grateful...

Hey there!!  Popping in with a card for the current Essentials by Ellen Mix it Up challenge.  This month we get to mix up our EE products with MFT products... YAY!!  I have been wanting to ink up the MFT mini stamp set grateful ever since I got it (about a month ago!!).   I knew it would work well with the EE Mondo Hydrangea since both are rather large.  I stamped the hydrangea on watercolor paper with watermark ink and then heat embossed with gold embossing powder.  Once that was done I watercolored the hydrangea with my Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors.  I stamped the little single flower three times, heat embossed in gold and watercolored them.  When they were dry I die cut them with the matching die.  I stamped the word on vellum and heat embossed it in gold then trimmed it out.  The little for you is part of a sentiment that is found in the MFT Geometric Leaves stamp set.  That was embossed in white and trimmed down.  I layered everything up and adhered to a kraft cardstock base that I wrapped with a bit of gold twine.   My layout is based on the current CTS sketch so I will be adding this to their gallery, as well.

Hope you have a wonderful day!  We are having rain mixed with snow so a perfect day to stay inside and craft!!

Supplies:  Cardstock: PTI kraft and vellum, Ranger watercolor cardstock; Stamps:  My Favorite Things and Essentials by Ellen; Dies:  Essentials by Ellen; Ink:  VersaMark watermark ink; Embossing powder:  Ranger gold, Hero Arts white; Twine:  Stampin Up!; Watercolors:  Kuretake