Happy Monday friends! My precious friend Sara Emily sent me the sweetest, most amazing Valentine in the world this week! Find her amazing card HERE. <3 Inside she included these gorgeous stamped Tim Holtz botanical images for me to play with. Thanks my friend! I was in the mood to experiment more with Distress Oxides on Alcohol ink cardstock. I had a good old time layering my puddles of ink onto these matte panels, then over stamped with the beautiful lattice stamp by Tim. I decided against using the Distress Glaze like I did in THIS card, as the result was so soft and ethereal. The matte finish cardstock gives such an amazing result with Oxides. To get this look with the lattice stamp, I inked the stamp with Cracked Pistachio randomly, not covering the whole stamp, then went back over the uninked spaces with Faded Jeans. I gave the stamp a hefty mist of water before making the impression. I used the same colors of ink to watercolor the images and then fussy cut them and gave them a coat of DecoArt clear crackle paste. I layered with one of Tim's ephemera cards and some die cut borders, then sponged the Small Talk sentiments with Frayed Burlap. A simple twine bow gives the cards a bit of dimension. I love the softness of these, but look forward to trying the same background with the Distress Glaze on top. So many ideas, so little time... :) (February Pre-order) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Cracked Pistachio (JULY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Antique Linen (February Pre-order) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Faded Jeans (February Pre-order) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Vintage Photo Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Lattice and Flourish CMS257 (March Pre-Order) Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink Cardstock 4.25x5.5" (March Pre-order) Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Illustrated Garden Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Watering Can (February Pre-order) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Collector Layers Tim Holtz Idea-ology Small Talk Occasions Sizzix Thinlits Die Set - Crocheted Lace by Tim Holtz 661499 (February Pre-Order) Sizzix Thinlits Die Set - Stitched Ovals by Tim Holtz 661188 (February Pre-Order) I'm sharing with: Simon Says Stamp: Take Note Creative Artiste: Anything Mixed Media Goes Stamping Sensations: Anything With Flowers Country View Crafts: Anything But Cute Craft-Dee BowZ: Anything Goes w/Handmade Bow Noor! Design: Celebrations