Hello "Tweet One"

I created this card to enter in two different challenges.
Usually don't do it this way but, this one was a perfect fit for both the March Card Chain Challenge and Paru's Card Making Challenge. 

The monthly CCC is wonderful fun. I try to play it every month.
Like most chain challenges, you sign up to send a card to the person whose name appears above you in the link.   Deborah Nolan aka hostess of Society of Stampaholics gives us guidelines within the challenges to apply to our card each month.  You are given 4 choices that include a palette of three colors, a card template, a technique or material and a theme.  You can choose to use only one or you can try to include more.  I think it is most fun to try to get all four into my card.  This month I used the color palette (deep fir, dusty teal and pale sage), the card sketch template, the theme of Spring or Friendship and watercolor paper for my entry.  The CCC is international with many cardmakers playing each month.  There is a random prize selection if your card reaches it's recipient by the last day of the month.
The second challenge I am entering is Paru's Card Making Challenge .  This month's challenge was to use masking and color. I used both to make this card.  My color for the card is my new favorite, watercolors.  The stamps I am using for my card, is a set I selected with the gift certificate from Winnie & Walter ,  I won the certificate in Paru's challenge in January.  Couldn't wait to show it off!

The first thing I did to create this card was to mask off the design using micro pore tape.  I then applied a watercolor wash. After removing the mask, I used the same color to add some striping across the entire bottom edge.  I put this aside to dry and repeated the masking process for my focal image.    

Winnie & Walter makes this a bit easier in that they have digital cut files available for many of their stamps.
I used the cut file for my set and my Silhouette to cut my masks from masking paper.  Of course,this could  also be done by fussy cutting a mask. Then it is only a matter of adding the image, sentiment and color to the little birds.

Last and most fun is to bring it all together. Added a bit of twine below the birds to anchor them and a few enamel hearts as finishing touches.

As always, thank you for dropping by.  Your comments questions or recommendations are very welcome.

Supplies:

W&W So Tweet	Kuretake Watercolor	SSS Stitched Circle Die	TH Distress Watercolor Paper	Ranger brushes	Masking Paper
micropore tape	Misti Stamp Tool

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Happy Valentine's Day 2016

This will be the first post on my new and improved blog! 
Previously I had a wordpress blog spot that for reasons unknown to me got corrupted. Once that happened and after many months of trying without success to retrieve my work, I have decided that I must start again. Here it the first post. My site is not a completed work, but I am anxious to post again.

My first post as it turns out will be Valentines Day card.   Appropriate because it is one of my favorite card making holidays. 
My card uses the Hero Arts January Kit.  I have started to get this monthly kit and so far I love it. 
Almost everything used on the card came with the kit. The only things I added were the arrow embellishment which I took from a cut file for the Silhouette "11pc Valentine Set" and the Lil' Inker Design "Stitched Rectangles" Die for my panel. My front panel was splattered with a watercolor to match the colors front the kit.
To create the shaker card.
1.  Die cut the front panel along with a identical panel from thin fun foam. 
2.  Attached the foam panel to the card with a strong tape like scor tape, outlining the edges of  the opening closely to avoid lost shaker bits. 
3.  Use the scor tape to outline the opening again on the outward facing foam panel.
4.  Add your shaker mix to the well created by the fun foam before exposing the sticky scor tape. 
5.  Attach the acrylic square to top of the opening.
6.  Finally, add the front panel.

Thanks for visiting my new blog!  I love questions and comments so feel free.  Also love to hear any suggestions you may have.

Hero Arts January Kit	Peerless Watercolor	Winnie & Walter WW002	Scor-Tape 1/4" Crafting Tape	Fun Foam
TH Distress Watercolor Paper	Lil Inkers Designs Dies

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