Country Morning

Good morning blog readers! Hope your week is going well. Mine just seems to be flying by already. I had a full weekend and it feels good to spend time in the office and also in my stamp room. I am lucky to have both in my home!

The card I am showing you today is created with the “Country Morning” stamp set. This stamp is a hostess set which means that you can earn it for free by hosting a workshop with $150 in sales. If you don’t have time for a workshop and have a wish list that totals $150 or more, this set can be added for free by placing an individual order on my website. Just a reminder, only a few weeks left until the new catalog debuts on July 1st. I will be posting the retiring list on June 1st.

My favorite technique is water coloring. I completed the details with my “Aqua Painter” and Stampin’ Up!’s “Watercolor Pencils”. Notice how I highlighted the outer edges of the circle and the bottoms of the bottles with a little bit of blue? This makes the whole project “pop” alive with color.

I added a leaf from the “Leaves #2 Original Die” and made my own impression of veins using my “Bone Folder”. I then used a “Sponge Dauber” and sponged the edge and added some color in the center using “Old Olive Classic Ink”.