Family cruise!

Hello everyone!
I must be the luckiest girl in the world. I just returned home from a fabulous family cruise, just in time for the Online class I signed up for! First things first....cruise!

We loved the ports: Belize, Rotan, Costa Maya and Cozumel. We did a segway excusion, a snuba adventure, and zip-lining! What a blast!

Rainbows Make Me Smile!

Rainbows.....
The colors pop when you put them in order....they just do! I saw this photo:

I popped over to Nicole's adorable blog. I found she had made a video of EXACTLY how to create this fabulous look! Lucky for me, I had JUST purchased a set of peerless watercolor paints.

After watching her video, I gave it a try:

Thank you Nicole for the inspiration! Enjoy and thanks for stopping by!

Distressing Technique with Watercoloring

Hello again,
I am a post-o-holic this month! I have so much to share. I think I have more time to post then ever before. I have yet another creation to tell you about! This will be my 95th post on my blog. I think I will need to have some give-a-ways for my 100th post!

I love the look of watercolor with distress. I think they were made for each other. I am running low on twine, it adds a great touch to the bottom of the card.

Masking Alternatives: Jennifer McGuire

I am a step or two behind, but I just discovered Jennifer McGuire! She is amazing and her videos are SO rich with information and techniques. I was so inspired by this video. I have to try these three different ways to mask. Thanks Jennifer!

Distress Ink: Happy Birthday Card

 For this birthday card, I actually started with a light purple piece of cardstock. I wanted to see if distress ink would cover the base color of the cardstock. It did! (You can sort of see the orginal color between the blue and orange in the loop of the word BIRTHDAY and around the rhinestones) I pulled out my copic markers and colored some clear rhinestones to match! The over sized "score marks" are from a cool punch I purchased at Joann's with a 40% of coupon.
Paper: Marco's purple cardstock.- Inks: Black - Sentiment -Birthday Wish by Stampendous -Punch: Fiskar Border Punch - in Stitches