Miss You Jack

I just have a quick minute, but want to share. Last night I got the opportunity to sit for about an hour by myself, so I decided to make a card that's been sitting in my mind for a while. It uses sitting Jack from our Smeared Ink "Jack" set, and a saying from our "Carnies" set.


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The cardstock is all Stampin' Up, and I started by stamping and embossing my background images, then filling the music notes with blue shimmery powder. I was super inspired by Aletha from our S&S forum, so I made Jack into three separate dimensions. I stamped him with stazon, then watercolored him for our Smeared & Smudged Guest DT Watercolor Challenge that was posted by Jennifer.

I used different inks to make the background colors on the card, and then just simply layered stuff, made my tag, and added ribbon and hardware. Finally at the end, I covered the tag, Jack's eyes, and lips with Crystal Effects to make them glossy. The card is a little more subtle and pretty than I usually make, but I hope you enjoy it!

*31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN 2010*

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CLUE#3: YOU'LL FIND THE HIDDEN IMAGE IN A POST FROM THE MONTH KNOWN FOR ITS SHOWERS. THIS PUNKY EIGHTIES GAL WOULD LOVE TO ADD A WITCH HAT TO HER FASHION STATEMENT!

Zombie Mail Parchment Set

Today is Thursday, which means Cajun Stampin Queen and I have gotten together to bring you a theme. So far this month we've been featuring themes that revolve around certain things, so today we decided to feature a technique instead-watercoloring.

It's been a really, REALLY long time since I've pulled out my watercolors; in fact I think it's been close to a year or maybe more. I'm not used to doing it anymore, but I was pleasantly happy with the outcome of my project.

Do you remember way back when, I posted a lunchbox and a couple of other items that I had found at the consignment shop? If not, check out my altered lunchbox post. One of the items was a pack of vintage parchment paper in a box, and it had six envelopes and lots of sheets of parchment that were already slightly discolored, stiff, and pretty old looking. They were great! Well, the box found its way into my closet and never left, until now.

I doubt that when Eaton's made this set they intended it to be overrun with zombies, but that's what happened! To make my stationary ensemble, I stamped my Third Coast zombie using stazon on both envelopes and papers. Then I just watercolored away with a brush and my watercolor crayons! It was a very relaxing project to work on. I'm not used to having so little control over how the colors blend, like I said, I'm no watercoloring expert, but I enjoyed mixing the shades and seeing how it all blended. Other than a few muddled spots, I think it turned out pretty neat.


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And since the paper was already distressed, my work was easy! I ended up with six envelopes and 18 sheets of paper, ready to deliver a frightening letter! I can't wait to use these, and maybe make some more as gifts. Of course, I'll have to find more parchment sets, but I still have one lying in wait.

So now it's your turn; your challenge if you choose to accept it, is to show off one of your watercolored stamp projects. Link to it in a comment under this post to get 5 Blog Candy entries. Don't remember what the blog candy is? Use the link in my sidebar to take a lookie. If you don't want to watercolor, but still want an entry, leave me a comment and tell me what you think! See you all tomorrow.