Graciellie Design

Hello everyone! I haven't been able to resist the temptation of joining the Watercolor Blog Hop being hosted by Pretty Pink Posh. I LOVE watercoloring and this was a great motivation to grab my watercolor pencils again and color some beautiful flowers. I like to mix and layer orange, red and pink tones to add an interesting touch to my coloring. I didn't apply my Faber Castell pencils directly to the image, but instead I scribbled each color on a piece of cardstock and picked up the colors using my water brush. I heat embossed these stunning flowers in gold to make the embossing resist my watercoloring. This is one of my favorite techniques because the embossing contains the watercolors and makes the task a bit simpler. Still I spent quite a good amount of time to get the shading that I wanted on my flowers. I love the result and thought I would finish the card with some vintage handwriting stamping, rhinestones, pearls and a heat embossed sentiment of vellum. I...

This month Sin City Stamps is partnering with Cottonwood Arts . Cottonwood Arts offers a variety of art products: canvas notebooks, sketchbooks, cold press blocks and more. Today I want to share with you a mixed media project I made with a 6 1/2" x 4" Cottonwood canvas. This canvas is really great quality... It can hold many layers of products, which makes it perfect for mixed media. Main Supplies Sin City Stamps Rosette Hearts stamp set Sin City Stamps Chickenwire with Butterflies chipboard sheet Cottonwood Arts 6 1/2" x 4" canvas Other Pan Pastels Crafter's Inks Sponge applicator Die cuts Gold acrylic paint Tacky glue Homemade gesso Textured cardstock in white and beige Gold embossing powder I have a complete step by step tutorial on how to make this colorful canvas. Click here and start the guide to check it out! I hope you enjoyed seeing my project. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hello! Welcome to my second post for House of Cards challenge . As you may know I'm part of the Vintage/Shabby Chic team , and I will always be posting my project on the last week of the month. House of Cards challenge is now running monthly to give you all more time to link up your creations. Throughout the month, various teams , representing a different style, present their inspiration projects, and now it's my team's turn. This month our challenge is a sketch! Check it out: When I saw this sketch all I could imagine was ribbon and lace, with lace die cut borders. And so this is what I came up with: Supplies Spellbinders - Classic Edges Two , Classic Decorative Inserts Three, A2 Matting Basics A, Timeless Rectangles. Craft Concepts - More Dots embossing folder Graciellie Design Paper - Keys & Roses Flourishes - Zinnia stamp set Memento ink in Bamboo Leaves Distress Embossing ink Inkadinkado embossing powder in Pearlescent ZAP! heat tool L...

Hello again! This is the last challenge of the day on Hiding in my Craft Room, the Design Team has made a great effort and has had a lot of fun creating all these projects and celebrating National Scrapbooking Day. I'm so glad you could stop by every hour to check out our work and our challenges. And to close this celebration, we want to say thank you to all of you for your support and kind comments. Also, our last challenge is to create a thank you card or gift. The sponsor is  A Day for Daisies A lucky winner will receive a $12 Gift Certificate to their store! I had the chance to use one of their gorgeous images, Vintage Poppy Cluster. So nice to work with! Please take a look at what I created with it: Materials Stamps: A Day for Daisies - Vintage Poppy Cluster Stampendous - Spanish Grettings Spellbinders: - Large Labels - Grand Large Labels - Gold Labels Four - Ornamental Iron embossing folder - Grand Calibur die cutting m...

Hello! It's great to be back so soon with a new design to share with you. Today I have a card to show you in a very soft color combination. Using peach, beige, and a vintage floral paper, I managed to create a project for some of the challenges I've been wanting to link to. Please take a look at what I came up with: Materials Justrite stamps - Ooh La La French Frills Spellbinders: - Gold Circles One - Bitty Blossoms - Rose Creations - A2 Matting Basics - Grand Calibur die cutting machine Craft Concepts embossing folder - More Dots Haj Designs paper - Absolute Floral Bazic: - Double Sided Foam Mounting Tape - Double Sided Tape Merletto: - Crystal Stickers - Pearl Stickers Other generic materials Textured cardstock in salmon and sand Linen cardstock in white 7/8" peach satin ribbon I used a sketch to get started from Justrite's current challenge. I was able to incorporate all these elements and somehow keep harmony w...