Chicken Coop and Spring Florals by Jami Steiger

 

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Happy watercolor weekend! I love pastel spring colors, and I had so much fun making my cards this month.

 I applied the same method to each card. I started by stamping with Tombow markers 565 and 969. Then, I stamped off once onto a scrap piece of watercolor paper and painted all four cards using the same markers. For the chicken coop, I stamped various items from the set onto watercolor paper and painted them with markers. After everything was painted, I die-cut the pieces. I used the polka dot paper from 6009, Basic Green paper pack, for the grass. I utilized various dies from my collection to add details to the card. Once all the die cuts were glued down or popped up, I added some tiny rhinestones to the flowers. This stamp set is so cute, and I adore the tiny chicks!

Tombow markers used for all of the cards are as follows:
969, 992, 565, 025, 623, 723, 195, 817, 401, 491, 177, and 636

 

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For my next three cards, I used the 5918 Floral Long Stem Bouquet Set. 

The first step I took was to create masks for each of the stamps so I could position them where I wanted without the flowers overlapping. Next, I determined how far apart I wanted the flowers and used masking tape to cover the line indicating where I wanted the flowers to stop. I stamped each flower bouquet and painted them. After painting and removing the masking tape, I cut scraps of paper from the teal paper pack and glued them down. I cut a strip of black cardstock approximately 1/4 inch wide and placed that over the gingham paper. Each card features a unique detail. For the "Love you, friend" card, I created a shadow around the flowers on the right side using a pale blue marker and added white dots with Dr. Ph Martin's Bleed Proof White. For "sending hugs," I added a shadow around all of the flowers using marker 969. Finally, for "happy little moments," I splattered the card with a green marker after covering the flowers with the masks I had made earlier and glued tiny rhinestones onto some of the flowers.

 

Thank you all for spending your time with me. I hope you enjoy the rest of your day! If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.