TAWS post #75 - Hello!

Happy Monday!!  Meredith here with a water colored creation using Peguins on Parade and Words to Live By.  I watercolored the adorable music listening penguin with my Kurtake paints.

I stamped my sentiment using Hero Arts black ink and I used Hero Arts cornflower ink for the stamped image below.  I used a plethora of scrap papers that I had in my stash, a chalkboard sticker, some music washi tape, a wood veneer banner flag, some faceted self-adhesive embellishments and some beautiful grosgrain ribbon to finish everything off with a nice tidy bow!

I slightly distressed the edges of my layers to give it a very subtle vintage feel.

Thanks so much for coming by today!!

Crafty Hugs!
Meredith

TAWS post #54 - Hello Beautiful Baby

Hi Friends!  Meredith here bringing you a project that I made using three different Alley Way sets called Words To Live By, Little Fellas and All Washed Up.  I did a wild and funky watercolored main image and then layered my papers keeping it cool and neutral.  I created a little heart embellishment by cutting multiple hearts out of my favorite glitter paper and then stitching them together for a layered and dimensional look!

I love that this could be used for a birthday card or a welcome baby card!  The possibilites are endless with these wonderful sets from The Alley Way Stamps!

Thanks for coming by today!

TAWS post #34 - Watercolor Happiness

Hi TAWS friends!!  Today my creation features two of my very favorite Alley Way sets called Flower Doodles and Words to Live By.

I started my creation by creating a large watercolored sheet.  No rhyme or reason, I just let the paint go wherever it wanted to.

I LOVE painting like this as it's very freeing, easy and relaxing!  Once it was all dry I cut the paper into panels for my cards.  For this card I used Flower Doodles with my favorite Hero Arts black dye ink to add the stamped images randomly placed ~sort of~ so that my background had a bit of rhythm to it.

I used Words to Live By for my sentiment which I heat embossed using Liquid Platinum embossing powder onto a scrap of teal Bazzill Basics cardstock.  I used Teresa Collins heart stickers for some minor embellishing.

Thanks for coming by today!

Crafty Hugs!
Meredith

TAWS post #28 - It's The Little Things...

Hi Friends!!  I'm here today to post a simple but fun "wobbler" card!  I'm using the newly released Phone Home set and a great sentiment set called Words to Live By.  I started with a simple watercolored image that I added some orange accents using my Sakura Gellyroll pen.  I used an older MFT sketch for my layout and added lots of stitching for some extra texture.

I was going to pop my image up using craft foam but then decided to use some recent inspiration that I saw over at Jennifer McGuire's blog to create a simple "action wobbler" card.  I didn't have any of the real action wobblers on hand so I created my own with some simple accordion folding of scrap cardstock and evenly adhered it behind my panel.  I love that this lies flat in the envelope but "pops" up when opened!  It's super cute IRL.

I added some Glossy Accents to the eyeballs but it's hard to capture in the photo.  Thanks so much for coming by today!!

Crafty Hugs!
Meredith