Yesterday was my husband's birthday. He's not a flashy person; he likes most everything to be of simple lines and color. We went to Seattle to enjoy dinner with his son, so I decided this card would be the perfect one for him, thanks to Altenew Stamps.

On a piece of Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Card Stock, I stamped the image with VersaMark using my MISTI. I heat embossed with white embossing powder. With the small distress ink pads, I applied two colors of Distress Inks; I also went over some areas with a wet piece of paper towel to draw up some of the color. With the Clean Color Real Brush Markers, I went over the embossed building and structural areas of the stamp design with the light gray color. I used a light green color for the tree foliage. Returning to the MISTI, I stamped the sentiment from the same set with VersaFine. I added the quote marks with a fine-tipped black marker. The stamped panel was cut down to 5-3/8" x 4-1/8", and adhered to an A2 white card base.

Altenew Clear Stamp Set: Sketchy Cities America 2

Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Salty Ocean and Shaded Lilac

IMAGINE Crafts' VersaMark watermark ink & VersaFine pigment ink in Black Onyx by Tsukineko

Stampendous Embossing Powder in White

Kuretake's Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers in Light Gray 091 and Yellow Green 053

Ranger Distress Watercolor Card Stock in white (stamped panel)

Conqueror 118# Cover Card Stock in Diamond White (A2 base card)

MISTI Stamp Positioner

Mariette has made a beautiful "Zen Butterfly" card using new Nuance colors for the Magenta blog.

Click on this link to the Magenta blog for Marietta's posting:

http://www.magentastyle.com/2016/07/wonderful-zen-butterfly-magnifique.html

Thanks for stopping by. Hope your Thursday is preparing you for a fabulous week's end tomorrow!

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