April 2010 SOTM Flower Pot - ready set. . . go see my artwork

Here are the cards I made with FLOWER POT stamp set:

(Available through April 30th 2010)

I painted the flowers and pots with a waterbrush and Close To My Heart's exclusive ink.  I LOVE painting with the water brush - it is so much fun AND its pretty easy to make it look good.  So good luck messing it up - thats pretty hard to do - I promise its REALLY easy!  ;-)

WANT TO LEARN HOW???  Click here then go to pages 8-9 to read the instructions and see great pictures of this technique right from the current online Idea Book. 

WANT TO BUY THIS SET?  SHOP HERE

Most importantly, HAVE FUN! 

BY THE WAY - I love the MY ORIGINALS card pattern book! I found the pattern for my cards in there. DO YOU WANT THE BOOK? Buy it here.

March Stamp of the Month

Here are the cards I made using the March Stamp of the Month. When I saw the set for the first time, I thought. . this has a little of everything! And guess what the name of the set is, "A Little Everything." True Story.Such a versatile set! Here is a thank you card. I made up the paper flower and I will post directions later on. So come back to check and leave comments.

Mother's Day Card (variation 1)

Who doesn't want to feel like a princess?

Mother's Day Card (Variation 2)

"Happy Day" Card. I thought this would be such a cute card for a wedding or bridal shower! I love the whole princess and the frog thing.

Here's a close up. The frog and all the princesses are "painted" with a waterbrush and it was SO MUCH FUN!

If you want more info on water brushing, leave a comment and let me know!

SUPPLIES:

* I used the Veranda Creative basics collection x5809 on all of the cards. Its comes with 12 double sided patterned papers (6 each of 2 designs) and 4 yards of creme brulee ribbon.

*STAMPS: March SOTM "A Little Everything" D1408

*Water Brush 1771

*STAMPS: Cottage Floral B1306 (I used this for the paper flowers)

*STAMPS: Happy Endings C1343 (frog and princess)

*StazOn Brown Ink Z1142 (you use this when you are going to paint an outline stamp with the waterbrush - it won't bleed like a waterbased ink would) Don't forget the special cleaner Z890