2017 Calendar – March

There is so much usually going on in March that I can’t decide what to do but this year, Easter is in April and I didn’t want to do a shamrock. With the encouragement of my hubby I started looking outside the box and he suggested kites. Kites!!! We don’t have kites! I thought. I looked through the catalog one more time and behold!! We have kites in Swirly Bird! They are beautiful kites.

My tip would be use the Stamp-A-Majig when stamping the kites. Even though the stamps are Photopolymer it’s still a little challenging. I wanted my kites to be perfect! They came close.

To create the sky I used the Tree Builder punch, punched the cloud and then sponged. Start at the top and use a dauber and sponge off the edge of the cloud. Continue moving sideways and down. It will create a beautiful sky. You can do it as much or little as you want. The more you do the darker your sky is. Leave more space between the sponging, the lighter and fluffier the sky. Practice and have fun with it. Its amazing they all look great and I saw over 60 of them.

Stamp the strings and bows before attaching the kites. I used a dimensional for the center kite.