I said yesterday that I’d been waiting to do a class before using the Watercolor Wishes card kit but after I pulled it out and started playing with the sentiments, I began wondering about what would be left over after making the cards. It’s odd – I have a lot of stamping stuff (just ask my kitchen table!) but I like to reuse things  – do you feel the same? Here’s my first left over card from the kit

I’m guessing that you’re wondering how I got the frame? The kit has a number of frames that are stickers but to ensure that the edges of a sticker isn’t white (I assume) the colour goes further than necessary. So I got out a pair of paper snips and quickly and easily trimmed the navy to create a skinny frame. I first stamped the sentiment in watermelon wonder on a notecard and then stuck the frame down. The ribbon isn’t from the kit and is actually white cotton ribbon that I coloured using the middle coloured blendability (retired) pen. On the way to me is the night of navy seam binding ribbon so that I can make more cards with products that are available –  just a simple bow did the trick. The wooden heart is an extra from the kit (there are quite a lot of wooden elements remaining after you make the kit up to the instructions) as is the sequin. The envelope is lined with the 2015-2017 in colours DSP stack and the medium sized envelope liner framelit.

I’m going to make up more cards with the leftovers and using minimal extra supplies to show that for $35 for the kit, $6 for 20 notecards and $7 for the seam binding ribbon and not much else, you can make 40 cards. That’s a pretty awesome value per card and shows that you don’t need to have masses of supplies. In fact, if you buy those products from me and add just one more thing to go over the $50 mark (I’d suggest an embellishment or maybe watermelon wonder ribbon) you’d hit the monthly goal and would get a thank you card and the It’s My Party enamel dots from me.

See you tomorrow,

Liz