Tuesday, November 5, 2019

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

2 comments:

  1. This is just beautiful Sharon!! I love your watercoloring, so pretty and this image is so peaceful just like the sentiment!!

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  2. This is so gorgeous with the wonderful scene and pretty layout. The papers used are perfect for it too.

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