You Had Me at Hello

Colored Cuttles?  Sure.  With a few watercolor crayons and an embossed image, you can doll things up with color.  To kick things off, I used Tempting Turquoise card stock, scored on the side.  I added some paper piercing to the corners.  A layer of Green Galore, embossed with Swiss Dots kicks out a textured banner.

Birds and Swirls dresses up the Whisper White card stock.  Using Stampin' Up!'s Watercolor Wonder Crayons, I added color to the raised images.  TIP:   Concentrate color toward the middle of the larger objects, otherwise you risk going over the edges. TIP:  A blender pen makes moving the color to the edges easy work and provides a watercolored finish.  I cropped out the main image and the two progressively larger Scalloped Circles using Nestabilities Circles.

The "hello" sentiment is from Fundamental Phrases.  I hail this stamps set as the "little black dress" of sentiments.  Pretty much everything you need.  I used Only Orange for the sentiment and popped it out with a Small Oval Punch, followed by a Large Oval Punch in Green Galore.  A couple Green Galore Brads give some polish and Stampin' Dimensionals wrap things up.  "You say 'good bye' and I say 'hello.'"

Hugs and Pretties . . . .Mary

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Stamp Sets:  Fundamental Phrases
Paper:  Tempting Turquoise, Green Galore, Gable Green
Ink:  Only Orange
Cool Tools:  Large and Small Oval Punches, Paper Piercer and Template (Crafter's Tool Kit), Cuttlebug, Nestabilities Circles
The Perfect Touch:  Green Galore Brads (Bold Brights), Blender Pen, Watercolor Wonder Crayons (Bold Brights), Stampin' Dimensionals, Cuttlebug Embossing Folders (Swiss Dots, Birds and Swirls)