Do you remember that I went to a craft retreat in Ohio last October? Of course, I had so much fun hanging out with my craft squad for a few days. I rarely did crafting, though as I was so busy chatting with my friends. Hehe.. 🙂
While I was there, I was able to complete one piece of watercolor card. Yay!!! So proud of myself! FYI, this image is illustrated by my super talented friend, Suzy Plantamura.
For my coloring project, I borrowed some supplies from my friends: Simon Says Stamp’s succulent doodle print from Kathy Rachossin, Daniel Smith watercolors from Lydia Fidler, and Zen watercolor brush from Kristina Werner.
The earthy colors are not my go-to colors, but I enjoyed coloring the little succulents images. I love how my watercolor card turned out! What do you think?
*Note: This morning I accidentally published my draft post for the Pinkfresh Studio release blog hop. These 6 ladies were kind enough to leave a comment telling me about my mistake. No one blamed me for publishing an empty post. Thank you, ladies! As an apology, I’m giving away a prize pack valued at over $100.
$100 Prize Pack Giveaway
I’m giving away one prize pack valued at over $100 including new/old/used stamps, dies, embellishments from various companies. For a chance to win, leave a comment below telling me about your silly mistake you have made before.
I’ll announce one lucky winner on 2/6/2018. The winner will also receive a handmade card from me. 🙂
Susan Gonyo
Love your card, great job with color choices. I hate getting my card front done and then adhering to my card base the wrong way…upside down. Seems to happen when I am making lots of cards, for Christmas. Did it this year and the year before last.
Jan . 30 . 2018Heidi
Starting to talk while you’re in a story and you think your partner is standing next to you but it turns out be a complete stranger!
Jan . 29 . 2018Linda M.
Your card is so pretty! My silly mistake is that I wore two different colored shoes to work. I have the same shoes in black and navy, and when I arrived at work, I realized I had black on one foot and navy on the other. Got a good laugh out of that one—as did some of my co-workers!
Jan . 29 . 2018Karen McCoy
I think the succulents are very pretty. Love the colors you used. I invariably make a smudge on my card or envelope when I go back to add “just one more thing.”
Jan . 29 . 2018FeM
Your coloring is awesome. I enjoy reading your blog and watching your videos. I make a lot of silly mistakes and my granddaughter’s are always quick to point them out. Of course they remind me of how silly I am.
Jan . 29 . 2018Karthikha Uday
That’s a cool card 🙂 I’m not a fan of succulents, but your card is lovely 🙂
Jan . 29 . 2018And I did notice the mistake too, I’ve kept that post open on one of my browser tabs to keep checking for your updates 😀
Emma Hall
I usually put glue on the wrong side of something, rendering it useless, or back to front…oops!
Jan . 29 . 2018Brandi R
Beautiful succulents, May!
Oh boy….mistakes mistakes…I’m full of them. My most recent is really stupid….lol. Hubby and I argued over muffins. I kept telling him that he had to have had more than 1 of my orange cranberry muffins cause I only ate one and 3 were missing. Well, low and behold, the third one that was missing was in my hand and it just completely didn’t even register that before I grabbed it that only 2 were missing 😀
Jan . 29 . 2018Judy
I love your watercolored succulents, May! My silly mistake arrived today–a returned letter because I forgot to put a stamp on it. I think there will be a few more from that batch of outgoing mail that will be returned this week.
Jan . 29 . 2018smilynstef
I make at least one mistake every day … usually getting lost or turning the wrong way … I am seriously directionally challenge, so I always allow extra time to travel anywhere.
Jan . 29 . 2018Billie A
I love the colors you used for your card. Great look. I bet it was a fun time on your craft time away. I have made so many mistakes in the past. I think the biggest funniest ones was – I was applying for a new job (15 yrs ago) and I emailed my friend Karen re this and that I hope to get the job.. Well my supervisor was also named Karen.. need I say more..it went to the wrong Karen.. I was sure glad I got the job and dang we all three laughed about it later..
Jan . 29 . 2018Mona Harris
I just love water coloring. It would have been fun to be a fly on the wall at that retreat. Recognized some of my faves.
Jan . 29 . 2018LINDA WOOD
Beautiful coloring of the succulents, May. Coloring can be very relaxing. Mistake? Me? All. The. Time. Common mistake for me is mis-aligning one of the very last details of a card front. Argh!
Jan . 29 . 2018MelissaF
LOVE your gorgeous watercolor succulent card May, the earthy colors look awesome. My recent silly mistake was when I made a birthday card for a friend, sent it via regular mail even adding extra postage since the card had a bit of dimension. I was so proud of myself when I got it in the mail in time for her birthday. When I got home from dropping it at the post office, I saw the gift card on the kitchen counter that was supposed to go inside the card! Aargh! So, I made another quick card with the gift card, explaining my silly mistake.
Jan . 29 . 2018Pai
great coloring! the biggest silly mistake i made was booking plane tickets to orlando instead of tampa by mistake! oops!
Jan . 29 . 2018karen person
I would love to be able to just sit and watch all of you design. What talent! My mistake is always right at the end of a card, I invaribly get ink, glue or a smudge on my card. Very frustrating. 😉
Jan . 29 . 2018Carla Hundley
Fun story! Last summer, while
Jan . 29 . 2018archery shooting, I adjusted my
sight for a 40 yard shot. Then I
sighted in my target and shot my
bow. My arrow hit the sign on top
of the 30 yard target and knocked
it off as I was sighted in on the
wrong target! The sign looked to
have been hit before though. 🙂
Carla from Utah
Rubeena Ianigro
I hope I can join one of these awesome crafting retreats someday and color/stamp with you all!! I LOVE your card. it’s just beautiful. I make lots of silly mistakes…a recent one was uploading a video to IG story and not realizing I had the sound of a TV show on in the background LOL
Jan . 29 . 2018Dee Ann Matthews
I really like succulents- yours are gorgeous – thanks for showing how beautifully they can be with watercoloring!
Jan . 29 . 2018Urvi
Hi May. Your card is so soothing. Love all those colors. I don’t so much silly mistakes but sometimes when I am msg someone, I do send it to someone else by mistake and realise it after few min 🤔😆🤤. This have happened with me quite a few times and I am feeling so silly that time 😄😆. Thanks a lot for the chance of give away. And yes I love your instagram stories. They are fun.
Jan . 29 . 2018JmB
What a fun card. There are not enough lines here to list my “mistakes”, but I’ll tell ya, I have a habit of masking off parts of stamps, usually sentiments, then inking up and forgetting to take the mask off before stamping. I did this about a week ago…4 times in a row. It’s like I couldn’t stop! All in fun, right?
Jan . 29 . 2018Sue D
Love how you colored on this card–especially the turquoise pots. I make silly mistakes all the time–usually it is when I am too tired and don’t take the time to think.
Jan . 29 . 2018Gilda (McStamper)
Love your fabulous coloring and the colors you used are perfect. Thanks so much for a chance to win the great prize.
Jan . 29 . 2018Mary Holshouser
I tried to get to that post but eventually got to it through the Pink Fresh blog.
Jan . 29 . 2018No biggie.
Last month I made a sample card for my card class. I didn’t think it through
before I started and ended up making the front of the card one way, then you
had to turn the card a quarter turn to get the inside tto show correctly.
The background stamp on the front was not aligned with the way I wanted
to do the inside. Next time I’ll check before I start stamping.
Love the cactii. thanks for sharing.
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Denise Bryant
Love your cute card!
Jan . 29 . 2018I made a mistake just today…. my hubby was driving and I told him I needed to head to Rite Aid. I wondered why he was starting to turn the wrong way, when I really intended to tell him I needed to go to CVS. Not sure why I get the store names switched, but I do!