Category Archives: Watercoloring

Stamp Review Crew: Happiness Abounds

Posted on Monday, July 4, 2022 by Debra Burgin

Welcome to our regularly scheduled Stamp Review Crew blog hop. Are you new here? We are a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators who want to show you how much you can do with one stamp set. We will feature one … Continue reading →

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Hand-Penned Petals: Alcohol coloring with Stampin’ Blends

Posted on Monday, September 13, 2021 by Debra Burgin

I thought I was done showing you past camp cards, but as I was tidying up my computer file folders, I discovered this one from May (CASEd from Ann Murray): I hope you can see how beautiful the coloring is … Continue reading →

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Water + color

Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2020 by Debra Burgin

Yesterday was a beautiful day, perfect for catching up on items from my parade of daily adventures. I’m so grateful to be busy, happy with what I do, and planning ahead for life during shutdown, again. Right after lunch, I … Continue reading →

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Creating a watercolor swash

Posted on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 by Debra Burgin

Finally — Video Vednesday! After you watch this, make sure you scroll to see how I worked these panels (similar to the ones here) into cards! I’m never sure how these watercolor swash panels will come out, and that’s the … Continue reading →

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Watercolor swash: Happy birthday

Posted on Friday, April 17, 2020 by Debra Burgin

Want to know what I did with some the Granny Apple Green card fronts I cut in yesterday’s video? Here they are: Isn’t this a riot of color? I created these two watercolor swash samples for an upcoming video. Frankly, … Continue reading →

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C.O.D. #7: Use blue and yellow

Posted on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 by Debra Burgin

I finally got to create a card for this challenge this week: As I was cleaning up my stamping things a couple weeks ago, I consolidated all the DSP I have. When I used to hold big Saturday events, participants … Continue reading →

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C.O.D. #1: Create a card with water

Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 by Debra Burgin

Oh, the plans! I recorded a YouTube video yesterday morning showing how I create a watercolor wash, but it’s only processed 57% of it. So that will be my project today, to figure out what went wrong. Hopefully you’ll see … Continue reading →

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Wonderful Romance with gingham

Posted on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 by Debra Burgin

I’m so excited for tonight’s Love It, Chop It class featuring the Floral Romance Specialty Designer Series Paper. Kylie Bertucci, a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator from Australia, popularized the notion of prepping your DSP so that it is ready to use. … Continue reading →

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Tea Together for an anniversary

Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 by Debra Burgin

Last weekend was an anniversary in our family.  Planning ahead, I designed this February camp card for the event: I didn’t realize my photo was so poor, but the card went in the mail days ago so of course it’s … Continue reading →

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