Birthday Blooms Painted with Love

I know, I know, it's Friday and it's a new As You See It Challenge day, and I don't have a sample for the Design Team. Well, it's a long story, but this is the first time I've missed a challenge in...well, since we got the challenge back up and running over a year ago. But there was so much work surrounding the Craft Crop last weekend, and then I had to leave a day and a half later for my visit with my daughter, and meantime, I had to get my newsletter out, for which I didn't even get time to do a tutorial, which I'll have to complete next week and..well, you get the picture. Here, by the way is the challenge banner for this week. I hope you'll be able to give it a try.

Anyway, I did happen to have this sample that I completed at the crop. (Why didn't I do a challenge sample instead? I'll never know!)

• This combines some of my favourite things - Painted with Love Specialty Designer Series Paper, Birthday Blooms stamp set, embossing with White Stampin' Emboss Powder on Glossy White Cardstock and watercolouring, wet-on-wet using an Aqua Painter!
• I love the glassy, watery look that you get with the wet-on-wet technique and the White Stampin' Emboss Powder. Here I used shades of Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive, and So Saffron and Crushed Curry.
• The Gold Foil Sheet backing both the DSP and the sentiment (also from Birthday Blooms) echos the gold foil in the DSP.

 I am thinking that I will do this card as my late Free Tutorial for March. Maybe it will make up for being late:

If I do a video tutorial, I can demonstrate the very cool background technique I used here. If you want to get in on this tutorial then sign up for my free newsletter by entering your email address in the field below and clicking on Go. There is the understanding that you can easily unsubscribe at any time.

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Product List

Birthday Blooms Wood-Mount Stamp Set [140655] $35.00	Birthday Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140658] $25.00	Painted With Love Specialty Designer Series Paper [145580] $17.00	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $5.25	8-1/2" X 11" Glossy White Cardstock [144240] $9.25
Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131198] $10.00	Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [122925] $10.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $11.25	Versamark Pad [102283] $11.25	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $6.75
Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [131172] $8.50	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [126983] $8.50	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [131180] $8.50	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [126953] $8.50	So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad [126957] $8.50
Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [131173] $8.50	Aqua Painters [103954] $22.50	Embossing Buddy [103083] $8.00	Heat Tool [129053] $40.00	Layering Squares Framelits Dies [141708] $46.00
Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits [135707] $33.00	Big Shot [143263] $136.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $5.25	Fast Fuse Adhesive Refill [129027] $10.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.25

The Polished Stone Technique for As You See It Challenges!

This Friday's As You See It Challenge #155 is all about what you do when your mojo has left you behind. How do you get you creative juices flowing again? It's a bit of a different challenge, in that it is a Fill In the Blank. You complete the sentence with a word or phrase that suits you, and then you make your project based on that word or phrase:

My answer to this is: When I lose my craft mojo, I: look for a new technique to learn!  And I did! Since we have our Glossy Cardstock back in the catalogue, I was looking for some techniques to use with it, since it's been soo long since we last carried it. All I could remember was the Shaving Cream technique. What I found was beautiful and easy: The Polished Stone Technique! Here's my card that features the Polished Stone Technique on Glossy White Cardstock:

• The polished stone part is the background behind the stamped sentiment. It's subtle, in this case, but doesn't have to be. It's an easy technique and a great deal of fun to do.
• I'm featuring this card and this technique in my August newsletter, and you will get a free step-by-step photo tutorial giving you the instructions on how to make this card, including the instructions for the Polished Stone Technique. In addition, my newsletter includes a video presentation on this same technique in the Stamp Tip of the Month section. I don't want to go into much detail here because of this.
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• The stamp set used here is called Lots of Love. I really like the bold font which makes it the focal point of the card. It's a great one to use with this technique.
• The Designer Series Paper in the background is called Whole Lot of Lovely DSP, and it fits right in with the Soft Sky in the card design. I used three colours of the 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon, Pool Party, Powder Pink and Pear Pizzazz, and today's blog post is brought to you by the letter P!

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Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today.

Product List

Lots Of Love Wood-Mount Stamp Set [143799]	Lots Of Love Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143802]	Whole Lot Of Lovely Designer Series Paper [144110]	8-1/2" X 11" Glossy White Cardstock [144240]	Soft Sky 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131203]
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045]	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931]	Pink Pirouette Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [111843]	So Saffron Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [105225]	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [131161]
Powder Pink 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon [144151]	Pool Party 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon [144152]	Pear Pizzazz 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon [144153]	Glitter Enamel Dots [144200]	Heat Tool [129053]
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]	Glue Dots [103683]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]