slimline watercolor

 I was lucky enough to win a gift certificate from Simon Says stamps recently and I knew just what I wanted, they had recently had a new release of this big stamp set and there were so many gorgeous cards made with it I just wanted to give it a try :)

I heat embossed with white embossing powder onto watercolor paper, then using a mix of Daniel Smith watercolor and my Spectrum Aqua pens I water colored the image, I forgot to take a picture to show what the whole panel looked like but I did take a picture of the two cards together to give you an idea of what it looked like before I cut them in two to make two cards.

I don't have any slim line dies so I used my regular dies and just cut them twice making sure not to cut the ends so that I could flip the card around and cut the opposite ends, if you want to see how that is done I think you can google extending size of dies, I am sorry I can't remember where I saw the the technique just remembered seeing it somewhere.  As you see I had to cut a little off the panel on the right in order for it to work with that die.

• Simon Says stamps - Flower Garden stamp, embossed in white and water colored
• Cosmo Cricket paper
• Tim Holtz - Metallic Sticker book TH94134 sentiment
• Die unknown cut twice to make slim line card

The second one I went with a little darker colors, sure does change the look of it.

• Simon says stamps - Flower Garden stamp, heat embossed w/white embossing powder and water colored w/Daniel Smith water colors and Spectrum Aqua pens
• Lawn Fawn - Outside in Stitched Scalloped Rectangle die, cut twice to make it fit for slimline 
• Leisure Arts - Savor the moment paper
• Hero Arts - It's your day sentiment stamp

I would like to add my cards to the Simon Says Stamps Red white and blue challenge.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie