Pandatastic

Hey There -

I discovered the Greetery much later than most of my bloggy friends. And they've had some super cute stamp and die sets in their sale section.  When I can get a cute stamp and die set for the regular price of the stamp or nearly that I am so going to grab it even if its retiring.

This panda set was a recent buy...I went for the Nordic frames and ended up with several cute stamp sets.

The challenge at AAA Cards is a sketch with the option of critters.  I thought the panda and the branch worked quite well for the sketch.

This is such a cute image and can be used for so many things. I imagine he'll stay in my stash a long time.

Thanks so for visiting.

The brusho left overs

Hi there,

I posted earlier tonight my first brusho / stencil experiment. I loved how it turned out. It was nice and controlled. I stayed within the lines for the most part.

I created these panels all at the same time.  After selecting one for my last post, these were the remaining panels.  I decided to make them into cards as well.

I'll be submitting these to CAS Stencil, International Art & Soul, Simon's Wednesday Challenge and AAA Cards.

This is the intended piece, created with torquoise brushos and a fern stencil. Again this stencil has a tacky back so it stays in place.  I blocked off the edges so there would be no over-spray into the upper panel area.  This card is being submitted to AAA Card, CAS Stencil and Simon's Wednesday Challenge.

 

There was a lot of color left over,  so I laid a piece of watercolor paper on the top of the stencil after I had taken off the piece above. I love all the color on this.  This will be submitted to International Art and Soul a new to me challenge calling for a monochromatic card.

After getting the above panel, it seemed as if there was still some watercolor left to play with, so I dropped another panel onto the stencil.  I needed a card for my Godson's Dad who just had a knee replaced, so I thought this might work.  I'll be submitting this to another new to me blog, Crafty Animals.

Lastly, is the second piece made from my first piece on my previous post.  I wasn't originally sure that It would work out.  Red and green blending end up making brown, so I wanted to see how it dried.   I like that it is so different from anything I usually make.

Thanks so much for coming by, and especially if you made it through to the end.