Bewitching the Paper Craft Crew

Halloween will be here before you know it! Are you ready???

You'll notice from this post, that when I create, I play with what I have out. Since I was creating with Elegant Eggplant for the Divas I figured I might as well just keep creating with it for the Paper Craft Crew. It's easier to put away when there's LESS of it to put away - LOL!

Today's card features one of my most favourite sets to watercolour, Greeting Card Kids:

I stamped my little witch on watercolour paper using Staz-ON ink and coloured her in using my watercolour crayons and aqua painters. I was going for an "antique" kind of look so I didn't saturate the image too much. Do you think I succeeded?

I matted the image on both Old Olive and Tangerine Tango (yep! I had them out...) and then added flags to the top right of the the image panel.

On the inside, I added a piece of Elegant Eggplant and Whisper White. Doodling and a matching flag were the finishing touches.

Here's the sketch on which the card was based (I took a few liberties):

What do you think?

STAMPS: Greeting Card Kids
INK: Black Staz-ON
PAPERS: Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive and Tangerine Tango Cardstock; Elegant Eggplant DSP; Watercolour Paper
ACCESSORIES: Watercolour Crayons, Aqua Painters, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!

For Teacher - The full set of teacher cards

This is my second post for today. Scroll down to see what else I've been doing!

I thought you might like to see the whole set of Teacher cards put together, so before I sold them, I took a picture.  If you'd like to purchase your own set, let me know.  You'll get all four cards and coordinating envelopes, packaged in a lovely white box tied with ribbon.

Here are all the cards together:

And here's a close up detail of the envelopes:

I learned long ago from my upline that you should NEVER give a card in a naked envelope! Normally, I would stamp on the envy, but in this case, I decided to add some coordinating DSP to the flap.

What do you think?

STAMPS: Greeting Card Kids, Teeny Tiny Wishes
INKS: Staz-On
PAPERS: As listed in previous posts
ACCESSORIES: As listed in previous posts

Happy Stampin'!

Watercolour Wednesday - For Teacher

I hope you've enjoyed this series of Watercolour Wednesday Teacher Cards.  Today's card is the last in the series.

Here's the detail on the front of the card.  I had SO much fun colouring my little Valentine girl.  I think she looks just adorable in So Saffron! Her little bow matches her dress - how cute!



For this card, I used Blushing Bride and So Saffron (despite the fact that, at least on my monitor, it looks more like Daffodil Delight).  I just love the combination of these two subtle colours together.  It DEFINITELY makes me think SPRING!

I sponged around the edges of the watercolour paper circle in Rose Red.  The sentiment is stamped using Rose Red and the stamping off technique.

What do you think?

STAMPS: Greeting Card Kids, Teeny Tiny Wishes
INK: Staz-ON, Rose Red
PAPERS: Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Blushing Bride and So Saffron Cardstock, Blushing Bride DSP (from hostess pack); Watercolour Paper
ACCESSORIES: Watercolour Crayons, Aqua Painters, Punches, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!

Watercolour Wednesday - For Teacher

Welcome to week #3 in my series of Greeting Card Kids for teacher. This week features the Christmas card.

Since I coloured my little girl using blues, I went with non-traditional Christmas colours for  the card. Bashful Blue and Night of Navy make for a great combination! For my Designer Series Paper, I chose one of the patterns from the Regals Collection (item # 117154 - $24.95). This is a great collection of papers with 10 different colours featuring all the colours in the Regals Collection of colours.



Here you can see the sentiment detail, where I once again stamped the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes onto Whisper White Cardstock.  I used Night of Navy and then matted the sentiment on Bashful Blue punched with the Modern Label Punch.

And, last but not least, the inside of the card.  All of the cards in this series are finished in the same manner.

What do you think?

STAMPS: Greeting Card Kids, Teeny Tiny Wishes
INK: Staz-On, Night of Navy
PAPERS: Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Bashful Blue and Night of Navy Cardstock; Nigt of Navy DSP; Watercolour Paper
ACCESSORIES: Watercolour Crayons, Aqua Painters, Punches, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!

Watercolour Wednesday - For Teacher

Welcome back!  I hope you enjoyed last week's post with a Halloween card for your child's classroom teacher. This week, I'm bringing you the perfect card for the first day of school (or last, depending on your preference).

Have a look:

You'll notice that the layout is the same.  I wanted to keep it consistent throughout the collection.  I think it makes it look more cohesive.

For this one, I chose Baja Breeze and Riding Hood Red to go along with the Sahara Sand card base. You've gotta love Sahara Sand for it's versatility.  You can pair it with pretty much anything!!


Here's a close up of the sentiment detail again.  As you already know from following my blog, one of my all time favourite accessories is STAMPIN' DIMENSIONALS! I don't think I can make a card without them anymore - LOL! I just love how they seem to add SO much dimension for such little effort.

If you don't have any Stampin' Dimensionals, you can order them now. Just click on the words above and the link will take you directly to my store and right to that product! Easy Peasy!  Then, you too can wonder how you ever lived without them!

I hope you enjoyed week #2 and that you'll be back again next week to see what else I've done.

STAMPS: Greeting Card Kids
INK: Staz-ON
PAPERS: Sahara Sand, Baja Breeze and Riding Hood Red Cardstock; Riding Hood Red DSP from Regals Paper Pack; Watercolour Paper
ACCESSORIES: Watercolour Crayons, Aqua Painters, Stampin' Dimensionals, Punches

Happy Stampin'!

Watercolour Wednesday - For Teacher

This is week #1 of this series.  In the coming weeks, I'll be showing you four different cards that are just PERFECT for children to give to their teachers at different times of year.  Buy the set, and you're covered for the year!

My first card is a halloween card and my little painted lady is just too cute!

Since this is WATERCOLOUR Wednesday, she is, of course, water coloured.

I used my watercolour crayons (as usual) - don't know what I ever did without 'em! When I was done, I sponged around the outside edge of the punched image (used my 2 1/2" circle punch) using Concord Crush Ink.

My card base is Sahara Sand (which I'll use for all four cards) because I wanted a neutral shade and because I have LOTS of it - LOL!

I sponged the edges of each layer using matching ink for a little added interest and dimension.

 Here's some of the sentiment detail:

• stamped in Concord Crush
• Punched with Word Window Punch
• Layered on Pumpkin Pie Modern Label Punch
• Adhered with Stampin' Dimensionals ('cause you know me and those Dimensionals!)

And of course, the inside is finished with a strip of matching Designer Series Paper on Whisper White Cardstock.

What do you think?

STAMPS: Greeting Card Kids, Teeny Tiny Wishes
INK: Staz-On, Concord Crush, Pumpkin Pie
PAPERS: Sahara Sand, Pumpkin Pie, Concord Crush and Whisper White Cardstock; Watercolour Paper; Concord Crush DSP from Hostess Level 1 pack
ACCESSORIES: Punches, Watercolour Crayons, Aqua Painters, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!

ATC Tuesday - Curtain Call Colour Challenge # 62

So, Stacey's Curtain Call popped into my inbox yesterday and I tried my hardest to make a card, but all I came up with was this ATC:

I already had the image stamped on Whisper White with Staz-On, so I went ahead and coloured it using my Watercolour Crayons. I know, I know...but I don't own the stamp set (it was borrowed and returned), so I couldn't re-stamp it on watercolour paper...that's why it looks a little worn in the middle of the dress. Of course, the little worn part just adds to the vintage look of the ATC (at least that's what I keep telling myself - LOL!)

My little lady is coloured using Baja Breeze (dress, bow and socks), Daffodil Delight (hair) and Pretty in Pink (heart). She is matted on Baja Breeze and Early Espresso and then added to a 2 1/2 X 3 1/2" piece of Pear Pizzazz around which I tied the bow and added a button tied with linen thread.

What do you think?

STAMPS: Greeting Card Kids

INK: Staz-On

PAPERS: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz

ACCESSORIES: Ribbon, Button, Linen Thread

Happy Stampin'!