A Little Watercoloring

Hi Everyone!  It is cold here in St Louis today, but not nearly as cold as I have been hearing from friends to the north!  I am thinking of them as I sip my hot chocolate and sit in my cozy basement stamping! 
Today's card is a cheery card for one of the counselors at work- it is School Counselor Day.  It is also my first card using my new and AMAZING Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils.  There is definitely a learning curve with these, but they are fun!

I stamped my image in Stazon Black on watercolor paper, then colored in with the Inktense pencils and blended with a water brush.  The bow was made with my new Becca's Bow Maker, which is also amazing.  No more frumpy bows! 
That is really all there is to this clean and simple card!  Thanks for stopping by my corner of blogland.  Stay warm everyone and have a blessed Friday!

Lee Ann :)

Supplies used-
Stamps-Kindness Matters, Bordering on Romance
Paper-Poppy Parade, Whisper White, Polka Dot dsp (all SU), water color paper
Ink-Stazon black
Other-Inktense watercolor pencils be Derwent, ball fringe, ribbon, Becca's Bow Maker, Glue Dots

Distressed Romance

Today's challenge was a true challenge.  First this card is using the Try a New Technique over on Splitcoast Stampers.  This technique is TLC364-Wrinkle Free Distress.  I also forced myself to try to use all Stampin' Up products on this card (I failed, by the way).  Lastly, I tried to replicate yesterday's post, which used beautiful paper from Basic Grey.

My background paper was made using the distress technique found on Splitcoast.  I used More Mustard, Pool Party and Rose Red ink on Naturals White paper from Stampin' Up.  After several applications of those inks, I did a top layer of Van Dyke brown.  Other cardstock used is Very Vanilla, Pool Party and Whisper White.  The lace is dyed with More Mustard ink by rubbing the stamp pad over it and then wetting/blending the ink into the ribbon with the Aqua Painter from Stampin' Up.  The flowers from the set, Bordering on Romance were colored with Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, More Mustard, True Thyme, River Rock and Pool Party inks and the blender pen.  The image was stamped with black Stazon.  The image was then embossed with the Designer Frames embossing folder from Stampin' Up.  The smaller bunch of flowers was simply fussy cut out and adhered behind the frame.  The sentiment was stamped with Versamark and Rose Red and then clear embossed.  Lastly, I punched 2 strips of Pool Party cs with an edge punch.
All papers were sponged with Van Dyke brown ink and adhesive pearls finish off this card.  What do you think?  How did I do mimicking yesterday's card?

Thanks for stopping by!