Watercolour Leaves

Hey there!  Today looks like it's going to be sunny but cold.  A welcome change to the snow we got yesterday.  I swear, we are getting as much snow in a week as we usually get in a month!  There's more on the way Monday evening too.  Boo.  I'm dreaming of somewhere warm and sunny with a lovely beach right about now.  Sigh.....

Anyway, I've got a card to share today.  I decided to try some of my new distress inks.  Take a look...

I dusted off a very old stamp by a company that no longer exists (PSX).  It's such a lovely leaf stamp though, that it needed to be used again.  I inked it up with my distress inks, first with Marmalade then with some Mown Lawn.  Then I spritzed water on it once or twice.  Then I stamped it.  It makes such a cool watercolour effect.  I repeated these steps several times.  Then I stamped my sentiment (STAMPlorations, Vignette:  Chevrons and Arrows) in black.  Then I mounted my panel on my card base with foam dots.  I love how distress ink reacts with water.  :-)

I'm going to link up to the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More - create a CAS card
CAS-ual Fridays - use a watercolour technique
Penny Black and More - anything goes (except a digi)

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you all have a fantastic day!