altenew watercolor wonders part 2

Another Champions League soccer game last night for DH, another session with Altenew's Watercolor Wonders for me! If you haven't checked out the Challenge Blog Hop yet, you definitely should.

I found inspiration from three  challenges participating in the hop - Curtain Call, Altenew's September Challenge and Virginia's View.

Isn't that fall bouquet gorgeous? Watercolor Wonders was perfect for my first card. Incorporated the woodgrain with dry embossing on my cardbase and the colors in my stamped array of blooms. Gave it all a spritz of Perfect Pearls/water mixture (love that shimmer!). Fussy cut around the blooms and adhered the panel with foam adhesive. Heat embossed sentiments from Super Script.

On a side note, the more you work with a set, the easier it becomes. I started this array with the red bloom (used SSS Lipstick Red, Memento Rhubarb Stalk and Altenew Grapevine - what a mix, eh?) and then the next largest bloom (Altenew Caramel Toffee and Paper Bag) and so on. There are so many blooms (and leaves) in the set you can choose the one to fit the next space as you progress.

On to my second card.

For my second card I pulled out yellow, blue and red spray inks from Kesi Art and sprayed, misted and splattered some CS that I then stamped with Wild Hibiscus. Fussy cut the blooms and adhered them to my cardbase which I'd colored using Warm Sunshine dabbed onto an acrylic block, spritzed with water and pressed down. I'd also stamped the blooms and a couple seed pod images from Striped Florals - don't you love how they match the sketchy feel of the blooms? A simple little sentiment from Hennah Elements nestled perfectly into my design.

I'm entering the first card at Addicted to CAS cuz I used "Harvest" colors. And both cards at Addicted to Stamps and More where it's Anything Goes.

Tomorrow I'll be back with LOTS of CAS Christmas fun on the CUTplorations blog hop. And I'll be sharing the results of my session with Altenew's Watercolor Wonders and Paulina's 10 Minute Craft Dash. Yep, she revived it for the Ultimate Challenge Blog Hop!!! Happy Thursday!