Eyeballs and Olives - Day 12!

Hi friends!

Today is Memorial Day and soon,

my son and I will head to the V.A. Cemetary

to place flags on the graves of those that served in the Armed Forces.

It's always an sight to look back at the rows upon rows of flags ~

memorable indeed!

 

Today's cards are from Day 12 at Spring Online Card Camp

with the hilarious Laura-Fadora!

Speaking of funny,  my son saw my pile of shapes and asked me

"why did you make so many eyeballs and olives?!"

:)

 While that wasn't what I was going for, now I can't unsee it ~ ROFL!

This class was a lot of beautiful geometric shapes for our cards ~

something I don't own a lot of in smaller sets,

so I thought outside the box.

My cards are triple layers of shapes - one circles and one wonky rectangles.

For the first card, I used the wonky rounded rectangle dies

and since this is heading to my sister-in-law, who served 12 years in the Army,

I chose red, white and blue as the colors.

For the second card, I went with a few of the layered circles
(the eyeballs and olives, hee hee!)
and created a floral/color wheel pattern.
I still have so many left over, I'll definitely try this again :)

 

                                                  Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly 

 Card entered to:  Word Art Wednesday - AG
Simon Says Stamp - circles 

Watercolor Fun!*

Hi everyone!

I am absolutely, head-over-heels IN LOVE 

with the watercolor look on cards!

I just swoon every time I see them and love the new trend :)

My gallery is brimming with pinned watercolor cards to try,

and this past weekend, I 'dove in' and water-colored!

*squeals!*

 

 Recently, there has been a lot of flutter of the new

 Recollections Color Splash watercolor crayons,

 available only at Michaels in store.

One of my card groups on SCS was chatting about them, 

and I was intriqued,

but would you believe I walked by them, picked them up, 

and put them back down three times!

Yep,  the 4th time was the charm, as I'm not normally one to follow fads

and am still using my old {repeat OLD!!!} SU watercolor crayons

and TH distress inks :)

My daughter insisted I treat myself and dropped them into my basket

while I'm hemmed and hawwed ~ true story! ~ and oh me, oh my!

Worth.  every.  penny!!

They are so luscious and rich, creamy and shimmery,

just a vivid pop of color with some pearlized shine - a gem, they are!
I have many sets of watercolor crayons and paints and even the pencils,

but what makes these so much fun is the bit of shine they have 

when you hold them into the light just so :)

While I can't link up to any sites for you, 

you can do a quick you-tube search for these.

I wanted to ink up the brand new stamp A Way with Words from

The Project Bin called Anchor's Away 

and thought it would be a perfect match for the serene, soft 'ocean-y'

background I was looking for.

The watercolor look is a perfect compliment to the nautical stamps ♥

 

It's hard to see the shimmer and I have much to learn :)

The only watercolor paper I had on hand is Strathmore

heavy weight watercolor paper, which did just fine.

I inked up two of the stamps in the set with Momento Tuxedo Black

after the watercolor had already set ... 

but, I did use a heat embossing tool to speed up the process :)

I added a few sparkly sequins just for good measure -

and while I do LOVE the final cards,

I've much to learn!

I think it's easier said than done,

 and I had an ball stamping and water-coloring!

  Remember - paper crafting and card making should always be FUN!

Use whatever you have one hand :)

I still tinker with my old watercolor crayons and ...

 I even get OLD SCHOOL with my kiddie paints - 

 {a whoppin' .10¢  at Office Max

during the summer clearance ... can't beat that!}

Be as creative as you want to be ~ 

enjoy the process, savor the journey ♥

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings! 

~Kelly