Watercolor Winter

Here's a quick post from Chattanooga, TN.  I made this card with the Watercolor Winter stamp set.  The set is designed to be a 2-step stamping design but it also lends itself to stamping just the outline and then coloring it in with colors of your choice.  I used my favorite coloring method:  using an Aqua painter and stroking it directly onto the ink pad to pick up colors.  You can add subtle shading using this method.  It's really a very easy way to color.

My colors are gumball green and cherry cobbler.  The 'Noel' is from the Greetings of the Season stamp set.  I stamped the poinsettia, cut it out and attached it with dimensionals, to let it 'pop' right off the card.  I seem to have a lot of cherry cobbler going on lately... and that's a good thing.  

I'm here in Chattanooga for the Stampin' Up! Regionals tomorrow.  I hope I learn a lot and have lots to share with you.  After a long day of traveling, I'm ready to call it a night.  Add to that, we lost an hour in changing time zones and then, once we reached the hotel, I realized that I'd left all my makeup at home and had to make a trip to WalMart.  Yikes!  I hope what I grabbed won't be too horrible.  I'd rather be stamping than hunting for makeup.

Sneak Peek #4: A Christmas Box

Here's your last sneak peek for my class this Friday night.  This one is a decorated box to hold a special gift.  I used the Watercolor Winter stamp set and our Cherry Cobbler tulle.  I love how easy it is to work with it.  This project was inspired by our Holiday Catalog.  If you want to see the rest of the projects, you'll just have to come this Friday night!  I hope you can join us.