Hello!!   Well... the rain has returned to Western Washington and for once that is a good thing!  And to go along with all the water falling...

Did some watercolouring. Felt good to get away from the glowing screen for a little while.

My favorite "cheat" with watercoloring is heat embossing an image. Watercolors are finnicky and if you paint too closely to something that isn't dry, the colors will mix and bloom into each other. The raised edges from the heat embossing contains your colors so it doesn't get messy. Also, underpainting is one of my favorite…

Here are the next two watercolor paintings I've created. This makes five paintings now and I'm beginning to wonder why I waited so long to ...

Hi there! I can't believe it's been over a week since my last post. I guess I've been a little too busy. But today I am in "total relax-mo...

Good Morning, Stampers! Watercoloring can be a little intimidating but if you have the watercolor pencils and water painters, it is a lot easier than you think! Simply stamp the image using Saddle Brown Stazon ink and color using watercolor pencils, Then, just take your water painter and smooth out the lines - easy peasy!  Shop the watercolor essentials in my online store HERE SU!pplies: Stamps: Adventurous Journey Ink: Saddle Brown Stazon, Whisper White Paper: Watercolor, Night of Navy, Crumb Cake Accesories: watercolor pencils, water painters, Baker's Twine Essentials Happie Stampin'! ~Melissa

The artist sometimes messy but always cool. Enjoy your happy accidents.

watercolor tutorialMy first time watercoloring...

Hello  -  Today another watercolor piece...you might be seeing them for a while I seem to be hooked on this process.  I am off to Peggy's for another day of stamping and coloring.  This is from our visit last week. Again, this is done with stamps, tombow markers and a watercolor brush. Inspired  by and Cased from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSmMlpKKIRo Thanks for stopping by.

Hi everyone.  Today I'm posting three cards all made with this week's colors from SCS Color Challenge (CC408 - Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, ...

Thank you for joining me on Thursday evening for my Weekly Live on YouTube. The new bundle, Layers of Beauty was used to create three projects. If you missed the live presentation, you can catch the replay below. To create the cards, I started with Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper that was lightly spritzed with water. Next, the coordinating stencils were used to add the ink onto the paper. After all five stencils were used, I stamped the outline with Memento ink for the finishing touch. Unfortunately, from time to time, I have to send a sympathy card. It is always

Hello Friends, T.G.I.F right :) It's aways great when the weekend rolls around and I'm hoping we get some good coloring time. Last week I mentioned that I

My ode to the fantastic Debby Hughes – she dared to paint on stamps with watercolor, and that led me to explore! See a few experiments, then go try some of your own! This creates such a pretty floral design… But the fun graphical hexagons? Yeah, baby! I love how the colors mixed and textures […]

I’m hoping you’ve been snagging some of the United We Flourish stamp sets – these are partnership stamp sets that Ellen Hutson arranges with some of our favorite companies – and focuses on an uplifting set! Our world REALLY needs encouragement nowadays, and we need to recognize that only together will we take strides forward […]

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Hello, all! Kristina here. Today I have three fun ways to use water with Distress Oxide Ink watercoloring. Distress Oxide …

Leslie Tieu's Creative Watercoloring Workshop is now open and it's completely FREE to watch and follow along!