Great Friend

Good Morning.

I'm back again with another card I made using some new releases from Penny Black and of course, my favourite blue ink.  

The flower stamp I'm using today is called Effulgent by Penny Black.   

So, here's what I did to create my card.

I began by masking off the front of my heavy weight cardstock and sponged on Distress ink to create the framed area.  I placed the flower inside my Misti and then coloured part of the flower using Tombow makers, sprayed with water and stamped.  I repeated that process using darker shades of the blue until I was happy with the look.  

I stamped the sentiment from the PB Happy Wishes sentiment set with Memento black.

I wanted to add interest to the blue sponged background, so I inked up the flower again and stamped it along the top edge using the same colour as the background ink.  

Lastly, I inked up the PB Script stamp with gray ink and randomly stamped it into the masked area.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING GOES STAMPING

Penny Black Saturday- SPRING

My Time to Craft- NO DP

Inkspirational- SPRING

Crafty Calendar- SPRING

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

Supplies

Stamps- Effulgent (PB), Script (PB), Happy Wishes (PB)

Paper- heavy white 120lb (bulk local store)

Inks- Peacock Feathers Distress (TH), Memento Black, Memento Gray, Tombow Markers

Accessories and Tools- Misti, painter's tape

Woodland Scenery

Happy Saturday!

This morning I am playing along with the Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast where we are being inspired by the China Online Museum.

Here is the lovely painting that I used as inspiration:

lin-fengmian- Mountain Forest

I began with a piece of heavy watercolor paper I got from a friend so not sure what the weight is.

Using my MISTI, I inked the trees stamp from Mark's Finest by coloring it with Memento and Crayola markers.  After spraying with a generous amount of water, I stamped, added more colour, sprayed with water and stamped again.  The rest is a watercolor wash.

I cut the piece into panels and pop-dot mounted it to my card front.

I stamped the sentiment from Paper Smooches under one of the panels.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says- ANYTHING GOES

Little Red Wagon- THEY SAY IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY

Just Add Ink- JUST ADD NATURE 

Crafty Girls- ANYTHING GOES

Addicted to CAS- HOLIDAY

 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look

Supplies:  stamps- Mark's Finest, Paper Smooches/ watercolor paints/ Memento and Crayola markers/ pop dots/ watercolour paper/ Mini Mister

Reflections

Here is a one layer card I made using stamps from Penny Black.  I love the look of the frilly flower.  I coloured the stamp using Memento markers then sprayed with water before stamping.  It gives such a wonderful watercolouring effect.  I stamped the sentiment then added a black line to around the edge to pull it all together.  Added the pearls for to balance it all out.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps; Penny Black Awakening, Time, Memento markers, Memento black ink

Best of Friends

Wow...can't believe it's Friday already!  Must be all this fabulous warm weather and all the time spent outside this week.  LOVED it..next week, back to frost.   Today's card is all about the warm weather and being in the garden.  I so love this hollyhock stamp from Innovative Stamp Creations.  It is a solid stamp and just works so perfectly with my favourite technique; watercolouring with markers.

I coloured the flowers using my Memento markers, spray with water before stamping.  I really am surprised with the effects I achieve, it is different every time.  Added the score lines and kept the whole thing really CAS (clean and simple). 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look today.  Hope you enjoy a wonderful weekend.

Supplies:  stamps:  Innovative Stamp Creations, Studio G/ Memento markers/ score pal/Spellbinders