Hello Friend! Mini Tryfold with Furries

Hello Ai friends!

Today I'm sharing a sweet card made with...

4208 – Furries TF

4759 – Hello Friend MTF

I used some foam dimensional tape to pop up the main image and create the feeling that the bunnies are sitting a little behind the fence.

Here's the inside.

The cute little butterflies are from 4703 – Flower Cart.

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Copics used: 

E31, E33, RV04, RV66, BG34, Y02, Y38, R29,

YG07, YG09, BG02, BG10, E11, E53, R05

New Water Color Minis from Art Impressions!

Hello Ai fans!

It's my turn to share a new release with you!  Art Impressions has the most beautiful water color images around and this sweet new set is no exception!  

This pretty new set is called WOODEN GATE (sku#4762)

You can find all the wonderful MINI WATER COLOR sets HERE.

I'm still a little afraid of water coloring but after making this card I gained a lot of confidence.  Trust me...If I can do it, you can do it!  There are so many different mediums that you can water color with, There are the little water color cakes, paints, distress inks, pencils, markers, etc.  I chose to use pencils and Marvy Markers.  You treat the pencils like you would any colored pencil for the most part.  Just color in the areas (lightly) that you want to color.  Then go over them with a water pen.

Here, if you look carefully you can see I shaded in the thin part on the inside of the arch.

Next, I used my water pen to pull a little bit of color from it and add shading to the gate.

Next, I penciled in a little blue, colored the brackets and added some grass.

Now it's time to add some real color!  I used my Marvy markers to color directly onto the stamp. 

Then, just like with the pencils I used my water pen to blur them a bit and give them the water color effect I was looking for.

 I mounted my door on a display easel made with the Ai Easel Die.

The precious little bunnies are part of a set called FURRIES TF (Sku#4208).

 

On the inside I used the clouds from WC Series 1 Set (Sku#4055).

Easter Wishes (Sku#F4012)

I have to apologize...I used a fence and gate which I've now just realized have been discontinued. I did find an alternate you could get instead if this is a look you like.  Take a peek at WC EZ Project A (Sku#4271).

I mounted my card on the Square Easel Die (Sku#4699)

My foliage came from a variety of sets...

Clay Pot 4701

Flower Cart 4703

Flowering Mailbox 4607

I added some highlights to the flowers and rabbits with a white gel pen.

I think the gel pen makes the fur look pretty real on their bellies.

Marvy colors used: No. 43 Brilliant Yellow, 45 Sepia, 88 Terra Cotta, 15 Olive Green, 20 Magenta, 28 English Red

Water Color Pencils:

Staedtler 38, 556

Derwent: 6 Deep Cadmium, 18 Rose Pink, 34 Sky Blue, 36 Indigo, 38 King Fisher Blue, 40 Turquoise Green, 58 Raw Sienna, 66 Chocolate, 68 Blue Gray

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New Water Color Minis from Art Impressions

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing one of the new release water color minis from Art Impressions.

We're also starting a new challenge...

 

The set I've used is called Flowering Mailbox (sku# 4607). 

This is the first time I've ever water colored.  Although it was a challenge I think it came out okay.  This was actually my second attempt.  I wasn't going to share my first attempt because it most definitely has it's flaws but after thinking about it I thought it might be good for people to see how quickly you can pick it up.  You can see the other card below.

I used Tim Holtz Distress Inks to create this.  For the flowers I stamped some ink onto a CD and then spritzed water on it.  Next I dipped my stamps into it and stamped them.  The mailbox and bird were colored with the same ink but I used a water color pen to apply the ink.

This is the one that almost didn't share.  You can definitely tell that it's a first try.  Although it's not perfect I think it could be worse.

 

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