Blossom Index Card

Hi there,

Our Mixed Media Moods is celebrating its one year Moodaversary and I created this Index Card inspired bei Jenn's and Dee Dee's Mood Board:

• glue together two 3'' x 5'' index cards for an extra sturdy base
• cover the whole card with white gesso
• add an extra layer with heavy gesso and carve some leaf shapes into it with the back of your paintbrush
• add some color with watered-down Dylusions Paint (Funky Fuchsia, Calypso Teal)
• use a black Dina Wakley Scribble Stick to add some shadows around the leaves
• add some texture to the background by stamping the Rubber Dance Vintage Hotel Receipt with Archival Ink (Watering Can)
• add faux stitching all around the card with the help of one of the stamps from the Darkroom Door Stitched Borders set and Archival Ink (Black Soot)
• add a sentiment sticker on top of a piece of matching used underpaper and corrugated cardboard

Have a wonderful day.

Yours,

Merry Christmas Watercolor Tags

Hi there,

we are starting a new Mixed Media Challenge over at Happy Little Stampers and I created this watercolor tag duo:

• cut out two tags from watercolor paper and two more from patterned paper from the My Mind's Eye Sugar Plum 6x6 paper pad using the My Favorite Things Tag Builder Blueprints 5 die set
• stamp images from the Rubber Dance Watercolor XMas set with Distress Inks (Fossilized Amber, Evergreen Bough)
• color the images and the backgrounds with those same colors
• heat-emboss the ornament embellishments on one tag with sparkly golden embossing powder and add splatters with watered-down Distress Ink (Evergreen Bough)
• add golden and white splatters to the other tag
• stamp the sentiment from the Clearly Besotted Many Mini Messages set with Versafine (Onyx Black)
• add hole reinforcers cur from golden glitter paper and natural twine as finishing touches

Have a christmass day.

Yours,