I tried to make my flowers two toned like some of the roses I have seen. Not sure this is my best, but I'm happy with the shadow around it. I used markers and a watercolor brush. 

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I have been teaching a Christmas Card making class at our park. I have pulled out all of my old Christmas stamps, dies and paper and in the process have been purging. I came across this snow globe set and thought it would be a little different shaker. I used a snowfall stencil with some white ink and then added some glitter glue. I love the different look of the Kraft cardstock for Christmas.

 

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I love the color choices this week. I used silver for my foliage and gray for flower details and sentiment. I like the way that they all look silver. A little out of my comfort zone but I'm happy with the results.

 

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What a great sketch this week. It is perfect for showcasing a large sentiment like this one from Taylored Expressions. I'm loving the way this card turned out and can't wait to try other color combinations and sentiments-even Christmas!

 

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I'm teaching a Christmas Card Class here in our park for the summer. I'm trying out different sketches with older stamps to make them look new! I love the colors of the dots in the background paper, so that is how I chose the colors for the elves clothing. It's a little out of my comfort zone, but I guess that is good.

 

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Such happy colors for this week. I chose a pieced paper background to showcase them. I recently got some white shimmer paper from "The Paper Cut" and I am loving it. It is so white and really did compliment the bright colors.

 

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I cannot believe that it is August already. Where has the time gone? I began teaching my card class and they wanted to work on Christmas cards, so I have been getting out my supplies, looking for ideas,etc. I am grateful that I follow this challenge each week. The sketches lend themselves to teaching cards that are doable for newer crafters.

I did some watercoloring last week and when I saw this sketch, I knew that one of my backgrounds could work. I'm loving the way this turned out. I used a butterfly which I had previously foiled and colored and it blended well with the background.