one of my favorite things is handmade valentines...i have loved making them since i was young...last year, i posted this post about making hearts with watercolors, watercolor paper and lemon juice...i used my Stampendous cube of floral patterns...i'm not big on using stamps for my main image but i love the vine pattern on here and use it often...
this year, i've used these things:
140 lb. hot press watercolor paper
caran d ache Neo II water solable crayons
spray bottle of water
water brush
my stamp cube
rub the crayons on the cube pattern
spritz with a couple light sprays of water
stamp on paper
let dry
fill in the surrounding white paper with the water brush + crayon
easy peasy...trace + cut out with heart template
what are you doing today?
9 comments:
Oh I am so excited...because I have everything you have mentioned in my studio and will enjoy making sweet hearts for my funny little cards. You are such a jewel. I am off to try to put together the monkey quilt for baby Benjamin. Have a wonderful week! Peace, Mary Helen Fernandez Stewart
Oh I think I may have that same cube AND I have always fancied valentine's too sweet Jean
You are so inspiring...your hearts are so very lovely...I have some of that smooth hot press Fabriano paper for a Misty journal I am supposed to be making...late for class
we are clearing out around here and it's like poking a hornet's nest...STUFF flying everywhere ...some to charity...but lots of pile rearranging and that means ... well you know I knew where it was in the organized chaos before ...sort of *ggg*
thanks for sharing and always being such an inspiration dear one!
oxo
I thank you for your visit tonight...my heart is heavy and I do have a couple of photos of the baby quilt ...I was adding them when you were commenting on the Sunday post. You are a very inspirational friend...and Spirit is your energetic spirit guide. Thank you, Mary Helen Fernandez stewart
wow.. just lovely. This will be a lovely gift for Valentines
what a stunning little beauty!
So inspired I am:)
(lemon juice!)
-Jennifer
for all your loved ones, thanks for sharing, MJ
for all your loved ones, thanks for sharing, MJ
oooh valentines - good idea :)
and yours are so sweet - I love the pattern
I must try that. I've hardly touched my art tools lately. I need to get back to it because it makes me happy.
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