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Monday, May 5, 2014

{Watercolor} Mother's Day Card

This card was created for Mother's Day and I entered it in a couple of challenges. I *LOVE* to watercolor with my Aqua Painter and had a ton of fun putting this card together.

First, I entered this card in The Shabby Tea Room Challenge #216. We were given a Bingo card and asked to choose from each "winning" row. I chose flowers, pennants and vintage trim. I don't have vintage trim, so I used Crumb Cake Classic Ink to "tea stain" my Very Vanilla Seam Binding Ribbon.

I also entered this card in the fun Seize the Sketch #19 challenge. I love the sketches there!

My flower image comes from the retiring Hostess set, Simply Sketched. Since I was going to watercolor, I inked the image in Jet Black StazOn.

By adhering a smaller layer of Calypso Coral on top of the Calypso Coral card body, I was able to hide the ends of my 1-1/4 inch Burlap Ribbon and Very Vanilla Seam Binding Ribbon.

Don't forget to check the {Retiring Stamps} and {Retiring Accessories} Lists. Items from both lists are only available as supplies last, so I'm checking daily to see what is running out. If you've got something you've gotta have, please don't delay.

Stampin' Supplies:

Stamps: Simply Sketched {Hostess} (C129672, W129669)

Papers: Calypso Coral (122925), Watercolor (122959), Tea Lace Paper Doilies (129399)

Inks: Jet Black StazOn (101406), Calypso Coral (126983), Crumb Cake (126975) and Wild Wasabi Classic (126959)

Accessories: Very Vanilla Seam Binding Ribbon (120999), 1-1/4" Burlap Ribbon (132140), Aqua Painter (103954), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

Monday, March 17, 2014

Spring-y Watercolor for Challenges at Mojo Monday and The Shabby Tea Room

Today's project was created for a dear, dear friend for her birthday. A Sister Friend, actually. Unfortunately, we don't live in the same neighborhood anymore (or even the same state), but our friendship is one that will last a lifetime.

I love the promise of spring in this stamp. I also love the gentleness of watercolor...

This card was entered in the Mojo Monday MOJO336 challenge as well as the Spring Is Near #309 challenge at The Shabby Tea Room.

This is the picture we were to use as inspiration from the talented gals at The Shabby Tea Room:

Here are some close-ups of the details:

I used my Aqua Painter (103954) dipped in Soft Sky Classic Ink to brush color on the Whisper White card stock. The image from Simply Sketched, a Hostess Benefits set (W129669, C129672), is inked in Jet Black StazOn ink (101406) so as not to smudge. The doily makes for an easy frame.

A distressed blossom punched with my Pansy Punch (130698) is placed on the Black Chevron Ribbon (130010) and sentiment strip. The Basic Black flower center was created using the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack (118309).

Studio Suggestions:

I used my Heat Tool (129053) to dry the Whisper White circle after I did the watercolor wash so that it was ready to receive the StazOn ink.

The Soft Sky Pansy punch-out and the Basic Black strip along the right side are distressed. Click {HERE} for a recent post using distressing and {HERE} for a post and video tutorial.

The Sale-a-Bration freebie, the Decorative Dots TIEF (133520) was used with a piece of Soft Sky to add subtle texture beneath the sentiment and ribbon strips.

From now until March 31, enjoy Sale-a-Bration freebies with each $50 merchandise purchase. Click {HERE} to shop or click on the Sale-a-Bration catalog pic on the upper right side of this page to see what you can earn!

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Weekly Deals and a {Sneak Peek} at My Latest Projects

This long weekend afforded me some extra time in the Studio and here is a little of what I came up with (and I even have a new video to share later this week!):