My Creative Monday for Magenta - Magnolia flower

This stamp, the Magnolia branch, is one of my alltime favourites from Magenta!
I stamped it on a background of Nuance powders, and to tone it down I added watered down gesso with a brush. 

Ellie Knol - DT Magenta

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Produits Magenta utilisés:

Magenta products used:

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09.259.O Magnolia Branch

 07.1001.J L'amitié est une fleur

All Nuances

My Creative Monday for Magenta - negative watercoloring

I found this technique from The Homegrown Artist on You Tube,
and decided I can use masks and stencils to achieve the same effect.

Enjoy the process. I used a pearlescent watercolor to make the first card. 

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Start on a colorful background, not one with too dark colors. 

Draw the lines of the stencil with a pencil and fill in the negative space with a fairly light blue watercolor, the same tint of blue used in the background. Add a darker line with a fineliner; I used black but you can use any color of course.

Reposition the stencil at a different angle, and draw the lines of a second layer of leaves, fill in the negative space with a slightly darker blue watercolor. 

Repeat the process until you are happy with the intensity and contrasts of the leaves. 

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This is the first card I've made with the technique; for the first layer I used the masks to sponge around it with Distress Inks.
For more dimension I used a pink Posca acrylic marker. Only 2 layers on this one. 

ENJOY!!

Magenta products used:

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TM319 Maple Leaf Trio [TM319]

TM320 Sweet Leaves [TM320]

TM322 Feuilles de frêne [TM322]

My Creative Monday for Magenta - a technique

I have a technique this time. 

Apply grunge paste through a stencil; ink up a script stamp with black and red ink; stamp into the wet paste. Remove the stencil, Leave it to dry. Color the background with some Nuance, sprayinks or watercolor. ( I've used Twinkling H2o watercolors).
Finish it off with a fussycut stamped image.

On this ATC the background has been stamped into, just as on the card, but without inking up the script stamp. Finish it off with a fussycut stamped and colored image and some transparent tape, or washi tape. 

Try this technique, it always makes for a beautiful background!!

Magenta products used:

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08.077.N Flower Filled Heart

0737.L

 

48.003.N
Ellie Knol designs

My Creative Monday for Magenta - autumn colors

These leaves have a history..

Enjoy my process.. 

Stamping with a green and heat embossed in clear.. 

 Stamping with different colors Aquamarker and heat embossed with clear .. 

 stamping with Memento Grey Flanel and heat embossed with clear

Stamping with StazOn Rusty Brown and heat embossed with clear.. 

I had a mixed media christmas background, and thought to use (one of) these beautiful leaves on it... .
BUT .. none of them pop on this background.. so time for

...Plan B.. 4 autumnal cards..
all leaves were colored with Twinkling H20 watercolor paints.. 

Magenta products used:

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0800.G Maple Leaf Small

Maple Leaf Large [0802.L]

Bold Swirl [14.582.B]

Les bons amis aident... - French [07.1037.I]

Numbers Abstract - Small [0775.G]


Les bons amis aident... - French [07.1037.I]

Angels Carol [40.134.J]

My Creative Monday for Magenta - Christmas is coming

That time of year again.. christmas cards..

I LOVE this stamp -
it looks like "glas-in-lood" as we call it here in Holland; stained glass! 

Magenta products used:

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Vitrail aux oiseaux [03.121.P]


Wishing you a Merry Christmas... - anglais [07.1024.H]

TIMI December challenge - Craft Stamper

new month is new challenge :  TIMI challenge for the Craft Stamper..
a prize to be won from Jane Davenport : the Brights watercolor paint set!!

My Creative Monday for Magenta - Little birdies

A square card with this golden oldie wintery stamp....
I still have to decide what sentiment to add, but that won't be a problem with the new sentiment stamps in the new collection! 

Magenta products used:

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42.217 Cuddly Winter Birds

My Creative Monday for Magenta - Foliage

A new and very versatile stamp in the new collection - this trio of branches.
Using up a colorful background (A Colorwash one) from my stash, makes creating such a joyful process!

Stamping a script in the background always gives a card some more interest. 

Magenta products used:

Link to boutique

Trio de branches [0793.O]


Le chat ouvrit les yeux... comptine [07.1054.J]