I am madly in love with the wonderful images which Anita Jeram has created for the Colorado Craft Company. The set which I am using for Cathy's challenge is called Birthday Wishes and, although I didn't use them for my one-layer card, also has dies. I'm sure I'll be using the images along with the dies sooner than later.
I used a base of the Heavy Whisper White and then stamped my images on regular Whisper White cardstock. While I like the regular Whisper White, it isn't the best for watercolouring. I found it really soaked up the colour and, for a very anxious half hour, I though that it would never dry to a smooth finish. It is, however, a very bright white, and I think the colours show up brilliantly, don't you?
As I said, I kept this to a single layer on my base. I didn't use a matte to keep the scene dominant, rather than have competition with a bright surrounding colour. I like the results. The sentiment, rabbit holding the balloon and hamster jumping up from the tree stump are all by Anita Jeram. The tree stump, however, is from the Craft Consortium's Little Fawn and Friends series of stamps. I think it works together with the other stamps quite perfectly, don't you?
Have fun checking out our Watercooler Wednesday Challenge and I hope you'll link your creation before the deadline on Monday, May 31st, 2021.
I've also entered my card in the following challenges:
AAA Birthday: Game #25 - Happy Birthday (Happy 2nd Birthday)
Simon Says Monday Challenge Blog - Four legged friends
NBUS Challenge #26 - Never Before Used Shtuff
PCC427 - Theme Challenge (#SimpleStamping)
Adorable! Love the sweet images and how you've placed them to tell a story. Thanks for playing at AAA Birthday, hope to see you join in with future challenges too. Stay safe and keep crafting!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute. I love the AJ line, also. [Bunny]
ReplyDeleteLove this card Heidi. Beautiful design and water colouring.
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun birthday scene Heidi, these critters are adorable and beautifully coloured, Cathy x
ReplyDeleteI love that you let your sweet scene and beautiful watercoloring be the star of the show, Heidi, without any frame to distract from those cute Anita Jeram critters! The colors really are brilliant against that bright white. Thank you for sharing with everyone at NBUS! Hugs, Darnell
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely scene en beautifully colored! Thanks for joining our AAA Birthday challenge!
ReplyDeleteAwww I love this stamp! And beautifully colored with watercolor. I find it very difficult. But you did a great job, your card is very sweet. Thank you for sharing your beautiful creation at AAA Birthday and good luck! Valérie DT
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely the !!CUTEST!! card! TFS
ReplyDeleteWhat fun Heidi! I love these wonderful images and your card uses them perfectly in this sweet little scene!! Stay safe. :)
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