April Showers

"April Showers bring May flowers."

Such a great time of year when nature emerges from it's sleep and all the green begins to appear again.

 then the colour of the flowers.  

Meet today's card.  I tried to depict the rainy showers in the background using a stencil and Bister.

I laid my stencil on my card front then sprinkles Bister over it.  Next, I sprayed with water lightly being sure to cover the whole stencil and removed it right away to help avoid the ink seeping under the stencil.  It left behind a lovely speckled, rainy feeling look.

When it was all dry, I stamped the flowers using Memento black ink and the sentiment.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS- SHOWERS

Simon Says- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG

The Mixed Media- FLOWERS

The Sisterhood of Crafters- APRIL SHOWERS

Happy Little Stampers- STENCIL

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Magenta, Daisy Bucket/ Bisters/ stencil-The Crafter's Workshop/ Mememto bl/ Mini Mister

Burst of Colour

Morning.  It's been such a busy week I just haven't had time to stamp at all.  

The challenge at Splitcoast this am was to create a watercolour background so I just had to play along.  Here's what I did to created my card.

First, I inked the stamp from Local King (I think it is shattered glass) with Versamark and heat embossed with white embossing powder.  Next, I sprinkled Bister (a paint medium) all over the embossing and sprayed with a generous amount of water.  Love the burst of colours that appeared.  

When that was all dry, I cut a curve then stamped the sentiment and mounted the painted piece with pop dots.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp- MAKE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND

Shopping Our Stash- LOST and FOUND

(this shattered glass stamp that I found in a drawer)

Fab 'n' Funky- MASCULINE

Through the Craft Room Door- ANYTHING GOES

Crafting From the Heart- ANYTHING GOES

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Local King, Hero Arts/ wh embossing powder/ Bister/ mini mister/ heat tool/ bl Memento ink/ curved die-SSS