Good morning! I am so excited to be a stop on the hop celebrating the November release from Waffleflower Stamps! Today I’m sharing a card using the absolutely adorable Holiday Thanks set!
I love this set for a variety of reasons but one thing that I think is really neat is that if you stamp it on a vertical card base and crop out the Christmas tree it can work for any gift-giving occasion! As you can see I decided to go in a birthday direction with my bear! I stamped him onto watercolor cardstock with versafine and heat-embossed him with clear embossing powder. I also stamped the sentiment with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder.
I taped the panel to a hard board and then watercolored him using my Mijello Mission Gold watercolors! I actually painted him while I was at a craft retreat a few weeks ago so this was an exercise in trying to paint/focus while talking, laughing, and just being distracted in general. Ha. As a result, some of it isn’t quite as smooth as I would have liked but again, it was good practice surrounded by ridiculously talented crafters who intimidate the bejeezus out of me! 😉 I am looking forward to coloring this stamp again this month during the coloring challenge and putting more of a holiday twist on it! 😉
To celebrate this release, Waffleflower is giving away three $25 gift certificates! Leave comments on all the hop stops for the most chances to win! Leave a comment before 11:59pm ET on November 12th and the winners will be announced on the Waffleflower blog on November 14th. You should have arrived from Rebecca’s blog and Caly is your next stop!
Thanks so much for visiting and have an amazing day!
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I love your watercolored card! That bear is adorable.
Loving this stamp set and how you painted it so differently.
I always love your work–so beautiful!
Love your coloration!
Beautiful card!
Your card is awesome, Jess! I love that you made it an everyday themed card 🙂
I can’t wait to put this Big guy into my Christmas stocking, Jessica … you’ve made it impossible to resist!
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So cute. I like your watercoloring!
Such amazing coloring! I love this stamp set! What a great little scene
Love the white/gray bear.
A great stamp. Loved the water coloring and how you cut off the Christmas tree to make a birthday card. Thanks for sharing your talent.
I like how you shaded with purple. I have never tried that–only grey. Nice
Sweet little card, something different for a birthday!
Your subdued colors look great. I always enjoy your creations.
This stamp set is just so darn cute! I love that you water colored it “on the go”, I try to take stuff when I travel to work on but often just don’t have time to get to it. Great job!
I like that this stamp is long enough to use it different ways. I like the bear’s color in this card.
Awesome!
Beautiful color scheme going on here!
I love the way you color.
I LOVE this big sweet bear! TOO CUTE!
What a handsome bear he is….. Nicely done
This bear has stolen my heart! I like how you cropped out the tree to make it a birthday card. So cute!
What an adorable stamp set! Love your coloring and shading makes all the difference in the world! Awesome card! Thanks for sharing!
Super cute card, Jess, & a great idea using it as a bday card ! Love it!
I really like how you used this stamp in a vertical fashion. It is a pretty busy stamp and by using it vertically, you really put the emphasis on the bear. I love it! Love the soft coloring, too!
sweet card !!