Watercoloring

Hello! 
Well, we have another snow day today, so I took the opportunity to play.  I decided to pull out a set I have not used before and try a little watercoloring with reinkers.

I water colored the image with Lucky Limeade, Old Olive, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Pool Party and Island Indigo inks.  I cut the image out in an oval and backed it with a Deco Label Die Cut that I had sitting on the desk.  It had been stamped in Pool Party with the Canvas Background stamp.  To the background mat, I stamped the grass image and sentiment, Added a banner some leaves and the image panel. 
I used this week's Seize the Sketch  sketch-

I am also entering this card in-
 the Shopping our Stash challenge- Use Something New (green twine and stamp set)
the Great Impressions Challenge, which is also Use Something New
And the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge which is Something New

Thanks so much for stopping by and stay warm!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies Used ( all Stampin' Up unless specified)
Stamps-Simply Sketched, Wetlands, Inspired By, Canvas Background stamp
Paper- Whisper White, Pool Party, Old Olive, Lucky Limeade, watercolor paper, retired dsp
Ink- Stazon black, Old Olive, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede
Other- Linen Thread, Edgelit, :Little Leaves die, square punch, Oval Framelits, Decolabel Framelits, dimensionals, wood grain embossing folder

Neutral Inspiration

I have discovered a new challenge that appeals to me, as I really like inspiration challenges.  This one is called "Inspired By".  Here is the inspirational picture I used tonight-

Wonderful photo, isn't it?  I have decided, after working on this challenge, that I definitely need some pumpkin stamps.  I wanted to go with the neutral color theme and the fall theme, but couldn't find anything fall-ish to work. Still, I really loved the colors and the patterns and texture in the photo as well.  So, after all that, here is my finished card-

I embossed the Stampin' Up Hello Doiley stamp in black on Very Vanilla CS.  The dsp is from the Howlstooth and Scaringbone dsp.  Ribbon is unknown.  All in all, a pretty simple card-

Thanks so much for visiting my blog!  Have a wonderful day!