Memories . . .

Hey there, sweet friends!! So . . . here's the thing . . . I've been taking a watercolor class . . . and have been loving playing with watercolors!! So, I decided the time was right for me to break out my Distress Inks and paint up some images for cards!! With lots of advice from my friend, Dena (check out her gorgeous work HERE . . . plus, Dena has some excellent tutorials on, among other things, Distress Inks) and a bit of experimenting with inks and papers, I came up with this little something . . .

Thanks for your help, Dena . . . you're a sweetheart! Now . . . I just love Lili of the Valley images . . . and I think their "vintage-ness" lends itself to Distress Inks!! I decided to use this absolutely adorable new LOTV image called "Anniversary Surprise" available HERE. I just love those sweet faces . . . and hats!! I'm pretty pleased with the results . . . I'm thinking I didn't do too badly for my first attempt at using DIs in more than 2 years!! Here's a close-up . . .

As I said, I was experimenting with watercolor papers . . . this paper is Arches Cold Press watercolor paper 140#. I think it's a little too textured for my taste . . . so next time I'll use the Hot Press paper, which is much smoother! Here's a side-ish view . . .

 My Card Recipe . . . 

Whisper White cardstock: Stampin' Up

DPs: "Vintage Summer Basics: by Maja Designs

All edges inked with Creamy Caramel ink: Stampin' Up

Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads

Sentiment: Stampin' Up

Seam binding, brads, and other embellies: My stash

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

A peek at the inside . . .

And last, but not least . . .

I've decided to enter this card into a couple of challenges . . . 

Deep Ocean Challenge #45 - B is for (Blue)

Anything Goes Challenge #86 - Vintage

And that's it for me today . . . am off to do more coloring! Thank you so much for stopping by to visit! See you tomorrow with a new Mo Manning project! Hugs . . .