Watercolor Crayon Class Final Card

I promise a couple days ago that I would post the last card from my watercolor crayon class and here it is.

This is one of my favorite stamp sets it is call Inspired by Nature by Stampin'Up. The stamp was colored with the following watercolor crayons: Gable green, glorious green, yoyo yellow, pixie pink and pink passions. The stamp is then very lightly misted with water the stamped on whisper white card stock. It is layered on pink passion and gable green card stock.

I had so much fun pulling out the water color crayons to prepare for this class, I can't wait for the new colors to be available. Have you ever noticed that you tend to get in a rut with your crafting? Maybe you tried something new and enjoyed it, and now you tend to use that technique, color combination, stamp set, card/scrap booking style or accessory/tool. I am going to try and challenge myself to use some of my older products several times during the month. Maybe I should add to that to use some of the items I purchased and have not used.

My next project for a monthly card swap is to be a wedding/ bridal shower/ anniversary card, I am still trying to decide what to do as I do not own much in the way of wedding, etc. type of stamps.. I am also working on a few cards to send my daughter at school. This is her first year away at college and I bought some non-Stampin'Up stamps that I thought she would like so that I can surprise her with something she has not seen before. I'll will post them as I get them done. I also have some other cards I have done for swaps during the past year, about the only stamping I was doing during the past year.

Watercolor Crayon Class

I taught a class in watercolor crayons last night. It was a small group but we had fun creating a background, water coloring the image as well as using the crayon directly on the stamp, misting it and stamping the image. Here are three of the cards the women made and I 'll post the forth one soon.

The first card used the watercolor crayons on watercolor paper to create the background. The supplies are all Stampin'Up, several colors are retired. The stamp set is Forest Friends.

They had a choice of doing the winter/Christmas card or the Halloween card both are made using the Greeting Card Kids. All supplies except blue ribbon and swirl embossing folder are from Stampin'Up.

I made the next card after class using the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch that one of the women brought to class.

I'll post the last card soon.

This is one of several cards I worked on Saturday. This is for a monthly swap that I do with several local friends. We were to create our own paper. All products are from StampinUp. Dark & Dreary stamp set, paper and inks are Old Olive, More Mustard, Real Red, Whisper White, Basic Black and Cajan Craze.

Well, it has been a long time since I have blogged. It be came even longer when I could not remember my log in. Since I was last on, I have become a true empty nester. My husband passed away July 2009 after a long battle with cancer. We then lost one of two cats 6 months later secondary to kidney failure from diabetes. My son was encouraged to move out in May for many reasons. Most recently my daughter went away to college in Pennsylvania. It has been a very long and stressful year and a half but I am going to try and get myself back on a track of my choosing. I have been spending more time stamping, exercising and keeping the house and yard in order. After losing my husband I took my frustration out by doing yard work almost every evening after work, which meant that I was able to put in a vegetable garden again this year. I have been enjoying the tomatoes, eggplant, beans, snow peas, and lettuce.

I will try and post some art work this weekend.