Simply Watercolor Class - Day Two

Today is day two of my Simply Watercolor Class and in this class we are using watercolors and drawing mediums only. NO STAMPS! 

I can't draw to save my life and today was all about drawing animals. (insert sad face here)

I tried the first technique and immediately threw it out along with the 2nd technique. Finally I decided to be brave and just do the third technique.

Meet Mr. Bear...

I am going to just say I love how he turned out. I will definitely do another one like this so I can work on my animal drawing skills and also my banner skills.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me.

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Simply Watercolor Class - Day One Continued

Wanted to share with you the last card that I made for yesterdays class.

I definitely need to practice my plaid patterns but for a first try I am pretty happy with it. I redid the sentiment 3 times and wasn't excited about how that looked but went with it
anyways as that is how I write.

Definitely need a hand lettering class next.

I am off to craft club at our church this morning so will do today's lesson when I get home.

Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by.

Sherry

Merry Christmas ~ OCC Day 1

I am taking the Online Holiday Card Class and finally got my card done for day one.

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I went ahead and created a card like Debbie showed us and it was using die cuts and the gold dipping that is so popular on Pinterest right now. We didn't actually dip the end of the tag, but it has the effect of it.

The class is also about creating multiples of one card.  I cut out enough pieces for 4 cards but so far this is the only one that is complete. Maybe tomorrow I will get to the rest of them.

Today's class was interactive cards so hoping to get a shaker card done in the next few days.

Are you taking the class? If so what was your favorite style from Day One?

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me.

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Online Card Class ~ Watercolor ~ Day 6

This class is going by quickly and I have a card to share with you from Day 6.

I used a couple of new stamp sets that I bought recently by PaperTrey Ink and Avery Elle. 

You can't see it real well but the card is full of shimmer. In this lesson we learned how to watercolor with distress markers and liquid shimmer.

I loved this technique and will definitely be trying it again.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me.

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Online Card Class ~ Watercolor ~ Day 5

Wasn't sure I was going to share my card from day 5 with you as I wasn't sure if I was crazy about it or not.

But since I have shared every card with you that I have created from this class I am sharing this one as well.

Lets just say I have a ways to go in the watercolor arena.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me.

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Online Card Class ~ Watercolor Day 3

I have been waiting for my stamp I ordered so I can do Day 3 of class using the marker technique that Kristina showed us. While going through my Feedly yesterday I found a video by Dawn at WPlus9 showing a similar technique.

And it was perfect for Day 3 of class. 

The homework was to color directly on your stamps with markers and then paint with water after you stamped it.

This is my first attempt at this technique so I still have a ways to go, but I am happy with it.

Here is the finished card.

I used the WPlus9 Fresh Cut Floral stamp set and the cup and sentiment are by Paper Smooches.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Online Watercolor Class - Day 4 (cont)

Here is the 2nd card I created for my homework for day 4 of class.

This card uses Gelatos and water direct to stamp.

I definitely see a lot of these kind of cards in my future.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Online Watercolor Class Day 4

I am working away on my homework for my Online Watercolor class and this morning I worked on Day 4.

This card was created using distress markers and water.

I must admit I love how it turned out. 

I took this photo with my phone didn't know it would turn out so nice.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Online Card Class ~ Epic Fail Day

Today once again I created a couple of cards from my Online Watercolor class and both cards sadly did not turn out like I wanted.

First up is a card I created from day two called watercolor and masking.

My first sample I did the watercolor turned out beautifully. I had the colors as Pink, Orange and then Purple. I like that combo better but when I rubbed the liquid frisket off the stamped image came off as well.

So I created the card you see below. First I reversed the colors and don't like it as much and I should have done it less even and did it a little bit more uneven. I was going to throw it out like the others but decided to share it anyways.

The Next card is from Day 3 and we were supposed to use ink pads and create a watercolor effect by spraying with water. Well I tried my hero arts inks and my papertrey inks and neither of them gave me a watercolor effect.

So because I had the supplies out I decided to just copy the teachers layout and create a non-watercolor card until I could get to the store and buy some Memento ink pads to try this again.

Hopefully, I will be back tomorrow or Saturday with a revised card doing the watercolor treatment.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

OCC Watercolor ~ Day two

Just a quick card to share what I created in class from day two.

This one was created using watercolor pencils for the background and splatter.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

OCC Watercolor Day 1 (two cards cont)

I did a couple more cards for day 1 using the same technique as my card yesterday only changing the colors and the embellishment.

I must admit at first I wasn't sure about the purple and red but after looking at it more and more I really like it. I sewed on the hello for a little different texture on my card.

My next card I must admit that I had a heck of a time getting it to work and threw out the first 2 attempts at watercolors and stencils.

In the end I was pretty pleased with the outcome. 

I love the tag and the way Jennifer showed us how to tie it onto our card.

I will be back with a card from day two.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

OCC Watercolor Day 1

I am taking the Online Watercolor class and today is day one.

I have lots to learn based on this my first card.

Hoping I learn to soften up my colors a little bit more as they seem really dark compared to what the teachers card looked like.

Looking forward to day 2 tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

OCC ~ Stenciled Day 3 part two

I worked with another one of the lessons from class yesterday and this one was about using clear embossing paste on your stencils.

I used a hero arts stencil.

The trick to this lesson is to put the embossing paste on the stencil so that it is really thick. I had to let my card dry for 24 hours.

The sentiment is stamped on a piece of vellum. I had a leftover butterfly and some leaves from yesterdays card so used those too.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. ~ hugs Sherry ~

OCC - Stenciled Day 3

Hope I am not boring you with my cards from my card class but I am loving this class. 

Today we played with molding paste.

Here is my first card.

Digging through all my stamps I realized I don't have any small skinny wording stamps. Was hoping I would find a happy birthday but settled for this stamp from the WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals set.

So I wasn't that crazy about all the green on the card. I need to learn to control the spray so decided to create one more without the spray. I also die cut the leaves out of vellum without stamping and embossing them like on the first card.

So which one do you prefer?

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. ~ hugs Sherry ~

OCC - Stenciled Day Two

Yesterday was day two of my online card class called Stenciled and this is what I created.

I will be honest with you this was not my first card, it wasn't even my 3rd card. It was the 4th one that I made that I didn't get ink somewhere it shouldn't be or just a card I didn't like.

I am happy with how this one turned out and can't wait to try a few more of the lessons from class.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. ~ hugs Sherry ~

OCC ~ Stenciled Day One

I am taking my first online class at Online Card Classes and just finished my first card.

I used my Memory Box 'honey comb' stencil along with some Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Peacock Feathers and Antique Linen. I used PTI Tag Sale #5 and the sentiment is by Paper Smooches.

Are you taking the class? If so let me know what you think of it.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~