AAA Design Team

I couple of weeks ago, I threw my name into the hat for the AAA Design Team call,  and to my complete delight and surprise, I was asked to join the team.  I am so honoured to be part of this amazing group of card designers. This is the first design team that I have been a part of so I am nervous/excited to embark on this new journey. I also really like the AAA CAS Challenges - great inspiration photos that really get the creative juices flowing.

So onto this week's card -   the theme this week is rain - with a really pretty inspiration photo. 

I love the water drops in the photo, and wanted to use them on the card. Here is what I came up with :

I started out by die cutting a circle from a piece of regular typing paper to use as a mask. I taped it to the front of the card, and then I taped my favourite stencil (Memory Box - Wave) over the mask. I then started my faux-watercolour technique by sponging some Shabby Shutters, Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocean, and Chipped Sapphire Distress inks through the stencil.  I chose these colours because I thought they would look like rain. After I removed the stencil and the mask, I took a small brush and dipped it into some clean water and went over the stencilled design to create a watercolour. Once it was dry, I applied the "water " drops using Glossy Accents.  I also added two  butterflies die cut from vellum for some balance. The greeting is an old one from Cocoa Daisy - I turned it into a get well card by stamping "sorry to hear you're under the weather " (Studio Calico) on the inside.

I will link this card to a couple of challenges:

• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge where Anything Goes
• Addicited to CAS where the key word is Distress since I used Distress Inks
• Inkspirational where the challenge is Sprinkle since I sprinkled Glossy Accents on my card - this may be a stretch...

Now it's your turn to play along with AAA this week....

Thanks so much for stopping by!!!!

Jill