Combined two challenges for this card. The F4A172 challenge to have 4 flowers and the MIX19 to smudge around the focal image. I really struggle with smudging because I like keeping control, but I did do it on this card. This card started out as all white cardstock and a paper doily. The back panel was smudged with 3 different colors of green watercolor paint. The next colored layer I took my Mark's Finest Papers CRACKED HELLO crackle background. I took a paintbrush and painted blue paint to the stamp. Then I misted the stamp with a spray water bottle. I then stamped it on white cardstock. As I lifted the stamp up, I used my fingers to smudge the paint. I used my fingers to smudge plue and green water color paint on the top panel. The four flowers are a sneak peek at a Mark's Finest Papers set called I NEED A VACATION which will be released during the Mark's Finest Papers blog hop this month. I stamped the flowers 2 times and water colored them. I cut one set apart to put behind the scripture panel. The other I fussy cut and shaped with my finger so that it had dimension.
Date: Friday, June 7, 2013 GMT Views: 1171
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Fri, Jun 07, 2013 @ 7:53 PM
This was always going to catch my eye with the vibrant blue/green colours - your smudging looks wonderful and your water coloured flowers adds dimension!! Beautiful!!
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Fri, Jun 14, 2013 @ 12:24 PM
Looks pretty controlled to me and BEAUTIFUL!
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