The Ton's May Challenge - Tic Tac Toe

Hi everyone!  Happy May Day!  It's time for another monthly challenge over at The Ton.   Join us for some cardmaking fun and the chance to win a  $50 gift certificate to The Ton by entering your card following this month's theme...  
Tic, Tac, Toe!  All you have to do is pick three in a row and start creating!

My choice for three in a row are:

Shaker Card, Embossing and Watercolor

I started out by embossing the beautiful Sunflower Garden Cling Background stamp onto 140 lb watercolor paper with white embossing powder.   I turned on some music and spent the next hour watercoloring these gorgeous pink flowers with my Kuretake watercolor markers and a water brush.  What a wonderful, relaxing way to spend a Sunday afternoon.  I only used two shades of each color to keep it simple and fun:

Petals:  Light Carmine and Carmine Red

Leaves:  Mid Green and Olive Green

Flower Centers:  Yellow and Mustard

 

 Stamps: Sunflower Garden Cling Background, Pragmatic Wreaths, Wildflower Banner (The Ton).

Ink:  Noir (The Ton), clear emboss (Versamark).

Paper:  140 lb white (Neenah), 140 lb watercolor (Canson).

Accessories:  Spring Fawn Mix (The Ton), Kuretake Clean Color Real Brush Watercolor markers (ZIG), white embossing powder (Ranger), dimensional tape (3M), transparency film.

 For my shaker element, I used the center of this large flower.  I just followed along the edge of the white embossing with an exacto knife and it cut fairly easy.   I stamped part of the sentiment on the inside then added the other part to a banner strip on top.  I filled this little shaker with some of The Ton's pretty Spring Fawn Couture Mix and Bright Diamond Seed Beads.

 To tie in the black from the sentiment I added a big black and white bow using bakers twine.

Now it's your turn!   You have until May 31st to create and enter your cards over at The Ton Challenge Blog.  You can enter as many times as you like and you have a whole month to do it!!  Have fun!!

Have a great day and Happy Stamping!