Friday, June 7, 2013

Taylored Expressions June Spotlights - Teacup Bouquet

Hi All! And a Very Happy Friday to you! 8-) Aren't you just Loving all the Fabulous New Goodies? Hope you are Loving them as much as I am! 8-) And just in case you didn't get a chance to stop by yesterday, I'm Sharing the news again...8-)  All of the new Taylored Expressions products are now available in the Fresh Out of the Oven Department. Whoo Hoo!! Time to do some Shopping! Yay! lol 8-)

Well, today I'm back to share it's Designers choice for one last June New Release project! Yay! And I Chose to share the Darling Teacup Bouquet Set! I just LOVE this Pretty bouquet of Pansies nestled into a Sweet little Teacup! Just To Adorable to Resist! So much so that I made two different ones to share with you all...;-)

And yep, you guessed it, I just HAD to play some more with my New Distress Markers!! lol  This time though, I thought I'd try my hand at watercoloring with them, and I created two versions for you... One was created while I was seriously just messing around with them to see what I could come up with on my own, and the other one was created after watching My Sweet Teamie Jen's Distress Marker Basics Tutorial...
This is my first Attempt... And though I personally prefer my 2nd attempt after watching Jen's Fab Tutorial, this one really didn't turn out too shabby, for just messing around that is, lol.. It definitely has a softer watercolored look, and it looks kind of vintage to me as well.  I was attempting to re-create the look of my Very Favorite Heirloom Pansies that I had planted in my Garden last spring, and these were the colors they were..And come to think of it, they looked kind of Vintage and old fashioned themselves, probably why I liked them so much at the Nursery! ;-)
And here is my 2nd Attempt after watching Jen's Awesome Basics Tutorial HERE... Big improvement, lol.. ;-) Though I still feel I need LOTS more practice! ;-)  I stamped my Sweet Teacup Bouquet with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Choice Watercolor CS, and I did heat set it just for good measure before I started to watercolor with my Distress Markers.  Once my images were completely dry, I cut them out with the help of my Classic Circles & Scalloped Circles Nesties sets, inked the edges with a touch of Tumbled Glass Distress ink and popped them up with a bit of foam tape. My mats and BG layers were created with Choice Buttercream CS, Kraft CS, TE's Scallops & Circles Impression Plate, TE's Small Scallop Border Die and Simple Stories Darling Vintage Bliss Dp's... To finish them all up I stamped my Many Minis Occasions Sentiments onto TE's Designer Mini Tags and added Sweet little bows created with my Bow Easy...8-)

The Baker's Dozen have lots more Amazing Goodies in store for you this morning, so hop on over and see... 8-)




Here are the items I used for my Projects today...




Hope you all have a Super day & Thanks so much for Stopping in! 8-)
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17 comments:

  1. OMGosh Shannon your watercoloring is BEAUTIFUL!! I absolutely love the images and your gorgeous designs! I'll have to take a look at that tutorial for sure! Have a wonderful weekend!
    Hugs, Tammy

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  2. Oh I love both for the different feel they both have! Beautiful softness and stunning vibrant cheer. :)

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  3. I am seriously SWOONING over both of these cards! WOW! And, I ahve to say that I saw these flowers as pansies also, although everyone else seems to think theyare African Violets. Hmmmm...let's just say that they could go either way! And I do love the colors in your first card - some fabulous "messing around"!

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  4. Oh these are gorgeous Shannon! what pretty colours and they look fab with the embossed Kraft… I do love the image and your colouring is awesome!!
    Hope you're having a good week hun!
    Hugs Sue xx

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  5. That's so funny because I actually like the first one best. Of course they are both beautiful and your papers are so pretty, but there's something "artsy" about the first one.

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  6. So pretty! Colored to perfection and tied with a bow!

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  7. Very pretty, Shannon - love your color choices - and those ribbons look beautiful - both texture and print! Lovely, hugs, de

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  8. They're both wonderful Shannon. I haven't fooled much with the Distress markers. You picked a great image to experiment with. Hugs!

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  9. Beautiful card Shannon, absolutely gorgeous colouring!

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  10. I think both are fabulous and I will be saving your composition to case later on....love it all and LOVE that ribbon.

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  11. I LOVE both of them! Your coloring is fantastic and the colors are so stunning!

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  12. Gorgeous, love the beautiful images and what you have done with them Shannon ;)

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  13. Such beautiful cards Shannon, and the coloring is just so pretty! :) hugs, Kimberly

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  14. Beautiful cards! Your coloring looks great!!

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  15. Gorgeous cards! Perfect coloring of those beautiful flowers in the tea cups!

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