Thursday, February 26, 2015

Circles, Swirls,.........SNOW!

I think this is enough with the yellow. Seems that is what I've done the last three or four cards. I liked this card better when it was just swirls of color but I decided to add circles for a watercolor bokeh tutorial on Splitcoaststampers. Hmmmmmmm.......my white ink circles should have blended more with the watercolor background. I really liked mine better when it was just a swirl background. I guess practice would make perfect.

I used Tim Holtz Distress Paint for the background. The lady doing the tutorial used re-inkers. My circle stencil was made with my Spellbinder circle nestabilities putting two or three together and cutting. Instead of using only white ink which I put down with a dauber, I sponged inside the circles with ink the same color as my background.

My flower is watercolored  and the butterfly die cut (rather large, isn't it) was cut with blue paper and then vellum on top. It was glittered.  I used Tim Holtz stickers for the sentiment.

This card went into the Dirty Dozen Fan Club Central Theme for February, CT0215. The theme this month: For the Love of Friendship.

Guess what?????? We got snow late yesterday and last night. Donna (Designing Keepsakes), you're off the hook for sending snow.  Here's a photo in the back yard. Yes, we do get excited when it snows down south. :-) It's beautiful. All you  who have had 70-80 inches, don't laugh.

Recipe:
Stamps-Crafting in Croatia (digital)-Flower
Paper-Stampin'Up! Marina Mist, watercolor paper
Ink-Tim Holtz Distress Ink/Wild Honey and Peeled Paint
Accessories-Tim Holtz Distress Paint/Broken China, Peeled Paint, and Wild Honey, watercolor brush, Spellbinder Card Creator Matting Basics A, Spellbinder circle nestabilitie, Cheery Lynn #2 butterfly, Comotion glitter embossing powder, Tim Holtz Idea-ology ChitChat