relax and

do something crafty.

Take care and stay safe.

Until next time:

watch a fun video and learn something new.

Doodling

Hello!

I hope you are all staying safe and healthy.

We are staying home and our daughter is working

from home now.
I know this is a tough time for everyone and I

hope coming to visit my blog is helping

to keep you from boredom and maybe gives you 

some inspiration.

Recently I've started to do some doodling and today

I'm showing you a little bit of what I've been doing.

I have a lot of backgrounds in my stash and decided to 

do a bit of doodling on some of them.

This background was one I made with some

white alcohol ink along with some colored ones

on black card stock.  I'm not crazy about this

doodle, but remember I'm just learning and messing

around with it.

Alcohol inks on card stock.

Also alcohol inks on card stock,

I thought this looked like a hippo, so

I outlined it.

This is watercolors on watercolor paper.

I know these aren't fabulous pieces of art, but the

point is that I'm having fun with it and I'm hoping

that with time I'll get better at it.

There are lots of videos on YouTube showing

how to do doodling.

It's a fun and easy way to relax, give it a try.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you'll

come back again soon.

Until then, stay safe and stay healthy!