Pinkfresh Studio January 2023 Release: No Line Watercoloring with Stencils

Hello Crafters! 

Welcome to the Pinkfresh January 2023 Blog Hop! 

This release is fantastic. I had such a hard time choosing but ultimately the Inky Bouquet stole my heart!

Pinkfresh studios is generously giving away the full release on the Pinkfresh blog & YouTube channel. They also will be giving away a total of TEN $25  gift cards along the hop. As per usual with blog hops – the winners will be picked from the comments.

They will pull the winners & post them on January 31, 2023 on their GIVEAWAY PAGE. You must check that page & claim your prize within 2 weeks. Good Luck!

The Inky Bouquet has stamps, stencils, and dies. I used all three! I really wanted to go with a no line watercolor look but honestly that takes me ages. However I found a little cheat with the stencils! 

I stamped in Distress Ink, any water soluble ink will work, onto water color paper. I then added color using my stencils and more distress ink. This gave me my base layer of watercolor. I just had to go in with my paintbrush and some water to move the pigment around and give me my watercolor look. With this base layer in place it was so much easier AND faster to complete the painting. I used my Karin Brushmarker Pros to add my additional shading direct to the paper. 

You can see the entire process from start to finish in the video below. 

Thank you so much for stopping by! 

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Inky Bouquet Stamp Shop at: PFS	Inky Bouquet Die Shop at: PFS	Inky Bouquet Stencils Shop at: PFS
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Monday, January 9, 2023

January Hero Arts My Monthly Hero: Masculine Valentine

 Hello Crafters! 

Welcome to the  My Monthly Hero Kit January 2023 Blog Hop! You should have arrived from the fantastic Ilina Crouse but if you’re just popping in you’ll want to head over to the Hero Arts Blog

 so you don’t miss any of the inspiration along the hop. 

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, the January My Monthly Hero kit celebrates the “perfect match”. The centerpiece of this kit is dies to create a faux matchbox, which lies flat on your card or project and can be decorated and filled with the numerous stamps and dies included in the kit. There is a beautiful stencil included, perfect for backgrounds or mixed media projects. The kit is rounded out with a pack of fun heart-themed sequins and five sheets of gorgeous cardstock. The kit value is over $75 but you only pay the kit price of $34.99

There’s also a ton of great add ons too!  

Hero Arts is generously giving away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, January 15th at 11:59pm Pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog

I really wanted to create a card with a more masculine feel for Valentine’s day. I opted for a collage style starting with the background. I used the stencil from the kit ink blending on Granite which is a light gray ink. 

Next, I picked out my color scheme and started stamping! I stamped two outline images in charcoal and then moved on to heat embossing. Each of the sentiments were stamped in Unicorn ink and heat embossed with white. I die cut some of the images with the postage stamp style die and the others I trimmed to a similar size using my paper trimmer.  I added bits of color to my heat embossing using alcohol ink. 

In order to put them all together I used press n’ seal to hold everything in place while I adhered them with foam tape over my stenciled background. 

The video below shows the whole card start to finish but it’s a long hop. 

Feel free to come back lol. 

I couldn’t resist using some of the add-ons so I’m just going to share a photo or two 🙂 

I used the new Stripe Stencil and created ALL. THESE. CARDS.  I know it’s amazing. I’ll have a video showing how I created all these soon! 

Last but not least did you know Hero Arts has digital stamps too? I used the new Valentine Mug Printable to create this fun scene card using nothing but markers. Just print and color. It made it so easy to get a card done while my little jelly bean was napping! 

The next stop along the hop is the marvelous Libby Hickson! 

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

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My Monthly Hero Kit January 2023 Shop at: HA	January Get Them All Shop at: HA	Mini Hearts Bold Prints Shop at: HA
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