SSS and Winnie & Walter

I haven't used the SSS Kaleidoscope Background stamp very much, but I really love the design.  For this card I gold embossed the image & colored with Ocean Blue & Mint Green Liquid Pearls, adding just a bit of water.  The metallic sheen is gorgeous in person.  I die cut a square window in a black panel & gold embossed the sentiment from SSS Thoughtful Messages.  I'm entering SSS Flickr #117 & Kathy's 30 Day Coloring Challenge. 

Next is my entry for W&W 5th Birthday Bash Layering Die Cuts.  I used watercolor paper & stamped images from W&W In Bloom: Eva's Favorite Flowers using Distress Inks mowed lawn, lucky clover & twisted citron.  Then I added water with a brush & restamped until I liked the look.  For fun, a white gel pen was used to add little details.  The same inks were used for splatters & I lightly distressed the edges.  In a Word: Hello was die cut from a smooshed panel done in the same colors.  I discovered you can add color with a damp brush to make the smooshing deeper colors.  I used a white shadow stacked 5 high.  The word layered on top from The Big, the Bold & Seasons was stacked 3 high, brushed with shimmer & covered with Nuvo Glaze.  I matted the panel with a light gray cardstock & added Wedding dress Pico Embellisher drops.  I'm also entering Allsorts & WAW.

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Thinking Spring!

Michele's Inspiration Card

I love Fall, but have to say it's hard to beat Spring! Flowers start blooming with the promise of more to come & there's card making inspiration everywhere! This week's Muse inspiration caught my eye.  I love the camouflage technique, but Michele cut her die from the floral panel so that the top remained white & I love the look.  

I stamped images from Verve's Dream Big set (another NBUS!) using VersaMagic Purple Hydrangea, Ocean Depth & Key Lime.  I cut the W&W hello die from the panel & stacked it 3 high, glittering the top one before gluing it back in place.  

The very old sentiment was white embossed on a black scrap & I glued on 3 PPP clear dots.  I used the colors for Verve's March challenge.

For my next card I had to try the Faux Mother of Pearl technique shown here & here. I have 7 colors of Liquid Pearls--they're so beautiful I couldn't resist back when I had a LSS selling them. 
I've never been very happy with how my pearls turned out, but now the bottles won't just be decoration!  I used the green & the pink & inked them with similar colors. Then I used Verve dies that match the Dream Big set for the flower & leaves. Just for fun I made a matching plaid panel inspired by my W2CB teammate, Penny. The sentiment is by Stampendous & is stamped in Brilliance Starlite Black.  Almost out of this gorgeous, white, shimmery May Arts ribbon & I used PPP clear dots for my flower center.  

The layout is provided by Mojo Monday & I'm entering HLS CAS Challenge--the reason I learned this technique. Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.

Edited to add: Also entering CropStop #14 as the store carries Perfect Pearls.