Airports are an exercise in.... I'm not sure there's a word for that. All I can say is, I need something in airports that keeps me from losing my damned mind. So on this trip, it was watercolor.
What's funny is - I am in the Phoenix airport so much the waitress knows me - AND - on the day I painted this card, she had actually waited on me a few days earlier.
On my way back home, I had a longer layover, so I decided to paint this stunning holly image, but I needed two water cups, so I asked her for two cups of water. Thinking that I was some sort of deranged thirsty and rabid bat, she brought me two cups of ice water. That is the moment in my life when I discovered two things: 1) Be very specific when you are asking for something from a non-crafty-tribe member 2) Ice water really makes watercoloring a zillion times harder!
Despite these burdens, I did manage to paint this stunning holly image from Julie's latest release at Ellen Hutson, and quite a few people around me got into the Christmas spirit as a result. I'll call that a win.
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After stamping the image in Fadeout Ink, I kept it simple with just a few colors, and I worked each leaf section one at a time, so that they were all very different from each other and you could still see that modern, geometric design of the set. I used Phthalo Turquoise, Quinacridone Coral and Quinacridone Gold - that's it! (If you are in my Daniel Smith Watercolor Split group - these are all in the C&D Splits)
For the next stamp set, which is so cute - I just die cut a card front with the matching dies overlapping them a bit so it was just one big opening. I did the same with the little die for the road Then I glued that down onto the card base, and stamped the images into the openings with Memento, and colored them with Copics.
I added glue and glitter to it, which just looks greyish here but it's a clear sparkly iridescent. The sentiment is from the same set.
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Leave me a comment with whether or not you've started your holiday crafting. I've started a bit early this year thanks to some fun new stamps like these - normally I don't start until after Thanksgiving.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Loveyameanitbye.
Start my holiday crafting???...um no it is still 110 degrees here in Arizona!! And next time you have a layover in Phoenix that is long enough for you to paint and get to know the server, you had better call us so we can meet you there! We need our Lydia hugs!
ReplyDeleteI saw the Mondo Holly this morning, I love it!! Beautiful card! I have not started my holiday crafting yet.
ReplyDeleteThese little houses are so adorable ! And no I absolutely didn’t start my Holidays cards.
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Gorgeous card with that beautiful holly design!
ReplyDeleteI haven't started any holiday cards yet! I am typically a last-minute kinda gal, so I'll probably start them in December!
I love your ice watercoloring on the holly! Great story!
ReplyDeleteSTUNNING holly, Lydia!
ReplyDeleteNope... no holiday crafting until Thanksgiving weekend! Love, love, love your holly!
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