Sweet Swans Sending You Love

Hello Crafty Friends,

It's a calm and quiet Friday night at Carson's Creations. I have been on Spring Break this past week, which some rest and relaxation time was definitely needed. Hubby and I rented a small, but quaint cabin in the NW mountains of Georgia for a few days. We visited a couple waterfalls, stopped at an apple orchard (out of season but a grand sight to see), and just enjoyed some together time.  We even took the dog making this her first vacation.

My daughter came home today for a week since her college is now on Spring Break. She is going to have much better weather than we did, so I hope she gets to visit a few fun places. When she got home this afternoon we worked on a project together... each of us made a card for the My Favorite Things' sketch challenge. 

I used MFT Sketch 376.

The swans and stamped sentiment are from the MFT Splendid Swans stamp/die set. I used Gansai Tambi watercolors for the stitched circle background, the two swans, and cattails. Then I scattered a few white and teal sequins around the fishtail sentence strip.  

Other Materials:

white and teal cardstock

teal plaid cardstock by Core'dinations 

Versafine Black Onyx ink

Other Challenges: 

Crafty Creations ~ Anything Goes

Pause Dream Enjoy ~ Anything Goes

Crafting From the Heart ~ Anything Goes

Use Your Stuff ~ Die-Cuts

Be sure to stop by tomorrow for a St. Patrick's Day treat. 

Stay Creative,

Georgiana

Campin' Critters at Die Cuttin' Divas

Hello Crafty Friends,

Welcome back to Carson's Creations and thanks for stoppping by on Diva Tuesday.

Today is the new challenge at Die Cuttin' Diva.

This Week's Challenge...

~ Campin' Critters ~

Here is my Design Team project...

When I think of camping I think of a tent  in the woods, under the stars...roughing it (although I prefer a RV with air conditioning and a bathroom). It is too hot and humid to go camping in Florida right now, but we do have a great state park down the road where you will see all type of critters. One of the most popular critters you'd see is the white tailed deer.

I started by cutting my SVG CuttingFiles chunky card base on my Cameo. Then I cut the tent, bear, and moon from Miss Kate Cuttables. I created my watercolor background to look like a night sky and finally added Wink of Glitter for the shimmer. All the pieces except the stars were adhered with foam dots to add dimension.

The sentiment is computer generated and it was cut with a MFT die on the Cuttlebug.

I hope you will join us at Die Cuttin' Divas this week for our "Campin' Critters" challenge. Be sure to check out the other design team projects.

Stay Creative,

Georgiana

Ombre Thanks

Happy Monday Crafty Friends!

Hubby went back to work, so my daughter and I are home with no major plans. I really need to de-clutter some closets and take a trip to the donation box. Sounds like a good home project.

For today's card I am sharing one of the MFT Camp Create techniques...Remarkable Resist. I enjoyed using embossing powder and watercolors to create the background on the first card, so I figured I would try again. I love all the options since there are so many different background stamps (I even added a few more to my wish list). I used white ZING! embossing powder and created an ombre look with four different shades of blue watercolors. 

Then I cut out the word "thanks" with my Cuttlebug from 5 different colors (light to dark).

I really like this design, so I may do it in a few other shades...red to pink, light to dark purple, oranges or greens. You can never have too many thank you cards in your stash.

 Hope you have a magnificent Monday!

Stay Creative,

Georgiana 

Give a Crafter a Summer Cookie

Happy Thursday to Everyone!

Thanks for stopping by to see what I am sharing today.

It's a good day for some cookies...summer themed ones. If You Give a Crafter a Cookie has a new challenge and here is the photo inspiration...

Here is my Design Team project...

After looking at this picture for a few minutes, I decided I wanted to use the sunglasses and I wanted them to be bright colors. Then I used the Wonderful Watercolor technique from MFT Camp Create Day 1 to design my background.  

The stamped sentiment is from Jaded Blossom ~ Encouragement set.

Hope you will join us at If You Give a Crafter a Cookie this week for our "Photo Inspiration" challenge. The other design team members all interpreted the picture differently, so go check it out!

If you like what you see, please become a follower. Leave me your blog name and I will stop by to see what you have been making!

Stay Creative,

Georgiana

Camp Create Day 1: Wonderful Watercolor

Hello Again,

This is my second post for today (just scroll down for my first post ~ Miss Kate Cuttable challenge), since I am eager to share what I created after participating in My Favorite Things Camp Create. I have been looking forward to this event and I am ready to learn something new every day this week.

Although I have used watercolors, I watched the video by Stephanie a couple times and I picked a up a few tips. Now I need to order some new goodies from MFT just to get the box for splattering paint. I have never used black watercolor paint before which was a bit intimidating at first, but the end product is fantatsic.

I used my Gansai Tambi paints...purples and blues for the center area. HELLO (MFT die) was cut from white foam to add dimension, and then a few white sequins were scattered.

Here is Monday's badge!

Looking forward to the Camp Create Day 2.

Until tomorrow,

Georgiana

Happy Day with a Pretty Bird

Good Evening,

Happy Thursday! Only one more day till Spring Break! We have no travels plans since we are still helping my son with his new house, but I am looking forward to the time off. Today, I am sharing If You Give a Crafter a Cookie's new challenge. These are quite creative challenges...you have a picture of a cookie (yes, a cookie) and you use it as inspiration to create your project....a card, a layout, a tag, a gift bag...anything!

This Week's Challenge...

Here is my Design Team project...

I created a soft watercolor background and then added the tree branch with bird.

The pretty bird is by Misss Kate Cuttables.

I inked all the edges of the bird's nest to add some dimension.

Hope you will join us at If You Give a Crafter a Cookie this week for our "Photo Inspiration" challenge. The other design team members all interpreted the picture differently, so go check it out!

Stay Creative,

Georgiana

Hop To It at Eyelet Outlet

Hello Everyone!

Today is my day to post at Eyelet Outlet and Brads. Before I share my design team project,  I want to let you know that there is a Daily Deal where you can get a product each day at a discounted price. Be sure to check it out!

Here is my Design Team project...

A lazy bunny by Little Scraps of Heaven on a watercolor background to welcome Spring. The scalloped rectangle and stitched mat are by MFT.

I used Easter Bubble Brads by Eyelet Outlet and Brads in the upper left corner.

I used pink Glitter Enamel Dots by Eyelet Outlet and Brads in the lower corners.

 The Glitter Enamel Dots come in a variety of colors and there a few different types of Saying Bubble Brads.

Eyelet Outlet and Brads has such a wide variety of products you need to check them out today!

Stay Creative,

Georgiana

Create with Watercolors

Happy Friday!

I woke up super early this morning and worked on some school papers since my hubby and I are attending a Golden Apple event tonight. It is a time for educators to mingle and then "The Teacher of the Year" is announced. It's a big annual event to celebrate all the great teachers in our county.

I pulled out my new Gansai Tambi watercolors by Kuretake. I tried them at the Orlando Scrapbook Expo last year and just got my box of 36 colors for Christmas (got mine from Amazon). Oooh...these colors are so vibrant and you only need a smidget of the color. You should give them a try if you get the opportunity or think about adding them to your collection.

Create is by Miss Kate Cuttables and I cut it on my Cameo. It is part of a bigger file that includes a glue gun, paint tubes, and buttons. A few matching sequins were scattered on the rainbow background.

Other Materials:

watercolor paper

white, grey, red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet card stock

My Favorite Things stitched dies

Challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks ~ Watercolor

Connie Can Crop ~ Anything Goes

DL.Art ~ Anything Goes

Hope you have a fabulous day!

Stay Creative,

Georgiana