This Birthday Piggy Flip Up Fun Fold

 Hello my friends! First, I'd like to thank those of you that came over to YouTube to watch my Live Stream. I'm so happy that it worked so smoothly unlike my Facebook Lives that keep glitching and freezing. So thank you! That was fun, and we will definitely do it again. 

Wanna catch the replay? 

Anyhoo, I love this layout/fun fold. It's not only easy, but it looks great and This Birthday Piggy set works perfectly with it. 

To color this image, I again pulled out my Watercolor Pencils Assortment2 and my Blender Pens. I LOVE the blending that I get with these two coloring tools together. During my last Facebook Live, we decided our Piggy's name was Wilbur and Wilbur looks GREAT in Flirty Flamingo pencil, don't you think? What is your go to coloring tools? Is it the Watercolor Pencils? Stampin' Blends? Watercolor with your ink pads or re-inkers? I'd love to know. Leave me a comment and let me know your favorite way to color your images?

Don't forget to grab your FREE downloadable PDF with all the measurements!

Happy Stamping.

Product List

This Birthday Piggy Cling Stamp Set (English) [159107] $23.00	Playful Piggy Dies [160254] $31.00	This Birthday Piggy Bundle (English) [162521] $48.50	Merry Merlot 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146979] $9.25	Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121043] $9.25
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.25	Neutrals 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159257] $12.00	Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad [101406] $10.00	Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2 [149014] $12.50	Blender Pens [102845] $12.00
Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $6.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.25

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No Line Watercolor with Blended Seasons

Hello and Happy Tuesday!Today is such an exciting day...I get to register for OnStage Live in Orlando for November! I can't explain just how excited I am to go. It will be my first ever event in person so, I'm over the moon with excitement as this is the 30 Year celebration so, I know it's a BIG deal, HUGE even. Anyhoo, I digress.

Today I want to share a card with you that I did over the weekend. I decided to play with the "no line watercolor" technique and was pleasantly surprised with the results. Of course, I am madly in love with the Blended Seasons stamp set so of course I reached for that. I firmly believe the reason I love this set so much is it's versatility. It's appropriate for any occasion, any time of the year. All you need to do is change up your color combinations and run with it. Here, I used the new Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2 collection, Balmy Blue, Granny Apple Green and Crushed Curry along with my Aqua Painters.

The trick here is to stamp the image using a light colored ink such as Sahara Sand using 2nd generation stamping and moisten the image before applying the color, but don't make it too wet (keep a paper towel handy to blot up excess water) then add color and blend out the colors with the Aqua Painter, and add more color where needed and blend again. Be sure to watch the video where I walk you through the steps.

The measurements for recreating this card are Balmy Blue CS card base 4.25" x 11" scored and folded at 5.5" Night of Navy CS panel 4" x 5.25" and Watercolor Paper 3.75" x 5". I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of Whisper White CS .75" wide and long enough to accommodate my sentiment using Night of Navy ink. I bannered one end and adhered it to the bottom left corner of the card.

This card was a lot of fun to do and really didn't take much time at all to complete. I truly hope this card encourages you to pull out those Watercolor pencils. Don't let them intimidate you and see how amazing they are to work with. I promise you will love them!
Happy Stamping,

Product List

Blended Seasons Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[149019]

$53.00

Blended Seasons Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[149016]

$39.00

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2

[149014]

$12.50

Balmy Blue 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146982]

$8.50

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100867]

$8.50

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

$5.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.75

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[147110]

$7.50

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad

[147117]

$7.50

Aqua Painters

[103954]

$17.00

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Paper Snips Scissors

[103579]

$10.00

Stampin' Up! Promo's and More Promo's!

Hello and Happy Tuesday! Well it's another hot one here in Central New York..not as bad as yesterday, but warm none the less.

Anyway, today I wanted to make sure you're aware of some really awesome things happening in the world of Stampin' Up! right now. As of July 1st, two really awesome promotions began and will be running until July 31st.

Promo #1 is the Buy 3 Get 1 Free Designer Series paper promotion. This one is very popular and everyone just waits every year for this one to come out because it's such an awesome opportunity to get your hands on and stock up on beautiful paper (and the Christmas DSP in the catalog is included in this so now's the time to stock up for your Christmas cards!)

Promo #2 is the incentive to join the Stampin' Up! family. For the entire month of July, new recruits can add an entire color family of ink pads to their starter kit for FREE! That is in addition to the $125 in product of your choice for only $99 with FREE shipping! This is truly an amazing deal and makes it the PERFECT time to join! And, once you join, you can still place another order and take advantage of the Buy 3 Get 1 Free at an additional 20% discount as a demonstrator!  If you would like to learn more about joining my team, click here. You should also know, that Stampin' Up! has a special Limited Edition release coming out in August that will run Aug. 1-31 while supplies last, however, as demonstrators we have early access to this now and new recruits can add this to their starter kit!

So, just one more reason to join the Kreative Heart Stampers NOW. Seriously, run, don't walk! I can promise, it won't last long and will never see August 31st!

If you have any questions regarding any of these amazing promotions, please let me know! I would love to answer them for you. If you would like to be among the first to know about amazing promotions being offered by Stampin' Up! and would like to receive awesome tutorials in your inbox, sign up for my newsletter here. In the meantime, Happy Stamping,
                          Katrina