Thank God for You card

I am trying to get a fun stock pile of cards to send to friends, I want to share one of them with you today. I used the CAS(e) this sketch for my inspiration.

 The background to my card is the result of some playing around with stamps, inks and paints.  The label is from a brand new set of Hero Arts stamps, My Favorites set, the sentiment is from the Blessing to You set.

 On a piece of acetate, I sprayed two colors of Stephanie Barnard Clearsnap sprays.  This became my "stamp pad".  I then stamped the background stamp into this puddle of inks.  I then stamped the background stamp on my white cardstock.  I love the watercolor look.  The bursts are a Hero Arts stamp that I inked with some Distress Paint.  The flower was stamped in black and embossed with clear embossing powder, then cut out.  I sprayed this with some of the same spray ink coloring the white portions of the image. 

It's a party!

I just had to use this adorable party balloon and the Colour Q combo made for the perfect starting point.

 I just love Avery Elle stamps and this card represents my most recent purchase.

 This really has to be the cutest little doggie balloon, like a party waiting to happen! I created the background with a design element in one of their sets.  I used a Distress Paint to ink that stamp and just stamped it repeatedly. By not reinking it each time, I ended up with more then one shade of the colors.

 Here is the wonderful Colour Q combo.
And, now for a couple photos...

 We planted an artichoke but we really aren't fans of eating them.  I knew they would product a pretty neat flower so we just waited until it went to this oh so pretty flower.

I took these photos with my Hipstamatic camera on my phone.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)