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Welcome to the Hero Arts Spring Catalog Blog Hop! Woo Hoo!! As you might imagine I am beyond thrilled to be participating with so many creative ladies and working with all of these lovely stamps, dies, inks, layering stamps etc etc. Awesome release Hero Arts!!
It’s practically impossible to create one card in these instances so bear with me as I share today. One of the dahlia’s is colored with markers and one of them is colored with pencils. Any idea which?
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A little background on all three of my cards. I am always blown away Anna Bucciarelli’s art on Instagram. Often she paints flowers with fish … breathtaking.
So that’s the look I was going for today… I was unable to achieve a similar look but, my cards are created with the spirit of Anna.
The “Artistic Dahlia” stamp is absolutely beautiful and I love that there are three die cuts for one image that way you get mega dimension … you know I love that.
I don’t have the die cut so I had a great time fussy cutting the flower and adding a stem with the sentiment on the side for a more artistic cook. Twine was colored with a marker and tied around the stem. The sequins were glued down with this.
The “Koi Coloring Layering Stamps” were stamped on the background and a yummy layer of velum was added on top to soften the background. In the video I share how I used some colored pencil to add a little detail and then some white accents too.
This dahlia was colored with only pencils. The background was stamped with the koi layering stamps again and this stencil added some movement on the background. The text from this stamp finished off my background.
More vellum and sequins for the finishing touches.
I wasn’t ready to put the koi stamp away and wanted to make that bad boy stand out on this card.
After stamping the koi with layering inks I used my pencils to add some shading and detail to give him more dimension.(click here for a quick video I shared on Instagram) The droplets from Pretty Pink Posh are perfect for a card like this. I like to use both sizes 6mm & 4 mm.
The large “Thank You” was the perfect size for the tail to pop into. I made a banner with a small “you” stamp and glued it on the letter “k”.
Giveaway : Hero Arts has three $25 shopping sprees … winners will be drawn from comments left across all blogs in the hop. You must comment by Tuesday, February 21st at 11:59pm PT and the winner will be announced the following week.
Here is the blog line up.
Kathy Racoosin *you are here*
Next on the hop is the urber talented Debby Hughes . Thanks for hopping along with us today and have a great week. Hugs, Kathy
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Simply spectacular! You’re brilliant Kathy.
Just love that stunning blue coy fish.
I am in love with all of these new layering stamps! If I could I would buy them all! It’s so hard to choose a favorite, they are all fantastic! I would say it’s between the peacock and the poppy. But the coy and water Lilly are great too.
Kathy, your work is always so very beautiful. These are simply gorgeous!!!
The new layering stamps are beautiful – so life like. Your cards are lovely.
Very interesting backgrounds ..fishes 😉 !! As always your coloring is Awesome !
Wow, such vibrant colors!
Brilliant!
Your coloring is exquisite, I picked up a few tips to try, thanks!
OMG, Cathy these cards are gorgeous with the layered vellum to create a muted background. Thanks for the inspiration:)
You have really out done your self with these cards!
WOW! Beautiful cards. Love how you did the backgrounds for them.
Oh Kathy, your cards are beautiful, as always! I especially love the Dahlia, as I love flowers the most. You are great with colored pencils…I have to practice more to get to the skill level you are…I get frustrated trying to make my coloring look as good as yours! Thank you.
WOW your cards pop right off the page, I think you did an amazing job!! Thanks you for sharing.
Beautiful cards and great ideas, thanks for sharing!
Stunning cards!
Wow! Gorgeous coloring, as always! 🙂
I love watching you color images. The flower really pops out!
Amazing cards, you are awesome!!!
I am learning so much today! I never thought of fish and flowers together! Beautiful cards!
Like the subtle fish background for the flower, and Kathy, your coloring is as always, fabulous.
The cards are simply gorgeous! The colors are so intense!
Many thumbs up for your tutorial. So many great suggestions. Thanks!
Whoa! You really rocked that Koi! Isn’t it a fabulous stamp! Love how you flipped his tail into the Thanks. Amazing cards!
Your cards are stunning! Personally, I think you did better than the look you were after. That koi looks so real.
So much gorgeousness. Have to catch my breath!
Oh, Kathy… these are simply breathtakingly beautiful! I love the koi backgrounds… so pretty. The dahlias are colored in beautifully. Even though I love the flowers, the past cad is my favorite with that amazing fish. The colors… fantastic! Your coloring is simply amazing!
Wow stunning cards and talent.Thanks for sharing.
Awesome coloring… as always! Great cards! Thanks for sharing!
Wow! Absolutely stunning designs, Kathy! I’m speechless! I love how you paired the koi fish with the floral image!
Stunning! I must have the color layering koi.
These are such beautiful cards. I just love all those intense colors! Great inspiration. Thank you.
Your work is beautiful, as always, Kathy. The depth on the Dahlia is stunning and you captured the beauty of a coi fish! How is that even possible?????
Oh my goodness, Kathy!!! These are STUNNING!!!! Your coloring is always gorgeous, but these are AWE-some!! ♥♥
I am so excited about all of these new layering stamps! Wish I could buy them all! I can not choose a favorite, they are all fantastic! Want to buy them all! Your cards with the vellum are so clever. Great job!
Your flower card is so beautiful! I enjoyed watching you color the flower.
Oh my gosh, Kathy!! You are over the top talented!! So many gorgeous touches and am in love with all of them!! You teach me so much!
These are absolutely stunning, Kathy! Your colouring is always wow!
I think you did a fantastic job of capturing Anna’s work. I love that koi stamp. I just ordered from Hero Arts this morning, but I’m thinking I might need to have that koi stamp. Your coloring is superb. I love your cards and your creativity. You rock!
Simply stunning!! I love the flower/fish combo, so unique and beautiful!
Gorgeous! The details and the combination of stamps you used to make the cards are genius! Love that tie on the koi’s tail. Thanks for sharing your artistic talent with all of us.
Kathy, your work is always gorgeous. I love the cards. I watch your videos to learn how you do it. Thanks for everything you share.
Awesome, I have no other words for this art work of yours!
Your colors are breathtaking!
Oh, my! Such beautiful cards! I love how you used the koi as a background!
I love the layers of these cards, besides the stamp layering! Thank you so much for the inspiration
Your Dahlia is so amazing the colors are fabulous your cards are so incredible .
Oh my goodness you do stunning work! I am sooooo jealous!
beautiful! I just started playing with alcohol markers I love your koi fish.
Wow! Such beautiful cards!! Love your coloring! Love your koi.
Very pretty! I just love the large florals and those Koi fish are spectacular! You always have such great coloring techniques. Thanks for the continuing inspiration.
They are beautiful, you are very clever, I love how you used the vellum, fantastic xx
The coy card is awesome! But they all are.
wonderful coloring as always, Kathy – thanks for the tips!
Kathy, your work is always amazing!!! I love your process, cause you just go with the flow and don’t really have any rules and everything comes out gorgeous!!! You always inspire me!!!
Fantastic cards!I LOVE the coloring!And the Koi is simply stunning!
Kathy they’re all breathtaking! Don’t be hard on yourself, your work is always “magnifique” and you inspire us in the same way. I like the look of the flowers and fish together, I would’ve never put them together but they’re gorgeous. I looooove the color combo on the last Koi. Thanks for sharing and inspiring.
So beautiful!!
Love the use of the Koi background on the Dahalia; you are an inspiration!
Beautiful color effects, Kathy!
Beautiful cards!
Love your coloring Kathy–love the tip using colored pencil on top of Copics–thanks for the inspiration!
gorgeous samples, thanks for the inspiration!
BEAUTIFUL!!! I love all the layering on your cards, especially the addition of the vellum layer. WOW!! And your coloring is just perfect with all the gorgeous details you add in. TFS!!!
wonderful idea
great cards
Stunning cards!!
I would never have thought to pair flowers with Koi, great idea! Thank you for sharing your lovely creations, Kathy!
Stunning Kathy, all of your cards are really gorgeous and I loved your video tutorial too, it is really helpful how you explain your process as you go along and I really enjoy just watching you colour. I think the Koi fish in the background under the velum look amazing as a background to your dahlias and I love how you coloured the teal Koi fish, so vibrant!
Beautiful! I love the vibrant colors on these cards.
Beautiful colors
Absolutely stunning cards. And I am always learning from you. Thanks for sharing.
ooooooo….those cards are gorgeous!
Your projects never cease to amaze me. Beautiful ideas, beautiful coloring, beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing!
The flowers are so pretty.
I’m in love with your cards and with the layering stamp sets from Hero Arts. Both the cards and the stamp sets are amazing!
Love the coloring on the dahlia
I love the new products but my favorites are the layered sets they help us amateurs seem like professionals.
Kathy, your cards are ALL AMAZING! Your colouring and vision for a card (ANY card) is always a SLAM DUNK! Seriously, do you ever make one that DOESN’T turn out beautifully??? I think not! LOL
Just beautiful cards!
Both cards are lovely.
Like how you layered the koi in the background
Flowers look so pretty.
Your coloring is extraordinary!
Great cards, Kathy! I especially like the koi in the backgrounds.
Beautiful cards. I like the depth of coloring and the addition of vellum.
Very beautiful and so vibrant! Thanks for sharing.
Oooh these are gorgeous!
Such gorgeous cards–I’l especially liking your koi and the way you tucked its tail in the sentiment!
That flower in your video was amazing. Thank you for showing your coloring techniques. I am just learning and I appreciate the hints.
Beautiful cards. I love the colours you used on the koi fish on the last card. Not so traditional. Very lovely.
Beautiful coloring, love the background technique with these Hero Art stamp sets!
Beautiful cards! Love the Dahlia
This Koi set is so versatile. The colors can really be changed to match the sentiment of the card. Lovely!
I am loving these koi fish and wish I had append full of them. Great coloring.
The flower is beautiful and your Koi is simply amazing, Kathy!
Love these cards! Your coloring is flawless!!
Awesome cards. I love card with velum, it makes them so special…
Honestly, I do understand why you would want to just keep playing with all this yumminess(I would have a hard time limiting myself too!), but you make the rest of us look like such slackers! Such beautiful stamps and colors, who can resist? Can’t wait to get back home and catch up on videos. You are a fount of inspiration. Thanks.
Your coloring is amazing. My husband is even saying WOW. Thank you for the inspiration. Looking forward to the color challenge.
I love that you did a card in pencils! I couldn’t tell from the marker card… amazing!!
Lovely cards….great job!
Wow! Lovely cards!
These are gorgeous!!
Wow – these cards are SO full of life! I’m mesmerized by them!
Your cards are always so beautiful!
Your colors and card designs are amazing. Thank you for sharing some of your creativity!!
Wow – these stamp are incredible, but what you’ve done with them – Fabulous!! (as always 😀 )
I love, love, love the koi stamp. Thanks for all the great ideas.
Your coloring, as well as your color combos, inspire me SO much – I would LOVE to be able to color like you!! These cards are lovely 🙂
Absolutely gorgeous cards, Kathy! The coloring is super, as usual! I dream of being able to color like you.
These cards a wonderful! I especially love what you did with the one featuring the koi. Those red pops of color and the string are great touches.
Stunning cards! Your coloring makes the objects look three-dimensional. Love your use of the koi in the background of the flower card!
Kathy now that was an awesome video, I always enjoy watching you color with your copic’s, pencils and white gel pen. I can never get my gel pen to work as well as you do. I try the warming on a finger but just doesn’t flow right, do you have any other suggestions that might help? Do you have to store them in a certain angle? I’m clueless over some of the simple things lol. Thanks again and Happy Valentine’s day dear.
Great cards!
So amazingly GORGEOUS!!!!
I love the fish !! Thanks for the inspiration to go back I to the stamped image and put in more detail !
Your coloring just brings the stamps to life! The teal koi looks amazing!
The koi on the background is such a cool idea. Gorgeous cards.
Lovely!
OMG ! Your coloring is just to die for ! The three cards are sublime (I don’t know the word in English for even more than absolutely gorgeous lol)
Your flower cards are
so pretty and I love
the fish card!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Carla from Utah
What a gorgeous combination of flower and fish, the colors are stunning. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing these lovely cards with us Kathy.
You take coloring to the next level! Love the blue koi
I love the use of the koi as a background to the fish! Beautiful cards!
I meant ‘background to the flowers’!
Oh my, I love all the new layered stamps, but I think the peacock and rooster are my faves Then again, that koi looks pretty sweet too
Kathy – your cards and coloring are always so wonderful. LOVE the vellum and layering and colors and all the new Hero Arts products!
Beautiful cards! I love the deep, rich, jewel tones!
I really like that fish stamp. I am scuba diving today with several barracucda – not koi.
Kathy your coloring is BEYOND AMAZING. Thanks so much for sharing the details of your video.
Like the wonderful coloring. I so need to practice more coloring and hope that I can ever bee 1/2 as good. Like the look the use of the vellum adds. I use vellum for calligraphy and am now inspired to use for my card creations.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
I so wish I could color like you do…it’s amazing what you finish with. And I am looking forward to your new 30 day color challenge next month!!
Your coloring is fantastic and I love the Koi in each of your cards – amazing !!!
Wow, your coloring is absolutely amazing, I feel like I can pick your flowers right off the card!
I love the colors you chose for these! So beautifully unexpected! TFS
I have been waiting for the release since the catalogue preview!!! So excited! I couldn’t wait to see what you would do and, as always, I love it!!
The dahlia stamped card with the vellum is stunning. What great layering sets
Hero Arts has put out.
Your work is so original and creative! Who would ever imagine matching the koi with dahlias?–absolutely stunning.
your cards are truly amazing!
These cards are really works of art!
Love your card.
Love the koi thank you card!
Wow!! Really Amazing cards!!
Your coloring is really vibrant , your know how working with contrasting colors is outstanding !
These cards are just beautiful
You have the most amazing coloring skills! Loved all of your cards.
Gorgeous cards and wonderful coloring on the flowers!
Oh these are just gorgeous! Beautiful coloring Kathy! 🙂
I love the koi how you have the background and the main center one.
Your work is amazing! Hero Arts has always delivered great products but your designs really compliment them. Thank you for sharing<3
I love all your cards!! Beautiful!
Pairing the dahlia with a background of koi was gorgeous!
Your cards are always amazing Kathy!! I totally forgot about the Dahlia having three layers…just makes it that much more beautiful! The colors you used on the fish are awesome & love the bow tied on the tail!!
Beautiful cards, love the koi with the flowers!
Stunning koi!
Your cards are beautiful. I love your inspiration for the cards.
Gorgeous, gorgeous cards, beautiful koi and flowers. Stamping adventures await with this new catalog!!!!
Okay, those Koi are amazing!! Love them all!!
Your cards are so unique and gorgeous!
Great video on the coloring techniques, but that’s just the beginning. I also like the way you created your various backgrounds, then used the vellum to create this muted backdrop for your central images. I’ve learned so much from your creativity. Thanks for sharing it.
Awesome video, just amazing colouring, I do looove your koi background and card. Just stunning….
Beautiful! Pencil and marker…brilliant!
Love the way you color. You are amazing.
WOW! Bravo, Kathy! I’ve been kinda starting to do very simple cards with my colorings. I’ve been coloring all my life, but just discovered alcohol markers, digis, blending, shading, and all the blogs and groups involved with it almost a year ago. I haven’t yet gotten up the gumption to get into stamping, but your beautiful work makes me want to jump in with both feet! Winning some stamping supplies may be that final little push. Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful artwork!
JaneyG
Beautiful coloring!
Love your cards….my fav is that Dahlia stamp…it’s gorgeous!
Your coloring is stunning.–I appreciate your step by step instruction and learn a lot from it!
I am always blown away by ur work, the fish is gorgeous.
I love your cards
I can not wait to try your techniques, the colors are absolutely stunning. You are just a Rock Star.
Kathy, you are amazing at what you do! Your creativity is unique and knows no bounds. This card alone shows that. The layering you’ve used gives it so much depth and intrigue. Love seeing your work, as always! 😉
WOW! Your cards are fabulous! I aspire to be able to color as marvelously as you do. Thanks for the inspiration! 😀
Copics are always a challenge for me, but your instructions help. I will try again!
These are great cards. I love the new stamps! So talented, Kathy! So instructive!
Wow, stunning cards! These stamps are amazing!
I love to watch your color. Such great cards.
WOW, stunning cards! I want to learn to color like you.
Wow Kathy, your cards are breathtaking, truly breathtaking!
The flowers and Koi look so good together…it make a wonderful scene.
Wow… Incredible coloring on these. I love the koi fish paired with floral designs.
Amazing, realistic coloring.
Your cards are wonderful and so is this new release!!!
Wow ! Gogeous fish.Your coloring is amazing on all the cards.
Your cards are stunning and love your coloring. The blue koi is awesome. Thank you for making the video and sharing your ideas and techniques.
Very beautiful cards!
Love the dahlia!
Love the vibrancy and unexpected combinations!
Love to watch you color!
Stunning cards! I love the blue fish! All the dimension is wonderful — great idea to use a subtle background with the vellum!
heheeeee! The koi are such a fun way to create a card!!! Bravo!!!!
I love the blue koi! All that volume, almost 3D looking, that a bit of extra color can give is amazing!
Your coloring is amazing. I’m still learning, hope one day I can be as good as you.
Wauw You’re an expert in coloring, such a great touching details you bring to your projects, just top!!! great
Kathy I could watch you colour all day and listen to your soothing voice! Beautiful cards as always x
Such clever cards. I love the layering stamps and the dies that allow layering.
All your cards are beautiful. Dahlia’s are such beautiful flowers and you have made them look so realistic. I wish I could color like you!
These cards are just beautiful, very talented.
OMG, Kathy! I have the flower and Koi ordered & have anticipated several things I want to do with them, but I never would have come up with anything like your cards. These are absolutely stunning! I would have loved to see the Koi on the video, but I understand you have to stop at some point. Thanks so much for sharing.
Such a beautiful card with koi as a background! will have to try this thank you
Lovely! So very creative. Very beautiful with the coloring.
Your cards are gorgeous.
These cards are amazing. I did a double take, with the shading and dimension…. I know its a photo but I just want to reach out and touch it. WOW!
Love your koi fish and the detail you added with your colored pencil.
I’m BLOWN AWAY !!!! WOW
I am speechless! Your cards are beyond gorgeous! Your attention to detail blows me away!!
Your dahlia cards are just awesome. They are one of my favorites in this new release.
WOW! WOW! WOW! So glad I took this hop… I found your blog because of this hop, and BOY am I happy! I love your work! just stunning. I will be back to subscribe!
Yay Erika you sure know how to make a girls day!! A warm welcome to you and thanks again for the kind compliments. 🙂
stunnng cards! and amazing coloring!
I like that you used the goldfish as a background, that was unexpected. Lots of dimension, too!
Absolutely gorgeous cards!!!
The Koi is just beautiful! Lovely cards…
Wow, Kathy! These cards are stunning!
I knew I was opening up to spectacular artwork coming to your site given the images in the 2017 cattie, and I am once again blown away by your talent and eye for colors.
WOW! These area spectacular–need to get out my koi and give this a go. Thanks for the inspiration!
Love the cards! The use of the fish in the background is really cool!
Such beautiful cards!
Great cards, Kathy! Your unique coloring is beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing with us and for participating in this great hop and giveaway.
OMgosh that fish looks like it will swim right off the card I love the colors on this one, to be honest I just don’t get some stamps and this fish is one but after seeing your version. Well I’ll just say that is awesome.
I LOVE what you created!!!
The most awesome cards! I did guess the dahlias:) both so pretty! however, I LUV , LUV ….(hear the Texas accent) the last one of the Koi!! Great way to use the inspiration by Anna Buclareilli-!!
Your cards are beautiful. The Koi literally jumps off the card. It is fabulous.
Beautiful cards with gorgeous, rich colors!
Oh my goodness! The coloring on these cards is amazing! Each card is a work of art.
Love the way you used the dahlia and the koi together – what a great way to get even more use out of these beautiful stamps! And your backgrounds are stunning, especially with that layer of vellum on top. And of course – your coloring is always inspiring. Thanks for sharing!
Amazing cards as always!
Stunning colors! Loving this release!!
Your cards are always beautiful!
Love your bold colors
Greetings, Kathy! I just love your inspiration for the cards! I think you paid homage to the artwork you love while staying true to your own esthetic! You made some really beautiful and elegant cards! Thank you so much for sharing!
These are amazing! LOVE the fish & flowers combo!!
Actually YOUR cards take my breath away. Your choice and technique with colors is beautiful.
You are such a fantastic artist Kathy, what spectacular cards!
Beautiful. I love the dimension of a layered stamp and I love your color choices.
I love that koi layering stamp. It takes me back to living in China and seeing koi inside pots at the entrance to restaurants.
What a beautiful job on each of these cards. I can’t get over how realistic each of the dahlias and koi fish look. Great details.
Very interesting your process of coloring. Thank you!
Wow – just love your colorful cards, Kathy! The koi look great as a background too!
These are AMAZING!!! The detail in the flowers is stunning and I LOVE the color combo of the fish.
WOW! What beautiful cards! I’m in love!
love the dalias!
I can’t get over how beautiful these cards are!
Love the vellum and Koi!
You are such a genius with colored pencils Kathy, and that flower card is gorgeous. The koi is so dramatic…and the layer of vellum really makes it pop!
Your cards are all stunning. Thank you for taking time to make the video. I really enjoyed it.
I love the cards!
Wow these are stunning!
Wow! The colors on your koi fish are AMAZING! LOVE IT!!!
Wow, such vibrant coloring techniques! Love it!
Gorgeous dahlias Kathy, what a cool pairing flowers and fish, interesting, thanks for the inspiration!
So incredibly gorgeous. Love it.
Love the layers of velum , stamping and pencils- a great look for the layering stamps. Thanks for sharing.
Stunning cards!
Simply wonderful cards. The backgrounds are great and the detail in the flowers is great.
Your cards are stunning! So vibrant , colorful and detailed. This is a wonderful release, and i love looking at cards like this. It’s like finding treasure! Thank you, Kathy!
Absolutely gorgeous cards! Vibrant colors and creative. Your coloring is amazing.
Beautiful cards as always, loving the coloring on the koi.
Really nice cards! You are so fabulous with your coloring! Maybe you have heard that before. Great idea to have the fish as a background.
Gorgeous cards! I like your backgrounds, especially the one on the card with the purple colored flower, love it! Thanks for sharing.
Oh my geez! Those are some GORGEOUS cards! Wow! LOVE the coloring on the koi card especially!
Kathy you inspire me everyday! I love colouring with my Tombow markers. I just love that tranquil koi stamped image. I would really like that stamp myself once it’s available in the uk!
the depth of the coloring is amazing.
Beautiful projects.
thanks for sharing.
Beautiful and so very unique! Thank you for sharing your inspiration and passing us some more ^_^
I watched your video & I can’t believe your coloring. I wish I could get the effects you do!
Beautiful as always!
Amazing cards Kathy! I’m always blown away with your colouring skills-you make those fish and dahlias come ALIVE!
Okay, I love the cards. And I love the coloring. And the colors you used. But what I really, really love is the way you used the koi in all three cards. I would never have thought to use them as background and it is a wonderful idea! Thanks Kathy. I need to start looking at some of my other stamps in a different light.
Wow! Your cards are so pretty with such vibrant coloring! Very inspiring.
Wo! Love the koi as a background!
Beautiful composition…Absolutely love each card, Kathy 🙂
Oh my!! That last koi is simply superb!
Very pretty! I love your rich colors.
I just commented on your video and thought I would pop over here to leave one for the hop! I’ll just say the same thing… These are beautiful, Kathy, absolutely beautiful. Your coloring looks amazing, as always! I really like the fish backgrounds and the vellum overlay. These cards have a very unique and unusual look and I love them! I was excited to see that your coloring challenge will start again in March. You know I will be trying again!
I never fuss that much with my coloring, but I can see where the results are worth it. Your cards are absolutely stunning!
Your coloring is always amazing.
Your cards are lovely! The Hero Arts layering stamps are great! Thanks for sharing!
Stunning cards and I love your video!!!
Your cards are stunning! The colors are so vibrant.
Stunning cards, love the fish. always learning new tricks thanks.
Beautiful samples. I think you have convinced me that the koi fish is a must have stamp.
Wow! Your Koi fish looks so real! Such a fun stamp and your coloring is amazing.
Your coloring always astounds me. Beautiful cards!!
Absolutely gorgeous…love how you use these mediums.
All 3 of your cards are amazing! That fish one could be my favorite but I do love all 3!
Breathtaking!!! Love the layers!!!
Love the way you used the fish stamps as backgrounds. I would never have thought to do that. And the vellum makes it look like you’re looking into a pool. Beautiful.
This was a beautiful card. Your style is awesome!
Always enjoy your videos and the way you color flowers takes my breath away. Thanks, Kathy.
Love that you combined fish and flowers!
I love the all the texture and color your cards have.
Every time you say you’re “futzing,” I chuckle. It’s one of my family’s favorite words and encompasses so many things. If futzing was all it took, I’d be a pro like you by now. Sadly, I am nowhere near that level, but you’ve inspired me to have fun with the the pencils and watercolor markers I have. I still haven’t taken the plunge into Copics. They’re out of my price range, and you’ve showed me I can’t get good results with my various pencils and watercolor markers. Someday…maybe. Thanks for all the great tips. Looking forward to the upcoming challenge.
Beautiful cards.
The layering of stamps is genius! I will eventually own them all.,……everyone needs a goal….lol
Awesome
Gorgeous flowers and koi!
Your flowers are stunning, just stunning. I love flowers and I know that someday we will see flowers instead of all this snow. For now, I can look at your card and imagine how beautiful the flowers will all look. I also love the Koi fish. I’ve seen some up-close and they are beautiful! Thanks for giving us the chance to win something!
Gorgeous cards – I love the colours, and the lovely use of the vellum panel.
Just lovely!
Stunning cards! I like the detail you put into each card, tips & techniques I would not have thought of. Thank you for sharing.
gorgeous cards and I really love the background layers-wow!
I love how the tail of the koi winds through the “thanks” sentiment. It was so interesting to see the difference of your coloring versus some of the other samples that I have seen. Yours were so vibrant! Lovely!
Wow, that blue green koi fish is just stunning!!! Love it! The other 2 cards are beautiful as well and the koi in the background is such an interesting and different combination with flowers. I love it! Such creativity with all 3 of these cards and you’ve really inspired me to not be scared to do something off the wall!!
I am just loving this challenge!! Thanks for all you do 🙂
Jessica
I’m a cool mom on YouTube