Humming Along

One of the gifts my husband and I received at Christmas was an Amazon Echo Dot, so now I can out loud and I have somebody that will listen and respond…if I call Alexa’s name that is.  So we’ve asked for the weather report and to play music.  So I get to hum along….well, actually I sing along, but then I’d have to change the name of my post…and the name of the stamp set that you are going to get a sneak peak at today…..which is coincidentally called Humming Along!

This stamp set is one of the free stamp sets I received at Stampin’ Up!’s 30th Anniversary Convention in November, but I hadn’t used it yet as I was busy making Christmas cards  But I was looking for a stamp set that I could practice using my Aqua Painter and “water-coloring” skills and this fit the bill.  It has not one, but two stamps that are big enough to color and leave plenty of room for error!!  I also pulled out a cardstock and ink color that is retired, Peek-a-boo Peach,  because if I goofed up, I didn’t mind using up some of the ink and cardstock.

I did add little light brushstrokes on the background just to give it a little color.  But since the Very Vanilla cardstock is regular weight cardstock and not really meant for water coloring, I made sure that my aquapainter was on the “dry” side so the paper wouldn’t buckle.  I think embossing the paper to give it a linen texture helped too.  You can see the texture better here along with a hummingbird close-up.

It came out better than I thought it would.  I haven’t purchased the Hummingbird Framelit Dies….yet….but I will because as I stated earlier Watercolor paper is a heavier weight and my hand got tired fussy cutting it out!

If you’d like to make this card, this is what you’ll need:

• Humming Along Stamp set
• Peek-a-Boo Peach Cardstock – Cut 4 1/4” x 8 1/2” ; Scored at 5 1/2”
• Pear Pizzazz Cardstock – Cut 4” x 5 1/4”
• Very Vanilla Cardstock – Cut 3 7/8” x 5 1/8” and 5 1/4” x 4” (for inside)
• Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (for Very Vanilla)
• Watercolor Paper – Scraps for flower and hummingbird
• Aqua Painter
• Ink – Stazon Black, Peek-a-Boo Peach, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie

Hope your day is humming along smoothly!

Happy Stamping!
Patricia

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