Final Post as a Sunday Stamps Designer

It has been my great pleasure to serve on the Sunday Stamps Design Team since June of 2013. Thank you, Holly, for inviting me to join you and thanks to all the other wonderful Sunday Stamps designers who inspired me so often.  I will miss being a part of this creative team.  Our last challenge for the year will last for 3 weeks:  Yellow, Teal and Brown.  

Feather cards are quite popular now so my card is following the trend.

Close To My Heart products used:

     White Daisy CS

     Chocolate CS

     Canary CS

     Lagoon CS

     Lagoon Ink

     Sponge Dauber

     Gold Metallic Writer

     Artiste Cricut cartridge to cut feathers

     Say it in Style stamp (retired)

     Paradise Assortment Baker's Twine

Other products:

    Ranger Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls spray

My inspiration came from Case This Sketch #103:

We can't wait to see what you create using these colors!   Please use a direct link to join us here and include a link back to us in your blog post.  (Feel free to post our color graphic too to let your readers know about our challenge.)  You have until Friday, January 2 at 6PM EST to enter this challenge.

Please take the time to visit the rest of the Design Team's blogs and leave them some appreciation.  Holly, Alyson, Brenda, Steph, Angel, Leena and Kathya.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity! 

:) Marie

Watercolor Class Day #2 Homework

The Online Card Class Watercolor class is really fun yet I'm a little behind in my "homework".   Lesson #2 was about more background watercolor techniques.  I started this card last week with the Color Dare #93 colors and just finished it today.  I used 4 Close To My Heart ink pads for the watercolors.  First I placed an acrylic block onto the ink pad and then misted with water and used a brush to paint on the colors.

Close To My Heart products used:

    Cranberry Ink

    Twilight Ink

    Honey Ink

    Juniper Ink

    Friendship Alphabet stamps (retired)

    True Teal CS (retired)

    Metallic paper (DOTS retired)

    3D Foam Tape

Other products used:

    Watercolor paper by Faber Castell

    Stazon Teal Ink

    Studio G star punch

    Perfect Pearls Heirloom Gold Mist spray by Ranger

As this is a special birthday card for a dear friend I'm also entering it into Seize the Birthday.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie