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If you follow me on FB or IG, you would have probably seen this yesterday. 

So Saturday, I had the pleasure of taking 2 classes from thee awesome Julie Ebersole!  After purchasing a bunch of new goodies from Impress, I knew I wanted to experiment with color.  One of the new stamp sets I bought was the Hero Arts, Stamp Your Own Succulents.

These cards were absolutely inspired by the Hero Arts Spring 2015 catalog.  The sentiments are from Paper Smooches Good Gab and Denim & Daisies.

This card was painted using THESE watercolors...yes, $4.99.  It was the first of the two cards that I worked on yesterday.  

I use these watercolors a lot...not a bad price for 36 colors.

Both cards measure 3.5x3.5 inches.  I love the small size and it makes the succulents POP....also they were initially going to be my boy's graduation thank you's...less space for him to write but I went with a completely different design.

Here's my second card that I made...

The difference in color is amazing, don't you agree?  The second card has colors that are definitely more vibrant.

Well, in Julie's class yesterday, I got to try out the Zig's and GAH, fell in love -->> I spent a good chunk of Sunday morning surfing the web for a good deal on the  Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker sets.   The searching {& cost of Zig's} made me remember that I had picked up a set of markers when I went to the Kinokuniya bookstore in the Seattle Uwajimaya.   It was with all the kids stationery so I totally wasn't necessarily thinking that I was going to love them.  I actually bought them for their calligraphy brush tip, to practice my calligraphy, not to color with!  Imagine my surprise when I tried out my $13.95 set and LOVED them.  Looks like you might be able to pick up a set from Amazon for as low as $8.  Does that mean I won't eventually end up with the Zig's...ah, you guys know me better than that!