Hope you have all had a wonderful week.

I cards to share with you this week. I have a bit of a soft spot for the Prima Jack and Jill Range, even though it's one of their older ones.. So i thought i'd use a little of it to make my cards. ( the Happy Birthday one is for Ash to give his Daddy for his birthday next week.)



I have made my background using Tim Holtz Distress Markers and a water brush. It's really easy to do. Here are some easy steps to make your own. We are wanting for it to look like it's been water coloured, so you dont have to be nice and neat.

1. Scribble you chosen background colour down directly onto your craft sheet.



2. Making sure your water brush is filled with water, and not to wet on the bristles, pick up your distress marker colour off your craft sheet and colour onto your card background. I dry inbetween each layer with my heat gun if i'm using more than one colour..





4.Add in your embelishments and greeting. I have fussy cut the little figures of Jack, Jill, and the other assorted images.. It takes a little bit of time, and is a bit fiddly, but i think they look so cute.



5. I have also used my distress markers to draw in a stitched border. I ended up adding in a stitched border with my sewing machine as well, I wanted a little bit more texture to it.


And you're done



Products Used:
Tim Holtz Distress Markers
Tim Holtz waterbrush
Prima Jack and Jill Birthday Paper - Jack
Prima Jack and Jill Paper - Easter Jill
Sn@p just the Basics pages
This is what i used for my grid paper card base.
The exact colour of Prima alphas stickers I used are sold out, but there are some gorgeous colours left like these ones

that is a great simple easy to do card Karen, which looks very effective - I love seeing what you girls can do without getting to complex with your techniques

Your cards are just soooooo super sweet, Karen. I love the Jack and Jill range...........just perfect for your cards.

I love this - it looks like watercolour paint - gorgoeus cards

Fabulous Karen! I was going through my papers this week trying to sort them and found some Jack and Jill paper. Guess what I am going to be doing with them! Thanks for the inspiration.

Thank so much ladies. Cheryl, way to go, please make sure you share your cards with us!

Really enjoyed the tute, that background is especially effective with those gorgeous papers.