DIY Hydrangea Easter Card

 Just a quickie to share this card I made tonight for the Mojo Monday challenge.  I picked up this Martha Steward hydrangea punch on clearance yesterday for $4 and just had to play with it!  I colored the front and back of each petal, then curled them with the end of a pen and glued them to a circle.  FUN!

Now I know I just said I was done with butterflies for a while, but this card seemed to need more than an egg and a flower so I used this new Tim Holtz butterfly to finish it off.  The gorgeous sentiment is Verve and I have been waiting about six months to use it!  Lovely!  I pulled out some ten year old throwback Basic Grey paper for my background.  Awe, I think I used this to make birth announcements forever ago!  SWEET!  Thanks for looking again tonight.  Hugs to all!

Sharing the fun with:

Mojo Monday: Sketch

SSS: Big 'O Green

Stamping Sensations: Flower Power

Word Art Wednesday: Anything Goes

Faber Castel Take the Challenge with Mou: Handmade Flowers

RRR: Green Ribbon or Trim

Butterfly Card With Distress Inks

Hi everyone, this will be my last project with a butterfly focal point for a while.  I hope not to bore you.  Don't know what has gotten into me.  But I just had to share this card today before I switch directions.  I made all the pieces for this card, but the layout was terrible, so I let it sit for a day or so and came back and cut and swapped and turned it into this.

Lots of Distress Inks.  The Tim Holtz die was painted with Distress Crackle paint, then inked purple to match this project.  The splatters are a result of mixing my DI on my dirty craft paint and some other brand of watercolor mixing in - how cool - if only I could recreate the effect.  The color seemed to separate...

Another project based on this verse that I have been meditating on.  "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."  John 16:33 NIV.  Thanks so much for your visit.  I appreciate every single blogging buddy I have made and ever last comment.  <3

I'm sharing my card with:

Fashionable Stamping Challenges: Butterflies

The Artistic Stamper: Springtime

That Craft Place: Anything Goes

Scrappy Land: Anything Goes

Sisterhood of Crafters: Use Your Dies & Punches

SSS: Make Your Own Background

Emerald Creek Dares: Ring in Spring

Penny Black: Feature a Creature

Simple Mixed Media Watercolored Card

The other day I took a little road trip and picked up this cool new ledger stencil.  I decided to make my own watercolor background using it for contrast (sorry the contrast part didn't work out because of the permanent watercolor...)  I was so thrilled to guest design for IndigoBlu last week with THIS card.  It's funny that I used the exact same red watercolor, Dr. PH Martin's, but this card turned out a little different.

I went with the same black, white, and red combo, but used this awesome butterfly.  I framed it with Tim's new ornate frame and added some cheesecloth for texture.  Some simple stitching and chit chat stickers and doodles complete this simple card.  I can't wait to see what you all have been up to.  I am so behind but hope to catch up tonight!

I'm sharing with:

IndigoBlu: A Touch of Red

SSS: Make Your Own Background

Penny Black: Feature a Creature

Sisterhood of Crafters: Use Your Dies & Punches

Scrappy Land: Anything Goes

Stamping a Dimensional Mixed Media Canvas

Hi everyone and welcome to my inspirational post for the newest Happy Little Stampers Mixed Media Challenge.  This month's theme is "water" and boy have I ever had fun playing with water on this piece!

I really wanted to use my new Tim Holtz die, so I made some watery baths of Distress Ink and layered the two darkest panels to start.  Then I added some white embossing for contrast.  Next, I built layers and layers with inky paper from my leftover stash.  Tucking pieces here and there and cutting tags from tidbits.  I used Mod Podge to glue every piece of inky paper onto chipboard, then cut it out so it would be nice and sturdy on my canvas.  The Tim Holtz border die was cut from scrap mat board.

For my background I played with watercolor on a cheap 8x10 canvas panel.  I was so surprised at how nicely the canvas accepted the watercolor.  As I added my puddles, I sprayed with water to move the color around and eliminate any hard edges, flicking here and there as I went.  Then I inked my text stamp and spritzed it with water to create some extra texture in the background.

I used cardboard in between all of my layers to get heavy dimension.

I have to say that I was very inspired by Aida Haron and her awesome dimensional projects.  She is the layering queen!  Below is my completed canvas.  My favorite element is the negative space, the white areas of the canvas.  Thank you so much HLS for having me GD for you again this month!  It was so much fun to play with bright colors and make this happy little canvas.

I'm also playing along with:
Anything But Cute: Crazy for Color
Craft Stamper: Anything Goes
Creative Artiste: Anything Goes, Chipboard
Live & Love Crafts: Signs of Spring
Our Creative Corner: Return of the Challenge (Colour Your World)
Scrappy Land: Anything Goes w/Die
The Artistic Stamper: Springtime

Waiting for Spring Dimensional Card Seven

 A quick post to share my final card created along with Elena Morgun for her Waiting for Spring Challenge.  I decided to complete the color wheel and do a bright yellow and orange scheme for this last card.  

Most of these tidbits of paper I have had for ages, but I pulled them out and eventually it all came together.  Much to my delight, as I was trying to find a Verve scripture stamp to mount the butterfly wings to, I found this awesome verse that goes right along with the verse that has been so heavy on my heart, and the source of this THIRD project!  "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."  John 16:33 NIV.

I was thrilled beyond belief to see my 6th card chosen in Elena's top 5 picks!  I have had so much fun creating along.  Then you Elena for your fabulous inspiration.  Do check out the linkups - you will be completely blown away!

So thankful to have finished:

Waiting for Spring Stage Seven: Use Frames