Beth's Paper Cuts: New Decorated with Happiness bundle with some watercolor techniques

Today I thought I would work a bit with the new Decorated with Happiness bundle from the July to December mini catalog. I signed up for a swap with this stamp set, so I figure I will make several different cards with it and then choose one to use for the swap.

Since July is Watercolor month, I decided to use some watercolor techniques on my card.

I really like this set. It has a fun look, like it was drawn with a marker or brush pen. I like the images and the sentiments. The dies for this set are really great too! I like that there are dies to cut out all the images, but also so many more extra images too, such at the bell, which would be great for not only Christmas but also weddings.

I started by wetting down the watercolor paper, then stamped the background images in Parakeet Party, letting them bleed out a bit. After that layer dried I stamped the more detailed pine images on top in Shaded Spruce. I then sprayed the paper lightly with Stampin' Spritzers.

To make the ornaments I added some color to watercolor paper, then cut the ornaments out and swapped out the cut outs to give the ornaments multi colors.

I made a how to video for this card.

Here is another version that I made toned down a bit with less colors.

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