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so, i made another card for the mama elephant challenge!
honestly, it's the best colors, and the winner gets a spot on the challenge design team...um...HELLO! so i know it's a long shot, but i had to play along...again! :)

and without further ado, here's my card:

i heat embossed the triangles in the background from the today was stamp set. i made my own pattern with the triangles by selectively inking up part of the stamp with versamark ink. then i watercolored the background with my distress inks, peacock feathers, tumbled glass and shabby shutters.

the little fish are from the cosmic stars stamp set. LOVE them! they're so cute!! i even added some perfect pearls as shadowing. who doesn't love a little gold, right?! :) and then i chose the sentiment from the good times stamp set; one of my favorite sets! love the sayings!! so FUN!! and totally mama elephant!

lastly, i just added a few circle wood veneers (read: bubbles) and popped up the whole panel on the card base! so FUN! i just love this card! 
enjoy!

come what may

perhaps one of my favorite songs from the moulin rouge soundtrack - come what may! 

it was in my head the entire time i made this card, and that's how i knew i was having fun!
LOVE that song! LOVE mama elephant! and LOVE this card!

the latest challenge is totally up my alley! i just LOOOOOVE that inspiration photo!! the colors, the CAS of it, everything!

sigh. it just makes me happy to look at! 
here is my card:

i used the super adorable little folded bird from the origami stamp set! i LOVE that stamp set! i think the clean lines and modern-ness of it work well with tons of other styles! 

i colored in the bird with copics, a very light grey and then popped it up over the vellum waves! 
the waves were die cut with the landscape trio dies. 
and the sentiment was stamped directly onto the vellum! i LOVE the vellum, because you cas still see through it to the little splotches of watercolors on the back panel! 
the sentiment is from the true friend stamp set - which i love because you can create your own combinations!

i painted on some water onto the watercolor paper, then dropped some color from my spray mists into the pool! easy background with an awesome effect! (at least i think!)

so that's it! 
what do you think? 
i am totally going to play along again! i LOVE this photo!
enjoy!