Watercolour Card Ideas with Tanya

Hi There! Merry Christmas
Tanya here popping into share some ideas on cards and how to create your own watercolor card fronts using watercolor pans and watercolor card.

Card 1 and 2. Christmas cards. Free hand watercoloring
Water colors are perfect for building shades within one color and they are also quiet see through
You can paint circles free hand or with a template and make Christmas bauble or even a tangled pile of Christmas lights four a unique Christmas card.

Card 3 and 4 Stamping and using masking fluid

Step 1 Stamp your chosen image with Stayzon ink, next using a masking fluid pen color in where you dont want the watercolor to stain (it will be blue)

. Let it dry (heat tool speeds this up)

Step 2 Spritz the watercolor card with water then using a aqua brush paint on your water colors and then allow to dry

Step 3 Once dry with your finger rub the blue masking fluid of your card.

Well there you have it.. i hope you have got some ideas to try with your watercolors!!

Thanks for looking.. Tanya!

Alcohol Inks and Yupo Paper techniques with Tanya

Hi all,

Tanya here,

I have been playing with alcohol inks and yupo papers this month. They are a easy way for stunning card backgrounds or even framed as you can see in my example.

In the video (follow the link)to YouTube you will see some techniques i have used to create backgrounds, 

Here are 2 finished projects using some backgrounds I made from the samples in the video. I simply stamped onto them with stazon ink.

Thanks for stopping by!! 

Tanya froud

Camper Van Beach Set

Hello, Tanya on the blog today sharing a tutorial on how I created this cute Camper Van Beach Set for this month’s challenge.

You will need:

Silhouette Cameo

Cardstock (Yellow, Green, Brown, White, Blue, Red & Check Patterned)

Polystyrene

Heavy Gesso White

Craft Paint Camée

Distress Inks Gathered Twigs & Forest Moss

Distress Stain Picket Fence

Distress Embossing Powder Spiced Marmalade

Retro Lady (Google Search…)

Sea Sand

Embellishments: Flowers, Buttons, Flat Pearls, Basket with Wine Bottles and Shells (these are not in the supply photo)

Instructions:

1. Paint the polystyrene with craft paint and leave to dry. Paint with gesso and sprinkle sea sand and leave to dry.
2. Using the Silhouette Cameo cut the following:
3. Cut a camper van box from yellow cardstock and the check pattern cardstock.  Glue onto one another. Cut the contrasting accents from white and yellow cardstock. Stain the white pieces with picket fence. Assemble as per the instructions from Silhouette.
4. Cut a beach chair from white cardstock and stain with picket fence, assemble.
5. Cut 2 palm trees from brown and green cardstock. Stain the barks with gathered twigs and the veins of the leaves with forest moss, assemble.
6. Cut a surf board from blue cardstock and an internal offset from red, adhere to the top of the camper van.
7. Cut a PEACE symbol from red cardstock and adhere to the front of the camper van.
8. Cut the word ‘SUMMER’ from white cardstock and emboss with spiced marmalade. Add to the camper van as per the picture.
9. I searched on Google for the retro lady…I chose one that would match the Mood Board. Fussy cut her and ink the edges with gathered twigs. Place her on the beach chair.
10. Add the flowers, buttons, flat back pearls, shells and basket with wine bottles as per the picture.

Hope you like this and can draw some inspiration from it.  

Come join in the challenge would love to see

 everyone’s creations with this gorgeous Mood Board!

Thanks and happy scrapping!

Tanya

In The Summer Time

First I would like to introduce myself, I'm Tanya and I love mixed media art and most of my pages reflect this. I love nothing more than a crisp with piece of paper and some paints or ink... oh the possibilities!! My favourite subjects to scrap are my kids James (13) and Emily (11) and my super patient hubby Ian who puts up with me disappearing into my "She Cave" as he calls it for hours on end and taking millions of photos.

For my First post I thought I would have a go at this months challenge... 

This background was done using water colour crayons. First select your colours and mix with a little bit of water to make a runny paint consistency. The spray your card stock with some water (watercolour card stock or heavy card stock is best to use)

Then paint your background in whatever pattern strikes your fancy. Watercolours tend to dry lighter you can always darken these if you wish by going back over any areas that seem to need it.

Then once it is dry ( you can speed this up using a heat tool) randomly stamp the background.  tend to use stazon ink as it gives a crisper image and is water fast if I decide to add more watercolour later

Then for more texture I added paint splats to the page, using more watercolour paints and paint pens in co-coordinating colours

Next i covered a chipboard circle in washi tape and then i arranged the page this took a few goes until i was happy. I chose some flowers and tucked then in. Once i was happy I stuck it all down

Add a title and your done!!!

Thanks for stopping by, I look forward to sharing more work with you in the future

Tanya

Please welcome some new faces to our Design Team

Please give a warm welcome to our new designers 

Their work is fresh and very inspirational, you might recognize some but others are new around the place, so jump on and follow these ladies. 

ELISA ABLETT

http://2crazycrafters.blogspot.com.au/

Hello, my name is Elisa and I live on the mid north coast of NSW Australia with my lovely husband and two boys.

 I've being scrapbooking since 2003 but have only recently ventured into the online world of challenges and blogs and I haven't looked back. My scrapping style is a little eclectic, mostly mixed media style with loads of colour and technique. 
I am so excited to join Off the Rails DT and feel honoured to be a part of such a amazing and creative team. I am also really looking forward to getting to know you all and hopefully inspiring you along the way! You can catch up with me over on the blog - http://2crazycrafters.blogspot.com.au

Anguree Jansen Van Rensburg
http://anguree.blogspot.com.au/

Hello there, my name is Anguree, and I am absolutely thrilled to be part of such an awesome team.

I am married to an awesome guy and live in tropical Darwin, Northern Territory (NT) Australia. We have no children except for a very spoiled Chocolate Labrador.

I was introduced into Scrapbooking somewhere between 2004 and 2005 and have been addicted ever since. I generally scrap 12x12 pages, but also love art journaling, making cards and off the page projects. My style vary from grungy to shabby but I dare say no style is off limits.

Over the years I've learnt not to get too tied up in what exactly my style is or should be, but rather to enjoy the process of creating. I love to experiment and try new products, mediums, techniques and all the little discoveries along the road.
I have been very lucky and blessed to have been published in Scrapbook Creations Magazine and Scrapbooking Memories Magazine and have previously been teaching at Scrap Matrix. I'm also very proud to be a design team member for Studio M Designs and Colour Stories Inspiration(CSI).

LYNN GOOD
http://memoriesonthepage.blogspot.com.au/

I live on small acreage of the North West Coast of Tasmania with my husband.  We are recent empty nesters and I must say it is quiet and peaceful!!
 I have been scrapbooking for about 12 years but have always done something crafty in my life. I wouldnt say I have a particular style - it depends on the photo and my mood but I love mixed media, flowers, bling (a little hard when you have 2 boys!) and chipboard. 

I generally do 12x12 pages but love the odd canvas, off the page project, art journal and cards. You can find my work on my blog - http://www.memoriesonthepage.blogspot.com.au/ if you want a peek. I am excited to be a part of the team at Off The Rails and look forward to sharing my creations with you all.

MANDY MELVILLE
http://mandymelville.blogspot.com.au/

I live on the beautiful Central Coast of New South Wales in Australia. I’ve been married to Andrew for 13 years and we have three children, Abigail (11 years), Isaac (8 years), and Eleanor (1 year). 

I’ve been scrapbooking for about 11 years, since my oldest was a baby, and it has become more than just a hobby, it’s my passion! I love preserving my family’s memories, and I equally love the creative outlet that scrapbooking provides! My style varies as I like to let the mood of the photos dictate the style of the layout and I like to try out different techniques, though most often on my layouts you will see layering, clustered embellishments, pretty patterned papers, and sometimes a little bit of mixed media. 

I also love to use my Silhouette Cameo to create titles, backgrounds and other elements for my layouts. I am very lucky to be regularly published in Scrapbooking Memories Magazine (an Australian mag) and to be on some awesome design teams including D-lish Scraps, Stuck?! Sketches and Scrap the Girls. I am so thrilled to have been invited to join the talented bunch of designers on the Off the Rails Scrapbooking Design Team and I can’t wait to start sharing my projects with you! If you’d like to take a look at my work, you can visit my blog at http://mandymelville.blogspot.com.au/



Tania Ridgwell
http://taniaridgwell.blogspot.com.au
 
 

My name is Tania Ridgwell and I live in the North Eastern suburbs of Adelaide with my partner of 13 years and our beautiful 9 year old daughter Chloe. 

 My Paper Crafting journey started soon after she was born and she is my never ending source of inspiration. I am totally addicted to all things craft and love to create anything from layouts to cards though my absolute favourite is for anything Off The Page.

I love to try new techniques and though I don't have any one specific style I would have to say the majority of my work is "feminine" and I love to incorporate mixed media into my work along with chipboard, blooms and plenty of bling!


 Peg Hewitt
http://pegsplaytime.blogspot.com.au/
 

Hi, I’m Peg.

I’m quite excited to be joining such an illustrious line-up of past and present designers here at Off The Rails. I only hope I can measure up! So a little about me...

For 15 years I’ve been a die-hard scrapbooker (who now occasionally toys with art journalling or canvas). Grunge and mess are common aspects to my work and I nearly always use some type of wet medium in my creations.  My style varies depending on my mood, the time I have at my disposal, and what is sitting on my table at any given moment. My process is rather organic as I don’t pre-plan and rarely know what my finished project will look like when I start. My primary motivation for creating anything is to tell a story, it comes from the relationships and experiences in my life, warts and all. Scrapbooking, to me, is cathartic. It keeps me sane.

I have been regularly published in the Aussie mags for a number of years, being both a Creative Team member (2014) and a ‘Master’ (2015) for Australian Scrapbooking Memories Magazine. I was a member of the Tattered Angels Design Team for 2011, and spent 3 ½ years designing for Gauche Alchemy among numerous other positions.

On the more personal side, I am happily married to a marvellous and supportive man and together we have 4 children (3 boys and a girl) aged from 20 - 11. We live in a country town in regional NSW on a 2 acre block with chickens, a cat, and a gorgeous garden/yard. I am a work at home mum and do the paperwork for our business as well as helping out at school with crafts and ethics.

Blog - http://pegsplaytime.blogspot.com/

Tanya Cloete

 

My name is Tanya, I am 28 years of age and live in South Africa.

 I have been scrapping for 6 years now.  It all started with seeking a ‘hobby’ to keep me busy during the day, little did I know what I had led myself into J.  I have always loved doing crafty things but never knew that scrap booking would develop into such a passion!!!

Photos are memories to be treasured forever and what better way than to tell a story by the beautiful layouts or albums one can make!!!

I love creating ‘booklet’ type albums and single page layouts but I have recently developed a great new love for making 3D projects!

Scrap booking is a lot of fun and very relaxing!

We are so excited to be introducing 7 new designers to the team, they are all beautiful and are extremely talented, and absolutely adorable to chat with, you will get a lot of inspiration from these ladies.  

November's Mid Month Reveal

Are you having fun with our Mood Palette this month? It is all about recycling.

Shall we have a look at what the design team have created?

Tracey

Sandi

 

 

Romain

 

Tania

Louise

Carol

 

 

 Tanya

 

 

 

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