Shower card

Hello blog fans!

Today I have a little card that I made to use as a gift card with a

bridal shower gift.

It was inspired by Kristina Werner

on this video where she made a Father's Day card.

I loved the concept so I adapted it for my own card.

I used my Peerless water colors , but I couldn't guess at what

colors I used, I just kept adding colors until I liked the look I had.

Believe it or not, I actually wrote that "love"

I usually hate my own handwriting,

but I played around and practiced until I got something I liked,

wrote it with pencil and then went over it with a journalling pen.

I layered the water color piece onto a piece of coordinating card stock

and then adhered it to a white card base.

Here is a picture with the envelope I made for the card.

It's an odd size and I knew there wouldn't be an envelope to fit.

I love the fun pop of green on the inside of the envelope.

I absolutely LOVE how this card turned out and I hope

Liz will like it too.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you've been inspired in some way.

Come again soon and you'll see the other card I made with this technique.

Until then,
Be Creative and Have Fun with it!

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Goin' with the flow.

Hi all!

I don't know about where you live,

but here in my area we are experiencing some

awfully cold weather.

This past weekend we had quite a bit of snow,

and even for the Buffalo, NY area, that's not quite 

normal for the beginning of April.

And frankly, I don't like it at all.

I'm hoping it won't be long before we are 

seeing some beautiful roses in our area.

Well maybe a couple months, but it sure will 

be wonderful to have them blooming.

This card didn't turn out at all like I had it pictured 

in my head.  I was thinking more pastelish (is that even a word?)

I used my Peerless watercolors to paint this card.

I started off using the wrong color for the background, but 

figured what the heck, may as well keep going.

Then I intended to heat emboss the image with white 

embossing powder, but used black ink instead.

Again I figured what the heck and moved on.

I'm still getting used to the Peerless watercolors

and the vibrancy they have.

Needless to say, they didn't come out as I wanted,

but heck nothing about this card was as I had planned.

So I just kept on with it till it was painted,

trimmed it down and adhered it to a white card base.

You know like the weather, sometimes cards just don't work 

out like you hoped.  So just go with the flow and see what 

comes to life.

Thanks for stopping today,

I hope you are having a wonderfully creative day.

See you again soon.