Pink Dahlia

I hope you've had a good start to the week! My DD and I stayed busy today getting ready for school to start back on Friday. She is excited about going back to school, and so am I! ;) But, as busy as we were, I did have a little time at the end of the day to make this 3.75" square card.

I started this card with no idea how it would end up, and I like how it worked out. I used watercolor paper for the images. The first thing I did was put a mask of the flower image where I eventually wanted the stamp to be. Then, using Dylusions Ink Spray and Glimmer Mist, I spritzed the paper, then dried it with my heat gun. I stamped the post card image with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, then removed the mask and stamped the flower image there. I put a base of color on the image with water soluble pastels, then used my Prismacolors to give the image more depth. Finally, to distress the paper a bit, I sponged Iced Spruce Distress Ink around the edges of the image layer, then wet the edges so I could curl them up some.

On the inside, I used the Martha Stewart French Scroll punch for the lower edge and backed it with a scrap from the front of the card, stamped the sentiment, and sponged Victorian Velvet Distress Ink along the edges.

Thanks for stopping by...Have a Fabulous Day!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Air Mail!
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

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