Watercolor Notecards

Three quick and easy cards to create using the Watercolor Note Card & Envelope set in the Occasions Catalog.  This is my favorite of the three using the So Very Grateful stamp set. I have been watching the beautiful watercoloring of other Stampin' Up! demonstrators and believe I have finally started to get the hang of it. The secret? squeezing the top and bottom of your stamp pad together to get some ink on the…

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Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge #193

Another Thursday and another Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge! I love this challenge sketch and could not wait to get working on a card for this. When I saw the sketch I knew I wanted to use the Spiral Spins stamp set. This set reminds me of the results from my old Spirograph set when I was a kid. Do you remember Spirograph?  The colors are softer than they show up in the photo.  Here…

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Life is Wonderful

I have a love for, well perhaps it is an addiction to paper. I adore new notebooks and journals. And Designer Series Paper …well let's just say I rarely find one I don't like. So there are times when I need to see how I can use up some older DSP.  That is where I got my Mojo for today's card. I used the Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack from last Spring. I love…

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Inspired by Natural Chevron Ribbon

Today's card was inspired by my desire to use my Natural 5/8" Chevron Ribbon.  I had purchased the ribbon during the demonstrators preview of the Occasions Catalog in December and had not even taken the plastic off.  It was time to get this ribbon on a card! I love the look of a crisp white shirt and Khaki pants, so I decided to keep with that theme in using the Chevron Ribbon and Crumb Cake…

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