mahalo newton!

today I'm feeling the summer vibes!
and I have this card up on the Newton's Nook Designs blog!

so tropical, right?
I stamped and colored the images from Aloha Newton using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. once they were dry, I added some details with a white gel pen and then used the coordinating dies to die cut them out.

I used the Hibiscus Stencil Set and lots of Distress Inks!
I used Picked Raspberry and Dried Marigold for the flowers. then, without lifting up the stencil, I used my clear embossing ink pad and smooshed it over the stencil. then I added some clear embossing powder.

then I used the leaf part of the stencil set and Distress Inks in Pine Needles, Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron. once the leaves were added, I used the same Distress Inks and ink blended over the images. the good part about adding the clear embossing to the flowers, is the green didn't muddy up the pink! I just wiped off the ink from the flowers with a cloth.

the sentiment was heat embossed onto black cardstock.
be sure to check out the card up on the Newton's Nook blog!
enjoy!