Live In The Moment - Watercolor Poppies (plus a giveaway)

Happy Friday, everyone!

I'm super excited to share today's card with you 

because it was truly a labor of love.

Right now it is just about 4AM and I am typing this with

inky stained fingers after staying up late (LATE) painting.

The mood just struck around midnight, just as I was getting ready for bed,

and the next thing I know, here I am, drafting this post,

exhausted, but happy.

I have been obsessively watching videos of the incredible

Swarup Murthy AKA Sanketi and here extreme watercolor skills

but felt too intimidated to try a floral image like this myself -- until tonight.

I stamped my design with the Sheena Paint Fusion "Poppies"

from Crafter's Companion and since I found my actual watercolors

(brand new - still in the box) too scary to crack open, I brought out

a whole bunch of my Distress Inks instead.

It took a lot of layers (several hours worth) using the Distress Inks,

and I definitely see things I would fix next time around,

but I'm really pleased with how it turned out in the end.

I used the Sheena A Little Bit Scenic "Silhouette Grasses" to add my sentiment.

Maybe after this I'll get brave and break out my watercolors after all. ;)

****** GIVEAWAY ALERT ******

I have two extra Memento Luxe ink pads to give away.

I was sent an Angel Pink by mistake in a previous order, and

Crafter's Companion was generous enough to let me offer it up as blog candy.

I also ordered Love Letter by mistake this month,

 so I decided to give that one away as well.

If you'd like a chance to win these two ink pads and give them a try,

just leave me a comment here and make sure I have a way 

to contact you for a shipping address. :)

I'll draw a winner on Monday.

Have a great day!