Do you follow my Papercraft With me Facebook page? If so you may have spotted a quick Live I did yesterday while creating a project using the Curved Occasions Stamp Set. It’s been months since I last pulled out my Watercolor Pencils. In fact if my product links are to be believed, I haven’t used them since last January! That really surprises me as they’re a quick and easy way to add colour, whether or not water is added. So as promised, here’s the finished “Miss you” card with instructions.

CURVED OCCASIONS SIMPLICITY

I started very simply when I chose the bouquet image from the Curved Occasions Stamp Set. Using Early Espresso ink I stamped the bouquet towards the top of a 2-3/4″ x 4″ piece of Very Vanilla Card. Having stamped the image I realised that I wanted to use it as my coordinating element. So also I stamped the bouquet onto the flap of a Very Vanilla Medium Envelope. Then I cut a 4″ x 5-1/4″ piece of Very Vanilla Card and stamped it across the bottom right corner.

Now all I had to do was colour in them in using pencils from the the Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2. For the flowers I used a combination of Coastal Cabana and Night of Navy. On the leaves and stems I began with Granny Apple Green and then added some Garden Green. That just left the tiny leaf/berry stems in the bouquet and for these I chose Cherry Cobbler.

To finish I coloured the bouquet wrappings using Crushed Curry followed by a little Cajun Craze, before completing the three bows in Night of Navy.

With the images done I used my Paper Trimmer to cut and score some Thick Very Vanilla Card. Then I folded the card along the scored line and sharpened the crease with a Bone Folder. Next I used Multipurpose Liquid Glue (Tombow) to fix the larger Very Vanilla layer on the inside. All I needed now was to assemble the card front.

However as I went to add the smaller Very Vanilla piece I realised something was missing. So it was back to the stamp set for the curved “miss you” sentiment. Then using Early Espresso ink I stamped it below the bouquet image.

Finally I cut a 2-7/8″ x 4-1/8″ piece of Basic Black Card and glued the Very Vanilla layer on top. Using Stampin’ Dimensionals I attached the assembled layers to the centre of the card front and at last my project was complete.

Today’s project is a perfect example of ‘less is more’, with a clean layout and simple colouring. I hope you like it.

PRODUCT LIST

BUNDLE BONUS – The Curved Occasions Stamp Set and coordinating Curved Label Punch (not used today) are available separately. However if you want both make sure to order them using the single ‘bundle’ item number. That way you’ll save 10% off the cost of buying them separately.