Waking up to snow this morning was NOT fun. But the good news is that Monday is supposed to be in the mid 70's!! My poor flowers and plants don't know what to do. My tiger lilies are about three inches high, and daffodils are trying to grow, and now they are knee deep in snow! I hope they survive.
Since spring keeps playing peek-a-boo with us, I decided to create some spring-y cards with my stamping supplies and colorful inks today. This card is for the
Cas-ual Fridays challenge 
I decided to make the background rainbow. I used painter's tape to tape off the edges of watercolor paper, then brushed on Tim Holtz distress inks in rainbow colors with my Clarity brushes. When I removed the tape, I had a luscious rainbow background. I also taped the edge of the card, and used finger daubers to create the rainbow border around the edge. I created the ribbon border with my black Micron 01 pen. I attached the panel to a black A-2 top fold card.
I embossed the verse from Cas-ual Fridays Stamps Pretty Posies set onto a black scrap with white embossing, cut it out, and added it to the card front. I stamped flowers from the same Pretty Posies set onto watercolor paper, then fussy-cut them and added them to the card with different depth foam tapes.
Some tiny sequins finish off the card.
I am also adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Make a rainbow
Addicted to Stamps challenge - Anything goes
Time Out Challenges - Quote: 'When it rains look for rainbows, when its dark look for stars'
I will be back tomorrow with more cards. Thank you for stopping in today.
Blessings,
lynda
With all that's going on in the world, I wanted my art to make a statement. When I thought about what to make for The Daily Marker Color Challenge , I knew I wanted to use this awesome butterfly from Stampin' Up (called Swallowtail). As far as colors, I thought about yellows and oranges, then blues and greens. But as I thought about my desire for my art to be a vehicle for showing love and caring to the hurting people in the world, I knew exactly what I was going to do.
I used distress markers to 'paint' the butterfly, after I taped off a square so that only part of the butterfly would show. I used my Clarity brush to add the soft blue background. As I looked through my stash for a verse, I came across this oldie but goodie Mahatma Gandhi quote. I'm sorry, I do not know the company, as I had removed the stamp from the wood, and neglected to write it down. Urrrrgh.
I decided to let the art speak for itself, and kept it clean and simple. I know.....twice in ONE week. Not a small feat for me, who likes to embellish! I just layered the panel onto a card using craft foam to give it some dimension. That's it.
I hope you are staying cool today. I stayed in most of the day. This morning hubby and I went to the gym, then he had to pick up some items from Walmart to fix the toilet, so I wandered in with him. Surprise.....they have back to school stuff out already!!! Wow! I have to admit, though, when I see all those notebooks, markers and pens, journals, organizers, I salivate just a little. I used to love getting all new things for my daughter when she was little....especially new crayons. There's something about opening that new box of crayons and smelling that glorious color-fest of wax! Over the edge.
But, I digress.
I am also adding this card to the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Flora and Fauna
Addicted To Stamps - Challenge 202 Make Your Mark
Virginia's View Challenge - All About Colors
I'm so glad you stopped in today for a little visit. I hope you have a chance to do something you love today.
Blessings,
lynda
Ah, what a glorious late spring day! The sun is shining, and it's not too humid, but comfortably warm with a slight breeze. The hummingbirds and our oriole visitor have been busy around our feeders all morning. They're so fun to watch.
So, with birds on my mind, I created today's card using Impression-Obsession 's birdhouse die (DIE156-H), and their stamps. On the colorful background I used one of their awesome cover a card background stamps (CC224 Fancy Leaves). The sentiment is from the square frames set (WP128).
I totally cased this card from Jennifer McGuire's post HERE. Click on the link (the highlighted word 'here') to learn the watercolor lifting technique that I used on the rainbow panel behind the bird houses. Jennifer is an excellent teacher, and the instructions are clear, concise, and easy to follow. It's a really fun technique, and I know I will be using it to make lots more backgrounds. I made my card different from hers, but used her general idea and technique.
I decided to go with rainbow colors, in support of the victims of the Orlando tragedy. My prayers and condolences go out to their families.
I am adding my card to these challenges:
Impression-Obsession Challenge - Summertime
Virginia's View Challenge - All About Colors
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge - Watercolor
I hope you're having lovely weather where you are, and that you can get out and enjoy it. Thanks so much for visiting my blog. Be sure to check out the inspiring cards entered in these challenge blogs, and visit Jennifer's blog to see how easy this watercolor lifting technique is.
Blessings,
lynda
