The tropical bookmark

I wanted to take a minute to share a fun bookmark I created.  We are off on an adventure and a new book and a new bookmark were in order.  

 Because of the fun supplies and techniques I also thought it fit the Mixed Media monthly challenge pretty nicely.  

I started out by adding color to my piece of watercolor paper with some Distress Stains and a spritz of water.  Before the Distress Inks were completely dry, I came back and added white embossing paste with a stencil.  That added a little bit of color to the white.  I then left that to dry.  To finish off that goodness I gave it some sprays of a Heidi Swapp color ink in Citron. I liked what that added to the embossing paste.  That amazing, relaxing sentiment is from Printworks and the layered flower is from a set by Altenew. I wanted to add a fun accent to this so I added the sentiment piece with a mini stapler.

The Mixed Media challenge.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)  

Bring on the Sun!!

Summer just makes me happy, I think it is mostly that the day is lighter longer!!!

 Anyway, makes for a fun reason to create a sun design on a card and that is also the Addicted to CAS challenge this week.  I started out with watercolor paper and some Distress Stains. I could play with these all day long and every time they turn out different. That neat sentiment is from Technique Tuesday. I have been waiting for a chance to use this set!!!!

 When the inks were dry, I used a Crafter's Workshop stencil for my rays with some white embossing paste.  

Here is the Addicted to CAS challenge.

This also fits the Simon Says challenge.

 And for a fun project....

 My daughter created a gift for a friend who is moving away and I just had to share.  She started out painting the bottles with chalkboard paint.

 She then used a Chalk Marker to create her design. These are a ltitle more then just chalk.  You can wash it off but it is pretty stable. 

Love the verse she used.
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)