Hello Friend

I love the gorgeous images from Designs By Ryn, and I have used three of them for this card. To create it, I pressed distress inks on crumpled foil and laid on wet watercolor paper. You can see this technique in THIS by CraftyPaws:
Distress Ink Watercoloring Tutorial: Collaboration w/Justine Hovey.

I stamped the fish image in Versafine Onyx Black and embossed with SU Clear EP. I masked the fish and stamped the coral image with VersaMark ink and embossed it with Adirondack Lettuce EP. I then stamped the Sea Bubbles image with VersaFine Onyx Black and embossed it with SU clear EP. I partially die cut the bottom of the watercolored panel with one of the dies from PTI's Wet Paint set and stamped Friend from the coordinating stamp set beneath it. I layered four hello die cuts and inlaid them on the die cut panel, added a few sequins and voila!

I am linking this card to the following challenges:

Happy Little Stampers: Masking

Mod Squad : Heat Emboss your focal image.

And

Paper Players #258 : Beach Theme

Thank so much for coming by today. Thanks as always, for your kind comments as well.

You Are My Heart

I had an unexpected and very creative day off today - icy weather in NJ and school was closed.  It was delicious.  This card is a Valentine for my son, Gregory.  It was created with lots of love and inspiration from three challenges: Happy Little Stampers CAS February Challenge - Embossing;  SimonSaysStamp Monday Challenge - Red & Pink;  and the sketch from As You See It #073.  

Thank you so much for coming by today.

Supplies:

Stamps~Avery Elle Lots of Love, PTI Heart Squared.

Ink~VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black, Ranger Distress Inks-Pickled RaspberrySpun Sugar,Festive Berries, Barn Door.

Paper~Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock, Gina K Pure Luxury White, SU Read Red & Pink Pirouette.

Accessories~Filigree White EP, Simon Says Stamp Surely Stitched Heart, Ranger Multi Medium Matte, Water Spritzer, Twine, Dimensionals, MFT Die-namics Fishtail Flags STAX.