Watercoloring Pears

Well, it's Monday again. Back to the rat race. I didn't have any time to stamp this past week and it's wore me down!

Like most of you, I stamp to release tension and stress. Where is all of my tension and stress going if it's not getting released stamping? I think it's settled in my neck and head!!!! LOL. Today I have a quick dr. appt. and then I'm hoping to put some ink to paper...finally!

How was everyone's weekend? Did you get alot done? I didn't get anything done since we had basketball all weekend. I didn't even take any pictures over the weekend because on Saturday I forgot my battery at home, and on Sunday, I shot a few videos of the game instead.

Anyway, enough whining, right? You are thinking to yourself, 'girl, pull yourself up by the bootstraps and quit whining!' I was thinking that too, so no need for all of you gals to think it too. Enough is enough!

Onto to today's card. I absolutely love this new SU set! I love to watercolor, and this set is perfect for that. The elements all look great together, yet each stamp looks fabulous on it's own too. I loved how I used the berry branches right along with the pear on the main image. And I used the flower stamp in the set for the main background, which I stamped directly onto a piece of Old Olive cardstock. The edges of the card were distressed and darkened using more Old Olive ink.

I used watercolor crayons to color the main image. On the pear I used a combination of a few different shades of green and some gold too. I was trying to achieve making the pear look like it was well into the process of ripening. I'm not that great at watercoloring, but for this card, I thought I did ok. I love the dimension that shading brings to an image. If I ever hope to buy Copic markers, I had better practice up on my coloring!

This weekend we will be traveling to Rochester, MN for Youngest Son's basketball tournament. I know they have a Hobby Lobby there, so I am hoping they will have some Copics on hand that I can buy so I can give them a try finally. Does anyone reading my blog live in Rochester? If so, can you let me know if the HL there sells Copics? Also, are there any other scrapbook/stamp stores that are still open in that area that I need to go to? Please leave me a comment with names/locations if you know of something.

Also, can someone tell me where they buy cd cases to store their clear stamps? I have purchased them before at Target, but they are the ones designed to hold a cd. Is that what all of you use too? Please let me know!

Have a great day!

Hugs,
Amy