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Monday, July 9, 2018

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY

The challenge this month at CAS Mix-Up is to colour your die cuts.  I chose to watercolour mine.

I began by lightly stamping a striped background which was 4x5.25.  Then die cut the lower left area with my new Blossom die.  Here's how I did my watercolouring:

I die cut the flowers using a dryer sheet underneath my cardstock while I was cutting.  Then I used my Zigs for the colouring.  As you can see I have two extra coloured for more cards.  This was really an easy way to do colour as I didn't have fiddly little pieces to manage (and probably lose!).  Mounted the striped piece on a white card base, fitted the pieces in place, added the sentiment and done!!



Also am entering my card in The Paper Players "Celebrate" challenge and LaVon's Love challenge for July.

Thanks for stopping by today and also for your kind comments.



13 comments:

  1. Great idea to colour in the three at the same time. Love the soft striped background and the die cut flower is so beautiful, which you've coloured in the most beautiful way. Thank you for joining in the CAS Mix Up Challenge x.

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  2. Gorgeous card & great way to color little die cuts! The distressed stripes for the background are perfect, Betty!

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  3. Thanks for sharing your technique for die cutting and coloring Betty! - your flowers are just beautiful - love the orange with the blue stripes! thank you for sharing with us at CAS Mix Up! Julia xx

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  4. Beautiful watercolors on your flowers, Betty! Just love the striped background too!! I'd never heard of using a dryer sheet - will have to try it!

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  5. Betty... so love your new blossom die! The flowers look fabulous in peach on your pale blue background. Thank you so much for joining us for our 400th celebration at The Paper Players!

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  6. Love these soft stripes and the watercolor flowers, Betty! A beautiful combination of colors! Love the splatters too! Thanks so much for sharing this with us at CAS Mix Up!

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  7. Gorgeous colored die cut flowers, Betty. I do not use dryer sheets, but I have discovered the Press and Seal works great to keep the little die cut pieces from falling out. TFS your beauty and joining us at CAS Mix Up. Hugs...

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  8. beautifully colored Betty, and the stripes are fab.

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  9. This is such a pretty card Betty! The soft blue striped background is perfect with the pretty orange spray. Blue and orange ... awesome colour combination. And what a great way to die-cut and watercolour your flowers. I didn't know about using a dryer sheet. Thanks for sharing with us at CAS Mix Up! xx

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  10. Your flowers are so pretty, Betty! Beautiful watercoloring, and I love the subtle stripes in the background! I've never heard of using dryer sheets behind die cuts...great idea!

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  11. Beautiful card, Betty! Your watercoloring is gorgeous, and looks great on the striped background. Thanks for playing along with our 400th challenge at The Paper Players!

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  12. Such a pretty card! Thanks for the tips too!

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