Full Steam Ahead

Hello there, my nephew turned two this week. I bought him a train set for his birthday, so I thought it made sense to coordinate his card and make one with a train on. I pulled out my Clearly Besotted Full Steam Ahead stamp set (the original set that I used is now retired but the 2nd and 3rd editions are still available) and dies.

 

I started off by stamping the train and carriages using MFT inks. These were then cut out using the matching dies. I also stamped and cut the number 2 for the train, as well as the little smoke clouds. I then die cut two SSS Stitched Rectangle dies from white cardstock. I kept one intact and the other I cut using one of the ME landscape Trio dies. I took the cloud die from the same trio set and cut this from masking paper.

 

 

I added the masking paper cloud on top of the rectangle piece and blended TH Tumbled Glass Distress Ink over to make a sky. I then took the landscape piece and blended over TH Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn inks over. I then stamped the train track on to this using brown ink. The sentiment, from the CB Wild Thing stamp set, was stamped on to the sky piece with black ink. I then layered everything up, adding the train with foam tape. The panel was then added to a white A2 side fold card base.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Please click on the picture or wording to be taken to where I purchased it. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links.

PTI Stampers Select White Cardstock Inkadinkado Stamping Mask Paper Clearly Besotted Full Steam Ahead II Stamp Set Clearly Besotted Full Steam Ahead III Stamp Set Clearly Besotted Stamps Wild Thing Stamp Set Memento Tuxedo Black Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad - Cup O' Joe MFT Dye Ink - Cornflower MFT Dye Ink - Pineapple MFT Dye Ink - Sour Apple TH Mini Distress Ink pad - Tumbled Glass TH Mini Distress Ink Cube - Twisted Citron TH Mini Distress Ink Pad - Mowed Lawn Clearly Besotted Full Steam Ahead Die Collection Mama Elephant Landscape Trio Dies SSS Stitched Rectangle Dies

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Please Note - The Full Steam Ahead stamp set has retired. I have linked to the second and third editions for you to look at.

 

Funnily enough, I made my other nephew a train card when he was two as well. It is obviously the age for trains! :) Thanks so much for visiting me today. I hope you have a great rest of the weekend!

Watercolour Two Ways

Hello there, today I have the honour of participating in The Ton's Summer 2016 Release Blog Hop. If you are following the hop, you should have arrived here from the amazing Kymona Tracey, but I have a full list of participants below in case you get lost :)

Today I am using two gorgeous new floral stamp sets - Graceful Rose and Lucy Tulip. I thought these would look pretty coloured with watercolours. I decided to make one card using loose watercolour and one more controlled with the no-line technique.

 

My first card uses the new Graceful Rose set. I took a piece of cold pressed watercolour paper and stamped the rose on top using Versamrk ink. I then coated this with WOW! Bright White embossing powder and heat set it. I added the piece to a board and coloured it with Peerless Watercolours. I went with more of a loose technique using wet-on-wet. This leaves the water to do the blending.

 

I cut the panel down slightly and then stamped the sentiment from the same set on top using Archival ink (this goes over set embossing powder without a problem). I took a piece of SSS Island Blue cardstock and made this in to an A2 card base. I added a strip of black cardstock to one side and then adhered the image panel on top with foam tape. To finish off, I added sequins from the Ton's Evening Shoot Couture Mix.

 

VIDEO:

 

If you would like to see how I painted the image, using Peerless watercolours, I made a speed paint video:

 

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Please click on the picture or wording to be taken to where I purchased it. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links.

SSS Island Blue Cardstock MFT Black Licorice Cardstock Arches Cold Pressed Watercolour Paper The Ton Lucky Tulip Stamp Set VersaMark Ink Pad WOW! Opaque Bright White SF Embossing Powder Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Peerless Bonus Pack Peerless Water Color Complete Edition Book Faber-Castell Click & Go Water Cup Winsor & Newton Cotman Size 8 Round Brush Winsor & Newton Cotman Size 4 Round Brush Hardboard Panel Shurtape Frog Tape Delicate Masking Tape The Ton Evening Shoot Couture Mix

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PEERLESS WATERCOLOURS: Butterfly Wing Blue, Turquoise Blue, Grass Green, Dark Green, Peacock Blue.

 

My second card uses the beautiful Lucky Tulip set. I took another piece of watercolour paper and stamped the tulip on to this with TH Antique Linen Distress Ink. For this image, I went with more of a controlled watercolour.

I used Winsor & Newton Professional Tube Watercolours and I did wet on dry. At times, my paintbrush was very dry so that I could control where the colour went. Once the image was dry, I enhanced the colour using Polychromos pencils.

 

The panel was then cut using the largest of the SSS Stitched Rectangle dies. The sentiment, from the Graceful Rose set, was stamped on to more watercolour paper (just so that the papers matched) and then cut out. The image panel was adhered to a white A2 card base with ATG and then the sentiment piece with foam tape. To finish off, I added sequins again from the Evening Shoot Couture Mix.

 

VIDEO:

 

I also have a speed paint of me colouring the tulip:

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Please click on the picture or wording to be taken to where I purchased it. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links.

MFT Black Licorice Cardstock Arches Cold Pressed Watercolour Paper The Ton Lucky Tulip Stamp Set The Ton Graceful Rose Stamp Set Memento Tuxedo Black TH Mini Distress Ink Pad - Antique Linen Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour - Cobalt Violet Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour - Permanent Mauve Winsor & Newton professional Watercolour - Hooker's Green Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour - Aureolin Winsor & Newton Cotman Size 4 Round Brush Winsor & Newton Cotman Size 2 Round Brush Faber-Castell Click & Go Water Cup Hardboard Panel Shurtape Frog Tape Delicate Masking Tape Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle Dies Faber-Castell Polychromos 60 Tin The Ton Evening Shoot Couture Mix

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W&N WATERCOLURS: Cobalt Violet, Permanent Mauve, Hooker's Green, Aureolin. POLYCHROMOS: 160, 134, 168.

 

BLOG HOP DETAILS:

Here is a full list of everyone taking part in the hop in case you get lost along the way:

 

The Ton

Vera Yates

Amy Tsuruta

Emily Midgett

Lisa Harrolle

Eunji Jung

Laura Sterckx

Mayline Jung

Laurel Beard

Jessica Frost Ballas

Ruby Naz

Stephanie Klauck

Keeway Tsao

Kymona Tracey
Michelle Short

 

As you can see, I am last on the list for the hop but if you have missed anything, you can go back to the start, over at The Ton's Blog.

 

Oh and before I forget, there is prizes to be won! Four $25 gift certificates will be won randomly from the comments on the blogs, so please make sure you leave a comment on everyone's blogs for maximum chances to win :) You have until Saturday June 18th at 11.59pm EST / Sunday June 19th at 5.00am BST and the winners will be announced over at The Ton's Blog shortly afterwards. Thanks so much for visiting me today. I hope you have a great day!