HELLO THOUGHT OF YOU WATERCOLOR BACKGROUND CARD

  Hi everyone! Diana here with you today to share a fun holiday hello card. This card started out as a traditional Christmas card but as I started working on it I knew I wanted a large sentiment so it changes just a bit. 

I started by stamping my desired images with versamark ink onto watercolor paper, then adding platinum embossing powder, and heat setting. then I sprayed my panel liberally with water. 

I used my altenew watercolor brush markers to color in my images first. Spraying the water first helps the ink move more freely on the image. 

 I then watercolored the background to give more texture. I went ahead and added my gold string trim. I did end up with a small splotch but no worries, my sentiment will cover that up. 

For my sentiment I watercolored another piece of paper in the reds I used on my flowers. I then die cut the large hello. 

I then cut two more from white cardstock to give some dimension. This also helps keep the sentiment sturdy. 

Using liquid clue I adhered all three pieces together and adhered them to the front of my card. I stamped a secondary sentiment on white cardstock and die cut it out.

A little closer look at the watercoloring. I am loving the large hello. 

I finished my card by adding Ornament Mini Dew Drops around my sentiment and on the sentiment strip. 

Supplies:

Robin's Nest: ornament mini dew drops

Altnew: happy pomegranates stamp set, mega hello die, sentiment strips 2 stamp set, feature sentiment dies, spring garden & winter wonderland watercolor brushes, antique gold linen thread, platinum embossing powder. 

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DREAM BIG JOURNAL PAGE

 Hi everyone! I'm back again with another project for my design team spot over at

For this project I started out creating a large sunflower. Once I had it cut out on my Cricut I had no idea what I was going to do. I wanted to put it on a stick and make it a plant decoration but I didn't have any. 

So I decided on creating a junk journal page. I've never made one before and I don't have a whole lot on the page as I wanted the sunflower to be the center of attention but I'm loving the way it turned out for my very first try.

How I created this:

Step 1: Cut out desired shape from solid colored cardstock of choice. Next you'll choose another color or patterned paper to back the flower. Adhere them together and trim around edges.

Step 2: Use either distress ink in vintage photo or another brown you have on hand and add it to the image to give a little texture.

Step 3: Use the same brown ink on a 8 1/2 x 11" piece of white cardstock. 

Step 4: adhere the large cut out image to the left hand side of your page and trim off extras. You can then add some of the extra pieces to the corners as I did.

Step 5: Choose your embellishments. I used Robin's Nest dew drops and  two stamp sets from CLOSE TO MY HEART and fussy cut out the images once I stamped them. 

SUPPLIES: 

Robin's Nest Dew Drops: Winter retreat dew drops, dark vanilla dew drops & chocolate dew drops

Stamp sets: Close To My Heart

Ink: nectarine, fern, ruby, glacier, and archival black (Close To My Heart), vintage photo distress oxide ink

Cardstock: orange, mustard, and white

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CURIOSITY DISTRESS PANEL FOR ROBIN'S NEST

Hi everyone! I'm here with a fun new project for 

Today I am sharing a mixed media panel that I created using a lot of different distress items as well as Dew Drops.

For a step by step of how this was created visit HERE! 

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