Guest Designing for Inspired By All The Little Things

Hi there.

I'm so excited to share that my good friend Darnell invited me to
be a Guest Designer for Inspired By All The Little Things.
This is an inspiration challenge started by another
very talented friend, Lesley Croghan.

Of course I said yes!

Here's the challenge...

and here's my card...

My eyes immediately found those cream and rust colored mums.

Being a CAS girl, I chose to go with one and clear embossed the mum
on hot press watercolor paper.

I used watercolors and re-inkers to get some of the rust color in the mix.

I've got to tell you, I ended up with a hot mess!

So I tried stamping a different mum....several times.

Nothing was making me happy.

You know that feeling when it's just right?

Well it wasn't coming.

My eye kept going back to this hot mess and I had an eureka moment!

I didn't have to use the whole messy piece.

When I held a circle die over it, it didn't look half bad.

This made me happy.

Being a guest designer makes me happy.

And this will make my sister happy, come her anniversary.


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Mum's the Word, Beautiful Butterflies (PTI)

Ink:   VersaMark, Cajun Craze (SU)

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches hot press), Rustic Cream (PTI), Chocolate Chip (SU)

Other:  Clear EP (SU), Double Stitched Circles Die (LI), Gansai Tambi Watercolor (Brown), Re-inker (Cajun Craze)