Stamp-a-faire 2016 -- Part IV

After church today, Sage and I got everything packed for her week at camp.
Then, after lunch, we headed down to my craft area to complete the final three
challenges for Papertrey Ink's Stamp-a-faire 2016.

I wanted to make some cards for Sage today to take along with her to camp.
Every night before she goes to bed, I bless her by saying:
"The Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord protect you and smile on you,
the Lord be gracious to you and give you peace."
When she's away at camp, I like to write the blessing in a card
for her to open before she goes to bed, along with some questions
about her day and statements along the lines of me missing her.

We started with cards for Kay's Watercolour Like A Master Challenge:

I decided to use the leaves from my Songbirds stamp set to make my card.

I stamped the leaves in tropical teal, green parakeet, blueberry sky, enchanted evening,

orange zest, summer sunrise, pure poppy and berry sorbet.

I stamped my sentiment (from Simon Says Stamp's Big Scripty Sentiments)

in versafine onyx black.

Sage decided to use my Feathers Finery stamp set,

along with this colour combo:

Isn't it gorgeous?

She was so frustrated with her watercolour, but I thought it turned out amazing

-- especially considering it was her first time using this technique!

She stamped the sentiment from Graceful Greetings.

I was inspired by her using the feathers, so I had to try it, too.

I used this colour combo, but I swapped berry sorbet for the pink

and added simply chartreuse:

My feathers got a little hard to see after the watercoloring, 

so I restamped them over top.

I stamped the sentiment from Walk By Faith.

Next, we tackled Lexi's Colour Blocking Challenge:

I scored my cardstock, created a mask for each rectangle with post-it notes

and blended ink onto each quadrant.

Then, using my Colour Pop Butterflies stencil, I stencilled the large butterfly

in each section and stamped coordinating stamps over top.

I stamped the sentiment and blended ink onto the "happy" diecut

before adhering it to my card.

Sage decided to make a birthday card for her dad.

She really enjoyed learning how to ink blend this weekend, so 

I helped her score her card and showed her how to mask the sections

for ink blending.

She diecut the cows from On the Farm from black cardstock 

and stamped her sentiment (also from On the Farm.)

And lastly, we did Heather's Pointillism Play Challenge:

I don't have a lot of PTI outline stamps, so I chose to make 

a fun Foxy card for Sage.

I have to say, this was probably my least favourite technique for the weekend!

It was just so fussy!

I stamped the tent from Summer Camp and the Foxy fox in versafine onyx black

and heat embossed them in clear.

Then, using some tiny circle stamp stamps, I coloured them in.

The sentiment is from Winter Woods.

Sage had a brilliant idea with hers:

She made a Calico cat so she didn't have to fill him in completely!

She smudged a little near the top, so I suggested she stencil the sun 

over top.

The sentiment is from Wet Paint.

Well, I knew I would have a great time participating in Stamp-a-Faire 2016

and I was totally right!

I thought Sage might make a card or two, but I was thrilled when she

spent so much time stamping with me and ended up making seven cards!

Thanks for looking!

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