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Hi friends! Guess what? I'm back...WITH FLOWERS - utterly shocking eh?

I saw THIS card by Kay recently and had saved it to use in the future. I had this large piece of water color smooshed distress ink paper just sitting on my desk so I set to work putting it to use! I splattered on some various paints watered down, all from Hobby Lobby (black, white, gold). I then taped down the MFT Circle Burst Stencil off center and applied various oxide inks: worn lipstick, fired brick & abandoned coral, but I couldn't stop there! I sponged on some mother of pearl Nuvo Mousse (which really muted all those pretty colors I had added - HA)!


I then cut down the large panel to this small one and embossed a couple scribble flowers and colored using Zig Clean Color Brushes. Once dry, I splattered on more watered down white paint. I also already had these Layered Leaves - looks like 3 layers glued together - and adhered everything to the main panel.


Sneak peek on the inside


Up close shimmer
I stamped and embossed the sentiment and then couldn't waste any of that gorgeous water color paper, so I used MFT's Stitched Scalloped Edges to cut an additional piece and added to the inside of the card (see above); love how it ties it all together.

Thanks for stopping by; hope you have a great week!

Hugs!


WHAT'S IT TAKE?
AccessoriesZig Clean Color Brushes, MFT Layered Leaves DieMFT Circle Scribble Flower dieCircle Burst Stencilclear embossing powderNuvo Mousse (mother of pearl used here), misc. paints from Hobby Lobby (white, black, gold), MFT Stitched Scallop Basic Edges, Tombow Markers

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