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Happy Friday! I have a super relaxing watercolor video for you today - and the real point of the video is that you don't have to put your fall-themed products away when spring comes! All you have to do is approach them with different colors.
I challenged myself to take this wondrous fall-themed cover plate I got this summer and take a look forward to spring and summer with it, just by using seasonal colors! It worked - it doesn't look fall-ish at all! In the video I list the Daniel Smith watercolor I used for each element.
I will say - my friend iamvics on Splitcoast helped me out with this card! Without even knowing it! She mentioned in a thread that there was a universal die cutting bundle you could use with any machine, and since I had been struggling with the right sandwiches for a few products, I decided to buy it for myself for Christmas and HOLY COW. It's solved all my problems, one of which is getting great cuts on my cold press watercolor paper with intricate dies like these. Every single element of the bundle is clearly labeled with what to use with what. For watercolor paper, use the normal die cutting sandwich but add a shim and it cuts that 140 lb. watercolor paper like a hot knife through butter! This was some of the best crafty money I've spent all year, so thank you so much my friend!
I fully intended to put this on white or black cardstock, but I grabbed a piece of this beautiful blue and felt like it looked like a springy sky, so that's my card base.
Don't put those seasonal products out to pasture at the end of the season - just get outside the color box!
I'm really hoping to take a few days away from the computer this week - I don't think I've had a day off all year - so I'm not sure I'll be back before 12/30, but if not - I hope you have an amazing holiday, whatever that looks like to you!
And if the holidays are stressful or bring unpleasant events to mind, I get it. Take some time to do something that brings you peace, and don't worry about what you are "supposed" to do. My dad died in December, and that was five days after a significantly stressful event, and that sort of trauma lasts a long time, so be kind to yourself. If you feel like doing nothing, do nothing. If you feel like doing something, do something. Life is short.
Here's the video - I hope you find it relaxing - I try to end every year with a relaxing video you can just enjoy without thinking too much about.
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