Wednesday, May 21, 2014

A Watercolor Thank You

Taking the Online Watercolor class has been all kinds of fun and although this wasn't a project for that class, I still broke out the paints to make it. I added a marker border and messed up on the side, so I added a little flower there. I highly recommend the $25 class as it gives you all sorts of card making ideas with watercolor in great videos with a variety of talented teachers, including Tim Holtz and Jennifer McGuire, along with one of my faves, Kathy over at The Daily Marker.

This was the card at first and then I added bits to make it more personal for my aunts. I wonder if I should've kept it simple. Do you second-guess yourself like that?

 

Sending this to my husband's (and my) aunts, who are the best little (literally small) Italian women I know and who are always generous. My son and I got birthday cards with birthday money and I spent mine on crafty stuff if you can believe it. :)

 Off to watch some more watercolor videos and break out the paints again!

 Entering this in a linky party at a2z Scrapbooking Blog. They have a great shop on Etsy with tons of Hero Arts products. I've ordered and had great service and a great price! 

Happy Wednesday and only 6 more days of school for the kiddo—not that I'm counting or anything.
Chark

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10 comments:

  1. ThePurplePlaceMay 22, 2014 at 6:02 PM

    What a fabulous card! Thank you so much for sharing it in our Linky Party over at the a2z Scrapbooking BLog. We are very pleased to have you and hope you'll have fun shopping in the store. If you want to save a little extra you can use my Promo Code - LISAH15, which will save you 15% off of any order of $25 and up and you can use it more the once. We have lots of the new releases in stock now! Happy Shopping and Good Luck in the Drawing!

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    1. CharkMay 25, 2014 at 10:52 AM

      Thanks for the promo code, and the comment!

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  2. UnknownMay 23, 2014 at 10:28 PM

    Wow Char I love the combo of watercolors and the black stamp on this card. What a fun thank you:) And thank you for the positives about a2z scrapbooking:) I used to teach at St. Joesph Treatment Center in Dayton. I loved Dayton and miss it.
    Thanks for joining us at a2zscrapbookingblog.com linky party.
    Elizabeth Campau
    http://visionsofpaper.blogspot.com/

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    1. CharkMay 25, 2014 at 10:53 AM

      Thanks! Cool that you lived out this way, it's a great area and I wouldn't say anything good if I didn't mean it--Love your shop.

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  3. Barb GhigMay 24, 2014 at 4:07 PM

    I second guess myself all the time, but I think you made a great decision adding your clouds, star and sentiment to this card! Your water colored background is just beautiful, and the silhouette of flowers are just perfect!
    So happy that you chose to play along at the a2zScrapbooking Blog Linky Party...Good luck!

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    1. CharkMay 25, 2014 at 10:54 AM

      Thanks, Barb, I appreciate the feedback. Always hard for me to know when to quit!

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  4. ThePurplePlaceJune 1, 2014 at 7:12 PM

    Woohoo! Congratulations on being the Winner of the a2z Linky party!! I'm so excited for you and hope you have fun spending your gift card. Please visit our blog for the contact details and again -- Congratulations! :) http://a2zscrapbookingblog.com/2014/06/01/winner/

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  5. Barb GhigJune 2, 2014 at 2:03 AM

    Congrats on your win at the a2z Linky Party, Chark! I'm so happy you played along, and hope you enjoy perusing the store with your gift card!

    Hope to see one of your beautiful cards at our next Linky Party, too!

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I love hearing from my crafty friends!

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