Beautiful Spring Cherry Blossoms!

Flowering Cherry Trees are a beautiful sign of Spring:-)

Wishing that my Cherry blossoms card brings you joy,  my friends.

Stay safe and creative!  Thank you for sharing your beautiful creations on your blogs.

I was inspired by the CAS Mix Up Challenge hosted by Loll to design 

a card using bleaching.

I used Bleaching, Stamping, Watercoloring and Die Cut.

I Loved Hideko's bleaching of her cherry blossoms with just a touch

  of beautiful soft watercoloring,  which inspired my design.

First I blended DOX Salty Ocean with makeup brush onto Mixed Media paper.

Then stamped and heat embossed my PB "First Blush" flowers using MISTI, 

Versamark ink and SU Early Espresso EB powder.

Next die cut layer with PB "Leaf Stitched Frames".

I poured a small amount of bleach into a very small glass bowl.

I used an inexspensive small paint brush that Susan gave all of us at our 2019 retreat. 

Next I painted over the image and border leaves with the bleach to remove the 

blue background ink.

Then dabbed the brush onto paper towel to  remove the blue ink from the paint brush
and then added more bleach doing one petal at a time
until I had removed all the blue ink.

I was tempted to leave the flowers and leaves uncolored,  but

planned to add my card to the CAS Watercolour Challenge..Spring Flowers.

Hosted by Susan!

I was so inspired by all the CAS watercolored flowers cards that the DT created.

I actually used the same cherry blossom stamp that Loll used except 

I turned mine up right.

  

Next I let the bleach dry thoroughly (overnight) then watercolored with

Zigs and water brush.  I used just a tiny bit of Zigs and moved the ink with the 

water brush,  so I could get very light pink and yellow watercolors onto my blossoms
and get more highlights on the leaves.  I loved the results.

I popped up layer with white craft foam onto SU Whisper White 100# CS.

Added a STAMPlorations Clear Sticker "Happy Spring" to a black border.

Then added Dazzling Diamonds to the center of the flowers and Done!

So happy to add my card to 2 favorite challenges.

Thank you Susan, Hideko and Lolly for your inspiration:-) Hugs...

 

Adding to The Flower Challenge #43 Spring/Autumn

Supplies: 

Stamps: Penny Black First Blush.

Paper: SU Whisper White 100#.  Strathmore Mixed Media. SU Basic Black

Inks: Versamark.  Distress Oxide Salty Ocean.  Zigs markers.

Accessories: MISTI. Penny Black Leaf Stitched Frames. STAMPlorations Clear Stickers: Happy Spring. Make Up Brushes. paint brush, bleach, paper towel. SU Dazzling Diamonds.