Versatile Watercolor Stamping Class

Hi everyone! I have some fun news. I am happy to present my first class on Skillshare. I was hoping to have posted it last week, but since I've struggled with a stubborn cold, my voice wasn't right for recording videos until just recently.

Finally, I have really started getting into doing videos. I did a few videos last year, as you might remember, but my set-up wasn't great (I had to record outdoors). Now I have a better set-up, and a bit more time. I have am also busy learning my editing program better and speeding up the work-flow. So there should be regular videos from now on, also on my Youtube channel.

I was invited to join the October Teach Challenge on Skillshare, with the purpose of presenting my first class. I thought it was a good motivational push for me to start doing videos again, and to also try to do better videos, so I decided to do it and I have really enjoyed creating my class.

My class is focused on watercolour stamping techniques and apart from the main project above, I will also show a bunch of alternative ideas. For the background, I am also showing you a resist technique with Distress Micro Glaze. I was inspired by autumn, but as with most of my tutorials, the techniques can be used for many types of themes and projects.



A pretty scary part of recording this Skillshare video class is the introduction video, where I am in front of the camera for the first time. I did quite a few takes, but finally decided that I just had to be okay with the occasional language mistake and my somewhat wild hair. I embedded the intro video here, in case you'd want to have a look.

Skillshare is a subscription service, which gives you access to a wide range of classes. If you want to try it out, you can try it out for three months for $0.99 by following this link. I particularly like that the classes are divided into chapters, so you can watch one chapter and try out that particularly technique and then proceed with the following chapter when you have time. My class, for instance, consists of eight different videos and it is very easy to follow along. I hope it is almost like taking a real life class with me.

To celebrate the release of my first Skillshare class, I have a number of free enrollments for my Versatile Watercolor Class. If you are interested in one of those, please send me an email (address in sidebar), and I'll send you the free enrollment link (first-come, first-serve). Otherwise, you could also try being a member at Skillshare for a three months for $0.99, as I wrote above. Find out more here.

I am linking the products I used for the classes below, as a resource for the class.

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope that you will enroll in my Skillshare class. I would really love to see you there.

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies for the main project (affiliate links):

Darkroom Door GUM TREES	Darkroom Door SPLATTER Texture	Dyan Reaveley SMALL CREATIVE JOURNAL Ranger	Canson MONTVAL SPIRAL WATERCOLOR 9x12	Tim Holtz DISTRESS MICRO GLAZE
Tim Holtz Distress Ink SPICED MARMALADE	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PEELED PAINT	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK MUSTARD SEED	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad MUSTARD SEED	Tim Holtz Distress Ink CANDIED APPLE
Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK FOREST MOSS	Ranger TIM HOLTZ DISTRESS Mixed Media Palette	Tim Holtz Distress Markers SPICED MARMALADE	Tim Holtz Distress Markers CANDIED APPLE	Tim Holtz Distress Markers PEELED PAINT
Tim Holtz Distress Markers FOREST MOSS	Tim Holtz Distress Markers GROUND ESPRESSO	Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger	Ranger Inkssentials PIPETTE	Hero Arts CLEAR ACRYLIC BLOCK 4 x 4.5
Hero Arts CLEAR ACRYLIC BLOCK 3 by 3	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 1/4

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Additional supplies for the main project:

• Daler & Rowney Artist Watercolor Paint
• Stampscapes: Scenic Sentimens Sheet 1

Supplies for the extra examples:

Tim Holtz LEAF PRINTS	Tim Holtz ZIGZAG and DIAMONDS	Tim Holtz WATERCOLOR	Tim Holtz HALFTONE AND RINGS	Simon Says ONE WITH NATURE
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad CRACKED PISTACHIO	Tim Holtz Distress Ink TWISTED CITRON	Tim Holtz Distress Ink MERMAID LAGOON	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad CANDIED APPLE	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad SPICED MARMALADE
Tim Holtz Sizzix TAG & TIE	Sizzix Bigz XL Die - Box, Mini Pizza	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White	Sizzix MINT Standard Cutting Pads	Sizzix Cutting Pads, Extended, 1 Pair

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You Matter Layout

Hi friends! And Happy Halloween! I hope you had a fun weekend. I have been pretty busy with something that I'll post on the blog tomorrow, but we were also outdoors a lot because the sun was shining. This week at the Simon Says Stamp we have a Thinking of you theme.

I started out making a card, but when I stamped the Simon Says Stamp lovely You Matter stamp on a piece of cardstock, I changed my mind and instead made a layout. This is a really wonderful stamp with such great sentiments. You could use it as a background stamp, or cut out the sentiments, as I did here. I had fun layering different elements on this page. I took that photo last year and the focus was on the dinosaur and Anton was slightly out of focus (but not enough to make it look intentional). I really wanted to use it though because I love his expression on the photo, so I gave it a translucent overlay in Photoshop.

The background is wood paper from Simple Stories, from their Basics paper kit. The papers have different wood patterns on one side and ledger patterns on the other, combining two of my favourite things. I stamped the wood paper with the You Matter stamp with Slate ink. It was torn in a few places, and die cut stars were placed there.

This background has a funny story behind it. I woke up in the middle of the night with the idea of a mottled blue and brown background with circles on top, and recreated it first thing in the morning. I used Prima's watercolor paint and the stamp is the Rings Bold Prints by Hero Arts, also stamped with Slate ink.

I used a bunch of SSS exclusive dies on this page, such as this Inspire word, die cut from Slate paper. 

You Matter was stamped on one of the ledger papers from the paper pack I was using and cut into strips. I used most of the sentiments on the stamp.

Aren't they great? They will be wonderful for a card or an art journal page too.

 The title was done with a combination of dies, alphabet stamps and a Chit Chat sticker.

I die cut the Stacked Stars from SSS glimmer cardstock. The fun Pom Poms come from Crate Paper.

 I also used some of the left-over tiny stars.

 A couple of Tim Holtz Pocket Cards and tucked in here and there.

I really like this Cottage Stems die, I also used it on my Pastel Distress Crayon art journal page.

Here are some more of the sentiments, the lower one was combined with a die cut word.

I hope you will join us in our Thinking of You challenge. As every week, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

If you want to, follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram, they post great stuff daily. 

Do you use Instagram ? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:

Simon Says YOU MATTER BACKGROUND	Hero Arts RINGS BOLD PRINTS	Hero Arts BASIC LOWERCASE LETTERS	Simon Says Stamp STACKED STARS	Simon Says Stamp COTTAGE STEMS
Simon Says Stamp ALPHABET BLOCKS	Simon Says Stamp CREATE	Simon Says Stamp INSPIRE	Simon Says Stamp HAPPY	Simon Says Stamp YOU
Simon Says Stamp Dye Ink SLATE	Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# SLATE	Simon Says Stamp 3 SHADES OF GRAY	Simon Says Stamp Cardstock GLIMMERY OCEAN BLUE	Simple Stories BASICS Snap Color Vibe 12 x 12
Canson MONTVAL SPIRAL WATERCOLOR 9x12	Tim Holtz Idea-ology POCKET CARDS	Simon Says Stamp Cardstock GLIMMERY ASSORTMENT PACK	Crate Paper SNOW AND COCOA Pom Poms	Prima Flowers TROPICALS Watercolor Confections
Prima Flowers THE CLASSICS Watercolor Confections	Prima Flowers DECADENT PIES Watercolor	Tim Holtz Idea-ology CHITCHAT STICKERS	Ranger Inkssentials PIPETTE	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White
Sizzix MINT Standard Cutting Pads	Sizzix MAGNETIC PLATFORM	Sizzix PRECISION BASE PLATE	Tim Holtz Tonic PAPER DISTRESSER	Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS
Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger	Tim Holtz Tonic GUILLOTINE COMFORT PAPER TRIMMER	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 1/4

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