Watercoloured "At Home With You"

Happy Saturday to you!
I'm going for totally honest with you today and this is one of those "I must have it, immediatly" sets that I have not used anyhere near enough!! Today's card is one that I started months ago, literally, *-*
Let me start from the beginning. I made THIS card  around the same time as I wanted to share two ways of using this set. The first card was stamped and masked, almost flat and a very soft look. But for this card I wanted to use the dies and a mask (for the bricks) and wanted a much brighter, bolder and more dimensional card.
 I added the card layers and the die cut shapes and all I did to finish it this week was add the lamps and a front door mat with the sentiment.  Such small finishing touches but I finally felt it was finished so I could photograph it! What do you think...

 I love the colours in this wreath and the way it pops off the card front with mini dimensionals.

 I used a blender pen to add the colour to the lantern but aquapainters for the larger areas like the door and path and a sponge for the masked bricks.

 Wouldn't this make a lovely welcome card for a new neighbour?

 Do you ever get that? It doesn't matter how often you look at a card it just never feels quite finished?  Tell me I'm not alone!

I'm happy with this now, hopefully you like it too? Let me know in the comments :-)
Right, I have to buy paint for the bathroom today. Yes, more decision making for me ;-)
Enjoy your Saturday!
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Products Used to create this project:

At Home With You Photopolymer Bundle	Shimmery White A4 Cardstock	Aqua Painters	Blender Pens	Wisteria Wonder A4 Cardstock	Berry Burst A4 Cardstock	Pattern Party Decorative Masks
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad	Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad	Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Inspire. Create. Challenge. First Ever Challenge!!! #001

Hello!
I am so pleased and proud to have been chosen to join the DT on this new challenge blog - Inspire. Create. Challenge. This is a new, fortnightly (Yes! Lots of fun inspiration and ideas, regularly) challenge blog with clever and talented DT members so there's sure to be a lot of great inspiration each fortnight :-)

I don't know about you but I love a good challenge, it's great for when you have a little creative block to work to a challenge- be it a colour, sketch or theme challenge you're sure to be inspired to create something!
Today is the very first challenge (#001) on the BLOG and the challenge this week is to use Basic Grey, Calypso Coral and White for your cards/projects.

So lets see what I came up with shall we. And as it's the very first challenge I decided to make two cards using this colour combo...

 This first card uses the Wood Words stamp set. I stamped in Basic Grey and coloured using an aqua painter with Calypso Coral, then after it dried I used a blender pen to go back in and add more coral to accent to the watercoloured flowers. I did also add a few (sneaky) Garden Green leaves too ;-)

 This sentiment from Better Together, I do love this font.
TIP: Carefully roll your die cut shape in an ink pad to make it pop on a card.

 Finish with a few sequins for some subtle bling.

 Now, this second card uses the spotlight technique with the little wreath from At Home With You.

 I stamped the wreath repeatedly across the card front and then die cut a heart using the Sweet and Sassy framelits before colouring the images in the heart shape using my blender pens.
TIP: Blender pens are great for colouring really little images like this.

 Wrap a little ribbon around the edge before glueing it down onto a coral card base. Finish by adding the heart, slightly off set, with dimensionals so you can see a little pop of coral and you're done!

And once more together to finish today :-)

Well, it's been a picture heavy post today so if you are still reading, I congratulate you! And many thanks for stopping by today. Please do stop by the challenge blog to see what the other DT members have made and I'm sure you'll be inspired to create something so I'll look forward to seeing what you make using these colours!
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Products Used to create this project:

Wood Words Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Better Together Clear-Mount Stamp Set	At Home With You Photopolymer Stamp Set	Calypso Coral A4 Cardstock	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad	Basic Gray A4 Cardstock	Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad
Aqua Painters	Blender Pens	Iridescent Sequin Assortment	Fine-Tip Glue Pen	Calypso Coral 1/4" Ombre Ribbon	Sweet & Sassy Framelits Dies	Multipurpose Liquid Glue

At Home With You. A Masked and Watercoloured Card

Hello there and welcome!
Which is exactly what today's card says too! Welcome! I purchased the "At Home With You" bundle in my very first order, when the new catalogue launched, as it was another 'must have' and I finally got around to playing with it this week! That's holidays for you, they sure do interrupt crafting time, lol!
So I decided to set myself  little challenge using this set by making one card more or less flat and another using the dies and so with plenty of dimension. Today is the turn of the flat version so there was lots of masking involved to create this scene and I kept the colours to pastel tones. I've always wanted to live in a pink cottage *sigh*.  Let's take a look....

 TIP: When stamping a little scene like this (with masking) start with the images that will be at the front of the picture first. So the wreath and pots were stamped first on here.

 I used shimmer card to stamp and watercolour this image which I think is a lovely paper for this type of card and it's smooth for stamping onto too. Of course you can use watercolour paper too, if you prefer.

Well, I hope you enjoyed todays card and have a great Sunday!
Thanks for looking today :-)
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Products Used to create this project:

At Home With You Photopolymer Bundle

Shimmery White A4 Cardstock

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Subtles Classic Stampin' Pads

Aqua Painters

Blender Pens