Peace . . . On Earth

     I have been itching to do some Ai Watercolor painting and I had a card due for the Sketch N Scrap design team. Even though I knew the proportions would be off, I decided to combine the two. 
     The Ai Watercolor Swing Set is my newest stamp set and I completed the project using the YouTube video. Of course my painting hardly even looks like the example. In fact, I did 3 of these and none of them looks the same - that would be impossible.

     I used this sketch by Heather Hall. You can see that the rectangle is now a square and I slanted the banner. 

Sketch #157 by Heather Hall

      When I went looking for patterned paper for this card, I immediately went for something in the old leftovers drawer. I have 4 or 5 old Christmas collections to pick from. This paper is three years old. I remember buying it to make gift card holders for a swap. My daughter and I both entered this swap. She made Silhouette Christmas purses and I did a tri-fold. Anyway ---- plenty of houndstooth and this red (that looks like a solid) to make 3 cards. Sad to say: there is still a healthy bit left including a plaid that is to die for. 

Inside of Card

     For the inside of the card, I had three Christmas Pine squares sitting on the table from cutting out the frame for the painting on the front. I love to use the scraps from the front of the card to design the inside of the card.

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: Carta Bella - Christmas Delivery

     Cardstock: Gina K - Christmas Pine

                                  Ivory

     Watercolor Paper

     Stamp: Ai Watercolor - Swing Set

                                       Cats Set

                                       Branches Set

                                       Foliage Set

                Gina K - Winter Cheer

     Markers: Marvy - 72 Pine Green

                               86 African Violet

                               28 English Red

                               40 Brownish Grey

                               45 Sepia

     Dies: Sizzix - Holiday Words (Script)

     Punch: Fiskars - Apron

     Embellies: Molotow - Masking Liquid

                     Paper Studio - Gemstones 4mm Pearls