Hello Friends, How is your day going? T.G.I.F. to you! If you are a hurricane victim you are not forgotten. Lots of good things in the works with SSS and OCC to raise funds soon! My heart goes out to you and giving you a big squeeze.
I was running short on time cause I’m off to Canada for my road trip but, I had to take a deep breath, sit down and paint a little while the laundry was going.
STAMPtember is a month full of beautiful collaborations at Simon Says Stamp. This particular one is with Studio Katia and it’s so beautiful…. it’s called, “Blooming Trio“. I wanted to give my distress ink some loving so out they came.
I masked off the flowers easily with a post it note and inked them up with festive berries.
You might ask … what about the nooks and crannies? I am itching to add a little color to them or do a little more watercoloring on this? I do love working with the mini distress inks and water. (supply list at the bottom) Let’s move on to winners!
WINNERS!!
Day 10 Blog Giveaway: as seen in this post !! Four goodie bag plus Mama Elephant’s exclusive yeti stamp.
Christy Q., Laura P., B. Porterfield & Pamela Sertich
DAY 10 Instagram Giveaway: 4 goodie bags including one of my favorite floral Mama Elephant stamp.
luciegcards, betsybirgeart, fortheloveof_crafts & Sybil_stephens
Day 19 Blog Giveaway: two spots in the OnLine Card Classes upcoming class called “Merry Making”
Deepa Lakshman & Henriëtte
DAY 21 Instagram Giveaway: Four goodie bags (thanks for the shout out to IG I think it worked) yay!
alixsworld, jen_shears, ohyoumademeink & periwinklestudio
Al winners please email plintltd@verizon.net and put what you won in the subject line thank YOU & thank you all for entering. More giveaways coming soon. A big thanks to Pattie for keeping me organized with all these giveaways!
Not a day that goes by that I am thinking how thankful I am for you all and your support, inspiration, participation and visits etc. Happy Weekend to you. See you tomorrow! Hugs, Kathy
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Day 9. Video & Giveaway
Mini Blog Hop + Giveaway
Day 24. exciting giveaway from mama elephant
Beautiful painting and congrats to the winners.
Oh Kathy this is stunning! I love painting with my distress inks. The colours are so vibrant. The pink stamping is a gorgeous idea. I’ve been away and missed most of the challenge but managed to peek in from time to time. What an amazing way you’re doing it this time with travelling!
Such a pretty card! I love it!
My first knowledge of Studio Katia was from YOU, Kathy! 😉 I LOOOOVE this new stamp & what you’ve done with it! I LOOOOOOVE WATER COLORING TOO & the colors you’ve used are GORGEOUS! I look at those leaves & “WOW!” I can see the different colors in them & they just look SO WONDERFULLY GORGEOUS!!! 😉 AND I didn’t even mention how BEAUTIFUL the blooms are….. 😉 SIMPLY GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😀
Beautiful! You’ve inspired me to pull out my Distress Inks!
This stamp is wonderful, as is your painting. Love the shading. Can’t wait to see what you add. That always add such depth to your work. I have been adding more black to my background piece and I love what is happening! Oh Canada, have an awesome trip and I know you will AMAZE…….
Your watercolors on that Studio Katia image are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing your talents. I am amazed every day! Congratulations to all the winners!
Kathy, You already know I think you are the QUEEN of the craft world but you truly are so amazing and have the biggest heart of anyone I have come across. You have been the only one to continue to remember and mention us down here in Florida. I just wanted to say Thank You and maybe one day I will be lucky enough to Thank you in person for all you do.
Gorgeous card, I love the watercoloring!!! Congrats to all the winners!
Beautiful stamp! Studio Katia has the cutest stamps!
This is gorgeous! Is it picked raspberry and ripe persimmon with the festive berries? It looks like peacock feathers but I just can’t tell what the yellow/green/olive color is. You stamped it with festive berries then watercolored? The stamp turns the edges a slight brown which is very realistic looking – love it.
I used crushed olive and lucky clover for the greens. For the flowers I stamped with festive berries and used picked raspberries, candied apple and ripe persimmon!
Lucious colors & great stamp design! What r the other distress colors used besides festive berries? Thx
Thanks, Terry. I used crushed olive and lucky clover for the greens. For the flowers I stamped with festive berries and then used picked raspberries, candied apple and ripe persimmon!
Beautiful, I love watercoloring with DI..thanks for the tips on nooks n crannies, I am now add more depth with dark color to the flowers 🙂
Ooo Goodness I love what you did with this one. I never thought about coloring (painting) with the inks. Thank you for another great tip.
Congrats to all the winners, have fun!
XO April
Beautiful coloring Kathy–love to water color with distress and the little ink pads make it so easy! I have this “thing” for abandoned coral–absolutely love that color! Congrats to all the winners. Have a safe trip, I was in the Banff area a few weeks ago and am leaving for a road trip to the Midwest, to see our daughter and son-in-law is the highlight!
I love that picture. I did manage to Copic color something. I don’t know how to attach it here or if it will but I will try
I love to color this way. Loose and easy. Can you keep adding? Always! Do you need to? Not necessarily! Sometimes, it’s best to let the stamped image take center stage by allowing the coloring to remain simple. This is one of those stamps. Just my humble ‘what the heck do I know?’ opinion.
Hi Kathy, this is just gorgeous, Oh my goodness I love this floral stamp.
Have you ever been to Canada Kathy? Try an ‘Iced Capp’ at Tim Horton’s. LOL I will be interested to know what you think of them. Enjoy your time in our beautiful country!
OOOOOPS…. A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to all of your lucky winners!
those flowers are gorgeous!
love how you colored them!
congrats to winners!
Hi Kathy! Thank you for giving me such a great start to my day!! I am so so so so lucky to be one of your winners (I am over the moon enchanted with the yeti stamp!!), and on top of that your big heart is still with everyone in the hurricane affected areas. Your card today is so lovely! I can totally relate to your comment about coloring while getting the laundry done. I bet a lot of us color when we can…those odd minutes add up! Have a great time in Canada!
Yippeee, Laura! Have fun with your new goodies and happy coloring!
Thanks, Kathy! I want to add an extra huge thank you for not only remembering us here in Florida, but also all those in Texas and now Puerto Rico who are suffering because of the hurricanes. My family is fine but my Mom’s house is a disaster so we are dealing with that. Some of my neighbors who have family in Puerto Rico have no idea where they are or how they fared suring the hurricane there. Also, huge thanks to you for reminding us that Danielle’s father still needs help on the go fund me page for his treatment. With so much going on I am grateful you brought that to my attention!
Your card is so pretty! Love that watercolor look so much! What a lovely stamp set. It is always such a joy to see a post from you in my inbox!
Wow Kathy, this watercolor card is simply gorgeous!!!
Your flowers are lovely! Have a safe trip and congratulations to the winners! TFS!
Your card is just stunning, Kathy!! I love the beautiful color you achieved with the Distress inks and the beautiful blue sky in the background. It almost feels as if I can reach out and touch the flowers. I wish you safe travels to Canada and a lovely time in such a beautiful country!! And, thank you so, so, so much for making my day when I saw my name as one of the lucky winners!! Thank you!
Yay, Christy! You’re welcome and have fun with your new crafty goodies!!
GORGEOUS card … you have worked MAGIC with the Distress Inks!
CONGRATULATIONS to the winners!
Wishing you happy and safe travels Kathy 🙂
Congratulations to all the lucky winners. Beautiful card Kathy. Love the watercolor and with Ranger inks. Awesome look. Very pretty stamp set. Hope you have a great weekend and safe travels. Hugs
gorgeous watercolor, very inspiring! Looking forward to meeting you at OCS in Bolton!
Beautiful coloring. You’re so inspiring. I’m going to try coloring with distress inks next.
Congratulations to all the winners. Hope I’m picked next time. 🙂
What lovely painting, going to have a go with my distress inks either today or tomorrow, thanks for the inspiration Kathy
Congratulations to all the winners
Lovely flowers! Have fun in Canada!
Wow Kathy, I never thought of stamping wiht Festive Berries for a flowercard, what a great idea. The leaves are looking just like a shrub here in the park with the red branches and green leaves. And the flowers are gorgeous. Thanks for an other inspiration/idea.
And I think I am a lucky winner of one of the prizes, ohmy, thank you so much. I sended an email.
Yes you are, Henriette! Enjoy your winnings and thanks for playing along and leaving sweet comments to me everyday!
Thank you I am so verry glad with the price and no thanks at all for my comments on your gorgeous work, its always a pleasure to look and write on your blog.
Gorgeous watercoloring and congrats to all the winners!! Remaining optimistic!
Oh my!!! Stunning watercoloring!!!
Congrats to all the lucky winners!!!