Tag Archives: Watercolour

My Favorite Things – Gill Friends

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Hey all! Today I am sharing the card I made to play along with MFT Stamps Sketch Challenge #411.

MFT Stamps - Gill Friends - Jessie Banks

I really had a ton of fun watercolouring this one. I have been asked lately how long it takes me to do a card like this, well this one took me about 5 hours to complete. I only work on one fish at a time, letting layers dry inbetween, etc. But when they are finished I really do love them!

MFT Stamps - Gill Friends 2 - Jessie Banks

If you go look at the sketch for this week, you will see the sentiment bar across the rectangle, I attempted this but it covered and took to much away from the fish, so I stamped it below the coloured panel.


 

Kraftin Kimmie Challenge #457 Fall Colours

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Welcome to another great Krafty Challenge!
Are you ready for some krafty fun??
We want you all to play along and we love to see your creations so let’s get KRAFTY!

This week is all about….
FALL COLOURS!!

Kraftin Kimmie Stamps - Puddle Jumpers - Jessie Banks

I pulled out Puddle Pals for this fun little scene. I stamped him out while I was in Ontario and did most of his painting during lay-overs in the airports. When I got home I finished off the background, completing this little guy all in watercolour.

Each Saturday we post a new challenge and you can enter as many times as you like!!! And each submission during the month will enter you into the monthly prize which will be….
a $40 gift voucher to spend in the krafty shop!!!
What do you think? Worth playin’ for? 

We’ve also got a fun sketch for your inspiration for November! You don’t have to use it but if you need a little extra kickstart in your mojo, feel free to use it any time!

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Thanks for stopping by,
Hugz
Jessie

Check out the fabulous FALL creations from the Krafty Team!

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It’s the 15th, and 3 new stamp sets for the NOVEMBER RELEASE are now available for purchase in The Greeting Farm Store! Our first set, ANGELS REJOICE features some sweet, adorable angels who are sure to bring you happiness and delight. Next, we remind you to bloom where you are planted with the POTTED PLANTS set. Lastly, we have ALL OF US showcasing some cute animals perfect for those cards from a group.
To celebrate we are having a short BLOG HOP, where one lucky fan will take home all 3 sets!! You have until NOVEMBER 18th at 12pm CST/1pm EST to leave your comments on each Designer’s Blog and The Greeting Farm Blog. We will announce the random winner later in the week.
The Greeting Farm - Potted Plants 2 - Jessie Banks
Yup! I pulled out the Potted Plants stamps again, and did the in no lines watercolouring again. I did film this for a youtube vide. Unfortunately, my computer isn’t back from the hospital yet and my sons (the one I am using to write this) is just not strong enough to do this video editing thing in a timely manner. Let’s put it this way, the video has been rendering for over a day and probably has one more day to go lol. But it will be up as soon as I can get it finished. Plus note, pick up this stamp set and you may have it in your hands by the time I can get the video up!
TGF Design Team:
This is a short hop so definitely worth playing along! And if you can’t wait for the hop to be over, you can purchase these stamps along with their coordinating dies HERE.
We will have more cards featuring the new stamps from our Design Team Leaders starting tomorrow so be sure to stop back by The Greeting Farm Blog to see more inspiration.
Happy Hopping!
Jessie

 

The Greeting Farm – Preview Day 3 – All of Us

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He y all welcome back to day 3 of previews for The Greeting Farm November Release, you know what this means? Tomorrow you can get your hands on these babies!

The Greeting Farm - All of Us - Jessie Banks

Today’s set is called All of Us, and it is full of super adorable animal faces. You can use these in planners, making your own pattern paper or the focus of a card itself!

Thanks for stopping by,
Make sure you swing past tomorrow for the new release blog hop!
Hugz,
Jessie

The Greeting Farm – Preview Day 2 – Potted Plants

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Welcome back to day 2 of previews for The Greeting Farm November release! Today’s stamp set is called Potted Plants. It is full of suck sweet tiny little potted plants. I am over the moon in love with it!

The Greeting Farm - Potted Plants - Jessie Banks

I decided to tackle this one no lines, with my watercolours. It turned out absolutely perfect. I am so proud of this card front. But I am going to be perfectly honest, this one took me about 4 hours from start to finish. Love of glazing layers and working in different parts, blending greens into other colours. then adding the grey background, and a shelf to have then sitting on something.

Thank so much for stopping by,
Hugz,
Jessie

The Greeting Farm – Preview Day 1

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Hey everyone, let the countdown to release begin! I always love gearing up for a new release from The Greeting Farm. This time, it is the last one of the year!

Today’s set is called Angels Rejoyce. It is full of the most adorable angels that can be used in your bullet journals, cards, planners, etc.

The Greeting Farm - Angels Rejoice - Jessie Banks

I copic coloured out little angels, and die cut them with the coordinating dies. Then is typical Jessie nature I stuck them on a splashy watercolour background with a sentiment from the same set.

Make sure you check out The Greeting Farm Blog to see what the rest of the designers created.

Hugz,
Jessie

Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps – Preview Day 3

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Kraftin Kimmie stamps - Polar Pals - Jessie Banks

Woot, woot! It’s Day THREE of our
November Krafty Peeks
at Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps!

Today’s set features some ADORABLE little characters by artist Melissa Baker-Nguyen!

It’s called ….. PERKY PENGUINS!!

Kraftin Kimmie - Polar pals

This fun set comes with lots of cutie penguins…big and small, several scenery accessory stamps and faby sentiments!! You’ll be able to design lots of quick holiday/winter cards not to mention gift tags, bags and boxes and amazing scrapbook pages! Think of the possibilities!

Kraftin Kimmie Stamps - Perky Penguins - Jessie Banks

Here is a nother little watercolour card I made while at the retreat! I had so much fun painting these little guys all alone at 6:15 am when I couldn’t sleep and had the crop room all to myself!

All of the Krafty Krew design team members and Krafty Guests listed below have lots of great designs to share with you today featuring the PERKY PENGUINS stamp set! Be sure to hop around and leave lots of love at each and every stop because some lucky commenters will WIN some $$ to the krafty shop! Plus we’re doing a GIVEAWAY of the ENTIRE stamp release on the Krafty Friends facebook page!
The winners will be announced at the party so don’t miss it!

 

Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps – Preview Day 2

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Kraftin Kimmie stamps - Polar Pals - Jessie Banks

Welcome, welcome to Day TWO of our 
November Krafty Peeks
at Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps!

So you’ve heard we are launching NEW Kraftin’ Kimmie STENCILS plus THREE fabby NEW Krafty Kolours INKS!
Today let’s kick off the THREE new stamp sets!!

Today we are showing you a wonderful winter set from artist Emilie Goulet and it’s called…..
POLAR PALS!!

Kraftin Kimmie - Polar pals

This snowy set features two main images of a raccoon having a ball and a sweet polar bear giving his penguin pals a lift!! Aren’t they cute? Plus there are four sweet sentiments!

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As some of you know, the first annual Kraftin’ Kimmie Retreat was this past weekend, and those of you that were there saw this little RACCOON come to life! I was so happy with him, unfortunately the lighting on the photo was slightly off, and I left him to live with Kim so this is what we get. It is fairly close though.

You will see these new images in action as you hop around the Krafty blogs in combination with the NEW Granite Grey and Bubbly Blue inks AND the NEW Sweater Weather and Sparkling Snowflakes STENCILS!

You’ll see the list of Krafty design team members and Krafty Guests below so hop around and be sure to leave some love at each stop because one lucky commenter is going to WIN a gift voucher to the krafty shop!!

 

 

 

Inspire Me Monday – Liquid Watercolour

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Hey all! Today I am here with some inspiration featuring Liquid Watercolour and the digi from Power Poppy – Orchid Cascade! I printed my digi using my HP CP1025NW Color.

Power Poppy - Orchid Cascade - Jessie Banks

I love how bright and vivid the colours are in the DR. PH Martin Hydrus watercolours are.

Of course I have a complete process video for you all!

Thanks for stopping by,
hugz,
Jess

 

Colour Focus – Nickel Azo Yellow

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Hey everyone! Today’s colour focus is going to focus on one of my favorite yellows, Nickel Azo Yellow, PY150. I love this colour for it’s bright glowing washes, and it’s rich mass tones. This pigment is a staple in making the new versions of my beloved Quinacridon Gold as well!

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I love the variations of colours you can achieve with mixing this, I had a hard time getting all the colours to appear correctly for this one, those purple tones of to the right, are actually more brown with purple undertones, as you will see in the video, but the rest of the colours are true.

I hope you enjoyed the video, of course I have a small product list for you all.
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