HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful holiday season! We had a nice quiet time spent at home this year. First time in two years we didn't drive the 12 hour trip back to Illinois. As much as I missed my family, NOT driving cross country, with our dog, on Christmas Day, was a gift in itself! LOL!
So, along with a new year, the JUST US GIRLS blog has a new look! I love the soft aqua color, and the font, and the design! Nancy did a fantabulous job with creating our 'new do'! She also happens to be your hostess this week. Since it's Word Week, she's picked "THANK YOU" to help give you a head start on making those thank you cards you know you'll be needing. ☺ Here's the card I made:
Here is the inside:
I tried doing a little more water coloring. (I still need a lot of practice!) I colored directly onto the stamps, spritzed with water, and stamped onto my die cut water color paper. I popped it on to a die cut frame before adding it to my card. Added a couple sentiments and I was done. ☺
I hope to see you play along with week at Just Us Girls! We have not one, but two guest designers joining us this month: Vicki Parsons and Deepti Malik. Welcome ladies! Remember, if you win Chic of the Week for any of our January challenges, you'll be in the running to be our Guest Designer for the month of March! Good luck and happy crafting!
It's the last one. Sniff.
Supplies:
Stamps: Mama Elephant - Water Blooms; MFT - Essential & More Essential Sentiments
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
DP: American Crafts - Color Crush
CS: Darice; Strathmore water color paper; DCWV
Accessories: Marvy Uchida markers; GC; SB - Sm Standard Circle & Teardrop Circle Nesties; Nicole - rhinestones
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam Squares
Your watercolor looks so pretty! :) Love the colors and a stunning take with that sketch as well!
ReplyDeleteGreat water colored image -- that bg paper is adorable
ReplyDeleteI love your watercolor flowers! They are so soft and pretty. I like the fun papers you paired to go along with them. Great composition!
ReplyDeleteI love your watercolor flowers! They are so soft and pretty. I like the fun papers you paired to go along with them. Great composition!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty!!
ReplyDeleteI'd say you did just fine with your watercolouring! Beautiful card.
ReplyDeleteThat paper matches your watercoloring perfectly! Super card! I had help with the blog, but I sure appreciate the comment, I love the clean graphic that my son did a lot! Happy New Year to you!
ReplyDeleteJust fabulous. Love all those colours. Great layout too.
ReplyDeleteLove your beautiful focal image and all of the gorgeous color on your card!
ReplyDeleteLove your beautiful focal image and all of the gorgeous color on your card!
ReplyDeleteAdorable! Such a bright and happy springtime look. Love the watercoloring! The background makes me think of Easter eggs... and that just makes me smile!
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful :)
ReplyDeleteGreat watercolor effect. I really struggle getting that technique to work. Love this.
ReplyDeleteYour card is so pretty Chris! I love that watercolor technique too! Happy New Year!
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