triple digits!

Today is the day it seems everyone around here has been waiting for -  the first triple digit temp. day.
It reached 101 degrees around 1:30.  and yep! it's hot -  even a "dry heat" at 101 is hot!

And now onto the cards.......
I really liked all the samples I saw using this set.  And I saw them everywhere so I finally decided to get them and play...

 

This is a new set from Tim Holtz. I stamped them with archival black ink onto water color  paper.I did stamp the flower heads three times separately and then stamped the flowers and stems together on another piece.  It was a little tricky trying to get the flowers and stems to match but with the extra flowers, I was able to hide the little spaces between them.   I had lots of fun water coloring with pencils and a water brush. The ink spatters in blue were put in before I did any coloring.  A little smoosh onto my craft mat with Tumbled Glass and lots of water provided the color for that.

 I then cut them down to fit on an A2 kraft card, did a little distressing added a sentiment and had three cards to send to some special people.  I had to change up the purple design but did use a partial cut from this grouping.

I will post the final designs before I get them in the mail.
Hope your day is going well!  thanks for stopping in today.
margie