Happy Birthday Die Cut on Watercolor

 A new die for me.  I watercolored the background with Brusho watercolor powders.  I used Mango Melody for the base and the die cut.  The drops in the corner are Nuvo Crystal Drops.  The drops are easy to apply, but they take 48 hours to dry completely.  

Birthday: Let It Ride Watercolor

Another NBUB card (Never Been Used Before).  I love the Let It Ride stamp set -- I cannot believe it took me this long to put ink to it.

Colors:

Early Espresso

Baked Brown Sugar

Crumb Cake

Basic Grey

Mellow Moss

Old Olive

Soft Sky

Stamps:

Let it Ride

Sheltering Tree (for grass)

I used watercolor paper, stamping the horses with StazOn I used masks of the horses to keep the horses in the forefront.  Then I colored the scene with aqua painters.  

Hugs and Hearts: Artistically Asian

I am on a mission to use stamps or stamp sets that I have never used before.  I have had the bamboo background stamp, the bamboo embossing envelope, the set Artistically Asian, and a Japanese stamp set that I have never used until today.

I started with the card base in River Rock.  Then I colored the brown background, ran it through the embossing folder, put some VersaMark on the high points, and put on gold embossing powder.  The top layer is watercolor paper that I covered with River Rock ink, bamboo stamps, VersaMark, and gold embossing powder.  Then I added the ribbon and the curlicues. 

Thinking of You: Watercolor and Punches

Blackberry Bliss is the perfect color to complement the Brusho watercolor powders.  I used the braided border punch to add dimension to the watercoloring.
 

Stamps

Timeless Textures

Gorgeous Grunge

Thinking of You: Beauty Abounds

A simple card for me. I used a stencil for the three rectangles.  The image was stamped with Versa Mark and then black embossing powder.  I colored with markers.  

Colors:
Elegant Eggplant
Highland Heather

Wisteria Wonder

Sweet Sugar Plum

Blushing Bride

Mossy Meadow

Stamps:

Beauty Abounds