The Watercolor Wishes kit is amazing. It’s $35 for a kit that includes the supplies to make 20 cards and includes a 12 piece stamp set. I bought 20 notecards for $6 and have been busy making cards with the remnants. Or mostly remnants. Today I made a watercolor-like background using a plastic envelope and a reinker in night of navy. You could use the mini ink pad that came in the kit if that’s all you have. I dropped some night of navy ink onto the plastic and then spritzed it with water a few times. I smeared that onto some scrap paper and then onto my notecard. It produced a lovely background of a paler periwinkle type blue and if you’re missing an area, just smear it where you like. After it was dry, I added the crushed curry banner that’s leftover after you’ve made the kit and a piece of the washi tape.
Then I stamped the sentiment in crushed curry that is in the Watercolor Wishes kit – it’s one of 12 sentiments and the typeface is great. I cut it out with one of the (retiring) oval framelits but the next largest made too big of a frame. So I cut out the same size in crushed curry and night of navy and offset them. It definitely works – I’ll have to remember that trick. I popped the sentiment ovals up with dimensionals. Then I decided it needed just a little something and I remembered that the enamel dots from the Occasions catalogue are in crushed curry. Perfect! The envelope is lined using the retiring medium envelope framelits using the regals DSP stack.
I really like the stencils for making watercolour backgrounds but they are on the retiring list ( $3 for the happy patterns decorative masks) so I decided to go for something that doesn’t need a mask. But I’d add those $3 masks to your shopping list if I were you.
See you tomorrow,
Liz
Hi Liz, I really like what you are doing with the Watercolor Wishes set. I bought it also and made a gazillion cards from its supplies (Loaves and Fishes comes to mind!). I love the plastic envelope background-I’ll have to try that. I often offset shapes like you did. Sometimes I use 3 shapes and offset them together…I can get a little obsessive with balance, I guess! Thanks for sharing another great card.
Thanks Ann – I’m glad that you’re enjoying it, I know I’m having loads of fun with it. I’m so relieved it’s carrying over to the new catalogue. I’ll have to try offsetting 3 shapes one of these days – thanks for the idea. Liz x
Liz, I love your creative designs. I wish there are kits available for me to make those “designer” cards. 🙂
Stephanie, Thank you for your kind words. Whilst this kit isn’t available anymore, there are a number of new kits in the new catalog. Let me know if you’d like a catalog.
Sadly it’s not available anymore, but others kits are.