It's Friday! Fun things happen on Fridays, right? When my daughters were little, we called it Fun Friday and planned special things for this day. It didn't necessarily involve going anywhere - we'd make ice cream sundaes for dinner, or play all their favorite board games. Other times, we'd get movies from our library and Brian would make his "famous" popcorn. One Christmas, knowing our Fun Friday tradition, my brother and sister-in-law got us a family scrapbook that had a variety of silly activities and fill-ins we could do together. It gives us lots of laughs now to page through it and see what the girls recorded 12+ years ago!
In the spirit of Fun Friday, I have a *bonus* sixth way to use the Peaceful Poppies Elements.
I watercolored three of the pieces from the included pre-printed watercolor sheets, using an Aquapainter, and Blackberry Bliss and Old Olive inks. The white embossed lines resist the applied ink and really stand out from the watercoloring!
Tip: to watercolor, squeeze a drop of ink from a bottle of re-inker into the lid of an ink pad. Fill the barrel of an Aqua Painter with water, then squeeze a few drops into the ink pad lid to dilute the ink. Pick up color with the Aqua Painter and apply to the Elements piece. I found it easier to watercolor first, then pop out the pieces. If you are uncomfortable watercoloring, practice on scrap watercolor paper first. You'll get more comfortable with it and enjoy the process!
I also used a black embossed circle and black embossed banner from the Elements Pack. The circle highlights and anchors the boquet of flowers while the banner is the perfect spot for my heat embossed sentiment (from Sending You Thoughts).
What I love about the Peaceful Poppies Elements:
- You get 4 paper mediums to work with (colored printed pieces, black embossed, vellum embossed, and watercolor embossed). The variety gives you many looks for just $6.50!
- You can use them as is (just punch out and adhere) or try techniques on them (like coloring with Stampin' Blends). Both ways look pretty!
- You can make a card without any stamping at all. This option is great when stamping somewhere other than your home (like while waiting for a child's practice to be over, or on vacation). Just add some card bases, smaller pieces of Desiger Series Paper, a spool of ribbon, and adhesive to a plastic bag - instant DIY stamp kit!
Check out more Elements ideas from this week's Live!
Remember, any order of $35 or more (before shipping and tax) receives the project kits to make both cards demo'd during Tuesday's Live! Use Host Code 349VN7VY and be sure to place your order by Midnight ET tonight!
You can find the project sheet here.
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