Flutter By Pond

Guess what? It’s once again, Flutter By Wednesday!

Simple card this time, but I think I like it.

This weeks challenge was set by Ann and I think it’s the one we all dread. NO DESIGNER PAPER – yuck! Well, actually, I was kind of looking forward to a no DP challenge after I came up with this idea. I made my paper with water colors and salt. It didn’t turn out exactly like I thought it would but it looks good! I’m really happy with it. I thought I had taken pictures of the process but they’re not on my card. Anyway, I wet my watercolor paper down really well and then dotted large spots of yellow and of lavender paint here and there. Then I sprinkled the whole thing with salt. That’s the part that didn’t really turn out. Next time I do this, I’ll do it a little tutorial with pictures so you can see how I do it and and how it should have turned out. Or maybe how it shouldn’t turn out depending on if it works that time or not.

Another thing about making paper like this is that you can exactly match the image!!! Speaking of the image, it is a Pollycraft digital image. I bought the whole set because I couldn’t decide which one I wanted. They were all so cute!

If you would like to play along with the Flutter By Wednesday challenge, you can go check out all of the other lovely DT blogs by clicking on their links on the right sidebar and then going to Danni’s Dreams to link up your card.

Now, for the other challenges:

Fresh Batch – sketch

Lili of the Valley – animals

Stamp Something – butterflies, bugs and other winged things

Pile it On – watercolor (that ones really easy for me)

Creative Card Crew – girls just wanna have fun

My Time to Craft – floral frenzy

Wow! Seven challenges and I only tried for two!!! Well that’s about it for tonight!

Blessings,

Christine