A Little Note!

Hello friends!  I am popping in with a mixed media card to share today.

I am playing along with Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, and Kathy Rac's 30 Day Coloring Challenge. 

For my coloring,  I used Ken Oliver's Color Bursts Brights Assortment and Earth Tones Assortments.  I have had these concentrated microfine powders for awhile.  I have played around with them a bit, but never created anything.  I decided it was time to create a mixed media styled card.

  I started with watercolor paper.  I created the layered splotchy ink panels first using shades of greens, shades of yellow, then the ultramarine blue background panel.  I found that the biggest help using these inks was to use a pipette.  I sprayed the panel with water, dropped in some powder, then used the pipette to suck up water and color to move somewhere else on the panel.  I felt the pipette gave me more control.  I used my heat tool to dry before adding more colors.

  Once the panels were dried, I stamped the sunflower images and stems using Simon Says Stamp Summer Flowers stamps and dies with  Memento tuxedo black ink.  I colored the centers of the images with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.  I added some shimmer pen to the centers once they dried.  I die cut the images and added the flowers to the ultramarine  background.  I popped up the panel using white fun foam.  

For the sentiment, I used Beautiful Butterflies stamp set to white embossed onto black card stock.  I die cut with a banner die and added to the top of the card. I added the panels to a top folding select white cardstock base.  

Here is a list of many of the products I generally

use every time I make a card.

Grid Paper Desk Pad

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

foam tape 

versamark

Fiskars Paper Trimmer

 White Embossing Powder

 Heat Embossing Tool

 PTI select white card stock

clear sequins
MISTI
Large stamp/die storage pockets
QuickStik tool

Magnetic Gem

Gemini Jr.

Gemini Foiling System

As always thanks so much for stopping by!