Soft Faux Tile

Faux Tile Technique using post-it notes to mask the squares and sponge around the edges of each square. Love this soft collage look! I used Calypso Coral but stamped off  first on scratch paper to get a softer Coral!

~Stamps: French Foliage, Nature's Nest, Curly Cute.

~Paper: Vanilla CS, Twitterpated DSP.

~Ink: Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, Calypso Coral, Soft Suede.

~Accessories: Big Shot, Framelits Label die, Everyday Enchantment Brad, Sponge, Simply Scoring Tool, Pool Party Seam Binding, Post-it notes.

Watercolor Feather

I needed a few Masculine Birthday Cards that could be sent easily through the mail. Sometimes I struggle with ribbons and scallops and what not....should I include it on a masculine card or not and most times......NOT! LOL ~Simple is good too. So for this card I watercolored the focal background with re-inkers and an aqua painter brush. After it dried, I just stamped the Feather with Night of Navy ink! Simple, Easy and Fast! I love this feather stamp, I'm always drawn to it when the set is sitting open in front of me it seems! The background feathers are stamped with Taken with Teal, Handsome Hunter and Night of Navy inks and the same re-inker colors were used for the watercoloring. The card and layers are Taken with Teal and Night of Navy C/S. Background and focal image stamped on Shimmery White C/S and Bold Brights Brads!

Awaiting Spring

Today's Card uses the Friends 24-7 and Nature's Nest Stamp Sets. I thought the Birds Nest went well with this bird. For this Card I used my big set of SU watercolor crayons and an aqua painter. I wanted a softer look so I chose the crayons. I watercolored around the background of the bird using the Bashful Blue crayon. Each layer is sponged with Basic Brown ink as well. Supplies Used: Stamps: Friends 24-7, Nature's Nest. ~ Paper: Kraft C/S, Naturals Ivory C/S. ~ Inks: Basic Brown Pad, Watercolor Wonder crayons. ~ Accessories: Scallop Square and 1 1/4" square punches, Elementary Ribbon Orginals, Paper-Piercing tool, Mat Pack, Sponge, Aqua Painter, Chocolate Chip Marker. 

Simple Card