Case Study #180...

Well, hello! I have one last card for Case Study Challenge this month. I'm sad that it has come to an end, I had such fun. So far we've done Case Study #177, #178, #179, and here is #180. We're going to use this card for inspiration this week. When you look at it, what about this card inspires you? (If anything, haha)  

What inspires me about this card is definitely the layering. HERE is the original blog post if you'd like to read more about that particular card. I love to layer! Keeping everything touching or connecting on your card helps make it feel more cohesive.

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Here's the card I made today from above inspiration piece:

Instead of using the stamped flowers in the background, I did a watercolor technique with one of the cover plates by Papertrey Ink, the Cover Plate: Center Stage. I die cut the cover plate from cardstock, placed it over my watercolor paper...

(Just noticed that I decided to turn the paper vertically instead, as you can see in my next photo!) The negative lines of the stencil were painted in with black watercolor paint and water (to make gray). I dabbed it with a paper towel if I felt I had to much water, as I didn't want the color to leak under the stencil. When you remove the stencil, you get this look! To make the splashes, I grabbed some darker black onto my brush and flicked the tip of the brush with my finger onto the paper to create the dots.

When dry, I stamped "Grateful" with the Basket of Blessings stamps. I used Mum's the Word stamps and dies to create the flowers, leaves and stems with Melon Berry, Sweet Blush, Aqua Mist and Limeade Ice inks.

Would love to see what you do with this inspiration as well! Have a great day!

Grateful card:
(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)

STAMPS: Mum's the Word, Basket of Blessings

INK: watercolors - craft supply, Melon Berry, Sweet Blush, Aqua  Mist, Limeade Ice, True Black

PAPER: watercolor paper, white, Aqua Mist and Limeade Ice cardstock

DIES: Cover Plate: Center Stage die, Mum's the Word dies

OTHER: none.