Creative Chaos

Hello and Welcome

Happy Easter.  Glad I some time to play today.  

The title of this card describes my 'crafting time' perfectly.....I get moments here and there to create and it is therapy but a lot of times that leaves my desk in chaos.

So onto my card details.

I began with a piece of acetate, rubbed on some Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick and Carved Pumpkin DOX and sprayed with some water.  I pressed that onto my heavy white cardstock.  

When that was dry, I placed it into my Misti, stamped the flower with black and then clear heat embossed it as I knew I wanted to watercolour the flower head and didn't want the black ink to bleed. 

Using some more DOX inks in the same colours, I rubbed the ink directly onto my non-stick craft mat and picked up the paint with a wet paintbrush to fill in the flower.

Leaving the piece in my Misti, I stamped the grid and circles with more Carved Pumpkin.

I added some stenciling using the Happy Dots (love that stencil for adding a bokeh look to bkgs.) and the Simple Grid from A Colorful Life Designs.

I had some ink left on my mat so I used that to add some splatters then stamped and embossed the sentiment.

I mounted it all onto a plain white card base.

Here are the stencils I used:

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- SPRING MOD BOARD

Addicted to Stamps and More- MAKE YOUR MARK

Use Your Stuff- EASTER/ SPRING

Craft Stamper Magazine- TAKE IT, MAKE IT STAMPED

Supplies

Stamps- Creative Chaos (Visible Image); Wanderlust (Studio Light); 

Patio Stone (Designs by Ryn)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; DOX- Carved Pumpkin, Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); stencils- A Colorful Life Designs;

non-stick craft mat (Ranger); paintbrush; makeup brush