Watercolor Palm tree

I created this card for a challenge over at Mountain Plains Crafters but wanted to feature it here in more detail on my blog.

It's all free-hand except for the sentiment which is from the Unity Stamp Co kit called Bunches of Love, one of my favorite kits designed by the fabulous Lisa Arana!

I drew my tree with distress markers, then  watercolored, also using Twinkling H20's shimmering Summer Fun colors paint.  The paper on the side is a cork board design by Karen Foster Designs and enhanced with burlap trim.  I love how summery and colorful this is.

Go check out all the other nautical/beach inspiration at the MPC link above and link up to our challenge.  There's a prize up for grabs!

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Pumpkin love

I recently won this sweet stamp set from Waffle Flowers Crafts and wanted to make something a little different with the poppy pod.  So, I turned it into pumpkins!  I masked the bottom of the pod and stamped it 3 times on cardstock, also masking the two outer pumpkins so the middle would look cropped.  I should have documented this process but I didn't as this was actually made over a couple days due to time factors and life getting in the way.  It happens, right?! 

After stamping the pumpkins with black ink, I colored with my distress markers and painted a little bit with Twinkling H20 shimmer paints for shine. 

Now, for the documented part;  I glued some burlap ribbon then took a strip of May Arts green net ribbon and folded it in half, glued the ends and left a gap.  I decided to fill that gap with an orange paper straw for fun and color.  I glued that to the burlap, then raised my pumpkins with pop dots.  The sentiment was heat embossed for a bolder look and was also part of this stamp kit.  The final touch is  Freckled Fawn neon enamel dots.  I love how this turned out!

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Love to the Moon

Happy Friday!  It's going to be a busy day today.  My son has his first Allstars baseball game tonight (Go Weaver Bearcats!).  Might not have much crafty time over the next week or so.  Hopefully I can squeeze in a little time...

 

I made this card with several Unity Stamps and watercolors.  The sentiment is called "to the bitty moon" and the tiny dots background was from a grab bag, as was the love border.   I'm entering this card into these challenges:

Unity Friends with Flair
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Friend challenge
Unity Be Inspired color challenge

 

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I stamped all around the edges of the card with a love border stamp in pale pink ink.

 

Supplies: Tim Holtz distress markers, May Arts Ribbon natural twine, Unity Stamps, Studio G pink ink, adhesive glitter moon, Unity freebies tag and stars, Twinkling H20's shimmering blue paint, Stickles yellow glitter glue, blue glitter brad (maker unknown)

I must need a vacation....tropical card

Well, I started out to make a card for the Unity Stamp Co Be Inspired monthly challenge.  What you see below, is not what I had in mind.  Haha!  I had all the colors in my head , also pictured below, but I couldn't figure out what direction to go.  I settled on the Feeling Happy bird and watercolored the stitched frame. 

Next,  I took some plain beige May Arts flowers and watercolored those to match.  I tried a couple other things but wasn't happy so rip, rip, rip.  I used a mini flower punch and punched about 50 little flowers to cover up the glue ring that I wasn't happy about after the rip, rip, rip.  Next thing ya know, we've got a full on trip to the beach going on!  That DOES make me happy.  #smile

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Twinkling love card

New watercolors equals new card!  I snagged this awesome shimmering watercolor set on clearance at Hobby Lobby, and made it mine!  Aren't the colors on this card just gorgeous?!  The set is called Twinkling H20's from Luminarte.  I posted a pic of the colors below.  

I also had in mind to make a baby shower card using this awesome sentiment and stars from the Unity Stamp Co.  The dangling stars are from a set called Twinkle Twinkle and the sentiment came in a grab bag but I believe its from a set by artist Phyllis Harris.  The polka dot paper is from Graphic 45's Sweet Sentiment collection.  I just love this sweet card.  I'm also entering it in the Friends with Flair contest at Unity Stamps.

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