never ever give up...

today I'm sharing a quick little card...

I cut a piece of my white magic mat board to 

3 x 4 ½ inches...

then gave it a quick coat of the collage medium, using the collage brush...

I don't cover the whole surface, 

but you sure could...

I like that the edges will absorb more color for instant shading...

you can see the cool brush strokes & how they add another layer to the background,

 with no effort at all...

just apply the medium vertically & horizontally...

being impatient...

yep...that's ME...

I like that this dries super quick & can also be blasted with the heat tool to speed it up, if needed...

next I scribbled the 

chipped sapphire & peeled paint distress crayons over the surface & blended them with the digital blending tool...

(aka...finger)...

and then slightly moist paper towel...

I used jet black to stamp the lace border toward the bottom...

what I REALLY like about the crayons is that they can be removed with stencils...

I got a batch of really over saturated wet wipes from Costco, 

so that made me think about other methods for using water to remove color...

a moist paper towel works...

but...

I'm really liking using a moist 

mini blending tool...

it gets in all the tiny stencil areas very easily...

I mist a bit of water onto the craft sheet, pick it up with the blending tool & then rub it over the stencil...

I used the alphabets stencil on the top & 

the lots of dots stencil on the bottom...

as a side note, the foam does pick up the removed color, but it doesn't transfer it later...

so, even though the foam looks ugly

I just keep using one foam for this technique...

so far it looks like this after using

 the tarnished brass paint dabber

 to edge the base......

I inked the old wood floor background stamp with cornflower blue & stamped it over the base, above the dots...

the more layers the better...

subtle...

I like  LOVE this stamp LOTS...

and here's the finished card...

the hydrangea & bow were stamped with jet black onto newsprint paper that is adhered to clearly for art...

with glue n seal...

the hydrangea was inked with forget-me-not & cornflower blue archival...

and just a tiny hint of violet...

I used leaf green & fern green for the leaves...

the hydrangea is

popped up with foam adhesive...

it's a really great adhesive for clearly for art...

black glaze pen dots accent each individual bloom...

the sentiment is from 

the new just say it background stamp...

all the little details matter...

after cutting out the little bow & inking it 

with red geranium, 

I stamped over it with 

the ticking background, using jet black...

I added a remnant rub to the nailhead &

 another to the left of the flower...

you can see that in the photo above...

I always need to add a little pen stitching around the edges...

obsessed...

it's mounted on black cardstock, 

then a mixed media cardstock card...

this is a nice neutral color...

if you haven't tried the crayons yet, 

this is a quickie project

and a fun way 

to test drive them & experiment...

I hope you can

take a little time 

for YOU and

make art!

wendy