Watering the Paper Garden

September's stamp of the month is Paper Gardens.  This stamp set is most certainly worth the full value of $17.95 if you don't need to place an order this month - but it's a steal at $5 with a $50 order.  I've used it with the new watercolors in these cards.  To make these, I painted the watercolors on the new watercolor paper, then let it dry for 2 days.  I used black, new England ivy and sapphire with the stamps, and they all worked just fine.  I pressed hard for several seconds before lifting the stamp.

 

Sailing

Would you guess this was the Nevermore paper pack?  I just love the gear paper!  I added Lagoon and Pacifica to make it nautical.  This page has 12 photos on it, plus a journaling spot.  And one of those photos is an 8X8!

Cave Men

This month's featured kit is Nevermore.  It's the Halloween kit, but I have no need of Halloween layouts this year.  We are doing Halloween treat bag toppers on the 24th, if you are interested! 
But I do love the gear paper in this pack and the steam punk stamp set - Steampunk Scoundrels.

My first layout with the paper pack is of our trip to Cathedral Caverns.  The new Saffron colored paper goes so well with the yellow clay photos.  This layout is missing my photos, as I don't have them all printed yet.  But bats in a cave?  How cooler can you get?  See the two gears on the far right corner of the right page?  That's the Boo stamp, with the B off the edge of the paper.  The gears can be found on the Artiste cartridge, pages 38 and 39.

Treat bags at the September card class

No cards at the September card class on Thursday the 24th!  Come make some Halloween treat toppers instead.  $5 for 3 toppers, or free if you purchase one of the two featured stamp sets.  Additional toppers can be made and purchased for $1 each.  Candy is not included.  I will be making the pieces to the toppers during the crop on Saturday the 12th.  You are welcome to make toppers during the crop as well - same offer applies!

 

 

Featured stamp sets are only $10 each!