Make Thinking of You Cards with Vicki

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Hello Everyone,

I thought of so many other people I wanted to send a card to after I sent my Easter cards  last week, so I made “Thinking of You” cards. This is one way I can brighten someone during these trying times of social distancing.

In this video I will show you some of my art work and pressed floral work. I use my scraps to make these cards, I like to call them my Decorative Art Collection. I will show you how I use my Fiskars Ultra Shape Xpress and a few other techniques.

Stay Well & Happy Creating,

Vicki

“Make an Easter Card with Vicki”

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Hello Everyone,

Easter is almost here. I have been busily making Easter cards. I was so happy to use my watercolor panels and my pressed floral print scraps for these cards.

I love this cross stamp I have and once I figured out my design there was no stopping me!! Did you ever feel like that in the craft room, like you were on a “roll”. I wanted to make several different colored cards and had so much fun!

Have a blessed Easter, stay well.

Keep hopeful and Happy Creating,

Vicki

“Let’s Paint an Orange in Watercolor”

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Hello Everyone,

Painting food is so much fun. I’ve been eating an orange a day lately to get that Vitamin C. I thought before I ate the whole orange this would make a good painting!

This is a little more challenging painting as I wanted to get the lines of everything just right and was so pleased how it turned out, especially in the center of the orange. I was surprised at how much texture you can see using this Strathmore paper.

Hope you are doing all you can to stay well during this trying time.

Happy Creating,

Vicki

“Let’s Paint a South Haven, Michigan Beach Scene”

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Hello Everyone,

Thinking of our Anniversary get away to South Haven, Michigan brings much joy. A block from our Bed and Breakfast was a beautiful small beach setting.

South Haven, MI Beach

So happy I took many pictures of that time and so happy to be able to have fun remembering them. Hope you too can enjoy looking at your pictures of joyful times and can now preserve them somehow.

Thinking of you all and hope you are doing well.

Take Care, Until next time,

Happy Creating,

Vicki

“Let’s Paint a Pink Rose in Watercolor”

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Hello Everyone,

It’s amazing what you find when you do a little almost Spring cleaning (March 20th is the first day of Spring).  Some time ago I had drawn this rose and today I want to paint it!

I love making backgrounds for my paintings. I hope you can watch this video and you too can be inspired to create something to lift your spirits.

Happy Creating,

Vicki

“6 Watercolor Techniques for Card Base Backgrounds – Part 2”

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Hello Everyone, Today I will show you the last three techniques using Watercolor paints to make card backgrounds for card making. 

– Examples of several watercolor techniques –

 

I will also show you how I used a few of these techniques on my original art.There’s always something to learn or discover with Watercolor!

Happy Creating,

Vicki

“6 Watercolor Techniques for Card Base Backgrounds – Part 1”

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Hello Everyone, I love exploring new methods and getting messy with Watercolor paints once in awhile. Removing and using those paints left in my palettes for card bases is a great time to do that.

– 3 Examples of watercolor techniques used in card making –

Plus the bonus of using up those paints is I have paper that looks so pretty when I make my cards. Then after I’m done, all my palettes are ready for me to paint all those designs I have in mind. Hope you too can have fun in your craft room or art studio along with me watching Part 1 of this two part video.

Happy Creating,

Vicki

“Make a Card With Vicki & Organizing Your Workspace”

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Hello Everyone, Card making gives me so much joy and is so meaningful to those who will receive them.

Note card layouts

These sympathy cards will be just the right thing to send someone experiencing a loss. I also want to show you my desk I work on making cards. I’m excited to share with you my new workspace I just had to organize! Lots of tips to share. Sharing and caring…so much fun.

Happy Creating,

Vicki

“Let’s Paint an Umbrella on the Beach”

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Hello Everyone, Waking up to the beautiful snow early in the morning is one of my favorite things to see. The beauty of it on the trees, the sidewalks where no one has walked or shoveled yet, it’s so peaceful and beautiful that time of day. Thinking of this beach scene is also something I love to think about.

Umbrella on the Beach – original Watercolor

The sun on a warm day in the Summer, enjoying the scenes of Summer “Up North” Michigan –  my favorite place in the world. I love painting from my photos of our vacations. While keeping cozy and warm in the craft room I enjoyed painting this picture.

Happy Creating,

Vicki

“Let’s Paint a Yellow Rose in Watercolor and Watercolor Pencils”

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Hello Everyone, I love mixing paint colors together.

Artist palette, brushes and sketch

This yellow rose had deep darker colors of yellow, light colors of yellow, a little bit of orange, and a little bit of red – all those pretty warm colors. All these colors make me think of warmer weather in the Summer. I used a few of  my Inktense Watercolor pencils which are very vibrant colors. Hope you have fun watching this video as much as I had fun painting this rose.

Happy Creating,

Vicki