Saturday, June 20, 2020

Crafty Friends: Concord & 9th and a 20% Discount!

Hey everybody! How are you all doing? It's a gorgeous day here in California, USA and I am itching to get outside and do some yard work in the sunshine. Before I head off to do that... today is My Crafty Friends day! If you haven't joined us before, we are a group of crafty friends who get together every month on the 20th for a blog hop. We feature projects from a specific company each month and they are so kind as to offer you all a discount! One of the cool things about this hop is that we feature our favorite sets from the company which means that you might see some oldie but goodie sets (inspiration for stamps you already have).

This month's featured company is none other than the fabulous Concord & 9th! and they are very generous to offer a 20% DISCOUNT to their entire store when you use THIS LINK and the code: CRAFTYFRIENDSJUNE20 (details below). 

Ok, now on to my card! Hello Lovely is one of my favorite ever stamp sets from Concord & 9th. It has a gorgeous floral bunch as well stamps to fill in the set with a watercolored look. There are also coordinating dies which you can get separately or buy the whole thing as a bundle. I decided to do a one layer card (ok, yeah, I did pop it up and cut a sliver off the side to peek the black card base) so I repeatedly stamped the large floral image around the edges of my card in Inkon3's Fade Out ink. This ink is made for no-line watercoloring as it takes on the color of the ink or watercolor that you use on top of it.
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I used my Daniel Smith watercolors to paint this. I started with lighter layers of color and as they dried back I added more color. 
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When I was done watercoloring I added a little extra shading with some colored pencils and a Sharpie. It might sound a little crazy to add sharpie to your watercolor pieces but I am telling you that Sharpies are one of my most used coloring tools.
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To finish my card off I added some highlights with white gel pen, some gold Nuvo drops and a sentiment in Versafine ink. I also added splatters of gold with the Midas Touch shimmer pen from Tonic Studios and it was the perfect, subtle magic touch for this card (I wish that the camera picked up the shimmer).
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Here are the details for the discount code from Concord & 9th. Remember that you need to use THIS LINK to get the discount. It's good for two days so if you'd like to take advantage of the discount head on over there before the time is up. 

Maria Willis, #cardbomb, #concord&9th, Hello Lovely, #cards, #stamp, #ink, #paper, #craft, #create, #art, #handmade, #diy, #cardmaker, #watercolor, #nuvo, #danielsmithwatercolors


I hope you'll keep on hopping along with us. Next up is the talented Becky Roberts
I hope you all have an amazing weekend! See you back here soon (in two hours bc today is a busy day for blogging for me!)!

Bye for now!
Maria





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5 comments:

  1. wow stunning card Maria, love your watercoloring

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  2. Maria, you blow me away every single time with your watercoloring!

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  3. I literally gasped at the gorgeous colors, Maria - WOW!!!

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  4. Oh my soul. Your card is breathtaking!!

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  5. Your card is amazing! I love your style, you are so talented

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