Live It Up Birthday Ride

I had fun making this card today for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.    The theme is always Anything Goes, and the optional addition this month is On The Move.  Here's my card....

I used Penny Black stamp set live it up!  

Close-up

I stamped the hot-air balloons with distress ink in antique linen, masking as necessary.   I created the rainbow with watercolor pencils, and the sky with a hand made stencil for the clouds and some distress ink in tumbled glass.  I used Arteza watercolor pencils and a waterbrush to paint the hot-air balloons with the no-line technique.  

INSIDE

For the inside, I created more sky and clouds in the same method as on front, and added a small hot-air balloon.  I stamped the verse with Ranger Archival ink in manganese blue.

I made a matching envelope by stamping/masking two hot-air balloons and adding the sky and clouds with stencil work. 




And...the matching set....

I hope you will join us at Penny Black Saturday Challenge and play along.  You just might win some free product.  Check out the other design team members' inspiration, and enter your card!

I am adding my card to these challenges:

AAA Cards Challenge - Somewhere over the rainbow
Craft Stop Make It and Take It  - Anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Stenciling (clouds)
Make My Monday Challenge - Colored image Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.  Your comments are appreciated and enjoyed.

Blessings,

Live It Up....It's Your Birthday Card

Today I decided to try my hand at a CAS (Clean and Simple) card again.  I tend to use lots of layers, and pile on the techniques and embellishments on my cards.  CAS is a real challenge for me.  So...hopefully this is clean and simple enough to enter into a couple of CAS challenges.....

 It took every ounce of restraint to keep from adding just one more thing, just to fill in some of that space.  But I have to admit, I really like the simplicity of it.  I decided to get the picture taken and put it up on my blog, lest temptation to 'clutter it up' takes over.

I created the background on watercolor paper with some Tim Holtz distress inks and the watercolor 'smoosh' technique.  I just rubbed inks on to a piece of acetate, spritzed it with water, then smooshed it onto my watercolor paper.  I repeated until I reached my desired look.

The stamps are from Penny Black (Live it up! #30-289).  I used distress inks to watercolor them, then colored pencils to add highlights and shading.

I am adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted To Stamps - Clean and simple

AAA Cards Challenge - Summer fun


Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Happy birthday

I'm so happy you stopped by today.  Thank you for visiting.  Enjoy your summer weekend, and don't forget to take time for yourself.

Blessings

lynda