Botanical Bloom for CAS Mix Up Reminder

We're halfway through November already!

There's still time to join in at CAS Mix Up 

I had a Christmas card ready to share today, but was in the mood to do

something a little more feminine and fun.

I used my MISTI to stamp the large flower first, inking it with markers and

adding color with my Aqua Painter.  I find that smearing some ink from

the markers on a piece of laminated card stock and picking the ink up

with the brush gives me more control.

While that was drying, I stamped the flower on a sticky note and 

cut out the larger pieces to use as masks.

Once the masks were in place, I stamped two other sprigs from this fantastic Altenew set

using the same technique.

I put the masks back on the flower heads and threw some splatters on for good measure.

These bright flowers make me smile.

There's lots of masking techniques.  This is my favorite.

There's some video links at the CAS Mix Up challenge site if you're interested.

I'm going to enter this at the Altenew November Challenge too.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Botanical Gardens (Altenew), Happy Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Soft Suede, Markers (Real Red, Garden Green, Old Olive, Crushed Curry) (SU)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Solar White (Neena 110 lb.), Soft Suede

Other:  Square Lattice EF, Aqua Painter, Post-it Notes (all over sticky)