Soak up some Sun

Recently I have enjoyed working with water color paints

and Distress Inks.

Here is a card I created using water coloring.

 I cut an oval with my Explore from watercolor paper and then stamped the image on a piece of post-it-tape and then cut around the chair and umbrella.

I placed my mask chair/umbrella on the oval then watercolored the background.

Then using my MISTI I lined up my stamp to the masked area and then stamped

the image.  I then decided to stamp and color the chair image

 again and cut it out so it would add more dimension. 

  I colored the chair and umbrella with 

Distress Inks and a water brush, then pop dotted it on top.  

Then cut the stitched oval using one of my Die-Namics dies.  The top shell banner is cut from Life's a Beach cartridge and the I

added some K&Company die cuts.  

The stamps are from Sweet & Sassy stamps. I had been wanting to

use these stamps for a long time and finally had an opportunity to 

use them.  

Thanks for stopping to take a peak. 

You take the cake..............

Sorry I have not posted for a while, I had been in Colorado visiting my Mom.  Was hoping to enjoy the cool weather but they were having highs above normal, so we went up into the mountains for cooler weather.

I had made this card before I left but did not have time to post it.  I made this card following one of the sketches on the Sweet Stop sketch challenge blog.  They post a new sketch every Saturday.  Now since I am so slow I didn't get this done till past the cut off time but I still wanted to share it.

I used Cocoa Mouse from Sweets & Sassy stamps and the sentiment is also from Sweet & Sassy .  The papers I printed using my Cricut Imagine and the Imagine More Cards cartridge.  I colored the image using my Copics and Promarkers, I like to use both together depending on what colors I have in each.  I added some Crackle Accents to the cake frosting and Stickles to the candle flame.

I also finished the inside of this one with scraps that were left from the paper I printed using my Imagine.  I will stamp something later when I decide to use it.

Thanks for stopping by my blog, keep a watch out as my one year blog anniversary is coming up.