Watercolor Shamrocks

Since I was out of time, I needed another set of cards that were quick and easy.  I took a sheet of watercolor paper and a set of Stampin Up Watercolor Wonder crayons.  After the page dried, I stamped all over it using Distress Ink peeled paint and studio g stamps.  I punched three hearts to make the Shamrocks and used a sticker from Stampendous to add some bling.  For the stem of the Shamrock, I just cut a piece of the paper by hand.  I like dimension on my cards, so I used foam tape under the Shamrocks.  Now, all my cards are done and hopefully arrive on time!

St. Patrick's Day card

As usual, I'm running late getting my cards out.  I needed to make St. Patty's Day cards in a hurry so I can mail them this morning and hope they get to their destinations on time.  This was so easy, I quickly made five of these cards.  I used antique linen distress ink on a block stamp for the background and used a studio g shamrock stamp with peeled paint distress ink.  I then put a gold sticker from Stampendous in the middle . . . done!

Birthday tree

This picture doesn't do this card justice.  I'll try to upload a better picture later.  My Dad is turning 80 this week and this is the card I made for him.  It s was made on glossy paper.  I used a Magenta tree stamp.  I love trees and leaves and this is one of my favorite tree/leaf stamp.  After I stamped the tree, I took a white crayon and highlighted some of the leaves and branches.  Then, I took several Distress Ink pads:  gathered twigs, festive berries, ripe persimmon, peeled paint and spiced marmalade with a dauber and dabbed some of the ink on and around the tree.  After it dried a little, I wiped the wax from the crayon off with a tissue and kind of buffed the whole image.  This makes the whole card pop.  I used a Printworks collection stamp for the word Dad and used the same technique.  

Watercolor Crayons

This is one of my favorite watercolor crayon cards.  I made it using Lyra watercolor crayons and watercolor paper, then cut out the hearts from the paper.  

Watercolor Crayons

Love, love, love watercolor crayons!  So easy to work with and you can quickly create a background to  make really quick and simple cards!  These two cards were made with Lyra watercolor crayons.

Watercolor Crayons