Watercolor Congrats!

The famous Paulina from Pretty Pink Posh has a watercolor blog hop this weekend. If you have followed my blog for a while you know that I love watercolor techniques. So I am hopping along with this card I made for my German niece who recently finished her Masters in Mathematics. I am so proud of her!

And here is a close up so you can see how real the water droplets look!

Stamps: Designs by Ryn (water droplets), Hero Arts (you did it), Winnie & Walter (congrats)
Other: Inks (Distress Inks), Glossy Accents

I used one of my favorite techniques where you smoosh distress inks on your craft sheet, spritz them with water and then smoosh watercolor paper in it. Then I finally used those awesome water droplets from Design by Ryn . I just love them and think they look so realistic! Especially when you coat them with Glossy Accents! I saw them first on Cornelia's blog Stempelspass . She has made many fantastic cards with them! I thought they were a great symbol for all the hard work (and sweat) my niece did during her years of studying and writing her thesis.

Challenges:

Pretty Pink Posh "Watercolor Blog Hop"





Hop on over and check out all the gorgeous entries!


Designs by Ryn "June Customer Creation Gallery"


If you are still reading please help me welcome my new follower

Melissa from "Creating from the Heart"

Melissa is on the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Team!!! Need I say more! Her blog is full of amazing inspiration! What are you waiting for? Oh, yes, the quote to welcome her...

'Let us always meet each other with smile for the smile is the beginning of love.' - Mother Teresa

I so appreciate your visits and love reading your comments!

Hugs,
Susanne

Inkspirational #83 "Purple", SSS Wednesday Challenge "Anything Goes"

Hello all of you who still bother to stop by here...

My recovery is very slow but it is getting better. I can now use my fingers on the left hand a bit more which means I can type with two hands again, which is so much faster! I am also trying to stamp a little. Yesterday I wanted to play but didn't know where to start. So I began to clean my messy desk. That often helps with my mojo. I end up wanting to create instead of cleaning up! This is how this card came about.

I had embossed those butterflies with a silver Judikins stamp for another project but ended up not using them. So they sat patiently in the mess on my desk. I didn't want to put them in my odds and ends container for some other time (that never comes) and decided to do something with them. I tried all kinds of backgrounds but they really needed a dark one to stand out.

Stamps: Hero Arts (vine background), Judikins (swirl on butterflies)
Other: McGill (butterfly punches), Little B (washi tape)


Challenges:

Inkspirational #83 "Purple"





Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Anything Goes"






I am very delighted to discover that I have two new followers! Please help me welcome

Maria from Maria's Merry Makings

and

Gundi from papierelle

Both are very talented and have been blogging for quite some time so if you are in need for inspiration go and visit them!

And here is my welcoming quote for you by Robert Frost:

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about LIFE:
It goes on.


Thank you so much for stopping by and for all your well wishes and kind thoughts!

Hope to be back soon,
Susanne