Make a Wish

Hello there!

I made a card for my baby cousin, and it was inspired by these colors over at the Pals Paper Arts Challenge!

I had a mixed feeling about this color combo...

Pool Party is my favorite color of all! but Wisteria Wonder...not so much.

BUT! I was making a birthday card for my cousin who loves Disney (well, who doesn't though, right!?) and had this digi image that I wanted to use, and these colors actually worked very well!

I had already had this design in my head, then one of the blogs that I follow was featuring her card for the CAS[E] this Sketch Challenge, and it had the same sketch! 

Well, my sketch was up-side-down though, but why not play along!?

I had been having some difficulties printing on watercolor paper again, then I realized, I wasn't using the same kind of watercolor paper! So I got a pad of them, and what do you know! My stubborn printer likes this paper! 

So I was able to print this gorgeous castle image that I got from A Day for Daisies, colored it with Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Wisteria Wonder, and Smoky Slate Stampin' Reinkers. The bushes were colored with the mixture of Pool Party and Daffodil Delight, don't they make a pretty green!? The background was very lightly colored with Soft Sky. (I realized later that blue sky didn't make sense with the stars in the sky...LOL)

"Make a Wish" 

Because it's a birthday card, also fairy tales are all about dreams and wishes coming true, right? Just perfect ;-) A little sparkle was added with my lovely glitter pen. 

I really didn't want to disturb the beauty of this castle image, but it needed just a little more sparkles...so what do we add? Sequins! Those tiny iridescent sequins make this whole card so magical :-) and a few tiny silver stars won't distract the design either, right ;-)

My notes...

Stamp: Where Dreams Come True (A Day for Daisies), Count The Stars (My Favorite Things)

Paper: Pool Party, Watercolor Paper

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Wisteria Wonder, Smoky Slate, Soft Sky Stampin' Reinkers, Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen

Accessory: Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

Tool: Die-namics Stars and Wishes, Blueprint 15 (My Favorite Things)

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More Challenges!

Hello there, lovelies!

My little challenge patrol Nina found me some more fun challenges, and 2 of them gave me an idea so I decided to play along with both of them!

This super simple sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch seemed too simple first...

And this color combo from House of Cards looked too bold for me.....

BUT.....

Together, they made the perfect pair! 

I stamped the stars from Avery Elle Look Up set with Versamark, heat embossed with the Black Stampin' Emboss Powder, then watercolored in Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, and Real Red.

I die cut the sentiment in Basic Black and Whisper White, layered them slightly off from each layer so that 2 pieces of Basic Black are easily visible as a shadow. I painted the top layer with the Glitter Pen.

So there you have it, with the simple sketch and the bold color scheme, they balanced each other and made such a fun card! 

My notes...

Stamp: Look Up (Avery Elle)

Paper: Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Basic Black, Watercolor Paper

Ink: Versamark, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, and Real Red Stampin' Ink Refills, Water

Tool: Heat Tool, Black Stampin' Emboss Powder, The Big, The Bold, and Party Cutaway (Winnie & Walter), Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Pen, Paint Brush

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Hope you enjoyed it!