Tulips and Watercolor Wash - happy day to you

I've bought a few Alexandra Renke dies recently. I love her delicate silhouette designs.

I used the tulip dies and made this card.

I used a leftover piece of watercolor wash paper for the inlaid pieces and the window background. The sentiment was stamped with Champagne pigment ink. 
The design of the dies is so beautiful that you don't have to do much else.

Edited on 7/1: I'm adding the card to Less is More and AAA Cards.
Thanks for letting me know about these challenges, Trina!

 
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Stamp: Friendly Phrases (Stampin' Up!)
Paper: Watercolor Paper (Canson Cold Press, Arches Hot Press - 140 lb), White Linen (Ellen Hutson)
Ink: Gansai Tambi (Dark Pink - Kuretake), Encore Ultimate Metallic Ink (Champagne - Tsukineko)
Accessories: Dies (Tulip with Bud - Alexandra Renke), Die-namics Stitched Peek-a-Boo Window (My Favorite Things), Thin 3D Foam Squares (Scrapbook Adhesives)

CAS Watercolour June Challenge - have a fintastic birthday!

I made a birthday card for a friend of mine. When I saw the CAS Watercolour Challenge earlier this month, I thought the ocean theme was perfect for the card for her. 

She loves cute characters, so my card for today is on the cute side. 😊

I sponged Distress Oxide inks (Broken China & Faded Jeans) on a piece of watercolor paper and blended a little of Chipped Sapphire to add a purple hue. Then I spattered some water over the paper.  The fish was heat-embossed in white. The die-cut stitched white frame was layered over the ocean piece.

I didn't have a perfect sentiment stamp for this card, so I created my own using a computer (font: Cooper Black) and printed it on the card base.
The little fish on the card base was heat-embossed in silver pearl. I popped up the jelly fish with foam squares as a fun finishing touch.

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Stamp: Ocean Fun (My Favorite Things)
Paper: Watercolor Paper (Ranger), Whisper White (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Distress Oxide Ink (Broken China, Faded Jeans - Ranger), Distress Ink (Chipped Sapphire - Ranger), Pistachio Pudding (Stampin' Up!), VersaMark (Tsukineko)
Accessories:Die-namics Ocean Fun, Single Stitch Line Rectangle Frames (My Favorite Things), Embossing Powder (White - Hero Arts, Silver Pearl - Wow!), Nuvo Crystal Drops (Ebony Black - Tonic Studio), Thin 3D Foam Squares (Scrapbook Adhesives)

CAS Christmas Card June Challenge - winter wishes

Today's post is a reminder of the CAS Christmas Card June Challenge.
Our talented designer, Christine, is hosting the challenge, and the theme is Masculine. We have Bobby as a guest designer.

Here's what I made:

I made a few blue/green Alcohol Ink acetate backgrounds. Unfortunately, I ruined two of them when I heat-embossed them. The acetate sheets I used were heat-resistant, but I heated them too long. I should have stopped as soon as the embossing powder melted. They quickly warped. They were heat-resistant but not heat-proof...😢

Anyway, there was only one acetate piece left, so I carefully heat-embossed the trees on it. Whew! Third time's the charm!
Then I matted the piece with red cardstock and layered it under the gray front panel. The sentiment was heat-embossed in red.

To darken the sky, I used Teakwood (alcohol ink), for the first time. The Indigo turned almost black and I liked the result.

The challenge closes on June 24th, so if you need masculine cards to send this winter, it's a great opportunity to prepare them now and play along with us.
There's a lot of inspiration on the challenge blog, so please check it out!

Stamp: Tree image included in Alcohol Ink Kit (Ranger)
Paper: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Core'dinations Basic Gray (Stampin' Up!), Embossable Window Plastic (Judi Kins)
Ink: VersaMark (Tsukineko), Alcohol Ink (Stream, Indigo, Teakwood)
Accessories: Stitched Rectangles (Simon Says Stamp), Embossing Powder (White - Hero Arts, Cherry Cobbler - Stampin' Up!)