Fall Fence Z-Card with Bugaboo Stamps!

Hello Autumn ~ Hello faithful PIPers!! Join us weekly for the Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge!! This weeks challenge is sponsored by
Bugaboo Stamps
so in entering you will have a great chance at winning some Crafty Goodness from their awesome stamp store!! Weeks ago you might recall my Owl Trio Bugaboo post?  Well !! !!  I made it to the craft store & finally finished my digi watercolor project I was so excited about :) 
 

I used only the FALL FENCE  stamp and a couple of sentiment stamps.  Admittedly this card took me hours!!  Now that I have all of the templates made though additional cards will be a breeze ~mostly! I trimmed some pieces for layering and used them like  I did the leaves in the pumpkin cameo above right. 

          

If you're interested in making your own or manipulating digital stamp images you can reference the following how to:

tracing close to the image with the selection
tool, this way if you add layers there's
no big white space or overlap



I decided to make several images from the original  copying  and pasting them to a new blank jpeg, using the selection tool to outline just the parts I wanted to single out.  If there were edges or lines where I didn't want them, I "painted" them white and put in new lines with black! Blowing it up big helps to see what you're doing too!

After I have my images cut out (I save each separately Never altering my original digi) I paste them to a word doc. This way I can make sure they print out the right sizes for my project.  I cram as many on a doc as possible because I have to use a full sheet of watercolor paper each time I print an image. NOTE: your printer may not print things that are too close to the edge of your paper so always print a "dummy" sheet on typing paper to be sure!! I use my dummy to print out the real thing & keep it in my file.

    

Not advertising for anyone, but the only kind of watercolor paper I've found that goes easily through my printer is this one!! As a bonus it is VERY inexpensive.  I am a complete watercolor novice but I don't notice any drop in project quality.  You may want a higher grade for your own projects but this works great for me (I have the higher quality which must be thicker because it will not go through my {ancient} printer)

Z-card Dimensions HERE

The back of the card, I left the moon mostly white as
a place for the senders note