Splashes of Watercolor

I love today’s Way to Use It challenge WT155 to use music as an inspiration – posted by Michele for Julia this morning.  Alas, I work during the day, so I’m never able to play along with the challenges on the day they’re posted.   I finished this card over the weekend for last week’s challenge.

I used a stamp that I really love but haven’t had the courage to use before now.  I guess I needed the push to produce a card with a “window” for Julia‘s Ways to Use it Challenge WT154 on Splitcoast.  This does count, doesn’t it?

The stamp is from Rubber Romance – directly from the maker’s Etsy store, and I fell in love with it the first time I saw it.  I think it’s the foreign cafe or Charleston garden atmosphere that I’m really in love with and the stamp just provided that.

Of course I had to watercolor it!  It was meant to be watercolored surely!  I distressed the edges and layered it on ruby red cardstock.  The so saffron layer was lightly stamped with the Grid Paper backgrounder from Cornish Heritage Farms.  I LOVE it and am SO glad that Lisa designed it!  The flourish and corner stamps are also from Cornish Heritage Farms, from the Rubbage Bin collection.  More amazing stamps!

I finished the card off with some hodgepodge hardware from Stampin’ Up! and a wide brown organdy ribbon.

I hope you like it and thanks for stopping by to visit today!

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Stamps: The Courtyard – Rubber Romance, Grid Paper backgrounder – Cornish Heritage Farms, The Art of Framing from the Rubbage Bin collection – Cornish Heritage Farms

Paper: watercolor paper, ruby red, so saffron, Screen Door Darling Stripe – My Mind’s Eye

Ink: Palette Hybrid Burnt Umber, close to cocoa, creamy caramel, going gray, old olive, always artichoke, really rust, pumpkin pie, ruby red, so saffron, blue bayou, soft sky

Accessories: waterbrush, Hodgepodge hardware – antique brass, ribbon