Good Morning! I am super-de-duper excited as John, Milo and I going to see Hannah for her last "Parents Weekend"….our Red Caboose is graduating from college this year ~ wowzers, that is hard to believe!

She is super excited as the girls (she has an apartment on Campus with 3 other great girls) are having all of the other parents over for a dinner….James laughed at that as I was cooking all last night to bring (2) different yummy soups and the other Moms are chiming in to! It will be a fun time!

I thank you for so many wonderful comments yesterday. I was so happy that you enjoyed that card so I changed my plan for today's post to give you another super easy card that I used the watercoloring with the Aqua Painters and I thought I would share with you some answers to your comments.

You know me, I am a simple stamper. I often am asked how do you even start a project?

That is easy, I pick the stamp set and then just let it roll! I hope that the bullet points I have for you will help answer any questions you have, but please do not hesitate to email me if you need further help!

• You can never go wrong with a great single stamp! This one is stellar as you can see how you can easily "mask off" the sentiment and use a different one!

• I used the aqua painter again, but if you are more comfortable with the markers or the blender pens….I say – GO FOR IT….I just like the softness and artistic look the aqua painter gives.

• I use the NEW Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad – this is SUPER but I do recommend that you also purchase the refill as you do need to refill it to keep that great coverage.

• Using the Sahara Sand around the focal part makes an INSTANT POP! I wish that you could hold tis card in your hand as it is so pretty on person…..sometimes it is hard to make a picture show the fun!

• I like to use the green glue to adhere the vases….love the "wiggle" it gives!

• Again, using the aqua painter, I went to town quickly to color in the flowers! To get the deeper effect, I simply went over it twice.Can you see how the sahara sand makes the flowers POP forward.

• The candy dots are a perfect accent for a simple card…..I do not use them a bunch but when I do, it is simple – I SMILE. Having "basics" like this helps to bring a project together!

• You know how I feel about custom envelopes...LOVE THEM and the envelope punch board makes us look great each and every time – please feel free to reach out to me if you need help with how this works….I know that when I first purchased it I found it to be fustrating, but it is lie riding a bike, when you get it….you've got it!

I was asked yesterday how I mail the card that had the pearls? Well, 2 ways – an easy way is to take a piece of paper and run it thru the Big Shot and then place that over top as a cover or purchase some super thin foam sheets from Amazon, I find it to be very handy!

I know that I shared with you that I was going to show you a Christmas Card….no worries, you'll see it – I switched it up so you can see again how the Sahara Sand and Aqua Painters work!

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Hit that SHOP NOW button and shop away! Until tomorrow ~ it's the weekend – time for the 2 day post! Please POP back to meet Mr. Snowman!

Many thanks for your time, I truly appreciate you!

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