Holiday Blessings

Happy October!!

Today at Back To Basics and Beyond Challenge blog

we have a fun new theme and it is

Water Colors!

I have so many different water colors

I was overwhelmed of which one to use.

In the end I chose my newest water colors from

Nuvo~Aqua Flow Aqua Splash.

On a Spellbinders die cut, I first ran it through my Cuttlebug,

embossing with a snowfall embossing folder.
I decided to do a 'splash' of water color rather then water coloring an image.

I spritzed my water color paper , then added my aqua color, letting it flow where it wanted.

I used my heat gun to quickly dry it

then stamped my tree image on that with Cottage Ivy ink.

I added a bit of 'sparkle' to the trees

using a Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss.
(I wish you could see it)!

I die cut a little banner and stamped the sentiment on that,

then popped it up a tiny bit.

The card base is one of many I already have ready for A2

cards which I am trying my best to use up

since I tend to use mostly white card stock bases!

All my stamps were stamped using the

Tim Holtz stamp platform, my favorite 'tool' of the year!

I have all the products (and some links) for you below.

Now make sure to pop on over 

to Back To Basics and Beyond

and see all the beautiful

water colors the design team has for you!

Entering the following challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday .... Let's Get Ready For Christmas
Crop Stop .... ATG (Spellbinders~cuttlebug)
Addicted To Stamps & More .... Make Your Mark

Supplies:

Art Impressions Tree Stamp

Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss

Nuvo Aqua Flow~Aqua Splash

Tim Holtz Stamp Platform

Memento Dew Drops Cottage Ivy Ink

Flourishes Country Time Christmas sentiment

Spellbinders dies

Sizzix Snowfall embossing folder