Shaded Lilac and Tumbled Glass

Hi!

I'm up late tonight, as usual, not wanting to go to bed. I am such a night owl. Especially when I've worked all day, with not a whole lot of time to play! Everyone else has gone to bed and I love the quiet. Although I still hear some rumbling thunder in the distance - quite the storms went through earlier tonight, but nothing severe, thank goodness.

I know many of you have already played with the new, Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Shaded Lilac, Squeezed Lemonade and Peacock Feathers, and I know you love them as much as I do! So, I wanted to find out what my favorite of the three looked like with another fave of mine - Tumbled Glass. Well, after creating this card, I can tell you, I love the combination!


For the background, I used second generation stamping with the Hero Arts Lattice stamp and Tumbled Glass Ink. I mixed the same ink with water on my craft sheet, and did this again with Shaded Lilac. Then I painted the colors onto the white embossed, Hand Drawn Flower from Hero Arts. I cut out the flower and added it to the background with dimensional adhesive.

It's a really simple card but it's my favorite thing to do - just stamping, coloring and cutting! Thanks for coming by! Have a good week! :)

Inspired By a Sketch and Flickr Friends!

Hi there!

I just realized this is my fourth post in a week. I know it won't last, but it sure has been enjoyable having more time to craft and blog!

Tonight I have a really fun card to show you. After seeing a couple of Flickr Friends using a cool sketch from Nichole Heady's blog, I just had to try it out for myself! You can see Lin's gorgeous card here and Betty's beautiful card here.

I'm having a difficult time putting away this adorable paper from Echo Park, so I used it again for this card. If you know me at all, you know I LOVE pink and green! Just makes me happy! :)


Isn't that a neat sketch? I just love the unique design! I actually stretched out my folds a bit further, all the way to the corners. The flowers are from a cling set by Hero Arts called, Three Dotted Flowers - one of my faves! The sentiment is also Hero Arts and I cut this one apart too - been doing that a lot lately. This one was a toughie - had to cut really slowly and carefully because the words were set quite close together.

Okay, that's it for now - heading to bed. Hope everyone's week is going well! :)