I created this card with my son's teacher in mind. It is Teacher Appreciation Week and I wanted to show her my appreciation for helping my son succeed in school. He is Autistic and nonverbal so this is an extra special Thank You.

I stamped the city scape twice on the 5 1/2" side. I then used a chalk marker to fill in the windows and waited for it to dry. you can use a heat gun to speed this along. I then colored it in using the Watercolor Pencils (a must have!) with various Comic Book colors. The best part was adding the Watercolor Pen to enhance the color. It gave it that vibrant color so apparent in Comic Books. I was so excited that this technique worked and gave it that color I was looking for. I almost jumped up and down (like a superhero)! I triple stamped the WOW in stazon, Pacific Point and Real Red...offsetting each color. I then used the beam stamp and stamped the background. I used this for the Pacific Point and Real Red background as well. I created the faux black background by just using the Stampin' Up! Black Marker. The Superhero was fussy cut after I colored her in.

I love this card! You could use the same design and just turn around the word WOW to MOM and you have a card for this upcoming Sunday...which is Mother's Day.

As always, please leave your comments. I love reading them. Have a great Stamping Day!

Eastern Palace Suite

Today May 1st is an opportunity to preorder this set from the New Catalog, that hasn't been relesed yet! What?, you say? Yep, this kit is being open TODAY. I absolutely love it. So many options with the dies, I haven' even explored all of them yet.

The colors used are Dapper Denim, Tranquil Tide(New) and Fresh Fig (New). The Tranquil Tide and Fresh Fig are part of the 2017-2019 In Colors that will be in the New Catalog (that hasn't been released yet) and you can order starting today! I used the Copper embossing powder for the stamping. This stamp set has so many options. I have a few more ideas that I will be sharing throughout the month. The pieces of card stock behind are 1/4" wide. I lined them up and used the paper snips to make it flush with the Night of Navy cardstock. The pieces that are cut out in the design are 3/4" wide. I temporary taped to a white piece of paper to hold the pieces together and cut. The white piece behind this is our Glimmer White paper. I rounded the corners and taped on another piece of Fresh Fig. Let me know your thoughts :)