Summertime Dreams

The challenge at Simon Says Monday blog is Summer Fun.  

 The sentiment on this bookmark says it all as far as I'm concerned.  Summer is a whole lot of things but I can sure dream of the island breezes.  I created a bookmark just for summer time reading. That sentiment is a stamp from Printworks Rubber Stamps.  The flower and leaves are stamps from Altenew.

 For the background on my piece, I first used embossing paste with a stencil to create this gorgeous pattern and then washed over a few different colors of Distress Stain mixing those inks with water so that the inks ran and created a watercolor look.  I so love a watercolor background because it is always irregular and unpredictable yet always wonderful.  

 Here is the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.

 This also fits the Just Us Girls watercolor challenge.

I have become rather obsessed lately with photography so I thought I'd share a few photos.  

Getting up close and personal with some Hummingbirds. 

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)