Candlelight Garden Stamp of the Month

December 1st marks the start of a new month and a new stamp of the month.   Candlelight Garden is a pretty stamp set and a great opportunity to play with the new watercolors set and paintbrushes!  I was a little anxious at first, I haven't used watercolors since grade school!  A little practice was in order, so I stamped 4 of the flower and jar images onto watercolor paper with black archival ink and let them dry. Then it was time to play!

I selected the best of the of my practice images for the card.  I liked the flowers in this one although I was a bit heavy handed with the blue on the jar.  To create the card, I selected a pattern from the Wishes card making book and cut the top piece at 5"x 3".  The green B&T paper is from the Kaleidoscope Paper Pack and is cut at 5 1/2" x  3 1/2". I added in a Pixie cardstock cut at 6 1/4" x 4 1/4" and the card base B&T (from the Kaleidoscope Paper Pack) is 5" x 7".  I inked the edges with Pear, Pixie and Gypsy inks.  

The sentiment is stamped with Gypsy ink and mounted on Gypsy paper.  I wrapped Whisper Thick Twine around the bottom 3 layers and popped the top layer with 3D foam tape.  Three sparkles from the Clear Sparkles Assortment finish the card.  Candlelight Garden is a charming set for a thank you or friendship card.

Candlelight Garden