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Muse Challenge #280

8/26/2018

This week's photo inspiration!

Getting inspired with Stampendous stamps!

My card began with the background using a Stampendous Cling Mixed Mesh stamp and Antique Linen Distress Ink. I separately stamped the floral and hummingbird images on watercolor paper (Arteza) using Versafine Onyx Black Ink. Images colored with Peerless Watercolor Sheets and then fussy cut.

Here's a close up of the fussy cut flower that was mounted onto the background panel. Hummingbird was mounted with 3M Foam Tape. Sentiment (Stampendous) stamped using The Misti and Onyx Black ink. Pearls are A Muse Studio.

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xoxo

LYN

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Muse Challenge #278

8/13/2018

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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

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Seize the Birthday - Water!

8/10/2018

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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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xoxo

LYN

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Muse Challenge #277

8/3/2018

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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.

Thanks for stopping by!

xoxo

LYN

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Muse Challenge #280

This week's photo inspiration!

Muse Challenge #278

Seize the Birthday - Water!

Muse Challenge #277

So glad you're here!

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Muse Challenge #280

This week's photo inspiration!

Muse Challenge #278

Seize the Birthday - Water!

Muse Challenge #277

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