Altenew dahlia stencils

I totally fell in love with Altenew's Dahlia layering stencil and had to get it. I cut out some masks with a large post-it note pad (full stick) and could then easily mask off the flowers and leaves and use different colors. I used distress ink and an ink blending tool.

I cut the finished panel down a bit and layered it with a piece of black card stock. The stamped sentiment reads "Thanks so much" in Swedish and is from Slöjd-Detaljer. I also added some Clear Droplets from Pretty Pink Posh and some sequins from a Neat and Tangled pack.

The finished panel was cut with the 2nd largest rectangle die from a Hero Arts set. I also cut a black A2-sized panel with the largest rectangle die in that same set. I offset the panel to one corner for something different. The stamped sentiment reads "Thanks so much" in Swedish and is from Slöjd-Detaljer.

The finished panel was cut with the largest rectangle die from a Hero Arts set. The stamped sentiment reads "A big hug" in Swedish and is from Slöjd-Detaljer. I also added some sequins from a Neat and Tangled pack.

The finished panel was cut with the 2nd largest rectangle die from a Hero Arts set. I also cut a black strip of cardstock and attached it to the left side. The finished card is a bit smaller than an standard A2-sized card. The sentiment is die cut with a Lawn Fawn die.

Challenges
Simon Says Stamp - Monday Challenge - Stencil it
Simon Says Stamp - Wedneday Challenge - Stencil it

It's a beautiful day

For these two floral cards I used Altenew's Beautiful day stamp set. The images are stamped with Altenew inks (yellow) and My Favorite things (green). I heat embossed some images in the background and colored them with Zig clean color real brush markers.

The red ink is Lawn Fawn's Lobster ink (very red). The images are fuzzy cut and mounted with foam tape.

The gold mat is from a craft fabric.

The pink in the large flower is Altenew ink. Finished off the card with some clear droplets from Pretty Pink Posh.

The gold speckles is chunky gold embossing powder from Stampendous.

Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Floral frenzy

Heat embossing and watercoloring Wplus9 Ranunculus stamp set

I saw Dawn from Wplus9 watercolor this particular stamp set about a year ago and just HAD to have it. Last time I ordered from SSS it was available again and I finally got it. I immediately wanted to watercolor it with distress inks just as I had seen her do. With the video on repeat to pick up all the good tips, I tried out two panels. I was quite pleased with this first result. I loved coloring like that. Need to try it again (...and again... and again *smile*)

The image is stamped twice at different angles and then I heat embossed it. I used a ton of Distress Ink colors. The card is finished off with a stacked sentiment from Lawn Fawn. The bottom layer is done in black and placed a little off so that you get a drop shadow. I also added some sequins and clear droplets from Pretty Pink Posh.

Second version with slightly different color variation on the flowers.

Lawn Fawn congrats
Distress inks
PPP clear droplets