Happy Mother's Day ...

Good morning! Today I'm sharing a card inspired by the Muse Challenge #164 that showcases the  Bear with Flowers and Mother's Day Sentiment from Great Impressions Stamps.

I stamped the Bear with Flowers on Watercolor Paper with Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink then commenced with watercoloring the image with my Marvy LePlume Markers, pallet, paintbrush and water. To get the darker brown color for the Bear I also used Vintage Photo Distress Ink for my watercoloring. Using one of my circle dies I outlined a half circle and added the sky background around the Bear with Flowers. White Liquid Pearls was applied to the center of all the flowers.

I stamped the Mother's Day Sentiment under the Bear with Flowers and added the ground cover. This is the same sentiment I used last week. I'm sure you are looking at the sentiment and wondering why it looks so different. Well ... I have a tendency to cut my stamps, and that is what I did with the sentiment as I wanted it to be one line. 

If you haven't heard of Great Impressions Stamps make sure you hop on over to the Store to check them out. There are so many AWESOME stamps to play with, and all of the Accessories you need to create your projects with!!! I hope you'll check out our Monthly Challenge, and if you use Great Impressions Stamps make sure you also link up to our Customer Gallery.

Challenges entered ...
 - Muse Challenge #164 (shown below)
 - Crafty Gal's Corner Challenge #70 ~ Celebrate Mom
 - Mod Squad Challenge ~ April Showers Bring May Flowers
 - Cards in Envy Challenge ~ Just Us Girls
 - The Paper Girls Challenge ~ All about the Ladies

Until next week ... Enjoy!

Products not listed above: 
 - Strathmore Watercolor Paper, CutCardStock Basis Cream and Papertry Ink Kraft cardstock