Thursday, June 4, 2015

Watercolor Blog Hop with Pretty Pink Posh


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Welcome to the Watercolor Blog Hop with Pretty Pink Posh!  Watercoloring is so HOT right now in papercrafting and I *might* be a little addicted to it!!  ☺  There are so many mediums for watercoloring but my absolute favorite are Distress Inks.  


I started with a piece of watercolor paper and the "smooshing" technique of Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick, and Ripe Persimmon.  Over this, I sprayed some Pure Color Shimmer Mist (from WPlus9).  Oh this technique takes a watercolored panel to a whole other level!!!  With this panel, I diecut a butterfly from Life is Beautiful (Papertrey Ink) and embellished with 4mm Sparkling Clear Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.  My butterfly was layered onto a diecut panel from Stitched Duo3 by Pretty Pink Posh.  

My panel was layered onto a Distress Ink Splattered card base using the same colors as the butterfly and I mixed in some more of that shimmer spray to keep the shimmer theme going throughout the card.  Finally, 4mm Pumpkin and 4mm Pink Peonies Sequins were added randomly by dropping them and adhering.  

Watercolor Blog Hop





Now, for more details on the Blog Hop starting tomorrow!

**Blog Hop starts June 5 at 6am PST and ends June 8 at 11:55pm PST
**Link up to the blog hop over at the Pretty Pink Posh blog.......HERE
**Sponsors----make sure to check out the PPP blog for their prizes!
**PRIZES----If we can get 100 entries, Paulina will donate a $20 gift certificate to Ellen Hutson or Simon Says Stamp.  200 entries?  She'll donate another!  For every 100 entries (up to 500), there will be an extra $20 gift certificate! 


Thanks for sharing a part of your day with me!

178 comments:

  1. I'm not a butterfly fan, but this is a really pretty card and it makes me rethink my position on butterflies!

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  2. Gorgeous card, Amy. Love the shimmery, sparkly butterfly! Fantastic use of watercolors. Love this! Bev

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  3. This is just gorgeous! Love the butterfly and your rounded label is just perfect! :)

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  4. Sweet card, the butterfly is beautiful!

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  5. Everything about this card is sooo gorgeous!! I love the layout, the color, and of course your watercolored butterfly. <3

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  6. Your butterfly is super sweet.

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  7. oh how lovely Amy! I love the CAS design, and how it lets your butterfly take center stage!

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  8. Beautiful card, love your smooshed butterfly on the stitched die and those sequin colors are gorgeous.

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  9. I love how clean and simple this card is, yet very elegant!

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  10. That butterfly is just beautiful and I really like the simple background!

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  11. Gorgeous butterfly and great design with the tag die.

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  12. Love butterflies! This is a really cool card!

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  13. Great card. I like your water coloring and creative use of dies. Thank you!

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  14. I love that color combination, Amy. Ripe Persimmon might just find it's way into my shopping cart this weekend.

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  15. I love your soft, watercolored butterfly!

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  16. What a gorgeous butterfly! I can't say I'm addicted to watercoloring because it scares me silly. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  17. Perfect! Love the arched top and the random splatters!

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  18. What generous prizes. I love your card! It is so simple and elegant and I can't resist a good butterfly!

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  19. Beautiful card Amy. Love the pretty butterfly!

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  20. beautiful :) i love the little splatters too :)

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  21. What a pretty card! Love the butterfly

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  22. What a lovely CAS card with the perfect Pop of pink.

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  23. OMGeeee fabulous card - love that butterfly

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  24. I love the way your butterfly turned out. Beautiful use of sequins and Pretty Pink Posh dies also.

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  25. Beautiful Butterfly!! GORGEOUS card!
    Have a wonderful day,
    Migdalia
    Crafting With Creative M

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  26. Love the color splatter and the butterfly how they match!

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  27. I need to try the smoothing technique. Love your card.

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  28. This simple little butterfly is just BEAUTIFUL! Every little aspect is perfect! LOVE it!

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  29. Amy, awesome watercolor work. That black stripe is a beautiful touch, kinda unexpected. I like it.

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  30. Yay for the smooshing technique! :)

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  31. Beautiful! LOVE that butterfly ♥

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  32. I love how your sequins accent the beautiful paint drops and splats

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  33. What a pretty CAS card! Love the butterfly!

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  34. Gotta love a shimmery butterfly!!
    Lovely card!

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  35. Never thought of using the shimmer spray over watercolor paints ... Think this card is beautiful

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  36. Love that pink and black together.

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  37. Such a pretty card and I love the added splashes of color.

    Hugs,
    Snoopy :D

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  38. So pretty I love how the black pops the pink. Love it.

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  39. The flecks of color are so pretty. :)

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  40. Love the water colored butterfly!

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  41. So pretty Amy! LOVE the white space - and the pops of color and black! Just perfect!!!

    housesbuiltofcards@gmail.com
    www.housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com

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  42. smart way to use a die in a card, thank you for the idea and the card is adorble

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  43. Stunning! Love the ink flicks and sequins together.

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  44. So Pretty!!! I can't wait for my order to finally show up. ^_^

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  45. That watercolour butterfly with those sequins is a Mach made in heaven! Lovely work!

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  46. so beautiful!! love the butterfly!!

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  47. Such a gorgeous card, Amy! I love the horizontal black lines as well as the corner spattering of sequins/ink colours on this lovely card!

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  48. I love anything with butterflies and this is no exception!

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  49. This is beautiful, Amy. I love the pop of that butterfly! Looks amazing.

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  50. Love that gorgeous pink butterfly
    fluttering off the card!

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  51. I love this , Amy! I dont' typically use tags on my cards, but I love the way Paulina does and her PPP dies are lovely. Thanks for this great inspiration. I hope to play too, Paulette S.
    craftqueen417 at yahoo dot com
    http://paulettesprettypapercrafts dot wordpress dot com
    because Google is too ? to take my expired email/Blogger profile off of their system, for a blog moved to WP in 2012, won't let me edit or remove it.

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  52. LOVE the simplicity of this card! It really allows the beautiful butterfly to shine! I am drooling as I look at it! LOL TFS!

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  53. I am really loving the composition of this card. You make creating a clean white card look so easy! :)
    Thanks for sharing!

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  54. WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!! Just BEAUTIFUL!! I LOVE the Sweet Design!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)

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  55. Just beautiful! I love that butterfly, and the little splatters are the prefect accent.

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  56. Lovely card! I especially like the dimension you created with your pretty butterfly!

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  57. Love the clean look of your watercolor card! The beautiful die cut really pops!

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  58. Simply beautiful card. Thanks for sharing.

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  59. Amy, this is beautiful beyond words! WOW! Now I need to go shopping for some new goodies...thank you very much ;)

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  60. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO pretty!

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  61. Beautifully made card,
    loving the butterfly
    and sequins!
    Carla from Utah

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  62. It doesn't get any sweeter than this! I love it, Amy, and think it would be a brilliant addition to any room decor as an art piece!! Hugs, Darnell

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  63. very pretty and I do love your little splatters! and of course everything goes with pearls...And sequins! :D

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  64. Beautiful! Love the cas design!!

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  65. Love the colors in your card, and the pop of contrast the black elements provide. Great CAS design, too. Tfs! ~ Andrea

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  66. Beautiful card! I will have to CAS this one,

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  67. Your splatters are sheer perfection with this! Love that raised out watercolor butterfly!

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  68. So pretty! My favorite colors

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  69. CAS at its best. Love, love, love it.

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  70. I love butterflies and I love watercolouring - it's my favourite combination right now! This is so inspirational. Beautiful. Xx

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  71. Absolutely gorgeous! Love that pretty butterfly.
    Lynn

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  72. So so pretty! I love the touch of black you used to create your focal point. Thank you for sharing.

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  73. Simply gogeous, Amy. Love the CAS feel of this card.

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  74. Amy, this is gorgeous! I love the pop of black!

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  75. This is beautiful! Love the way you used the watercolor element!

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  76. Just gorgeous, love the butterfly!!

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  77. Really, really like this butterfly card! The dimension is perfect, and the colors on it are perfect with the black/white background!

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  78. Just love the dies you used, gorgeous!

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  79. I love butterflies on everything! Such a pretty card!

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  80. I like the butterfly dimension and how the black line draw focus to it.

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  81. Beautiful butterfly Amy!! Love that distress ink too!

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  82. Such a pretty card! Distress inks are my favorite form of watercolor as well. :)

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  83. Very pretty colors and shimmer and I like the sequins.

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  84. Beautiful card! I love the simplicity of it!

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  85. Beautiful card. The black stripes do make the butterfly pop.

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  86. I love this card. Simple and beautiful!!

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  87. I love this card. Simple and beautiful!!

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  88. Lovely color and I can only imagine how awesome the shine is in person! TFS!

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  89. The quiet background totally pops your beautiful butterfly! And the sprinkling of sequins are whimsical on your card ♥

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  90. Lovely card and I think that the shimmer does make a difference. Wish I could see the card in person. Thanks for sharing.

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  91. Wow - this is gorgeous. The bit of splatter and raised butterfly are perfect. Well done!

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  92. Watercoloring and butterflies just seem to go together, don't they?! Lovely!

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  93. Just gorgeous colour. I really love the pinks.

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  94. Awesome card, the black strips really helps that terrific butterfly pop!

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  95. So gergeous! :) The color sprinkles are so cute.

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  96. This is so pretty! I love the strips of black against your softly colored butterfly.

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  97. This is a beautiful card! I love the way you colored the butterfly cardstock!

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  98. Beautifully created...must pop that window die out again for myself!

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  99. Amy your card is gorgeous! I love that butterfly and the splatters and sequins are great! :-)

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  100. I love this Amy, the butterfly leaps off of the card. Cx

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  101. I'm not normally a butterfly kind of person but this card is so cute! I love the use of white spaces :)

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  102. Such a beautiful card you have created. I don't think I have ever seen such beautiful colors of sequins. They just seem to be the perfect touch for this card.

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  103. This card is CAS
    pretty
    Pink
    and love all the element and splatter on your Card Amy
    Adorable and I am not fan of pink but your card so adorable Amy..
    love love love
    hugs, Monika

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  104. Stunning card... The butterfly is so beautiful :)

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  105. Absolutely stunning and sweet at the same time. Love all the sparkle.

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  106. Beautiful card. Another vote for smooshing. Thanks.

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  107. Love the colour combo and simplicity of your card. Just beautiful!

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  108. Love the striking use of colour on this CAS card

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  109. Gorgeous, love the bold black stripes against the pretty butterfly.

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  110. This is such a pretty CAS card!
    Love the butterfly against the white background.

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  111. I love it. All the white space makes the butterfly pop.

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  112. What a simple but beautifully elegant card!

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  113. Love the shimmer and the pop of color on this CAS.

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  114. The butterfly really pops from the surface of this card. Cheerful and fun.

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  115. This lovely card flittered and fluttered its way right into my heary and made me smile!!! So awesome!!

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  116. Lovely card. A lot of techniques resulting in a CAS card.

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  117. Gorgeous card. Love the colors.

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  118. The coloring of the butterfly is beautiful. I also like the extra shimmer you added.

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  119. Love your sweet butterfly. Thanks for sharing.
    Crafty hugs,
    Dawn
    DesignsByDragonfly.blogspot

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  120. I have such an affinity to butterflies. So this card it right up my alley! Absolutely GORGEOUS!

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  121. So crisp and beautiful! Lovely card!

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  122. Gorgeous card, I love the spatters of colour and the sequins, they really set your butterfly off beautifully, Cathy x

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  123. Love the clean look for your card, so neat and sweet!

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  124. The perfect picture of loveliness. TFS!
    <3 J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com
    HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com

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  125. What a beautiful card! Love the dimensional butterfly.

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  126. I don't know what smooshing is but i love the look! You butterfly is lovely and the sequins look great. This is a beautiful card!

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  127. luv how the dimension added "flight" to this card!!

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  128. Beautiful card and love how the butterflies has such wonderful colors!

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  129. Both CAS and elegant- just lovely!

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  130. Pretty card! Distress Inks are my favorite watercolor medium too :)

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  131. So pretty! I love that curved die and the watercoloring on the butterfly and splatter!

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