Welcome to Creativity Abounds Blog Hop. We are a group of very keen Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators from all around the world that are coming together to share our creative ideas with you. We are happy that you can join us and hope that we can Inspire you to make creations of your own. Our Theme […]
watercolour
Saying Thanks Kit plus Adorable Owls
Have you seen the New Kit by Stampin’ Up!® Saying Thanks Kit, I just love all the bright colours, it is so vibrant and has so much ‘LIFE’ in it. Then there is the ‘Adorable Owls‘ from the Sale-A-Bration catalogue which are too cute and needed to be added for ‘CUTE OVERLOAD’. The Adorable Owls […]
Dragonfly Garden
This card I created a watercolour back ground using a smooching technique and an acrylic block and stamped flowers from the Dragonfly Garden Stamps. Using Fluid 100 Water Colour Paper by Stampin’ Up! and two stamp pads – Tahitian Tide & Parakeet Party. TIPS: The flower and sentiment was stamped with Memento Black Ink. Memento […]
Beautiful Shapes Facebook Live Friday
Beautiful Shapes….I just love these hexagons, for the past week or two I have been working on an English Paper Piecing quilt using hexagons. Using up lots of little scrapes of fabric left over from face masks I was making over the last couple of years. Whenever I do a watercolour card I usually have […]
Happiness Abounds
Today we rolled the dice….Brights, Standard card, Masking, Pearls, Sentiment- For You. Using the Stampin’ Up! Happiness Abounds Bundle I created this water colour group of roses. The grouping was created by masking off one flower when stamping the next. In the video below I show how this is done starting with the rose in […]
Waves of Inspiration
My Live this week I used the Waves of Inspiration from the NEW 2022-23 Annual Catalogue. This was so much fun to make…who doesn’t like to make a mess sometimes…Me! This card uses the Emboss Resist Technique with a water colour wash to create the background. Prior to making this card i played with a […]
In the Moment
Do you like the look of water colours and haven’t given it a try…..Over the last few days I have been enjoying playing around with some water colouring and I thought I would share with you on some of the things I have learnt. The image I am using is from the In the Moment […]
Facebook Live Friday – Heart of Home Suite
Hi and welcome today to my Blog. Yesterday on my Facebook Live I created this card using products from the Heart of Home Suite by Stampin’ Up!®. This suite is one of the many products coming in the 2022 Jan-Jun Mini Catalogue. You can get this suite of products in December when you Join my […]
Facebook Live Friday – Harvest Meadow
Hi and welcome today to my Blog. This week I did a bit of water colouring using the Harvest Meadow from the July- December Mini Catalogue. I love doing water colouring as I find it very relaxing. I used a lot of colours in flowers & Stems to achieve depth in colour and texture. I […]
Artistic Dies- Fridays Facebook Live
Hi and welcome today to my Blog. This is the card I created in yesterdays Facebook live….This was so much fun, I love watercolouring like this as it’s very relaxing for me. The colours look great so vibrant against the black and white. Stampin’ Up! shared this technique on Instagram done by one of the […]