Inspired by Nature

This was one of the projects that we did at my home class last week on watercolouring. We stamped directly on the stamp with Elegant Eggplant, Chocolate Chip and Old Olive watercolour crayons & then misted lightly with a water spray bottle. The original design was created by Jacque Pedersen.

Stamp sets: Inspired by Nature, Best Yet, Friendly Words (jumbo wheel)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive, Very Vanilla
Other: Cutter tool, spritzer, Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, 1/2" circle punch, dimensionals, water colour crayons & Old Olive Marker, sponge

Shelli's card from Convention

This was one of my favourite cards demoed at convention by none other that SU! co-founder & CEO Shelli Gardner.

I must admit I went to my first poppin' pastels class at my upline's a few months ago & just loved the technique - it certainly wowed me.

So thought I'd like to repeat the experience for my class attendees & thought immediately of this card - like Shelli I've dyed the white ribbon from Dress Up originals with coffee - very scrummy.

Stamp set: Friends 24-7, Friendly Words Wheel
Ink: Versamark, Basic Brown, Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss
Paper: Pink Pirouette (textured), Kraft, Natural Ivories
Other: Pretties flower, rhinestone brad, Dress Up ribbon hand-dyed, blender pen, aquapainter, Stampin' Pastels, sponge daubers

Cutting dimensions
Pink Pirouette: I used 12x12" CS for the base & chopped of an inch to give 11x12"piece & then cut at 4" to give me 3 pieces of card per piece; final card 4 x 5.5"
Kraft: 3-½ x 5"
Natural Ivories: 3-½ x 4-¾"