Rainy Day

Hello. Hopping you had a great Easter weekend and have now adjusted back to the work week. We are bracing for the next round of snow. Wishing it was Spring and coming to grips that it will be very late this year. Thought I would work on a watercolor card today. The loose blending of colors is my favorite technique lately.

(Close-up to see the pearl.)

I used Tim Holtz watercolor paper today. His is my favorite because it is so white. I taped a piece down to my mat and spritzed it with water then used my Arteza brush pens to add my color. Hitting it with my heat gun between coats. I also used my Kuretake watercolors pearl color to add a bit of metallic to the wash. I dried it totally with my heat gun before stamping the Concord and 9th Hi There Bear set  in Versafine black ink. Then added some Nuvo Crystal Drops to look like rain. Finally I mounted it to a top fold 110lbs white note card. I will enter it in a few challenges. First up is the Less Is More Case challenge.

Below is the card we are CASEing.

Next up is the rain challenge over at Addicted to CAS.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge was Anything Goes.

And finally the AAA Cards challenge was to use our favorite technique. Watercolor for me!

Thanks for stopping by, Sue.

Transformation Tuesday #4

Hello, my transformation card was a wedding card that I made but was never quite happy with it.

This was my original card. The hearts were stamped with 4 colors. I felt it was to busy.

Today's card was stamped on PTI white cardstock with Soft Lilac ink. The "you" diecut is from Cutterbee and the heart stamp is from The Stamp Market. I used some dark plum cardstock to cut both the Love from Papertrey Ink and the six layers of die cuts under the word you. I am pleased with the transformation. Lol.

Thanks for stopping by, Sue.

On My Mind

Hey there. Just a quick CAS card tonight.

With my Distress Inks I followed the color palette from the Ellen Huston photo. I was thinking of the paint brush image and the fact I was using a paintbrush to create the blocks from the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #264. This was painted on a Tim Holtz watercolor paper and when dry, stamped with the greeting from Mondo Magnolia in Versafine black ink. Small greeting is from Papertrey Ink. The image below is from the Pin-Sights challenge on the CLASSroom blog.

Thanks for dropping by, Sue.

Sweet Dreams

Hello and happy Monday to you! I just got my first Pinkfresh stamp set the other day. Hoping it will be the first of many. I am liking their fun, funky design. I also found they have a monthly challenge. So I thought I would give it a go this month.

This is their inspiration photo. From it I took my color palette. The set I got is a baby set called Little Love.

I started with a tag cut from Papertrey Ink soft stone background paper. I stamped the elephant and greeting in Versafine black ink. I colored the images with colored pencils. Then went over them with Wink of Stella. The balloon also got a coat of Nuvo Crystal Glaze. Light pink stars were stamped in the background also. Star eyelet is from Stampin Up and twine is from Doodle Bug, I think. Tags is mounted with foam tape to a 110lbs white card base.

Thanks for stopping by, Sue.

March Blog Hop

Good morning, Papertrey Ink has a blog hop going today with the inspiration photo below as our challenge.

My card started with a Tim Holtz watercolor panel. I stamped the Peonies on Parade in Hibiscus Burst ink then started to water color them with Arteza Real Brush pens. The got way more orange than I intended. I masked the flowers and leaves as I stamped them. After they were all colored in I blended some blue ink around them. Spritz the panel with water to let the colors bleed a little. After the panel was completely dry I stamped the Scripted Sentiment in Versafine black ink and heat embossed it. Finally I added some crystal Nuvo drops and mounted the panel to an A2 card base.

I will also enter this in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday floral frenzy challenge.

Thanks for stopping by, Sue.

Soft Birthday Wishes

Hello, I was in a watercolor groove last night. This was my third card of the night.

Ink, cardstock and greeting stamp is all from Papertrey Ink. Greeting stamp set is Big Bold Wishes. Floral image is from Concord and 9th, Blooms Fill-In. I added some pearl paint in when I water colored the background on Tim Holtz watercolor paper.

The AAA Cards challenge was to cover only 1/3 of my card. So create will lots of white space.

The My Favorite Things color challenge

also fits my card.

Very, happy 4th birthday to Timeout Challenges!

Finally the My Favorite Things sketch challenge dictated my card layout. I decided this is my second favorite card I have created. Lol. Till a new one comes along. Thanks for stopping by, Sue.

Happily Ever After

Hey there! Have you ever made a card and thought this is my best card yet? Well that is the way I felt about this one. 

So if you hate it just turn away and please don't crush my feelings. I started with 110 lbs white cardstock and heat embossed the cake with Princess Gold embossing powder from Ranger. Stamp is from Concord and 9th, Happy Day. I then die cut it with the coordinating die and mounted it on white fun foam.  I then used a Tim Holtz watercolor paper and my Kuretake paints to make the loose, watercolor stripes. After the panel dried I used an very old Papertrey Ink set called Big Bold Wishes for the greeting also heat embossed. Mounted the watercolor panel to a white A2 card base and attached the cake adding a little gold thread for sparkle. I used the My Favorite Things color challenge for my palette.

Simon Says Stamp Floral Frenzy challenge.

Thanks for stopping by, Sue.