Tag You're It! #81

By now you've probably heard that the Tag You're It! challenge is back.  This week our challenge is the Pantone color of the year - coral.

I cut the tag from mixed media paper and used an acrylic sheet to transfer watered down Abandon Coral and Peacock Feathers Distress Inks.  While that was drying, I stamped and die cut the Altenew flowers and leaves.

There is a lot of wonderful inspiration from the Design Team on the blog.  We hope to see your tag in the gallery.

Just Us Girls #355

We've whooshed around to word week again at Just Us Girls and Sharyn's word choice is

Now you'd think water would be an easy word and I hope it is for you but I stewed and dreamed and fussed and fumed before I finally came up with an idea.  Part of the problem was that I have only one sort-of water stamp and the other was that I had used it a couple of times recently for other challenges.  So how could I use it and make it different.  That was the dilemma.  That and what to use for a sentiment. While I was waiting for the card to dry I started going through some of my sentiment stamps and found one that works for me.  See what you think

The first step was to do a smooshing, splashing ala Loll watercolor background with Distress Inks on watercolor paper. Then I made a stencil from the coral in the MFT Sea Life set, colored some texture paste with what else but Abandoned Coral and slapped it on which gave it the texture.  Once dry I stamped it with more Abandoned Coral.  The sentiment from Hero Arts was embossed on torn vellum in some clearance blue powder and the whole panel was mounted on Surf Blue.  To add to the treasure of the sea theme I had to add some tiny pearls. So with smooshing, splashing, slapping and stamping my card was complete.

Now it's your turn to make a card with water.  No that doesn't sound right. Make a card with water on it. That's not quite right either but you know what I mean.  For more inspiration, check out the Design Team and Guest Designer Colleen Foelker over at the Just Us Girls blog.  You could be chosen Chic of the Week and be eligible for a guest design spot just like Colleen.

I'm so glad you dropped by.