Friendship

 Meet today's card.

I picked up a few new stamping goodies and wanted to play with them.

This beautiful collection of leaves is from a set by WPlus 9.

I began by placing the stamps inside my Misti, coloured the leaves with my new Zig markers, sprayed with water and stamped.  I repeated that process until I was happy with the inking.

I love how the water helps blend the inks into each other to give the look of watercolour.

I die cut the 'Awesome' from Neat and Tangled and coloured it with my Zigs and sprayed with water to help blend the colours.  

The small 'friend' is from an old set by Papertrey ink that I stamped with Versamark then white heat embossed.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More- MAKE YOUR MARK

Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING GOES STAMPING

Time Out- INSPIRED BY WORDS

Happy Little Stampers Feb- WATERCOLOUR/DIE

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- WPlus 9, Papertrey ink/ die- Neat and Tangled/ Zig markers/ Versamark ink/ pop dots/ white EB powder/ heat gun/ MISTI

Starburst

Happy Saturday.

This morning I am being inspired by challenge at Splitcoast and the Forzieri site where I found this beautiful necklace:

My card is a one-layer so I began by masking the edges first with painter's tape.  I took my new stamp from Neat and Tangled and stamped numerous times with Versamark ink, then heat embossed with whiter embossing powder.  

Then the fun began....I grabbed my blue Distress inks and just started sponging concentrating the darker blues to the center of the starburst.  To draw your eye even more into the center of the burst, I used my circle stencil and added some white circles with white Colorbox ink.  I love how it added to the look of the center.  I also splattered water over the whole piece to mimic the look of stars.

Stamped that great sentiment from Stamplorations to finish off my card.

Adding my card to these challenges:

One-Layer Simplicity- SPARKLE and SHINE

The Male Room- SONG TITLE

Virginia's View- 100% STAMPED

Craft Stamper- ANYTHING GOES

STAMPlorations- STAMPING and DISTRESSING

Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- STAMPlorations, Neat and Tangled/ Distress ink/ Versamark/ wh. embossing powder/ heat tool/ ink applicator/ crystal/ Memento bl ink

Blue Birthday

Guess what...more blue.

This morning the challenge at Splitcoast was to THINK BIG.  

I just bought this Time Warp stamp by Neat and Tangled and was the perfect chance to use it.

I began by pulling out my Brusho paint crystals...blue of course.  I wanted to try a different technique using the Brusho.  Usually I sprinkle the crystals on my paper and spray with water to activate but this time I sprayed a grunge stamp with plenty of water and stamped onto my watercolour paper and sprinkled on the Brusho after that.  I liked the results as the paint stayed just in the areas where I had stamped the water.

When dry, I inked the Time Warp stamp with Distress ink, sprayed with water and stamped several times over the border.  Staying with the 'BIG' theme, I stamped the large birthday greeting in the corner using my Misti for perfect placement.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- BIRTHDAY THEME

Simply Papercrafts- ANYTHING GOES

Sister Act- ANYTHING GOES

Creative Moments- MONOCHROMATIC

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps-Avery Elle (sentiment), Neat and Tangled, Kaisercraft/ Distress ink/ Memento Black/ MISTI/ Brusho/ Mini Mister/