Love these flowers

When it comes to flower stamps, Altenew are some of my most favorite.

 These flowers and leaves are from a new set that I received from them.  I wanted to play with the color combination at Sunday Stamps so this was the perfect start.  I stamped the flower with white ink and embossed them with white embossing powder on watercolor paper.  The embossed lines of the images will now act as a resist to the inks I want to use. The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp. 

 I picked a variety of blues, grays and black Distress Stain.  I also used a Pewter which is actually a metallic silver.  When these were spritzed with water, they ran together just right to color the flowers and to add some color to the background.  In a way it is like painting, adding the colors here and there just where I wanted them. 

Here is the Sunday Stamps challenge. 

Plus it fits the Inkspirational Recipe challenge to use three items.  I used the Distressing, Flowers and Pearls since I used Liquid Pearls as accents. 

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Yellow and Gray Goodness

I wanted to use the current Fusion challenge so of course, I created a card.

 The Fusion challenge includes a sketch and an inspiration photo, you can use one or both and so I went with both.  It was fun to try to get the color gray to be a good portion of my card.  

 Once again, I went with some watercolor paper.  I stamped the flower stamp from Tim Holtz with white ink and embossed it with white embossing powder.  These embossed lines of the image will now act as a resist to the inks I add.  I went with a variety of Distress Stains.  When they are spritzed with water, the colors run and mingle.  To get the gray I used black, brushed pewter and pumice stone.  The sentiment is from Reverse Confetti.

Here is the Fusion challenge.
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AAA Cards Birthday Party and Blog Hop

Everybody loves a party and its time for AAA Cards Challenge blogs 1st birthday.  I think that is pretty exciting not only because this cupcake is completely adorable but because there are prizes, lots of prizes, you just have to play along. Check out the AAA Cards blog for all of the details.  You should have come here from Jane's blog.

 I wanted my card to be very pink to match that adorable party banner.  Of course, I started out by coloring a piece of watercolor paper with some Distress Stains.  There seems to be no way I can get enough of that technique, maybe because it turns out different every time.  

 Next I cut the flowers and leaves by Essentials by Ellen from plain white paper and cut the "happy birthday" by Paper Smooches from plain white paper and then sprayed the words with Heidi Swapps gold Color Shine.  I wanted to keep my card very simple and let my die cut shapes have all of the glory.  

I knew I needed to do another card, maybe because you can't have too many for a party.  Simon Says Stamp has supplied one of the prizes for the celebration and they sent me one set to play with so I wanted to have that be part of my celebration.  The little kitty is from a set from the Falling For You collection. 

That adorable frame is a stamp with a matching die from Lawn Fawn and the super cute sentiment is from Wplus9 Designs.  The balloon is also from the Party Animal set.  Once again, my background is simply Distress Stains and watercolor paper. 

This also fits the Simon Says Wednesday challenge regarding sentiments.

Plus the Lawnscaping watercolor challenge.

This is a birthday hop so you can hop on over to Vicki's blog so see what she created for the party. If you missed any of the blogs along the way, you can always go back to the AAA Cards blog.

Now it's your turn to create.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

It's a Party

All you need is a balloon and a cute banner, and it's a party.

 I started out with this adorable little monkey from Simon Says Stamp from the Falling for You new collection.  The balloon and the banner are part of the same set.

 I paired it with a word background by using a Tim Holtz stencil and some Distress Spray inks.  This makes it fit the Simon Says Wednesday challenge, Let's get sentimental.  The stitched squares are cut with a My Favorite Things die set. 

 Here is the Wednesday Challenge.

It also fits the CAS-ology Shape challenge.

Plus it fits the Freshly Made sketch turned on its side.
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You Are The Best

What a neat sentiment to encourage a friend.  It's from a set of stamps with a matching die from Simon Says Stamp.

 And, it just goes with these colorful flowers.  I randomly stamped the flower stamp by Tim Holtz over a piece of watercolor paper using white ink and white embossing powder. 

 Next I took various Distress Stains and added the inks to the flowers.  I did spritz my paper first with water, that helps the inks run and mingle.  I can't get enough of playing with these inks like this.  After I added the inks here and then I walked away from my piece to allow it to dry.  Coming back to look at it is always magical!!! 

 I used the Colour Q combo to determine my colors of inks.

And, I used the retro sketch for my card layout.

And it also fits the Anything Goes Simon Says Stamp challenge.
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The little monkeys have it

Not one, but many monkeys....

 I just like these little guys from a Simon Says Stamp set, Baby Party Animals in their newest release, Falling For You.  So instead of just stamping one, I filled my card front with these cuties.  

 I wanted to go with a very simple kind of coloring so I mostly colored with Tea Dye Distress Stain on watercolor paper.  I did add accents with Copic markers.  The Copic markers work differently on watercolor paper and they are pretty fun to use, you just really can't blend very much.  The little flag is from the same set of stamps, I added it with foam tape.  

This goes with the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes.  

And the Addicted to Stamp Make Your Mark challenge.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

AAA Cards Challenge - There's a hole in my card

 Another fun challenge at AAA Cards - creating a card with a hole in it. 

 I ended up with many holes in my card, I used a fun die from My Favorite Things.  I did cut it from watercolor paper, then I went to my trusty Distress Stains and added lots of color.  I even used some gold Color Shine from Heidi Swapp.  That added a fun metallic glimmer to it. That adorable "HAPPY" tag is a die from Technique Tuesday.  

 Then I just had to use my new Tim Holtz flower stamps!!! LOVE these.  I added color with Copic markers first and thenDistress Markers.  

This also fits the Colour Me challenge.
Be sure to take some time to play along with the AAA Cards Challenge.
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)