I loved this week's challenge by Anita because heat embossing isn't a technique I do very often.  After playing with a few design attempts, I settled on a smoosh watercolor background after heat embossing the image.  To my surprise, the smoosh covered only a portion of the card front panel but I rather liked the result!  So many options were swirling around my head about the area to the left of the embossed image...do I splatter?  do I tear the?  do I cut it?  Dilemmas for sure!  I ended up adding a seam binding bow, (adding mailing bulk) but it's such a pretty card, I went along with it.

Paper:  Canson
Stamps:  FSJ Greeting Bouquet, Sentiment (Unknown)
Ink:  Ranger Distress Oxide Worn Lipstick, StazOn Grey
Accessories:  Wonderlust WOW! Embossing Powder Inspired by Catherine Pooler, A Muse Gems, May Arts Seam Binding


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xoxo

LYN

Adding water was right up my alley this week!  I began with a smoosh technique onto an acrylic block with 3 rows of Distress Oxides.  After liberally spritzing, I pressed the block onto Strathmore watercolor paper.  While drying the panel, I spritzed it to create water drops.

The sentiment was stamped using The Misti.  Rose was diecut onto watercolor paper and painted with Peerless Watercolors and then mounted with foam tape.

Supplies
Paper:  Strathmore Watercolor
Inks:  Distress Oxide - Broken China, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Versafine Onyx Black
Stamps & Die:  Stampendous Rose Cling, Stampendous Birthday Assortment Perfectly Clear, FSJ perforated Rectangle
​Accessories:  A Muse Studio Sequins, Quicky Glue Pen and FSJ Diamond Glitter

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LYN

​Here's this week's inspiration card by Tristan Dawes:
(Click on her card for the Muse Challenge #277 link)

I love the anticipation of my first impression of an inspiration photo and this time I saw, of course, a pretty blue flower and then I saw the diecut window!

I've been painting what I call 'blob' flowers on 5x7 Strathmore Watercolor paper this summer.  It's a wonderful exercise in being loose and free without over thinking.  After choosing a paint color (Koi)  and a #10 brush, I started at the top and worked down making shapes happen with a wet brush on dry paper.  While the flowers were still wet, I dropped in a second color. For the stems and leaves, I changed to a #6 brush and dropped in green at the base of the blob in hopes it was still wet enough to spread on its own.  Once dry, I added paint splatters in the darker blue paint.

Here's my interpretation of Trinstan's diecut window.  I glued several diecut happy (Sizzix) words together in black cardstock (FSJ) and finished the top layer with a wash of blue (Cerulean I think) watercolor paper.

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xoxo

LYN

'Wow!  Am I on a roll posting to challenge sites this week!  Today I'm here on CAS on Sunday, which is part of CAS on Friday's blog.

Partial stamping is the technique on the watercolor tag.  A little glitter on the flowers added a pretty element.  Card background is a simple random wash on watercolor paper.  I don't have many embellishments here in Florida so I decided on a funky staple design on the tag. 

I had to resist adding more to this card.  It's a good thing I don't have my supplies here that I have in New York 'cuz this card would have turned into 'not a CAS card' knowing me!  For example, I really see an embossing folder or stencil design on the entire card panel.  Or, at the minimum, a stitched border on the card panel and the tag.  See, there I go...

Stamps:  Vintage Bird (A Muse Studio), Sentiment Just Because (Spectrum noir)
Ink:  Versafine Smokey Gray
Watercolor:  Koi Water Colors
Paper:  Arteza Premium Watercolor


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xoxo

LYN

I interpreted a one-layer card from the inspiration photo, which was my starting point.  I ended up adding two popped pieces because of my limited supplies here in my Florida house.  I'm intrigued to try this again once I'm back home in New York State later this week.

Focal image is A Muse Studio Tag You're It bear that was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black on the smooth side of Ranger Distress Watercolor cardstock.  I painted the spruce trees by hand with Distress Ink Iced Spruce smooshed onto acetate as my palette.  Bear is painted with Distress Vintage Photo smooshed onto acetate.  Santa hat is from the same A Muse set and is painted with Koi  Water Colors.  Sentiment is stamped in Versafine Onyx Black and edged with Quicky Glue Pen and Lawn Fawn prisma glitter.  Santa hat and sentiment are mounted with 3D Foam Squares from Scrapbook Adhesives.  Snow created by splattering Chinese White from the Koi Water Color palette.

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xoxo

LYN

First time posting to Seize the Birthday challenge site and I'm excited to be participating!  The theme is anything goes, but they have a cute toppings optional theme of stripes.
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I couldn't resist these cute ice cream images We All Scream by A Muse Studio.  Papers Dots & Stripes 6x6 paper from Echo Park.  Diecuts were colored on Canson watercolor paper and painted using Peerless Watercolor.  Quicky Glue Pen and Lawn Fawn prisma glitter added sugary sparkle.  Ink is Versafine Onyx Black.  Diecut label by Stampendous.  Doodle border hand drawn with an Artliner Pen 01 by Spectrum Noir.  3D foam squares by Scrapbook Adhesives.

This is my first Muse Challenge participation and I'm so excited! 
​Here's this week's inspiration photo:

I was immediately drawn to the background and that's where I began my card.

I have limited supplies here in Florida, but I think I worked with what I had pretty well.
​I diecut a WPlus9 Trellis die.  I inked it with Distress  Ripe Persimmon, Mowed Lawn and Salty Ocean.
​Separately, I stamped the flamingos and palm trees and label with Versafine Onx Black.  I diecut the leaves on watercolor paper.  The stamp and die set used is Sizzix Birds of a Feather.
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I water colored the flamingos and palm trees with Distress Ink smooshed onto acetate using the same Ripe Persiimmon and Mowed Lawn.  Also used smooshed Black Soot.  Quicky Glue Pen and Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter used for accents on the wings.

My go to glue is Tombow Multi Glue.  Flamingos are raised with foam mounting tape (Scrapbook Adhesives).
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I really enjoy the focus of Florida while I'm here (and not in Upstate New York!) and had lots of fun creating this card!

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xoxo

LYN

It's been awhile since I posted to The Card Concept. 
Here's my interpretation of Challenge #92:

Supplies:
Cardstock (Hammermill Color, Copy, Digital, Cover), Strathmore Watercolor
Flowers (Catherine Pooler)
Sentiment (Fun Stampers Journey)
Watercolor:  Kuretake Gansai Tanbi
Dot Sparklers (Stampendous)
Versafine Onyx Black Ink
Circle Die (Lawn Fawn)
​Scor Pal
Quicky Glue Pen & Glitter (my stash)
White Crotchet Thread (my stash)

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xoxo

LYN

I didn't think I had any coffee stamps here in Florida, but I did!  I shipped all of my A Muse Studio stamp sets and found a coffee mug image (Crazy Friends).  Sherry recently brought me a couple of new sets that I forgot I ordered and there was the sentiment I needed (You Are My Sunshine).  I was in business!

Since I don't have my Versafine Onyx Black (Amazon has taken care of me!), I decided to go with no line watercolor.  I stamped the flowers in a vase in Distress Antique Linen and proceeded to paint with Distress re-inkers.  The mugs were stamped with Memento Gray Flannel and water colored with Distress re-inkers.  Sentiment stamped with Versafine Vintage Sepia.  Dot stencil (Catherine Pooler Designs) dots (Distress Pumice Stone).

I would say the style of this card is #2 Clean and Layered.

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xoxo

LYN

Challenge #86 needed to be in a vintage style!  I could have challenge myself further and created a CAS card, but I went with where my creativity led me with this one.  My stash of Authentique Crush papers proved to be a perfect choice.  Dreamweaver teacup dies, A Muse Studio heart die, McGill tag punch.  Sentiment (unknown), Ink Catherine Pooler Black Jack, Acrylic flowers and bauble May Arts, Ribbon & Lace my stash.
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