My post title is starting to sound like a title of a movie sequel! But yes, I’ve been playing with the Watercolor Wishes set again and I pulled out the Happy Patterns Decorative Masks also. I’m sad that these are retiring rather than having more of them coming out because I’m only just started playing with them.

This is another notecard and I used the masks and sponge daubers to make the background. I used pear pizzazz, so saffron and wisteria wonder and just dabbed away pretty much randomly, ensuring that the colours merged in the change from one to another. I was going to just do a strip of the colour but it was too much fun and I decided to cover the whole card. And then, because I had the daubers and inks out, I did the flap of the envelope as well.

Since I’d covered the entire card with pattern, I wanted to keep it very simple for the sentiment and just stamped it in wisteria wonder directly onto the card. I used the 2 way glue pen, also retiring 🙁 to add the leftover heart. I really like the layers of colours in the wooden heart.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

I’m continuing in my goal to create 20 notecards with the Watercolor Wishes kit leftovers. This one isn’t strictly using leftovers, in fact, it’s not using kit leftovers at all it IS using up ribbon from the about to retire in-colors! Also I wanted a card to send to a friend of mine and she loves orange and gold.

Actually I wanted to demonstrate that it’s possible to make very different cards with the kit and just a few extras. The stencil that I used is one of four that comes in Happy Patterns Decorative Masks and is only $6. I’m sure that the idea to do this came to me because there are a lot of stencilled card bases in the kit. So I started this card by cutting a circle in a piece of scrap and then used post it tape to anchor the circle and mask (or two masks really) and the card to my grid paper. I think a picture may be worth 1000 words here!

I used a dauber to dab on the tangelo twist ink going darker in the centre and fading towards the edges. Then I stamped the image on another piece of scrap in tangelo twist and punched it out with a 1 3/4″ punch. Since I had my circles collection out (to make the circle mask) I cut a circle of tangelo twist cardstock to mat the sentiment. Of course the circles aren’t essential – you could use any punch/framelit that you have handy. Since this card is for Jacquie, it needs some gold – and on the table right in front of me was the gold glimmer tape from Sale-a-bration. Perfect I added a piece of that to end under the circles which I then popped up with dimensionals. I’m pleased about using up some of the ribbon since not only is the ribbon retired, the colour itself has less than 2 months to go!

After I’d cleaned the mask, I looked at the envelope and decided to do more sponging!

I did the same as on the card front (but fuller strength) and then shifted the mask slightly and used it as a guide to add a rough stripe of gold using the wink of Stella. I like the shimmer this adds and I hope Jacquie does too.

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