Splashes of Watercolor

Today I wanted to share with you a gift I made for my daughter.  She’s a preschool teacher and will be receiving end-of-the-year gifts very soon from her students.  Consequently, she’ll need a few thank you cards.

I found this set of brightly colored/patterned note cards at Target on clearance for around $2.00!  I knew I could do something with them!  But they were such fun cards to start with, that I didn’t want to add too much or cover up too much of them.  So I just added 1 or 2 new elements to each.  Here is a group shot:

Aren’t they fun?  I almost didn’t want to give them up!

I pulled out several small stamps from different collections that I knew would look great using the fresh colors from the cards.

Gretchen’s favorite is the polka dot card with the pencil cup.  She’s already requested 2 more sets using this Lockhart image for her sons to give to their teachers.  And she wants them by next Wednesday!  Guess I know what I’ll be doing this weekend! 

Besides the image, which was colored with Prismacolor pencils and cut with a circle Nestabilities die, I only added the strip of ribbon.

This slice of lime card is one of my favorites.  I think I just love the freshness and the simplicity of it.  I stamped the lime from Stampin’ Up’s Tart & Tangy set in chalk ink and added the little thanks sentiment from Anna’s Posies for You stamp set from Whipper Snapper.

Here is an example of the third design of note card that I altered.  How about those big, beautiful flowers!  I didn’t want to overshadow them so I just used a piece of ribbon and the scalloped flower image from SU’s So Many Scallops stamped in chalk ink.  I topped it with a clear sticker.

The fourth design in the set of cards was so cute that it didn’t need any added stamped elements besides the thanks sentiment.  I did, however, decide to add a flower with a brad center over 1 of the flowers just for something a little different.

And here are some others, using the same lime and different images from Lockhart Stamps:

That’s it for today!  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and a fabulous Mother’s Day!!!

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I’m listing these ingredients strictly from memory, so please forgive me if I forget something or I’m not too specific~

Stamps: Garden Angel, Wildflowers, Pencil Cup - Lockhart Stamps; So Many Scallops, Tart & Tangy - Stampin’ Up; thanks! - Posies for You set from Whipper Snapper

Paper: white, note cards & envelopes - Target

Inks: Palette Hybrid Noir, various chalk inks

Accessories: Prismacolor pencils, Copic markers, ribbon, prima flower, brad, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, clear sticker, scallop punch

It’s time for another Dirty Girl challenge on Splitcoaststampers!  Each month on the 20th, all the past and present Dirty Dozen girls are presented a challenge by Jami Sibley.  This month it was to create a card with these requirements:

(1) use a stamp designed by a Dirty Girl,

(2) use spring colors, and

(3) not use any diecut/embossing machines. 

While the last requirement to not use my Cuttlebug was definitely a challenge for me, it was not hard at all to choose the stamp set to use.

I had just received my new Posies For You set which was designed by Anna Wight, a Dirty Dozen Alumni.  A numbered and autographed set, I might add!!!  These flowers are so whimsical and sweet!  Can you see the tiny pink butterfly in the upper right hand corner?

I stamped the bucket on a silver metal sheet, cut it out and scuffed it up a bit using a sanding stick.  The oval was made with a Giga scallop oval punch and I cut the scallop edges of the stamped white cardstock with scallop scissors.  I also colored the edges of the scallops with a Copic marker.  The 2 roses and 1 big leaf were stamped and colored on a second piece of cardstock, then cut out and mounted on top of the original image using dimensionals.  The ribbon was threaded through the 2 flowers, tied in a knot, then threaded back through and wrapped around the card front.  It’s tied in a pretty knot on the inside of the card, and has another tiny butterfly stamped just below the knot.

You can see all of the cards made for this challenge here.

Thanks for visiting me today!  Come back soon!!

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Stamps: Posies for You by Anna Wight for Whipper Snapper

Paper: shimmery white, DCWV Nana’s Kids (polka dotted green), Rob and Bob slab (stripe)

Ink: Black StazOn

Accessories: silver metal sheet, Copic markers, scallop scissors, giga scallop oval punch, horizontal slot punch, flowers, ribbon, dimensionals, mounting tape