watercolor pine tree

Hi there, Nicole here.

I have a fun step-by-step watercolor project for you!

I was looking for ideas for backgrounds and stumbled upon watercolor pine trees. I had no idea how to make them, so I went to Pinterest and looked for "watercolor pine tree" pictures that could help me get an idea of the process. There were many inspiring photos and so I just grabbed my supplies and went for it ;-)

As you see, the look of the tree is quite messy but that's what I was going for :-)

• pick or mix a green color you like
• mix some of this color with water to get a very light shade and scribble a loose pine tree shape on your watercolor paper. Let it dry or dry it with your heat tool.
• mix the same color with a bit less water so that you get a slightly darker shade. Scribble over the light tree and let it dry. 
• Now start focusing on darker and lighter areas. Just paint, where you want some shadow. Repeat the mixing, scribbling and drying process one or two more times, so that you get a total of four layers. 
• for the last layer, use your color in the darkest shade. Now, try to paint some loose branches making small curved stokes with a smaller brush.
• let your project dry
• stamp, color and fussy cut your image and glue it to your panel
• stamp your greeting and finish up the card with some cute accents like sequins or enamel dots. I decided not to use any bling and just went for some watercolor splatters.

You can make a whole card with these trees. Just start with very light ones in the back and work your way to the front by adding darker colors and more layers to the pine trees.

By adding white paint splatters, you create the look of falling snow. This gives the scene an even more wintery look.

Cool Buddies     Friede, Freude, Lebkuchen     Zum Feste das Beste
 



There are some fun challenges going on on the blog and on our Facebook group! 😀 We would love to see what you create!

Have a happy and colorful christmas and all the best for a crafty new year!
Thanks for stopping by,
Nicole

We dare you to create a smile : Celebration

Hello everyone!

Can you believe this is the last challenge from 2018 ? Where did the time gone? Of course that we wanted to end the year with a big celebration so the theme ''Celebration '' seem the perfect one

As always buy entering our challenge you have a chance to win a 25€gift certificate to Create a smile stamps store

Lets see what our guest designer created for this challenge

Natasha made this cute and fun card using Gull gang stamp set , Cool cuts You twice

Thank you for guest designing for our challenge and creating this adorable card! Make sure to check Natasha's social media and leave her some love!

Also this is the last challenge where you will see this talented ladies as the Design term reached it's end , we will sure be missing all your fabulous creations ! Thank you for everything !

Let's see what our amazing team created :

Alexandra made this cute card using Cart full of treasures stamp set  , Lettering Alphas stamp set, Lettering Alphas CAPS

Ashlee made this wonderful card using Radio rock stamp set

Ellenor created this adorable card using Bear mail stamp set , Gull gang stamp set , Served up

Giada made this fantastic card using Secret ingredient stamp set , Oh Christmas tree stamp set

Ksenija made this beautiful card using In circles stencil , Decorated wishes stamp set

Laura created this pretty card using Wrap it up stamp set

Sindhu made this gorgeous card using Cool buddies stamp set

Victoriya created this adorable card Superpowers stamp set , Big stars polka stencil

Now is your turned to be creative! Make sure to check the rules before entering your project!
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a better New Year!

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We dare you to create a smile : Winter time

Hello everyone

Is time for a new challenge and our theme this time is Winter time and is just perfect for this period of the year :)

Also don't forget that by playing along with our challenge you get the chance to win a 25€ gift certificate to Create a smile store and the change to be guest designer for our next challenge !

As always we have our guest designers sharing their take on the challenge and can't wait for you to see what they came up with!

Annett created this awesome card using Easy-breezy stamp set

Anja made this beautiful shaker cards using Cool cuts Negative snowflake ,
Cool cuts Scalloped Rectangles

Ishani created this fabulous card using Cart full of treasures stamp set

Thank you so much to our guest designer for the inspiration! Make sure to check them out on social media and leave some love to this talented ladies!

Our design team also made some fantastic projects and here they are

Alexandra created this card using Cool cuts Negative Snowflake , Cool cuts Scalloped Rectangles , Vinyl Christmas greetings stamp set

Ashlee created this stunning card using Dress me up stamp set

Ellenor made this super cute card using Dress me up stamp set

Giada created this wonderful card using Dress me up stamp set

Ksenija made this cute card using Bear mail stamp set

Laura made this outstanding card using Gull gang stamp set

Sindhu created this adorable card using Cool buddies stamp set

Victoriya made this awesome card using All hands on deck stamp set

Now is your turn to be creative and to ink your stamps! Make sure to read the rules before entering and most important have fun!

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VIDEO Stretch the dies for making Tags

Hi everybody :-)

Its the first December, that means we are into the christmas-season.... wohooo...  and maybe you need some tags for all the presents you will give to your loved ones?

The idea is, not only to use the tag-dies. You also can use other dies for tags, and I wanted to show you how I created the backgrounds.

Here you can watch the video in english...






And here in german

Make sure that you have an eye on our instagram-storys ;-) Christine is sharing more Videos out of the office ;-)