CCMC160 and CRU#40

This card takes care of 2 challenges--Create with Connie and Mary sketch and color challenge from Color Roundup.  There is just something about this chair and flower image from Cherish Friendship that really gets to me.  Kind of a nostalgic feeling.

Thanks for stopping by!
Carol

PPA100 and Sketch Frenzy Friday

Pals Paper Arts is celebrating their 100th challenge this week.  The challenge is to use your favorite technique.  I never really thought about what my favorite technique is but I do know that I love to watercolor.  So that is what I went with.  I  stamped the bowl of cherries from Cherish Friendship with Stazon onto watercolor paper.  I often use whisper white for my images but watercolor paper really does work better, I think. I use a variety of mediums for watercoloring.  For this card I used watercolor pencils and markers with a blender pen.

The sketch for my card comes from Sketch Frenzy Friday.  Love the simplicity of this sketch.  My dsp is from a retired 6x6 pad.

Thanks for looking!
Carol
  

PPA97 Cherish Friendship

I got new toys today!!!  I've been waiting patiently (?) for this all week. 

The PPA challenge for this week is to use your signature style.  Well that was an easy decision for me.  I love Clean and Simple style in my design and I also love to color my images.  Cherish Friendship (available on July 1) worked quite well for my card for this challenge. 
I used all but one of the new In Colors. I have to say I really like this year's new colors.  I liked the ones last year but this year--even better. I used mostly In Color markers to color the flowers. I also used the new lace border punch. It is almost impossible to see in the photo, but I put a circle of Calypso Coral behind the filligree brad on the sentiment banner.

I had fun with all the new stuff I used today. Thanks for looking!
Carol