Happy Watercolour for the Pals

I loved this stamp set the moment I saw it!  And once I used Happy Watercolour, I was even more in love, because of the amazing properties of the stamps.  They somehow give a gradated colour from what looks like a flat surface!  But after the first try, I never used the stamps again!  Why??  I'm not exactly sure, except they were never quite right for the cards I wanted to make.  Have you ever had a set like that?

But Pals to the rescue!  I saw the latest Pals Paper Arts Challenge sketch and wanted to do it, as I had missed quite a few of them lately.

As I was looking for a sentiment to fit into the horizontal panel,  I saw the "You Make Me Happy"  stamp from Happy Watercolour and "FLASH!!" - the whole card popped into my head!  Then I just needed a colour scheme and I went back to Pinterest and found this one:

                                                
I came as close as I could to these colours and here's the result:

• This card "makes me HAPPY"!  I would have never thought to get out Tempting Turquoise and match it with So Saffron, but I will now!  They are gorgeous together with a little Smoky Slate for a neutral.
• Don't you love that poppy?  Are there such things as turquoise poppies?  Probably not, but there should be!

                                                      

There are - a Himalayan Blue Poppy!  You learn something new every day!

• I added some dimension to the poppy by stamping it twice in StazOn Jet Black and colouring both images with Tempting Turquoise and Bermuda Bay Stampin' Write Markers.  I cut two of the petals out from one image and use glue dots to adhere them on to the main image.
• I love the whimsical look of the little dots on one of the stamps.  Makes me think of wisps in the wind.

• I had to use that amazing watercolour swoosh stamp again! (The one that gives the graded intensity!) It worked so well as the background to the sentiment.
• Candy dots and a Designer Button in So Saffron added balance and interest to the design.

What do you think of this stamp set?  How have you used that swoosh stamp?  Let me know in a comment below!  

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Sweet Treats for The Paper Players

I needed some Thank You mini 3" x 3" cards and I decided to create some for The Paper Players Challenge #181 with the theme of Sweet Treats.  Anne Marie's challenge was to include food or sweet treats in our projects.

Here are my mini-cards, which could be Valentines with a change in sentiment.

• I had a lot of fun with these quick projects.  The cupcake is straight forward and just involves using the Cupcake Builder punch, which I haven't used in an age!  I tried to pick colours that would compliment the Kaleidoscope Design Series Paper that you see in the background.  The bottom of the cupcake is Crushed Curry and the icing is Chocolate Chip with Strawberry Slush sprinkles and a cherry.  
• The card base is Bermuda Bay, and I used one of the sentiments from Happy Watercolour inked up in Strawberry Slush.

• The other card has a lollipop that I made out of the coloured twine in the Sweet Sorbet Accessories Pack from the Sale-A-Bration Brochure.  I punched/cut out a one inch circle from a Jumbo Sticky Round and adhered it to the card over the lollipop stick made, again, from the wand in the Dress Up Stamp set.  I held the ends of the Pool Party and the Crisp Cantaloupe string together and wound them in a spiral on the Sticky Round, which help them in place.  I finished by trimming any fraying ends and gluing them under the strings.

• Here's hoping my customers will enjoy getting these thank yous.  Maybe I should add a little "Sweet Treat" to each of their bags!

Thanks for dropping by today.  See you tomorrow with a new As You See It Challenge design!

To purchase any of the products listed below used to make this project, simply click on the links which will take you directly to my On-Line Stampin' Up!  Store, where you can view the products and make a purchase if you like.  You can have it delivered right to your door!

• Happy Watercolor [wood]
• Happy Watercolor [clear]
• Dress Up
• Kaleidoscope Designer Series Paper
• Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
• Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
• Chocolate Chip 8-1/2X11 Card Stock
• Strawberry Slush 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
• Whisper White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock
• Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin' Pad
• Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad
• Jumbo Sticky Rounds
• Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack*
• Brights Candy Dots
• Cupcake Punch

*You can earn this for free with a $60 purchase during Sale-A-Bration, Jan. 28 - Mar. 31, 2014.