A Little More Watercolor
Aloha, all!
I’m still trying to get back into my routine after being a bit "out of it" for awhile. I’m still not 100%, but it’s driving me crazy not being able to do what I want to do when I want to do it and for however long I want to stick with it! Did you get all that?
When I taught my watercolor class last week, I couldn’t just do one project. And while I could sit and paint designs from Flower Fancy for a long time (and I’ll share another with you tomorrow) I needed to use something else that required a bit of a different technique. This card uses one of the stamp sets from the 2010 Sale-A-Bration Catalog, Happy Moments. While that stack of gifts would stand very nicely by itself, stamped on some colorful paper, I thought some watercolor might help it stand out in a different way. For the bottom two boxes, the technique was to have a darker color around the perimeter of each box, with the fill a lighter color, to give the boxes some depth and even what looks like a bit of shine. The top box has its own "shine" courtesy of a few dabs of Crystal Effects. It’s been dry enough here in East Hawaii the past few weeks that the Crystal Effects dries much more quickly than it usually does here.
There are two more brand new products feature on this card. The Scallop Trim Border Punch is one that you can get FOR FREE as part of this year’s Sale-A-Bration. You may already know the routine – purchase $50 worth of Stampin’ Up! products on one order and you get to pick something FREE from among dozens of current Stampin’ Up! products, many of which you can ONLY GET during Sale-A-Bration. While this punch will be around after Sale-A-Bration, my thinking is why not get it for free while the getting is good?!
Finally, another delightful "find" from the 2010 Occasions Mini Catalog is the Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Stack. As I mentioned yesterday, I was reluctant to purchase the Sweet Pea Stitched Felt, but now I can’t imagine why – it’s so versatile. It’s the same with the Designer Series Paper Stack. What stood out in the catalog (for me at least) was all those pictures of trees that really don’t "fit" here in Hawaii. But I talked myself into buying the paper and let me tell you I will be using it all – and probably not use a tree ever. There are so many gorgeous geometrical designs,using eight colors (according to Stampin’ Up! – a lot more than that according to what I’ve been using!) I used Pumpkin Pie as an accent color, and Pumpkin Pie is one of the colors mentioned by Stampin’ Up! as being featured in this paper set. But I also used Tempting Turquoise on this card, and it seems to me to be a great "match" for this particular paper. Sure, I could have used Taken With Teal, but it wouldn’t have been nearly as bright and cheery, IMHO!
Tomorrow a bit more watercolor, then back to some Valentine Cards!
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