Wow! I can’t believe that it’s Thursday already! I had a nice day at Scrap-A-Latte yesterday. I started the cutting for Renee’s Advent Class and got some of my own stuff done too. My friend Paul stopped by to see me and we got caught up. When I got home I had some stew that mum had made and then ran over to BestBuy to pick up the new Apple TV. From there I met up with Louis and we ran over to Century21 so he could return some things and then we stopped and got Starbucks before heading back to my house to play with the Apple TV. It’s pretty neat and easy to set up, you use your iPhone and it transfers all of the settings to the Apple TV. We were watching movie trailers, videos and YouTube in no time! This morning I have to work on finishing up my prep work for tomorrow night’s class at The Ink Pad. Speaking of The Ink Pad, Barbara wrote a nice little article up about me and I’m featured on their blog! Click HERE to take a look!
My card for today is for this week’s Paper Players challenge…
I haven’t done any watercoloring in a while so I did some on today’s card. The card base is Recollections Ivory 110lb Card Stock with the entire front covered in a piece of paper from the Midnight Magic 6×6 Paper Pad. The strip down the left is a piece of Canson 140lb Watercolor Paper that I embossed with the We R Memory Keepers Woodgrain Embossing Folder. I then gave it a good coat of Royal Langnickel Burnt Umber and then used a paper towel to take off some of the color. When it dried it had this really cool authentic wood look! I used some Tombo Extreme Adhesive to adhere it to the card. My panel is another piece of Watercolor Paper cut out with the Simon Says Stamp Giving Thanks Die and adhered to the card with Fun Foam and SNAIL. Next up are my leaves that are also cut from Watercolor Paper using the Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Leaves Lawn Cuts. I used Yellow Ochre, Vermillion, Crimson Red, Violet and Deep Green to paint on the colors layering the paint a few time before adhering them to the card with Glue Dots. A little sprinkling of Pretty Pink Posh Gold Sequins across the leaves completes the card! I love the way the leaves and “wood” look watercolored and that Giving Thanks Die is neat! I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Paper Players challenge! Thanks for your time today! Have an interesting Thursday! 🙂
Products used:
Watercolors: Burnt Umber, Yellow Ochre, Vermillion, Crimson Red, Violet and Deep Green (Royal Langnickel)
Card Stock: Ivory 110lb (Recollections)
Specialty: Watercolor 140lb (Canson) and Midnight Magic 6×6 Pad (Recollections)
Dies: Small Stitched Leaves (Lawn Fawn) and Giving Thanks (Simon Says Stamp)
Embossing Folder: Woodgrain (We R Memory Keepers)
Embellishments: Gold Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Adhesives: SNAIL, Tombo Extreme and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)
Tools: Big Shot and Fun Foam
Very nice article!
Thanks MaryJo! 🙂
HI Justin:
Boy, that wood really does look like a piece of wood on your card. The watercolor did bring out the “grain”. Very realistic for sure. I too think that Giving Thanks die is so very cool. Do you save the negative letters to use in other cards?
I have never heard of the Apple TV. Is it small, big and why would anyone need it since you can watch TV and movies on your phone right? Don’t you be laughing at me – I know I am old and electronically challenged but I am trying to make sense of it all. The first TV our family ever had was the first one in our tenement building and it had an 8 inch screen and was in black and white. When I was in my 30’s we got our first color tv and it had a 21″ screen. Since then T.V.’s have gotten bigger and bigger and we now have a 44″ HD TV and love it, so it doesn’t make sense to me that now people are watching TV on a tiny little screen on theie cell phones. I mean really?
You have yourself a Terrific Thursday my friend and enjoy your day. Luv ya, XO 🙂
Hey Grace!
Love the way the wood came out!! Thank you! The die is neat, love the word/card dies that Simon has! I do save the negative letters!!
I love Apple TV, and now it has SIRI (so you can talk to the TV!)! It actually hooks up to your TV and you can do all sorts of things with it! I like having it on the “Big Screen”! I agree that I’m not a fan of watching things on my phone, too small!
My Thursday was good and I hope that you had a good one too! Love you!! XOXO 🙂
What a beautiful card! I love the design and all of the elements you used. And what a beautiful article Barbara wrote about you. I like how you’ve grown in this wonderful crafting world! Good for you!
Thank you Carol! I’m glad that you enjoyed the article too! I’m happy that you have been along with me for this fun ride! Thanks again! 🙂
Hi Justin,
Awesome card! That embossed wood is so realistic! And all those beautiful leaves!!!! Love it!
Hey Gerri!
Thank you! I love the way that wood panel came out and it was so quick and easy to do! 🙂
Justin, this is gorgeous!!! I love every detail of this amazing card! I love the watercolored leaves, the cut sentiment and the sequins! I know I would jump for joy if this beauty arrived in my happy mail! Thank you for joining us at The Paper Players this week! XX
Thank you very much Claire! I do love watercoloring and need to do it more often! Have a great weekend! 🙂
Great write up that Barbara did on you, Justin! How lucky to now be teaching at two places. Great for you! Crystal
Thank you so much Crystal! I was honored to be featured on their blog!! Looking forward to class tonight! Have a super weekend! 🙂
Gorgeous, deep watercolors! Beautiful card! You are busier now than ever. Hope it is all going well for you. My calendar has been filling up too. I was hoping to get a break during November! Great write up of you on the Ink Pad blog. I did not know you were in financials too. Wow, how multi-faceted you are! Enjoy this weather…hugs, Nancy B
Very nice write up Justin! Oh, fabulous card too 🙂 Amazing textures.
Thanks very much Dana! Glad you liked the article and the card! 🙂
Thank you Nancy! I do love to watercolor! Yes, I do like to keep busy! Now if I can only make this kind of busy pay well! LOL! I’m glad that you enjoyed the article! I have done so many different things, I like to think that I’m well rounded! I’m loving the weather!! Hugs to you my friend! 🙂
Oh that die cut is lovely but it’s the watercoloured leaves and woodgrain that take this card to a whole new level. Love the colours and textured appearance and the sprinkling of gold sequins. Thanks for joining us over at The Paper Players this week!
Thank you Joanne! I had fun making the card and I do love watercoloring! I wish you a wonderful weekend! 🙂
The bark looks real! Love the colors of your leaves with the watercolor highlights. Gorgeous card! Great article showcasing your talents
Thanks Linda! I’m so happy with the way the wood and leaves came out! Glad that you like the article too! 🙂
This is so gorgeous, and I LOVE it! I l especially love your color choices and the layout.The watercolor softens the gold shininess a little, and that adds warmth to the card. Perfect for a fall card.
Thank you very much Hideko! I had fun making the card and I really do need to watercolor more! 🙂