Summer Watercolors

Hi Stampers,

The sets in Stampin' Up's great Summer Mini Catalog will only be available for one more month so I thought I'd share another sample using the set On the Grow.

This set it so easy to watercolor - stamp the image with Black StazOn on watercolor paper and then I used the Aquapainter and stamp pads to watercolor in Melon Mambo, Certainly Celery and Marina Mist (for the jar). After I was finished watercoloring, I added Crystal Effects to make the jar look like a Mason Jar - a cool effect but in this heat and humidity you do have to let the Crystal Effects dry for a while (about 12 hours). Then I added the Marina Mist piece punched with the Scallop Border punch, as well as a piece of Melon Mambo DSP from the Brights stack and a Marina Mist Button tied with white Baker's Twine. The greeting is from a new stamp set called Friendly Phrases and is stamped in Melon Mambo - love these colors together.

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Another Challenge for Summer

Hi Stampers,

I decided to make a few cards last night for some challenges this week - the first is for this week's Create with Connie & Mary Sketch Challenge.

This card uses the On the Grow set from the Summer Mini Catalog. I wasn't sure I wanted to get this set, but as usually happens, I'm glad I did. The colors I used were Very Vanilla, Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry. I stamped the image in Black Stazon on Watercolor Paper so I could watercolor it with ink and Blender Pens. I used Razzleberry for the flowers, Old Olive for the leaves and Tempting Turquoise for the jar -such an easy image to watercolor! After I finished watercoloring, I punched out the image with the 2.5" punch and attached it to the Razzleberry piece I used the Scallop Circle Big Shot die on. The Old Olive piece underneath is punched with the Scallop Border punch. I used the soon to be retiring Old Olive wide grosgrain ribbon and two punches with the new Bouquet Bouquet Triple Punch in Razzleberry as well. The card itself is Very Vanilla and the "Thinking of You" is also from On the Grow.

Keep Stamping,