Easter Blessings Chalkboard Technique

Happy Easter!! Christ is risen from the dead. Have a great day celebrating what Easter is and spending time with your families.
 Every once in a while I will come across a new technique or card that I really want to try. The chalkboard technique is one of them. I really like how it looks. There are many samples of how to do this technique on the internet. I looked at a few videos of how it was done, but then decided to make one with my own ideas in mind.
 Not all chalk is white. Due to this reason, I used colored watercolor pencils along with the white. Keep in mind though that you do not use water with the watercolor pencils for this technique. I also knew I wanted to somehow add the cross to make it look like it was part of the Easter Blessings saying. I am happy with the results of how that turned out. Probably the biggest thing that I wasn't quite as happy with is the fact that the colors come out dark. The reason is because of the black cardstock. All in all I love it. I would definitely do it again too. You can use other cardstock besides black to do this technique. Remember, not all chalkboards are black.

To make this card you will need daffodil delight and basic black cardstock. A big shot, the framed tulips and lacy brocade embossing folders. Watercolor pencils and white craft ink. White embossing powder and a heat gun. A stampin' sponge. An elegant butterfly and bitty butterfly punch. Lastly, a rhinestone basic jewel.

If you have any questions or comments, please ask or tell me. I will gladly try to answer them.
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Another Triple Time Stamping Card

Here is my second attempt at triple time stamping. If you have never tried it you need to give it a shot. It is a very fun and simple card to make. Once again, you can click here to see the tutorial on how to make one.

This card was created using rich razzleberry and naturals white cardstock. Classic ink rich razzleberry and elegant eggplant. The stamp sets are Fabulous Florets and Tiny Tags. Tools used, a Big Shot, vintage wallpaper textured embossing folder, the elegant butterfly punch, and the jewelry tag punch. Finally, for the embellishments a ribbon slide, which is retired, rhinestone basic jewels, dazzling diamonds stampin' glitter, and 3/8" pink pirouette taffeta ribbon.

Have a wonderful day. Thank you for stopping by my blog. You can always leave a comment if you would like.

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The Open Sea Triple Time Stamping

Welcome bloggers. Today, I am sharing with you a fun technique called triple time stamping. This is a fast, simple technique that turns out very elegant and classy. I got the instructions to make this card from here. The lady that shares this video makes learning this very easy.
I had seen a card on Pinterest made with this technique using the stamp set "The Open Sea." I love this stamp set because of how versatile it is. Of course, I did not want to case the card I had seen because I like the cards I make to be my creations and not someone elses.

I used night of navy and naturals white cardstock. For classic ink I used basic gray, night of navy, cherry cobbler, and early espresso. The only embellishments I used is the cherry cobbler baker's twine and a basic gray neutrals designer button. All products are Stampin' Up! 
I have another card I am going to share with you in another post that I used this same technique, but with a different stamp set and different colors.
If you haven't already tried this technique you should. It is a lot of fun! Leave a comment and tell me what you think.

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Watercolor with Fabulous Florets 4

This is the last card in my watercolor fabulous florets class. I think this one is probably my favorite. I just love the look that the "en francais" stamp gives. To me it gives a card a certain elegance about it. It may be my opinion only on it though.

For this card I used all Stampin' Up! products, as usual. I used the stamp sets fabulous florets, en francais and word play. The card stock colors used are melon mambo, whisper white, and watercolor paper. Tools used are aqua painters along with the classic stamp pads.
It is fun working with the water color technique. This one is probably one of the messier ways to do it, but not very messy at all really.
Thanks for stopping by and visiting my blog. Please leave a comment and in that comment tell me what is your favorite type of water coloring technique. I would also love to know out of the 4 cards which one was your favorite.

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Watercolor with Fabulous Florets

I looked at my blog about three days ago and was surprised to see how time had quickly passed since the last time I had posted. I am sorry. I try to post at least once a week. I would love to post more often, but it is hard because I work outside of the home also. I don't always have time to make a paper craft creation or I am tired and don't want to do it.
This is the first card in my Fabulous Florets Water Color Class. At this class I am going to be using different tools to create watercolor cards. There are quite a few different ways you can watercolor. You will have to take the class to find out a few of them.

For this card I used the Fabulous Florets stamp set (123025) found in the summer mini catalog. I also used the Beyond the Garden designer series paper (122342), which is also found in the summer mini catalog. I love this stamp set. I guess I just love to color. You can have so much fun because you can play using different colors over and over and end up with a different look every time.
I will be making three more cards in the near future for this class, as well as, a birthday card for my mom, and a Father's Day card for my husband. So be watching for these to be posted.
Thanks for looking and tell me what you think by leaving a comment.

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