C023 Watercoloring the MKP way

We had taken our girls to Disneyland in February, 2000.  I had the pleasure of meeting Mary Parker. She invited me and her friends into her house for an afternoon of stamping. It was so much fun! This is her recipe for watercoloring.

Cut two pieces of watercolor paper 4” x 4”.


Paint one panel with streaks of crayola paint using a wider paintbrush.  The one on the left is for my sunflower, the one on the right is for my background. 

For my sunflower, I used leaf green, bright yellow, turquoise and orange. When dry, stamp as much of the sunflower 09154.R page 166 on to the panel.

Highlight some areas with an orange pencil crayon. Pounce a 2 way glue pen in the center of the sunflower. Emboss with Crystal EP.


Paint the other piece with streaks of yellow, orange, mint and purple. This will be my background panel. When dry, over stamp with E.0253 page 171 using brown Vivid ink.


Cut yellow cardstock 5 x 10”. Fold in half. Set aside.


Cut out the sunflower. Sponge the edges with brown ink. Adhere to the bottom of the background panel. Trim edges. Sponge all edges with brown ink. Mount to mint then pumpkin cardstock. Adhere to the center of the card.

From my experience, do not use a no-name brand of paints. Their colors are just not bright enough. I have made many backgrounds using this technique. I have also used regular cardstock to paint on and it works just fine. Thanks again to MKP for showing me this technique!

M148 I Wish You

Brayered kaleidacolor on glossy carstock.



Sunflower 09.154.R page 166.


Phrase by Annette Allen Watkins.

C021 Pad-folio

These instructions were given to us by Marian. I do not have her last name marked anywhere but we have sure enjoyed making these. They make such a nice gift. This one was taught and done by my used -to -be stamping daughter, Glenyce.

Place a sheet of 81/2” x 11” cardstock in front of you with the 81/2” on the right and left for the directions.

From the left side, mark a score line at 5/8”, 7/8” and 6”. From the top right corner, mark down to 31/2” and up to the 6” score line. Cut this away. You can cut this on a curve or straight, whatever you want. Score at ½” at the bottom, right across the 11”. Cut away the ½” up to the 6” score line only.

Fold all the score lines to the outside. Glue the 5/8” lip on to the back of a 5” x 8” writing tablet. Fold the last piece to the inside to form a pocket for important papers. Glue the bottom 1/2" lip to close the pocket.

Now you are ready to stamp and decorate the front. Glenyce used black Memories ink with the sunflower #09154.R page 166 and leaves #09180.M page 202 on Pumpkin cardstock. Phrase is by Stampendous. She coloured with pencil crayons.





You can see that I stuck a little flyer in the pocket to show you what the inside looks like.

The last photo is what the back looks like. As you can see, only the 5/8" flap is glued to the writting tablet.

First taught this class on September 19, 2001.