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Hello my stampy friends! Hope all is well!

I am here today to share my newest project for the brand new

ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE here at 7 KIDS! 

This time there is a twist-It must be spring!

I just got this new stamp from the 7Kids Store called The Sweet Sounds by Penny Black ! I thought these beautiful bluebirds would be perfect for a spring project. I stamped it onto a Prima WaterColor Tag with black Archival ink. I then stamped it again on regular copy paper and carefully cut it out. I used this as a mask when I made the sun rays.

 I made the sun rays with a stencil called Rays(Tim Holtz) and White Embossing Paste(Wendy Vecchi).   You can color this embossing paste with all kinds of things. (Here is a video showing Wendy Vecchi showing how to use her embossing pastes.) I used Sunshine Yellow Alcohol ink to color the paste for the sun. I put a glob of paste on my craft mat, then added the yellow ink and mixed it really well with my spatula. I  spread a thin layer of the colored embossing paste over the stencil and let it dry.

After the stenciled area was dry, I pulled the mask off of the bird image, and colored the image with watercolors. The background was colored with Ranger Distress Inks and water.

I added a pink doily and some other details.

Hope you like my tag AND I hope you will join us with our new

ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE starting today!

You could win a $25 gift certificate to the 7KIDS Store!

Thanks for stopping by!

Mackie

Stamp: The Sweet Sounds 40-329 (Penny Black)

Ink: Black Archival (Ranger)

Prima Watercolor Tag

Distress Inks:Broken China, Victorian Velvet, Gathered Twig

Stencil: Rays (Tim Holtz)

Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste

Sunshine Yellow Alcohol Ink (Ranger)

Modge Podge Adhesive

Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen

Twinkling H2O's Shimmering Watercolors