Shabby Chic!!

Happy Friday & Happy Weekend! I'm sooo looking forward to a little R&R--well at least as much as I can get, hee hee! I'm taking a class at my bud Marti's house (Pez-a-doodle Design) on using alcohol inks---can't wait. I haven't seen her since all of our shanigans at CHA, LOL! I've been dying to try out alcohol inks & Marti's the expert on it :o) And I'm possibly going to try to drag hubby out to our huge IKEA store to buy some storage stuff for my son's playroom & my craftroom (he's been resisting me, hee hee)! So we'll see....

I haven't watercolored in a whole year (gasp)--I know its horrid isn't it? I got my Copics and they're so easy & fun to use that I've been neglecting my watercolor paper and brushes. This is another beautiful Elisabeth Bell image from the Whiff of Joy Spring Collection called "Kneeling Willow". (You can buy her from 7 Kids College Fund here in the States)I based my colors on this bee-u-tiful dp that I've been hoarding for months from HotOffThePress--lovee it and navy is one of my favorite colors.

I watercolored her using my SU inks and Distress inks---took me longer to do, but it was relaxing & I forgot how much I enjoy watercoloring :o) That dark navy paper from Paper Trey Ink is so pretty IRL--its really sparkly ! I added lots of distressing to my papers and flowers with my Inkssentials Blending tool (if you don't have this, it is a MUST HAVE) and Distress Ink. The flowers are from Prima, pearls are from Kaiser and my scroll punch you can find HERE.

I really love how this card turned out, elegant & a little shabby chic! Whatcha' think?

Make sure and stop by Susana's Custom Art & Card Design store blog today---I have a fun tutorial up today about creating backgrounds with your inks, punches and Copics. Stop by and
check it out!

See ya back here tomorrow---

hugz,

Suzanne