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Art Impressions Mini Critter Pots

March 20, 2023 No Comments

If you haven’t started playing with the Art Impressions watercolor stamp collection – well – you are missing out! Their HUGE collection of adorable stamps and EASY to follow video tutorials will have you creating stunning little watercolor creations in no time at all! Check out this card, designed by Mercy Sauer as seen in the Spring 2023 issue of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine. Mercy used the WC Mini Critter Pots stamp set to create the images of her card. Along with some of the Art Impressions WC florals and blooms to create the plants inside the pet planters! So stinkin cute I tell ya! Be sure to visit the Art Impressions website AND their YouTube channel. You will LOVE what you are going to find! Happy Monday Friends! AND don’t forget to pick up your copy of the Spring issue of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine where Mercy’s cute little card was…

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Watercolour Bicycle Featuring Art Impressions

January 26, 2023 No Comments

I had TONS of fun creating this watercolor bicycle using products by Art Impressions. Seriously – if you haven’t already, you need to pop on over to the Art Impressions You Tube Channel and start watching and taking their watercolour tutorials – they are easy to follow, you only need basic supplies and the results are so professional! I know I am addicted! Here is the project I created. And here are the basic instructions for you to follow along if you like. Stamp the Art Impressions bicycle, using Ranger Archival ink on a piece of watercolour paper. Apply blue marker 526 to acrylic palette. Add water with a paintbrush. With a very light hand and very little water, paint the bicycle, leaving areas with no colour. 2. Repeat this process with a black marker N25, painting the tires and adding shadows to the baskets and seat. 3. Repeat the…

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Grow Your Own Bouquets with Art Impressions and Kerry Engel

June 10, 2021 No Comments

My summer garden inspired the big floral explosion on this card. This was the first time I’ve used these watercolor stamps by Art Impressions. It was very addictive. Watching the bouquets come to life is magical. Creating depth with a mask. To create the row of stamped pots I made a mask out of the pot and used it to create depth. The first pot I stamped was the third on from the left. After I stamped the middle pot I laid down the mask on top of it and then stamped a pot to the left, overlapping the image a bit. Then I put the mask down on that second pot and stamped the far left, over lapping again. The pot on the far right was stamped last. Build a bouquet. Using the Art Impressions foliage and flower sets I created the bouquets inside my pots. Layering the branches…

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Simple Watercolour Mother’s Day Card

April 21, 2020 1 Comment

Hello everyone, Kelly Klapstein here today on the Creative Scrapbooker Magazine blog. In this time of isolation, it is challenging to get together with loved ones. Sending a handmade card to your mother or mother figure is the perfect way to show your love and gratitude. Here is a simple watercolor tulip card you can make in minutes. SUPPLIES: watercolor paper, Kelly Creates Aqua Brush pens or similar water-based brush pens, Black Fineliner or sentiment stamp, water, paintbrush or water brush, ribbon, cardstock. Brush the watercolor ink onto your card to form the tulip in 3 parts: centre, left, and right. Add as many tulips as you like. I did three. With a green Aqua Brush, lightly brush 3 stems in a downward motion. Add leaves with a similar motion and stroke except make them pointy at the tip and wider in the middle. Add a second color to the…

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Playing with Tombow Dual Brush Pens

January 19, 2018 4 Comments

Hello everyone Kerry Engel here today on the Creative Scrapbooker Magazine blog. Today I am having some SERIOUS fun with my Tombow Dual Brush pens! While I was in Barcelona last spring we toured many of Antoni Guadi’s buildings. I completely fell in love with Guadi’s work, especially his tiles and stain glass. They inspired many pages in my art journal and this layout. When I got home I knew I had to try a scrapbook page with the technique. I used watercolour paper as my base, a good mixed media paper would work well too. I taped the paper to my surface with washi tape to keep any wild paint spots from migrating too far off the page. To create the tiles I drew random shapes with Tombow Dual Brush pens. My vision was to create a rainbow wave of colour. I started drawing the shapes in one corner of the…

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Meet Brea Reese

July 5, 2017 3 Comments

Have you heard of Brea Reese? They are the makers of high quality paint products for all levels of crafters. Their acrylic paints are “created with pure pigments with no fillers – this insures that your art will be vibrant and completely colorfast.” Their line of products include Artist Acrylic paint Water Brushes Reusable Marker Glitter Ink Watercolor ink Texture Paste Modeling Paste Texture Powder Alcohol Markers AND SO MUCH MORE! I just had to share some of the beautiful, inspiring images from their YouTube videos with you! Follow Brea Reese on YouTube – CLICK HERE Brea Reese is a division of Momenta AND guess what? Momenta is sponsoring our GREAT CANADIAN SCRAPBOOK carnivals this fall in Edmonton and Calgary. These are HUGE events that include classes, shopping, make and takes, treats, giveaways, photography and so much more. It is the perfect event for the scrapbooking and paper crafting fanatic…

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#RememberingChristy

April 29, 2017 No Comments

Christy Riopel joined forces with Allison Orthner for a special featured call Bible Art Journaling which eventually turned into a regular column in each and every issue of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine – still going strong today. Here is a look back to the Spring 2016 issue – a project designed by Christy featuring Tombow Dual Brush pens.Have a wonderful Saturday everyone! Creative Scrapbooker Magazine is honoured to announce that we have started an ART Scholarship in Christy’s name. For those of you interested in honouring Christy Riopel and helping her legacy of ART continue, we are collecting donations for art scholarships for youth through the Boys & Girls Club of Calgary. CLICK HERE to donate. Thank you so much for helping us share Christy’s love of art and keeping her legacy alive.

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Inspired Cards with Stampin’ Up! and Cathy Caines

February 13, 2017 6 Comments

Lately I have been feeling un-inspired. I want to be in my craft room but it seems like everything I make, I can’t get quite right. While playing around with the Lift Me Up bundle in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions catalog, I was stamping in black and gold and red… pretty much every colour of the rainbow. And then I finally used silver embossing powder. BAM. That’s all I needed to get the wheels turning. I stamped in silver and then I did some die cuts in silver foil. I was really impressed how the silver foil Up and Away Thinlet die ran through the Big Shot with ease. This particular card has a lightly water coloured background using the tempting turquoise Stampin’ Up! refill ink. This gave it a look as if it was a sky. Many of you know that I die cut and stamp…

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A Christmas Card with Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens

November 15, 2016 No Comments

Hi everyone! It’s Kelly here, feeling a bit panicked now that Christmas is quickly approaching. I always make a handful of cards at this time of year for those special people in my life (and when you receive one, I guess you will now know you’re ‘special’) Since I am totally obsessed with lettering and watercolors, I thought I would combine the two for my card. This is an easy no-fail design that anyone can replicate. The new Spectrum Noir Sparkle brush pens distributed by Canuck Crafts should be on your wish list. They come in gorgeous colour sets and are water-based AND have glitter! How perfect for a Christmas card! I actually used a set called “Winter Warmers” with the red, blue and green colours, plus a black Sparkle pen for the hanging strings and writing “Be Merry.” The paper that works beautifully for this technique is the Spectrum Aqua…

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Simple one stamp card FEAT Impression Obsession and Clearsnap

August 6, 2016 No Comments

Hello! Kim here with a cute, quick all-occasion card. I like making all-occasion cards because it’s simple to pull out and use for whatever event requires a card. I can always stamp a sentiment on the inside at a later date, as needed. For this card I used one stamp! This adorable flower cluster from Impression Obsession. I love it! I also used Susan Weckesser “color POP mini” inks from Clearsnap. One stamp, three inks! The base of my card is done by stamping a diagonal floral line. I stamped the ink off twice before using the third impression. This gave me a very nice gray, recessed background. On a scrap piece of CSM Super Stock I stamped three images in black ink. I pressed my coloured ink pads down on a non-stick surface and used the ink plus water brush to colour the images. I “fussy cut” my flowers and…