Clean, simple, serene

I really like how this card came out.  I had colored the flowers and butterfly and was not sure what I was going to make when I started. I knew that I wanted the card to have a lot of dimension. I love dimension on a card. So I stamped the corner piece and then used the matching framelit to cut out the leaves. The framelits only cut out a few of the leaves and I really like how that looks. 

I used my stampin blends to color the images, I wanted to keep the entire card soft and serene. I used the sentiment from the stitched all around stamp set, I really like the fonts in this stamp set.

When I had finished I thought it needed a little something and so I turned to my basic adhesive backed sequins. I love the soft colors of these sequins and since they have adhesive already on them they are so quick and easy to attach! I hope you enjoy this card as much as I do.  Sometimes a simple card can bring such joy and I hope that the person I send this to feels the same serene joy in their day!  Enjoy!

Serene watercolor

Do you feel like watercoloring is calming? I sure do.  Even if it isn't turning out the way I had planned I really enjoy the process of watching what the colors do with the water.

For this card I white heat embossed the images and used my ink refills for the color. I used watercolor paper because I knew that I would be using a lot of water.  One of the most amazing things about watercolor is seeing what the color does when you add a few colors. The blend that it creates is always so interesting to me. 

The serene garden bundle will be retiring at the end of May and so if you would like to order it please let me know. I think it has some really beautiful images! Have a beautiful day! Enjoy!

Amazing!

Well I am still trying that watercolor thing.  I see so many wonderful artist out there who make it look so easy.  The one thing that they all keep saying is to keep practicing and so that is what I have been doing. Hopefully you wont get to tired of seeing all my attempts at making it better.  For this card I white heat embossed the serene garden large stamp and the butterfly. I used my aquapainter and my ink refills for the watercoloring. It is much easier to watercolor when you have the white embossed area, the colors to not bleed. I was trying to use a few different colors in most images and also tried not to make it to exact. I used the balmy blue for the background color and then lots of splatter.  Make sure to let your painting dry before adding the splatter or it will just blend into the other wet areas.

Here is a close up of the watercoloring. Let me know what you think. I would love all criticism because I would like to improve in any way that I can.  The "amazing" is from the celebrate you thinlits, also sad to see that retire as well. Let me know if you have tried watercoloring and how that is going for you. Have a wonderful day and enjoy! 

We all need a serene garden

Don't we all need a serene garden to spend a few minutes everyday.  The flowers in California are so beautiful right now with all the rain that we have received! It is so peaceful to walk around and see so much color! For this card I wanted a pop of color. I love how bright and beautiful yellow is! It is hard to look at a bright yellow flower and feel the warmth of the color. Since I wanted the flowers to be the focus of my card I kept the rest of the card pretty neutral. I embossed the background with the garden scene framelits. 

I colored the flowers with the daffodil delight and mango melody stampin blends and used a little bit of calypso coral for the dark shadows. I really like how these colors blended on this flower. I tried to keep this card pretty simple and I really like that it will be easy to mail.  I love the images in this stamp set and the framelits that go along with it are amazing. I think this bundle has been overlooked in this catalog. Check it out. It is on page 166 of the annual catalog.

Have a beautiful day and create your own pop of color!