And for the 3rd one. The Challenge can be found here . This last card was a happy ah-ha moment when I had laid the die cuts in a pile of works not yet created. The orange and yellow distressed oxide ink backgrounds that I had created for future use screamed " HELLO?!?!" I knew exactly what I wanted to do. Long story short, the Saffron build a flower die set is so easy to create and having the Altenew Blends Paper Pack already in my stash, I went with the more pink and purple tones for a second set I had cut out. The black frame and the circle die cut lifted up just a tad made me happy I had created it. The Happy Birthday sentiment is from the Botanical Line Art stamp set for June's Ultimate Subscription as well as the Saffron build a flower die. I added some Cherry Blossom enamel dots and mounted it to a black A2 card base. P.S. I found that if you get liquid glue on the paper from the paper packs, be aware that using an adhesive eraser will also remove some o
Inlinkz doesn't like it when you try to use the same link for multiple submissions... Duly noted. π Blog challenge can be found here . The second card is one I had planned on using for the course I am currently working on at Altenew academy. It's called Creative Watercolor Media. My take on the course is that it encourages you to find new ways to use your supplies such as re-inkers, ink sprays and good old water-based ink pads for watercoloring. I have very few re-inkers and ink sprays, so I went with using the mini crisp dye inks. I ended up doing some ink smooshing on watercolor paper and really liked the results. I used the frame die cuts to give the image a stacked look along with foam adhesive, cut out the sentiment and mounted it to the watercolor paper.I added some black ink spatters as well. I then framed the panel with a thinly cut black cardstock to break up the white space a little and mount it to an A2 card base. I rounded the corners of the card to help