Watercolored Reason to Smile

While I had my watercolor wonder crayons out for yesterday's card, I decided that assorted daisies would make a fun card.  I love bright gerbera daisies, they remind me of my wedding almost 10 years ago!  My flowers were assorted bright flowers, but the most prominent of those flowers were bold gerbera daisies. 

I stamped the daisy from the Reason to Smile several times as well as the congrats stamp from Sassy Salutations with my Basic Black ink pad.  I then scribbled some color from the brights collection of watercolor wonder crayons over the flowers and then blended the color with my aquapainter.  I layered this onto black and then onto my Regal Rose card base.  This is a simple card with just a couple of layers, but I think it turned out fun.

Reason to Smile Solo Daisy

Here's another idea with the promotional Reason to Smile set.  I've made a bunch of different cards with this set, but all have just used ink pads for the color (something that I do a lot of).  This time I decided to pull out my watercolor wonder crayons and aquapainter and give those a try again.  I really do like the watercolor wonder crayons, I just find that the majority of my stamps are bold and don't need to be colored in. Anyway, I stamped the daisy in black and then watercolored it, adding a little bit of very watered down blue around the edges of the stamp for a bit of a shadow.  I layered it onto Marina Mist and tied some black 1/8" taffeta ribbon around it, then layered it onto some black card stock.  The blue designer series paper comes from the Polka Dot Parade pack and is layered on some white that I punched with the scallop edge punch.  Finally, everything is mounted on my Wild Wasabi card base that I (surprise) textured with the polka dot embossing folder.  Have you watercolored lately?

Fresh Flowers

Are you ready for another card idea using the promotional Reason to Smile stamp set?  Today's card is based on a this week's sketch challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches.  I wanted my color palette to be bright and fresh, so I chose Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, and Wisteria Wonder.  I used the polka dot textured impressions folder to emboss the dots on the card base.  The pattern papers come from the 2011-2013 In Color Patterns designer series paper stack.  I used the For You stamp from Itty Bitty Banners and cut it out with the Bitty Banners framelits in my Big Shot.  Finally, I tied a bit of Wisteria Wonder ruffled ribbon around the card to finish it off.  Hope you enjoy!  If you haven't participated in a sketch challenge before, give one a try.  I find that they are a great way to get the creative juices flowing without taking a bunch of time to come up with just the right layout for a card.

Smile Flowers

Daffodil Delight is one of my favorite colors.  I love how bright and cheery this shade of yellow is.  Today is a beautiful sunny day so this card just fits for today's post.  This is another card that I made with the new Reason to Smile set.  Have you ordered it yet?  It's only $5 this month with a $50 purchase--contact me today to order!

I used Pool Party, Certainly Celery, and Daffodil Delight--colors from a past color challenge.  The ribbon is the Pool Party seam binding ribbon.  I punched the greeting (from Sassy Salutations) with the decorative label punch and then sponged a bit of celery around the edges.

Navy Olive Flowers

Do you remember my pink and black bicycle card from a couple of weeks ago?  Well, this card uses the same layout, just different colors and different stamps.  I love how cards can have a whole new look by switching around a few elements.  I combined Old Olive and Night of Navy for this clean and simple floral card.  The flower images come from the Reason to Smile set (get it for only $5 with a $50 purchase THIS MONTH ONLY)!  My greeting comes from Sassy Salutations and is stamped on a bit of olive patterns dsp.  I've tied a piece of white stitched grosgrain around the first layer to go along with my bottom layer that I textured with the polka dots embossing folder. 

Coral Crumb Daisies

Today's color challenge on splitcoast is to combine Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake, and White.  I LOVE these two together!  I used the new Reason to Smile set (only $5 this month with a $50 order).  I do have to admit that I just opened my Calypso Coral ink pad.  I can't believe that I haven't opened it sooner.  I guess I've used the card stock and markers, but not the ink--perhaps I didn't realize what I was missing!  That's one thing that I love about color challenges, it encourages me to put together colors that I wouldn't otherwise and it gets me using some of my less-used colors.  This is a simple card to make.  Just stamp the daisies, layer on some coral card stock, add a strip of coral punched with the scallop edge punch and a bit of my favorite patterns designer series paper.  The ribbon I tied around the base of the card is actually some that I got for free during Sale-a-Bration.  Finally, I added the thank you greeting from Embellished Events and punched it out with the bitty banners framelits on my big shot.

Rich Colored Blossoms

Have you heard about the promotion Stampin' Up! is having this month?  There is a fun set that you can get for only $5 (with a $50 purchase) and it is available THIS MONTH ONLY!  Hurry and place an order so you can get the Reason to Smile set to add to your collection.  Here is a flyer with the images that are in the set.  You can get it in either clear or wood for only $5.

Since this set is on special right now, I'll show you several cards using it over the next several days.  This first card uses Cherry Cobbler, Cajun Craze, Baja Breeze, and Basic Black.  These colors are so rich together.  I combined them for a color challenge a few weeks ago and I love the results on this card.  I tied a bit of scalloped Cherry Cobbler ribbon around the top couple of layers and that is it!  Hope you enjoy the ideas with this set!