Waltzing Mouse Flower Show - card #2 for Meredith MacRitchie

Hi everyone,
I just had to CASE (copy and steal everything) another card today for the Waltzing Mouse Flower Show.

I specifically wanted to work with the cards posted by Meredith MacRitchie on her blog "A Delightful Waste of Time".  I loved the stamping, coloring, and embossing techniques that she did on her cards using the Camellia set.  I knew I would need a block of time to make the card and today I decided to try it after speeding around and getting a bunch of other things out of the way to free up some time after lunch.

Here are the two cards Meredith made - they are both so GORGEOUS!!!

 I was especially intrigued by the water color stamping with the embossing - the card on the left.  But I definitely drew inspiration from them both for my card.

I wanted to try adding water to my images prior to stamping them but did not have a spray bottle so I tried something I will call "finger-paint" stamping.  Here are some pictures:

 First I mounted 3 different camellia stamps on blocks.  Then I would ink them all up with both Raspberry Fizz and Berry Sorbet ink with the rock and roll technique. 

After stamping the three flowers I dipped my finger in a small cup of water and rubbed the water over the flower in a circular motion making sure to go outside of the bloom slightly to spread the color.  When this was done I dried my paper with a heat tool and then proceeded to the embossing stage until my sheet of background paper was complete.  Then I got to place the finishing touches on my card.  Here is what my desk looked like by the time I was done (just for grins!)

Isn't this great!!!  I had so much fun making this card but alas it is time to go and pick up my son now....I will be back to finish this post a little later so I can add the product supply list!

 

Thanks for taking a look at my card!  And thanks to Meredith and all of the designers for fantastic inspiration!  I hope I get to make a couple more cards before the deadline!

:) Jill