My Favorite Things Color Challenge #14

I used My Favorite Things Color Challenge #14 as inspiration for this card.

I added pearlescent mixitive to the inks to give them a shimmer. I had saved the face of this maze game from a birthday trinket toy. It was perfect to adhere to the front of this card for a little added whimsy. I put a faux pearl in the maze so it could be played.

At first I didn't think I would love this combo, but the way the colors came together on the card came out wonderfully! Thanks for the challenge MFT!

Have a super crafty day and leave some time for fun and games!

Ombre Orange Mountains Cute Card Thursday

I love playing around with my inks. This ombre orange is just the thing to "WARM IT UP"  which is this week's Cute Card Thursday Challenge.

The "Hello" is a sentiment stamp from Sweet Stamp Shop. I used a scrap piece of paper and cut out something I thought looked like mountains and then inked up from bottom to top going lighter as I went up.

Be sure to stop on by and join in this week's challenge. Living in the Southwest this card just speaks to our lovely mesas that we have here.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to make so time to create.

Water Color Challenge Over at Paper Girls!

I love dabbing my distress ink pads, which are water reactive, onto a craft mat, spritzing them with water and then dragging my paper across the pools of color. You can get amazing results with this technique.

So, the newest challenge over at the Paper Girls Challenge Blog is to use watercolor in your project. I'm so glad I get to guest in on this one. I LOVE water coloring-the traditional way and with distress inks like I've done here. Come join in with challenge #36.

 

I drew in some waves and rocks with colored pencils and when I swiped the paper over the distress ink that I had pooled on my craft mat it resisted the ink in those areas.

 

Once your initial swipe is dry you can dab your paper around to pick up droplets of color for another cool effect.