Blooming Buds for my Good Buddy

This went as a thank you to my good friend Loll (Stamping with Loll).

Recently I was a lucky winner of some of her blog candy.

I used the Blooming Buds set again. 

I'm loving this set!

I stamped the images with Whisper White and heat embossed them.

The flowers and leaves were colored with Distress Markers.

I colored up the base of the petals with Picked Raspberry and 

the edges of the petals with Mustard Seed.

Using my Aqua Painter I blended the colors together

adding more ink as needed.

The leaves and stems were colored the same way with

Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint.

Then after wetting the area around the flowers, I scribbled some ink on a piece of acetate and picked up color to add to the wet paper giving it a bit of a wash.

I'm taking this over to 
Just Us Girls Challenge

this looks Autumnal to me.

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Blooming Buds (Dee's Artsy Impressions/Stamplorations), Friendship Messages (SSS)

Ink:  Whisper White (SU)

Paper:  Watercolor (Strathmore 140 lb. cold press (card base)), (Arches 140 lb. hot press for design),  Early Espresso (SU)

Other:  White EP (SU), Aqua Painter (SU), Distress Markers (Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint)