I really like this layout. I am sure I will use it again and again. Here is a card I made yesterday. I had fun playing with the set Pun Fun ! It’s so cute! Corinne Somerville made so many cute samples with it that I had to order it. I made another card with it that I will share later on.

I never liked my watercoloring much.

BUT….using watercolor paper makes all the difference. I am having a blast trying to improve my coloring…and finding out that I like the end result.

The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Basic Black cardstock layered with a 4″ square of Blue Bayou.

Both of the designer paper pieces are from the Spring Break Designer Paper pack. I love that paper!!! The horizontal strip measures 3″ x 4″ and was paper pierced and sanded on the right hand side. The vertical strip measures 1 3/4″ x 4″ and was paper pierced on the left. Black brads were added above and below the main image and 5/8″ wide Olive grosgrain ribbon was tied around it.

I stamped the Whale from Pun Fun in Black StazOn on a 1 7/8″ square of watercolor paper. It was colored in with Aqua Painter and classic inks (River Rock, Old Olive, Soft Sky, Blue Bayou and a touch of Cameo Coral for his blushing cheeks). It was layered on a 2″ square of Basic Black cardstock. The next layer is a 2 1/2″ square of sponged Blue Bayou. I added the dotted border with a white gel pen. The image was adhered to the card with dimensionals.

I wasn’t sure if the Olive would work on the whale, but I really like it now. I hope it doesn’t look weird too you. I was making the card during Lost. Could be that I was too tired to see the wrongness of it.

Sorry I am so late. Fridays through Wednesdays I spend a lot of time looking and commenting on all of your gorgeous cards made with the sketch challenge.

I did get to stamp a little. I made this card for both the Technique Lover challenge yesterday and Color Challenge today.

The technique challenge was easy peasy. Use two different patterned paper on your card. The color challenge was easy and soothing for the eye: Basic Black, Whisper White and River rock.

I couldn’t put my sweet bird away yet, so I made another card with it.

I started out stamping the bird from Always in Black Stazon on Shimmery White cardstock.

I colored the design inside the bird with River Rock classic ink and Blender pen, then cut the bird out.

It was layered on a paper pierced 1 5/8″ x 2 1/8″ piece of Shimmery White cardstock layered, first on a slightly bigger layer of River Rock cardstock, then on a scalloped piece of Basic Black cardstock. The Black cardstock was cut with Nestabilities die cut template.

The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Basic Black cardstock folded in half. Next is a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of River Rock cardstock. I paper pierced the top right edge.

 The horizontal piece of Designer Paper measures 2 1/2″ x 5 1/8″ and is from the Apple Cider Designer paper. I layered a small white strip underneath. The sentiment is from the set Always and was stamped in Black Stazon on the right hand side of the paper.

The vertical strip measures 2″ x 3 3/4″ and is from the Brocade Background Designer paper. I added a small strip of basic black cardstock on the left edge of that strip and paper pierced it. Then I made a scallop border with the slit punch. Usually I use the corner rounder. I like the softer edge of it. But I was afraid it wouldn’t show up much, with the busy patterned paper in the back.

Next white Taffeta ribbon was tied next to the black strip of cardstock. I stamped the small flower from Always twice in Black Stazon on Shimmery White cardstock, punched them out with the 1/2″ circle punch and adhered them to two Pewter Build a Brads (Snail adhesive works fine for that.).