I made this card for a friend who's Mother just died. I first used gold embossing powder on a Inkadinkado flower stamp. I used several Distress inks to blend the background, Peeled Paint, Seedless Preserves, and Mowed Lawn. Then I colored the inside with Fired Brick Distress Ink. I used a Kraft card, which I felt complimented the colors.

I am entering this into
The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Fantastic Florals.

February

It is time for the February entry for the Twelve Month Challenge over at The Craft Barn Blog. We are working on the Sarah Coleridge Poem The Months.  The line this month goes:
                             
February brings the rain,
Thaws the frozen lake again
We have to include a heart and a cherub in it. I have to admit for a day or two I debated whether to continue this as I couldn't figure this out.
So on a snowy day (8 inches in all) I had an inspiration! I was flipping through  a small paper pad that I bought at the store that was Victorian Valentine themed; when I came upon a page with cherubs in a cloud! I decided to cut a pair out put them in the sky. I found a stencil with a cloud on it and traced it and cut it out.

I decided to play with my new Yasutomo  Pearlescent watercolors. I felt they would give me the hazy look a winter rain can have. I used a blue and then put a grey in. The cloud was painted in silver watercolor. I then put a greenish pond om the bottom where I wrote the phrase. Still didn't get the ink for the printer. We've been experiencing way too much snow lately.
I received inspiration for the hearts in the rain from a Darice embellishing folder that I have!
Of course I thought I was so clever, but upon going to the  website I did discover that there are quite a few others with the same idea!

This was a toughy, but I admit the challenges do make it interesting and forces me to be a bit more creative!