You're Amazing

Hi friends! Today I have a fun card to share using scraps.  After I had finished packing away all the Valentine's goodies in my craft room, I found a small pile of scraps that had fallen out of a 12 x 12 pad on the floor. They were so lovely that I decided to cut them down to card front size to keep a stack of on my desk.  Then I had even more left overs, so I decided to tear them in strips and layer them together to make a fun backdrop for a card.

Next I cut a doily from one of the papers and then stamped the you're amazing sentiment from Small Phrases and cut with a circle die to layer in the center of the doily.  I grabbed a piece of leftover ribbon that was a freebie with an order at The Funkie Junkie and dyed it a bit more yellow with some  shimmerz sprays.  The base of the card is splattered with different shimmerz inklingz and also some of the rose gold watercolor from Designs by Rachel Beth.  I finished off with a little birdie ephemera piece and a couple paper flowers from my stash.

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

Enabler's List
Stamps: Small Phrases (Verve Stamps)
Paper: In Bloom (My Mind's Eye), white (Neenah)
Ink: pumice stone (Ranger Distress), Miner Miner 49er, Burnished Buckle Inklingz, Egg Noggin' and Glorious Day Vibez (Shimmerz), Wild & Free watercolor collection (Designs by Rachel Beth)
Accessories: Doily punches die (Lifestyle Crafts), circle die (Nestabilities), seam binding, Botanicals ephemera (Tim Holtz), paper flowers

Watercolor Lines

Hi friends!  I'm up on the Viva la Verve blog today with a recap of Jen's VLV July Week 5 sketch. My VLV coffee card on Friday was filled to the brim, so I took a more relaxed simplified take on the sketch for today's card.

For my birthday, I got some of the Zig Clean Color Brush markers, so decided to take them for a spin. I pulled out my trusty ruler and started by drawing lines with a light turquoise marker, then went over the second half with a darker shade. I pulled out a water brush and then went over the lines for a fun watercolor background.

Next I had to try a technique I saw Kylie use for the glitter splatter. I dropped a bit of glue on a craft sheet, then added water to it and splattered on my water colored background. Then I added the latte colored glitter. The floral image from Floral Notes is stamped onto a stitched circle die cut and I water colored with the clean color markers.  I added a bit of glitter to match to the flower centers, then rounded a sentiment from Small Phrases to add to my circle. This piece is matted with black and then I tucked a bit of iridescent cording behind for some pizzazz.

That's all for today! I'll be back tomorrow with our August Diva Inspirations Hop and challenge!

VLV July Week 5 Sketch

Enabler's List
Stamps: Floral Notes, Small Phrases (Verve Stamps)
Paper: distress watercolor paper (Tim Holtz), basic black (SU!), white
Ink: black archival (Ranger), Kuretake Clean Color Brush Markers (Zig)
Accessories: classic circles nestabilities (Spellbinders), stitched circles stax (MFT), glitter (Glitter Ritz), water brush, glue