Happy Easter

Wishing you a very blessed Easter

Cased from this card by Debbie Hughes

Thanks for the inspiration, Debbie!

Enjoy!

Butterfly Thinlits Splotched

I almost talked myself out of the Butterflies Thinlits in the Stampin' Up! mini catalog.

Almost.....

I'm so glad I decided to get them!

Here's one of the quick and easy cards I made with them.

You'll be seeing more at a later date...

Because I made a dozen cards with these dies.

I remembered a piece of the watercolor splotches in my 

UFO (UnFinished Objects) box.

Glued this butterfly cut out in black.

Stamped hello.

Added a few sequins.

Adhered to a card base.

Done!

I'm going to take this over to 

Simon Says Monday Challenge

NO RULES

and

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

ANYTHING GOES

 

I'm so glad you could stop by today.

Enjoy!

   

Happy Watercolor Poppy

This is the last week this wonderful set is available from Stampin' Up!

I have really enjoyed this set.

Especially the poppy.

For the first card I stamped with StazOn on a Watercolor Splotch background.

This time I stamped the flower head with Real Red on watercolor paper

I colored in the flower with a Tangerine Tango marker. 

and added highlights with Real Red.

After stamping the stem on the card,

 I fussy cut the bloom and popped it 

over the stem with dimensionals.

The background is really easy with the stamps from this set.

I got a soft color background by inking and stamping off

before stamping on the design piece.

Addicted to Stamps

is having

MAKE YOUR MARK week.

They have a new sponsor this week.

Do go check it out.

Inkspirational

has a word prompt this time

The MUSE this week

is Cornelia.

Here's her card.

Simon Says Monday Challenge

says to do Artsy Cards this week.

It might be a background, a hand-drawn image, a sketchy texture stamp, or a special saying. We challenge you this week to get out your artsy stamps and play! Or – get any stamps our and join us in some artsy stamping fun!

I'm hoping the watercolor background is artsy enough.

The Design Team creations are way more artsy than mine!

Do go take a look.

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

says ANYTHING GOES

All these challenges have so much inspiration

both from their Designers and the Gallery.

If you're ever stuck for an idea, go visit.

I'm so glad you could stop by today.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Happy  Watercolor

Ink: Jet Black StazOn

Paper: 110# (Neena), Tangerine Tango, Shimmery White

Other:  Re-inkers, Aqua Painter, Basic Pearls (colored with Sharpie)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Happy Watercolor

Ink: Real Red, Soft Sky Pistachio Pudding, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso,  SU Markers (Tangerine Tango, Real Red, Early Espresso)

Paper:  110# (Neena), Basic Black, Whisper White, Watercolor (Strathmore)

Punching with Watercolor and Washi

I was looking for something to punch a bird out of and thought of the Watercolor Splotch paper in my UFO box.  What do you think?

This is a shameless CASE of this card by Harriet Skelly!  She's the alumnus that the CAS challenge at SCS is honoring this week.

It took longer to choose a piece of watercoloring than it did to make the card.

Using the watercolored paper for my bird was inspired by my friends Loll Thompson and Nancy Littrell.  Both of these ladies are so talented and constantly inspire and encourage me!

Washi tape is so much fun! It goes down and comes up and goes down again. And I love how these 3 patterns go so well together!

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  None

Ink:  Reinkers

Paper:  Shimmery White, Pacific Point, Whisper White

Other:  Bird Builder Punch, Gingham Garden Designer Washi Tape, Brights Candy Dots, Basic Rhinestone

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you have a great weekend planned and get some crafty time.

Enjoy!

Sunrise Sunset Serene Silhouette

The CAS challenge at SCS yesterday was to do a card inspired by this quote:

May every sunrise hold more promise

and every sunset hold more peace.

The quote made me think of this card that I had done with the Watercolor Splotches technique.  I don't believe I had ever posted it. (I can see that I have learned a lot about editing since I did this picture.)

I love the quote and think I will do it up on the computer to use in sympathy or thinking of you cards.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Serene Silhouettes (stamped twice)

Ink:  Jet Black StazOn, Re-inkers

Paper:  Shimmery White, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White

Other:  Aquapainter, Ticket Corner Punch, Square Lattice EF, Rich Razzleberry Ribbon (retired), Linen Thread, Basic Rhinestones

I hope the week is off to a good start for you.  Thanks for visiting.

Enjoy!