Spring for CAS Watercolour

Hello my friends.

The first half of March has whoosed past and it's time for another
CAS Watercolour card.

Spring is just a few days away for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere.

The tulips will be blooming very soon.

I used a NBUS tulip stamp, inking it with Fossilized Amber
and stamping on the smooth side of my watercolor paper.

I smooshed some Distress stains on my home made palette
(a piece of laminated white cardstock) and used my Aqua Painter
to pick up the ink and paint it around the flowers

The MISTI made it possible to stamp again adding the lines back in.
and I added some shading with the small end of the a Barn Door Distress Marker.

I used a marker to line the stems and added water with my Aqua Painter.

There is a very light wash of blue in the background.

FYI, the black frame came about because I cut the design piece too small.
That was after cutting the circle aperture and measuring carefully.
It ended up being a happy accident though, after spending an hour finding
a circle die that was just the right size!

There's still time to enter at
CAS Watercolour
The challenge is open until the 24th.

The Design Team and our Guest Designer, Heather, have been busy

creating spring cards to inspire you.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL COLORS      

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps: Blooming Garden (PB), Beautiful Butterflies (PTI)

Ink:   Fossilized Amber, Archival Black,  Distress Stains (Worn Lipstick, Barn Door, Mowed Lawn, Tumbled Glass), Distress Markers (Barn Door, Gathered Twigs)

Paper:   Neena Solar White, Watercolor (TH)

Other:  Aqua Painter, Double Stitched Circles (LI), Infinity Circles (HA), Seed Beads

Spring Flowers

My friend Jan brought this die for me to have a play with.

I cut it out of some snippets of yellow and green and  messily loosely sponged some ink 

close to the embossed piece, popped some candy dots in the center,

and called it daffodils.

AAA Cards Game #62

ANYTHING GOES

Thanks so much for choosing my stenciled tag card to be in your top 3!

Pixie's Snippet Playground

I used snippets of yellow and green for the die cuts.

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY MAY FLOWERS

      

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Friendship Messages (SSS)

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Crushed Curry (SU)

Paper:  Solar White (110 lb. Neena), DSP, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi (SU)

Other:  Joyful Bouquet Die (MB), Stitched Mats Rectangles (Lil Inkers), Candy Dots (SU)

Promise Me Tulips

The tulips have been beautiful this year!

Seeing them has made me want to do a card with this awesome Penny Black stamp.

And when I saw the Curtain Call Challenge, I was had to play.

Simon Says Monday Challenge

IN THE MIDDLE

I inked the stamp with Distress Markers, thumped with a darker shade

 and stamped on Whisper White cardstock.

The background is lightly sponged with Soft Sky.

I used my Color Spritzer and Pumpkin Pie marker to spritz a bit of the orange shade.

The sentiment is from a Penny Black set, Eloquence.

I love these sentiments!

I hope you're having a good weekend.

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Promise Me (Penny Black), Eloquence (Penny Black)

Ink: Distress Markers (Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves, Peeled Paint, Shabby Shutters), Soft Sky, SU Marker (Pumpkin Pie

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Whisper White

Other: Color Spritzer (retired), Adorning Accents Edgelits (retired), Adorning Accents EF (retired) Crochet Thread (stash)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Indescribable Gift for Easter

I thought these flowers were so pretty and couldn't wait to 

color them.

I used the Pink Pirouette and Wild Wasabi Blendabilities to color them.

Simon Says Monday Challenge
Pastels

Our flowering trees are dressed up so pretty now

and when the wind blows, it looks like it's snowing flower petals.

The dogwood outside my kitchen window is starting to bloom.

Every day the flowers open a bit more.

I hope there's something pretty outside your window.

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Indescribable Gift

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Basic Black, Whisper White

Other:  Blendabilities

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Promise Me Tulips

I love tulips so when I saw this Penny Black stamp,
 it jumped to the top of my list.

I inked this beautiful stamp with Distress Markers and stamped 

onto the Whisper White card stock, then inked the sentiment the same way.

I've backed the design piece with a piece of Neena for added body

and popped it up on the card base.

I wish all my cards went together this easy!

Simon Says Monday Challenge

is looking for PASTELS

I'm hoping that these pastel colors will work.

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Promise Me (Penny Black), Celebrate Every Day (Hero Arts)

Ink:  Distress Markers: Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint (Tim Holtz)

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Whisper White

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Daffodil Delight

It's beginning to look like Spring here in central NC.

It makes me want to put Spring on a card.

I recently bought this Our Daily Bread stamp and die.

I colored the stamp with Stampin' Up! Markers, thumped and stamped.

Then blended the colors with a Blender Pen

Cuttlebug Mania

FREEZE FRAME

I think this qualifies as a frame and I used my manual Big Shot to cut the frame out.

BTW, I see that my Fern Card was a winner over there for their

GREEN WITH ENVY CHALLENGE.

Woot!  Thanks so much.

Darnell is hosting another NBUS (Never Before Used Schtuff) Challenge

This is the first outing for the frame and the daffodil stamp.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge 

has a Spring Pinterest Inspiration

I love all these pretty signs of Spring,

especially the daffodils.

I'm so glad you stopped by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Single Daffodil (Our Daily Bread)

Ink: SU Markers (Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Pistachio Pudding, Wild Wasabi)

Paper:  Daffodil Delight, Whisper White

Other: Vintage Flourish Pattern Dies (Our Daily Bread)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted