Three Cards for Saturday

Happy Saturday.  I have three cards to share today.  I bought Paper Smooches Perpetual Bliss used the other day, and wanted to make a quick card with it in time to enter this week's Paper Smooches Sparks Anything Goes challenge.

I used Copic markers to color the clocks, using the colors from this week's ColourQ 292.  I also colored a little pattern for the left side of the card.  I am entering this card at Addicted to Stamps and More Make Your Mark.

I was inspired by the second card on this post of Kara's for my next card.  I loved the look of those black lined images overlapping her big polka dots.  I used Distress Inks and a Simon Says stencil to sponge my polka dots.  I used lots of post its to mask off all the dots around the dot I was sponging each time.  When that was done and dried, I stamped some butterflies and other images from one of my oldest PTI sets--Butterfly Kisses, then embossed with the Picnic Plaid impression plate.

I am entering this card at Addicted to CAS where the code word is Butterfly.

Last up is a card that should have been so simple, but took 3 attempts.  I saw this card on Loll's blog and loved the ghost images on her background.  After watching this video, getting hints from Loll, and throwing out a few misted muddy messes, I finally managed to create this.

Here is what I ended up doing:  I heat embossed my sentiment in black onto a piece of water color paper.  Then, I sponged and blended color over the entire piece using Distress inks in sunset colors to play along with Less is More.  I placed my stencil (Bold Florals from ARTplorations) on top and spritzed with lots of water--waited 20 seconds or so and lifted up the stencil, blotting dry and then using my heat tool.  In person, you can see the bold flowers ghosted images a little better.  My final step was to spray the entire card with Frost Shimmer Spritz.  Very quick and easy, when I finally did all of the steps right without messing up.

I am also entering this card at Happy Little Stampers CAS June challenge sprays/mists, Pretty Pink Posh Watercolor Blog Hop, Stamplorations Anything Goes, and Seize the Birthday without toppings.

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