Today I’d like to share another style clean and simple Easter card. The same techniques I used to make my card on yesterday post: watercoloring, stamping and embossing.

These 3 techniques give extra “wow” to a CAS and One-Layer card. On my card, I created a ombre watercolored background and added it on the card base with a contras color of pattern paper. I air-dried my watercolored background cardstock while working on the embossed cross, but you also can speed dry a watercolor background with Craft Heater.

For the cross, I stamped and embossed it with Silver Embossing powder and fussy cut it. The cross and sentiment are from Rejoice Stamp Set.

I added the cross on the card with thin 3D foam tape for less bulky. This kind of card is a quick and easy to mass-produce it.

I enter this card at these challenges:

Challenge #221 – Anything Goes Two-Week Challenge.

Little Tangles Challenge #66- Ombre

CASEplorations March

March CAS Card Challenge

I hope you are inspire to create handmade card for your friends and families, especially on a special occasion like Easter. HAVE a fabulous day!

Supplies:

• Rejoice Stamp Set (CTMH)
• Watercolor Paper (CTMH)
• Penelope Paper Packet (CTMH)
• Watercolor Paint (CTMH)
• Paintbrush Set (CTMH)
•  Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (CTMH)
• VersaMark™ Ink Pad (CTMH)
• Ranger™ Silver Super Fine Embossing Powder (CTMH)
• Craft Heater (CTMH)
• My Acrylix® Block Starter Kit (CTMH)
• Non-Stick Micro-Tip Scissors (CTMH)
• Heavy Weight White Cardstock (The Paper Studio – Hobby Lobby)
• Baby Wipes
• 3D Foam Tape (Elmer)
• Glue Adhesive Runner (Elmer)

We have warm and beautiful day today. I think Spring is here 🙂 And can you believe it that Easter is 18 days from today? I am making Easter cards to send out to friends and families this year. Today, I am sharing of one the cards.

Today, I participate at Joyful Stars monthly blog hop. If you arrive from Donna’s blog, then you are on the right path. But if you are first, you can continue to hop to the next blog to make a loop to see all the projects from the participants. Just in case you get lost, you can always find the list of participant at Joyce’s blog.

It is a clean amd simple card that you can easily multiply it. On a piece of Watercolor Paper, I painted the background using CTMH Watercolor Paint using the biggest brush from the Paintbrush set. I put it aside to dry while I was working on the cross.

For the cross, I stamped the image from Rejoice stamp set with Gypsy Mini Pigment Ink Pad, the I added some Ranger™ Clear Super Fine Embossing Powder while the ink still wet, heat set it using Craft Heater. I fussy cut it using Non-Stick Micro-Tip Scissors.

Make sure the watercolored background is dry well before stamping. I added the background cardstock on the card base using adhesive runner. I stampted the sentiment from the same stamp set with Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad. And finished the card with adding the cross on the paper using 3D foam tape.

This card is done and ready to mail out. It is not only clean and simple, but also less bulky and mail-friendly 🙂 You next hop is Yvonne’s blog to see what she has created for you.

I also enter this card at Challenge #221 – Anything Goes Two-Week Challenge.

Thank You for visiting me today and I hope you find it inspiring you to create handmade cards for Easter!

We have been having mix of rain and snow in the last several days and I saw some of Easter flowers a.k.a. Daffodils at our backyard. I cannot wait to enjoy their flowers and Spring is getting closer 🙂

Today I am joining a group of Close To My Heart consultants sharing their projects and featuring Watercolor Paints and Watercolor Pencils. This is a technique that I have been learning to do and LOVING IT! There are so many video tutorials on YouTube where I learn new tricks 🙂

This month, we have 30 consultants participate in this blog hop. So, you should arrive from Jeannie’s blog. The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around. If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s blog.

I am sharing these 2 clean-and-simple cactus cards 🙂 I love this new stamp set, Stuck On You. I cut 3 3/4″ square from Watercolor Paper. First I stamped the images using Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pads: Saddle (pots), Fern (cactus), and Hollyhock (flowers).

For the pots, I did second generation stamping and then added some shadow using the similar brown watercolor pencil. For the cactus and flowers, I stamped them and lightly colored them using the similar watercolor pencils. And then, I wet all of colored images using smaller size of the Paintbrush Set to give the watercolor look on them.

I added some shadow around the pots to give them some extra dimension and also they look like sitting on the ground instead of floating. I simply scribble lightly around the pots using the Ligth Grey watercolor pensil amd wet it using the small brush and water.

They dried quicker than I thought 🙂 Once they dry completely, I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set using Fern Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad. If do not like to wait few minutes, you can always use the Craft Heater to speed the drying in seconds 😉

Final step is I add them on the 4.25″ square card base that I created from white cardstock. Then I added some border line using Marvy® Uchida® LePen™ Journaling Pen.

My cards are done. These cards are mail-friendly because they are flat. Your next hop is Michelle Battitori’s blog to see what she has created to share this month.

THANK YOU for stopping by today and hope you find an inspiration here today. Have a fabulous day 🙂

One of the ways of sharing joy and building friendship is by sending handmade cards. And Card Chain Challenge is a monthly and fun challenge that you send a handmade card, and you’ll receive a handmade card. Participants are from many countries!

I participated on the February 2016 CCC and this is a card I made for a friend in Spain.

I stamped the flowers from Blossoming Expressions with Black Archival Ink Pad and added some watercolo paints on them. I love the color palete provided by Deborah for this month challenge. Perfect for Spring 🙂

Deborah posted a full reveal of the cards that sent out in February 2016. Check them all here.

And if you would like to know more information on how you also can participate for March 2016 Card Chain Challenge, please visit here.

I hope you can join us on this fun challenge. The more the merrier 🙂

THANKS!

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We will be featuring March SOTM, which is Sunshine Birdies (S1603), a set of 11 stamps. This stamp set is so cute and perfect for Spring projects!

This month we have 39 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using March SOTM – Sunshine Birdies (S1603) and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is a big circle of blog hop, you can continue hopping until you make the loop, or you also so you can start the blog hop from Melinda’s blog and over there you also can find the full list of participant for this month blog hop. So, you should arrive from Traci’s blog.

Today,  I am sharing 2 cards from the card set I made for a friend:

I stamped the images using Black Memento Ink Pad on a piece of Watercolor Paper. I colored them using Watercolor Pencils and then I used the Blending Pen to blend and to give the watercolor look.

Then I fussy cut the images and added them on the card using 3D foam tape for some dimensions.

You can this cute Stamp Of The Month for only $5 when you place an order of $50 or more in Close To My Heart products, and this stamp set is only available until March 31, 2016! Contact me here if you have more questions about the Stamp Of The Month.

And… Your next hop is Jeanie’s blog to see what she has created for you this month.

Supplies:

• March SOTM – Sunshine Birdies (S1603)
• Penelope Paper Packet
• Watercolor Pencils
• Blending Pen
• Black Memento™ Ink Pad
• Watercolor Paper
• Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors
• 3D Foam Tape
• Adhesive Runner

THANK YOU so much for hopping by my blog today and I do hope you find some inspirations here today 🙂