Do It Yourself Rainbow

Do you wish you had a rainbow pad once in awhile?  Here's a way to make rainbows of any color.  Start with your lightest color, and with Post-it Notes, mask off the rest of the card so you can sponge on the color.  Move your mask over as you darken the colors.  In stamp club, we tried it on glossy and on plain white cardstock.  You could also use Post-its on both sides of the section you are sponging if you want a more defined line.   I heat embossed the flowers first before sponging, and I am sorry the cute little ribbon doesn't show up well in the photo.   

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Happy Spring Card

Here's the last of April's stamp-a-stack cards.  I used in colors and the hostess set Fast and Fabulous.  I designed it as a multipurpose card, but I thought that it could double as an Easter card for anyone who wanted to make more than three.  I actually designed it awhile ago for a different stamp-a-stack, but I thought it was just too springy for our cold snowy winter.  So I held on to it and this was the month!

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New Stamps!

My order full of new cardstock, ink and stamps arrived Friday! Yesterday I was out of town so today I have been designing possible convention swap cards and working on Tuesday's stamp club projects. So many stamps, so little time :-) I realized recently when talking to a stamp club member that there are a few tools we have never used in club. So this month one of our projects will feature watercolor paper and an aqua painter. I am not a colorer so my club members don't get the opportunity too often. But this stamp set makes it easy to create a water colored project, and I have a feeling they will get the chance again soon.

I stamped the images with black StazOn and then touched the center of the flowers with a So Saffron marker. I then highlighted the edges of some of the flowers with my new In Color Poppy Parade marker. I used the aqua painter to pull and blend the color, but I found in order to get the bright color I wanted that it was necessary to pick up more color from the stamp pad lid.

Keep checking for projects made with my new goodies. Though I tried to show some restraint with my order, it came in two boxes... if that gives you any idea of how well that plan went!

Supplies:
Stamp Set: Fast and Fabulous
Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Poppy Parade, Watercolor paper
Ink: Black StazOn, Pear Pizzazz, Poppy Parade, Baja Breeze, So Saffron
Accessories: Aqua Painter

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