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Showing posts with label Calathea. Show all posts

Heat Embossed Calathea Print Card with Cheiron


Hi there crafty friends, it's Cheiron here and today I have a fun Calathea patterned card for you featuring multiple colors (and some multiple layers) of heat embossing. I have not used my Calathea set in a long time, and I thought it would be fun to use it to make a pattern in non traditional colors.
For this card, I used a panel of the light pink card stock from the Over the Rainbow Cardstock pack.
I stamped the leaves in black and grey ink and embossed some of them in white to create the first layer of my pattern.


Once I filled the panel with the a pattern of the big leaves, I added layers of embossing powder in Watering Can, White and Cotton Candy Speckle on top of the solid leaves. To do the embossing, I went over the entire panel with an Embossing magic pouch and embossed each color separately. So I embossed all the leaves I wanted white, then heat set them. Then I did the same thing for the grey and heat set them, then embossed the pink. It does take a bit of time to do each layer, but I think the end result is work the effort, and gives it a totally different look than the green leaves we normally see.


I definitely dove into my stash for this one, and used some of those fun colored embossing powders that I forgot about! I hope you will take some of your favorite layering stamps and try this out for yourself using your favorite colors.

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Watercolor Negative Painting Technique with Kelly Latevola

Hello Crafters! 

I hope you all are having a wonderful holiday weekend! 

We're celebrating Labor day in our own special way here with a 20% off sale!!


You can shop the store here. 

I watched a really fun watercolor video the other day and inspired me to try it. The artist in this video hand drew her leaves. I cheated with stamps :) 


With negative painting you don't actually paint the stamped image you paint around. Honestly it looks kind of crazy moving through it but in the end it really is pretty cool :) 


You started by laying down a base layer of color. Once dry stamp your images and then use water downed watercolors to paint around them. Let it dry and repeat the same steps making your colors darker with each layer


I tried the Ink on 3 Fade Out ink for the first time with this card too and found it extremely difficult to see the stamped image on top of the color. Thankfully I eventually figured out that the ink grabs the color you put on top of it which allows you to see exactly where the image is. 

You can watch the whole painting from beginning to end in the video below 


This is a very different look for me but I loved trying a new technique. I'd definitely reccomend giving it a try!  


Thanks so much for dropping by! 
Enjoy your weekend :) 

Supplies: 

Calathea
Calathea
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 Neat & Tangled
 Neat & Tangled AWESOME
Neat & Tangled AWESOME
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Neat & Tangled
Inkon3 FADEOUT Ink
Inkon3 FADEOUT Ink
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Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue
Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue
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Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 40 Sheets
Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 40 Sheets
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Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB REAM Smooth Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets
Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB REAM Smooth Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets
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Fiskars PREMIUM CUT LINE Paper Trimmer 12 Inches
Fiskars PREMIUM CUT LINE Paper Trimmer 12 Inches
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3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent
3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent
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Canson MONTVAL WATERCOLOR 9x12 Pad
Canson MONTVAL WATERCOLOR 9x12 Pad
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Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET
Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET
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Simon Says Stamp LARGE GRID PAPER Pack Pad
Simon Says Stamp LARGE GRID PAPER Pack Pad
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Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun
Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun
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Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD
Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD
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Inkadinkado EMBOSSING MAGIC Powder Bag
Inkadinkado EMBOSSING MAGIC Powder Bag
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Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER WHITE Fine Detail
Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER WHITE Fine Detail
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Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS
Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS
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9 x 12 WHITE FUN FOAM 12 Pack
9 x 12 WHITE FUN FOAM 12 Pack
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MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Kit
MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Kit
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MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Kit
MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Kit
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Ranger Studio Paint ARTIST BRUSHES
Ranger Studio Paint ARTIST BRUSHES
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Silver BLACK VELVET Brush Size 2 Round
Silver BLACK VELVET Brush Size 2 Round
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Neat & Tangled CRYSTAL CLEAR SEQUIN MIX
Neat & Tangled CRYSTAL CLEAR SEQUIN MIX
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Silver BLACK VELVET Brush Size 8 Round
Silver BLACK VELVET Brush Size 8 Round
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Silver BLACK VELVET Brush Size 0.75 FLAT
Silver BLACK VELVET Brush Size 0.75 FLAT
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We R Memory Keepers TRIM AND SCORE Board
We R Memory Keepers TRIM AND SCORE Board
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Simon Says Stamp Card Stock BLACK Black
Simon Says Stamp Card Stock BLACK Black
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Tim Holtz Tonic CRAFT PICK
Tim Holtz Tonic CRAFT PICK
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Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors Strawberry
Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors Strawberry
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Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors Dandelion
Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors Dandelion
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Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors Moss
Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors Moss
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Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors Pine
Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors Pine
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Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors Deep Ocean
Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors Deep Ocean
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Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors DARK TEAL
Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors DARK TEAL
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Colored Pencil and Gingko Leaves


Hey everyone!  Miriam here today sharing a card featuring the new Have Courage set.

I so love the look of coloring on kraft, so I stamped the small gingko leaf sprig three times on kraft with white pigment ink.  Then I proceeded to color the leaves in with my Prismacolor pencils.  Really easy here, just two colors, I went in first and filled in with the light and then added details with the darker color.  


You can get a wonderful texture from colored pencils that I think really adds a lot to foliage images.

Once the coloring was done, I die cut the springs with the coordinating dies and arranged them around my sentiment.  The sentiment is from the Calathea set and was embossed in white onto a circle.

I fiddled a bit with the placement of the sprigs.  My original plan was to create a circular frame around the round sentiment piece, but I ended up pulling the sprigs out a bit to create a more organic arrangement, plus I like the bits of white that peek through amongst the leaves.

That's all for me today.  Hope your week is going well!
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Peerless Watercolors with Kelly Latevola

Hello Crafters! 

It's Kelly here and today we are embracing the season! 

One of the benefits of living in Ohio is hands down that we have four distinct seasons. 
This means when Autumn comes there's so much gorgeous foliage everywhere you can hardly get anywhere on time because you're always just staring at it. 

Or it could be because I have 3 jobs and a 4 year old child. 
Let's blame the beautiful leaves shall we?  


If you look closely at the painted panel you'll notice that the background isn't actually white. 
I'm in love with the Rice Paddies Stencil and I can't stop putting it on everything. 
Because of my obsession I didn't realize that they are actually sold out in the shop. 
I'm Sorry! 
They'll be back soon! 
In the meantime if you would like to try this technique we have a ton of really great stencils in the store that would look amazing too! You can see them all here


Along with the stenciling I did some heat embossing so I could use those beautiful Autumn colors to watercolor with! 
You can watch the card come together in the video below 


Any watercolor medium will work with this technique. I just love those Peerless colors because they are so highly pigmented the colors are very intense. 
You know I love me some bright colors! 


Even though there's brights color everywhere my favorite part is actually the sentiment. 
I hope you find a little bit of kindness in your day today :)

Thanks for visiting! 

Supplies: 




Calathea
Calathea
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Neat & Tangled  RICE PADDIES - SIMPLY STENCIL
Neat & Tangled RICE PADDIES - SIMPLY STENCIL
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Neat & Tangled WILD ORCHID SEQUIN MIX
Neat & Tangled WILD ORCHID SEQUIN MIX
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Peerless Joanne Palette Colors
Peerless Joanne Palette Colors
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Simon Says Stamp Card Stock SCHOOLHOUSE RED
Simon Says Stamp Card Stock SCHOOLHOUSE RED
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Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 24 COLORS
Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 24 COLORS
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Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 40 Sheets
Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 40 Sheets
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Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB REAM Smooth Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets
Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB REAM Smooth Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets
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Fiskars PREMIUM CUT LINE Paper Trimmer 12 Inches
Fiskars PREMIUM CUT LINE Paper Trimmer 12 Inches
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Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue
Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue
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Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS
Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS
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3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent
3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent
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Tim Holtz Distress OXIDE INK PAD SET OF 12
Tim Holtz Distress OXIDE INK PAD SET OF 12
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Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad BROKEN CHINA
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad BROKEN CHINA
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Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET
Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET
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Ranger Large 2 oz MISTER BOTTLE
Ranger Large 2 oz MISTER BOTTLE
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Simon Says Stamp LARGE GRID PAPER Pack Pad
Simon Says Stamp LARGE GRID PAPER Pack Pad
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Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun
Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun
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Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD
Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD
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Inkadinkado EMBOSSING MAGIC Powder Bag
Inkadinkado EMBOSSING MAGIC Powder Bag
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Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER WHITE Fine Detail
Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER WHITE Fine Detail
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Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS
Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS
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MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Kit
MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Kit
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Strathmore BRISTOL SMOOTH 9 x 12 Paper Pad
Strathmore BRISTOL SMOOTH 9 x 12 Paper Pad
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Ranger Studio Paint ARTIST BRUSHES
Ranger Studio Paint ARTIST BRUSHES
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Silver BLACK VELVET Brush Size 2 Round
Silver BLACK VELVET Brush Size 2 Round
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Bazzill 40 LB VELLUM 8.5 x 11
Bazzill 40 LB VELLUM 8.5 x 11
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Silver BLACK VELVET Brush Size 8 Round
Silver BLACK VELVET Brush Size 8 Round
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We R Memory Keepers TRIM AND SCORE Board
We R Memory Keepers TRIM AND SCORE Board
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Ranger Perfect Pearls PERFECT GOLD
Ranger Perfect Pearls PERFECT GOLD
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Peerless Bonus Pak
Peerless Bonus Pak
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