Celebrate--Clean & Simple Cardmaking 3 Winner!

I'm popping in to share another card for Virginia's View Watercoloring Challenge

and to announce the winner of the spot in Clean & Simple Cardmaking 3.

First, here's my card.

I white embossed the Avery Elle sentiment on watercolor paper, then brushed 

several colors of distress inks over it for the resist effect.

I love how it kinda sorta looks like ribbons. The finishing touch? Sequins!

And the winner of the spot in class? Random.org helped me choose....



SAVANNAH O'GWYNN

Congrats, Savannah! I have emailed Melanie and she'll get you all set up for class!

And for those of you who guessed (for fun) which card was mine in the collage,
the pink arrow is pointing to it. I'm surprised at how many of you guessed correctly, too!

Thanks so much for stopping by today. 

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AEI♥U Challenge #2

It's time for Avery Elle's AEI♥U Challenge #2 and we're asking you to pull out
your EMBELLISHMENTS and join us! The awesome prize?
An Avery Elle stamp set of your choice!

For my first card, I stamped the flowers and leaves from Love Notes, and added the
sentiment, also from the set. I finished off the card with a rounded corner
and several of Avery Elle's clear sequins.

For my second card, I white embossed the sentiment from Circle It and ink distressed
two colors of distress inks, then spattered and added coordinating colors
of Avery Elle's sequins.

Easy peasy, right? So pull out your buttons, sequins, enamel dots, etc.
and join us! Just be sure to use at least ONE Avery Elle stamp on your project.
If you don't own any Avery Elle stamps, you can use the free digital stamps here
and still play along.

Visit the rest of my teammates and see what embellies they used on their cards.

Karolyn • Diana • Katie • Yana

Link up your card here and enter as many times as you like.
The deadline is Sunday, March 16th at 12:01am PST.

AVERY ELLE PRODUCTS USED:

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CAS(E) this Sketch 67

Here's this week's sketch by Chrissy.

And here's my take on it.

Two notebook pages were diecut--one from pink cardstock, and the other
from watercolor paper. The sentiment was white embossed on the watercolor piece and
distress inks were swooshed across the sentiment, causing a resist effect.

The pink piece was stamped with a woodgrain design in white ink.
I stapled the two pieces together and mounted them on a woodgrain embossed card base.
Small butterflies were added for a pop of color.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see how the rest of the design team interpreted
the sketch and welcome the awesome Maureen Merritt as our new team member!

Be sure to link up your card(s) by Thursday, March 13.
Thanks for visiting today!

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Virginia's View

There's a new challenge blog in town and it's a fun one by my dear friend

who needs no introduction: Virginia Lu! Here is her first challenge and it's an inky one.

Her link up gallery has filled up so quickly! I think everyone is jumping on the 

watercolor bandwagon so I did, too.

A while back, Joni Andaya shared how she watercolored some flowers

and I was mesmerized! I grabbed my trusty Crayola watercolor set and tried it.

Okay, so it's not ex-ACTLY the same as Joni's but boy, was it fun!

I meant to stop at a certain point but since the paper was wet, I just kept painting.

I trimmed off a piece--I think I could make two cards!--and attached it to a piece of
green cardstock and added the Winnie and Walter sentiment after it was completely dry.

I've seen some other watercoloring techniques that I've wanted to try

and Virginia's challenge is a good time to do that!

If you're feeling inky, join Virginia's challenge. Link up your card here
and peruse the gallery, too.  So much colorful inspiration!

(ETA: I'm linking this card to Winnie and Walter's Join in to Win
since I used their awesome sentiment...again!) 

And you have until midnight, tonight to leave a comment here
for a spot in Clean and Simple 3 that starts on Monday, March 10.
I will choose a random winner and get you registered for class.

Thanks for stopping by!

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