Watercolour Stencil backgrounds...2

Here is a card made for my Official CraftAdda post today, using the watercolour stencil backgrounds I made at Online Card Classes with Tim Holtz.

The technique he demonstrated was with stencils which had a large negative area. Since I did not have any such stencil, I decided to make my own using the Cuttlebug numbers die plate and an OHP sheet. It did not cut perfectly, but I got a couple of really nice panels. I used Crushed Olive and chipped Sapphire distress inks on the OHP sheet and then spritzed it with water.

Here is the result...

To add interest I placed a sheet of blue vellum under the panel, added sequins and tilted the Stampendous sentiment.

I am submitting this card for the Case Study  193 challenge.

Celebrate Everyday!

I absolutely love this sentiment from the Hero Arts  CL498 stamp set! 

It makes me happy everytime I use it! 

Today I have used it along with another  favourite stamp set from Hero Arts..Friendly flags.

I am playing two challenges today with this card... 

A Blog named Hero 'favourite hero arts stamp' challenge and the Case Study Challenge .

I started by stamping the flags onto coloured paper with Memento inks. 

I then cut them out, ran them through my Xyron sticker machine and then put them together as a bunting.

The background is Hero Arts woodblock 'Newspaper Background' stamped with memories Sand ink.

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Sunshine

I took a while to figure this one out, but here is my card for the Case Study challenge no 138. and the Friday Mashup 107 Challenge showcasing Sunshine.

The stamp that I heat embossed with White embossing powder is from the 'Meadow' stamp set from Inkadinkado. 

The sentiment is from Verses rubber stamps.

For the background I used water colours from Camel and then intensified the colours with Tim Holtz Crushed Olive distress ink  and Summer Sky ink from Memento. 

I made the sun's rays by masking them one at a time  and colouring over with dandelion ink from Memento. 

I think the effect looks lovely and peaceful.

 Here are my challenge inspirations

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Happy memories

I am playing three challenges with this card...the PlayDate Cafe no.178, CASE study Challenge 137, and Freshly Made Sketches 82.

I took me all day to figure out...is my mojo on the wane??? I hope not!!

I turned out quite well though...

The ric-rac die is from MFT, the butterfly and the flowers are punched... the flowers are from Carla craft and the buttterfly is Jef. the sentiment is from Verses rubber stamps.

Here is my inspiration!

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Enjoy!