Peaceful Poppies Water Splash Card

As I mentioned before, I absolutely love the Peaceful Poppie Suite of products from the new Stampin' Up! Winter Mini Catalog.  I just can't stop playing with it.  Here's one of my favorite cards that I created for recent swap I did with other demonstrators throughout the country.  I hope liked it as much as I do!  Heck, I hope YOU like even more! 

Here's how to create this card:

1. Fold a 4-1/4" x 11" piece of Shimmer White cardstock in half.
2. Use an Aqua Painter and Pool Party ink (I used ink refills) to create watercolor swish marks on the top half of the card in the center.  Repeat with a second Aqua Painter and Granny Apple Green ink on the bottom half.  Tip:  LIGHTLY add water to the back side of the piece and your card will dry flat.
3. Align a 2-5/8" x 4" Shimmer White cardstock rectangle in the center of the larger card and with a pencil, make a small dots on the left and right to mark where the Pool Party and Granny Apple Green colors meet. Move the top card layer back over to your work surface and repeat Step 2, only rather than swish marks, the entire card is painted. 
4. Repeat Step 3 using a 1-13/16" x 3-3/16" piece of Shimmer White cardstock.  Please note I used the #3 and #5 Rectangle Stitched Framelit Dies to create my card layers. 
5. Flick water drops onto all three cards with your fingers.  You want both small and large drops.  Let stand for a couple of minutes and then blot with a paper towel to remove excess water before it starts running.  Allow the cards to dry COMPLETELY.
6. Using the Painted Poppies stem flower, stamp the image in the center of the smallest card using Staz-on Black ink.  Allow to dry.
7. Color the stems with a Basic Black Stampin' Write marker (don't try to be perfect, there are some small open areas).  Hand-draw some grass and add tri-dots around the flower.
8. Color the flowers with Daffodil Delight and Poppy Parade Stampin' Write Markers.
9. Stamp the very bottom of the folded card with a sentiment of choice in Staz-on Black ink.  This sentiment is from the wonderful Peaceful Moments stamp set.
10. Finish your card by mounting layer on top the other with Stampin' Dimensionals.
11. Add some rhinestones and wah-lah!  You have a beautiful card.

Here's what you need:

Painted Poppies Stamp Set (151599)

Peaceful Moments Stamp Set (151595)

Shimmer White Cardstock (101910)

Aqua Painters (103954)

Pool Party (122933) and Granny Apple Green ink (147163) refills (ink pads work well too)

Black Staz-on ink (101406) You should always have a refill on hand too (102566)

Black (100082), Poppy Parade & Daffodil Delight (set #147157) Stampin' Write Markers

Rhinestone Basic Jewels (144220)

Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

Stitched Rectangles (148551)