Framed Flowers

 Morning.

Today I am playing with some 'new to me' Yupo paper and Distress inks.  Any day I get to play with inks is a good day and I have never used Yupo before.  I was mesmerized with it and how it takes colour.  For those of you that are not familiar with Yupo, it is a synthetic plastic paper that you can create amazing patterns and designs with.  It does have a mind of it's own and the inks flow wherever they want to go.
So here's what I did to create my card.

The background is a piece of Yupo that I coloured using Distress inks.  I rubbed the inks onto my non-stick craft mat, sprayed with a generous amount of water and dragged the paper through the ink.  The ink flowed where it wanted to go and the water helped push the colour in some areas.  You must be patient and let this paper dry on it's own because using a heat gun will melt and warp your paper.  I also discovered that if you put too much wetness and colour on this paper, it will never dry and you may have to dab some of the ink off with a paper towel.  

I die-cut the flowers from Memory Box and painted them using Memento markers scribbled on my acrylic block.  Just a tip:  if you want to stamp onto the Yupo over ink you must use a permanent ink or it will smear.  

I cut a frame using a die from MFT and framed the flowers after gluing them to the background.

I love the simple, clean and simple look.

 Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS- SILHOUETTE

Simon Says- MAKE FOR THE BORDER

Addicted to Stamps and More- MAKE YOUR MARK

Allsorts Challenge- FABULOUS FLORALS

Moving Along with the Times- CLEAN and SIMPLE

Thanks so very much for all your most kind comments and coming by to take a look.

I appreciate you!

Supplies:  dies- MFT, Memory Box/ inks- Distress, Memento markers/ paint brush/ Yupo paper/ non-stick craft mat