Sweet Days with Not 2 Shabby

Hello friends! Today I'm taking part in the This or That hop over on Instagram. This week's prompt is SWEET or SNARKY. In real life, I enjoy the snark, but for cards I usually stick to sweet, uplifting sentiments. So I turned to the Yummy Strawberries paper and Sweet Berry Cottage ephemera from this month's N2S Box of the Month.

I started with that lovely gingham paper, matting with some new to me lacy layering dies. I cut the strawberry print paper from the larger lacy mat, then layered them all together.  I chose a gorgeous, large ephemera piece with the strawberries and blossoms, highlighting the leaves and berries just a bit to match the deeper reds and greens in the paper.

The sentiment is from the Berry Best Friends stamp set in the March box, and I finished off with a butterfly ephemera piece and some sparkling enamel dots. They're always the perfect ending to a card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fabulous day!

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Watercolor Strength with Creative Worship

Hi friends! Today I'm popping in with a fun card I made with a watercolor background and emboss resist technique. I hadn't played with watercolors in a while, and Korin at Creative Worship stamps inspired me to get them out and play.

I started with a wash with teal watercolors. adding more color in the bottom left half of the card and up the sides. Once this was dry, I stenciled over the same bottom corner with the Rectangle Tile stencil and some mardi gras colored ink.  Next I pulled out the Going Postal set and added a bit of texture with the script stamp in black and the splatter stamp in mardi gras. After this, I splattered the panel with white paint spray.

Once everything was dry, I embossed the floral stamp from My Savior's Love in white, then added a little more highlighting with the watercolor ink to make the flowers stand out a bit more.  The verse is from The Lord is Near, embossed in black.

Once my panel was done, I roughly cut around my watercolor wash panel, then roughed up the edges before layering onto a white rectangle.  This panel was then popped up on foam for some dimension and adhered to a white card base.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a wonderful day!

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