Craft Dash!

It's been a little while since I played over at Pretty Pink Posh's Craft Dash, and I had a little extra time this evening, so I decided to give it a go.

Here are the colors:

Here's mine:

Time: 9:14:48

Regrets - I stamped on the wrong side of the white circle, and I wish I'd chosen a different, larger sentiment and stamped it in black -- but I was running out of time. Oh, well! My craft room is a MESS!! Paint everywhere, inky fingers, yikes! Probably wouldn't try the paints as a background again in 10 minutes... had to dab it dry with a paper towel and then dry with heat gun... took way too long! Also, colors were more vibrant than I anticipated --- these particular colors of distress paints are freshly arrived from Amazon. I think they are a phenomenal product!

And, actually, I couldn't stand it --- I touched it up. Here's the final version!

I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of my Hero Arts Brush strokes stamp sets... as I try to be patient, I've been experimenting with some neat background ideas with the TH Distress paints. For this one, I layered down the three paints on my mat (just swiped across), spritzed water generously, wiped the watercolor paper across the paint (would have let it air dry, but no time), so gently dabbed away extra paint with paper towel, and dried with heat gun.

Materials
Paper: Hero Arts watercolor paper, Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Hero Arts Shadow Inks - Soft Pool, Hero Arts - Small Solid Flower and Many Birthday Messages, Lawn Fawn - Year Three
Cutting/Embossing: Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Standard Circles
Misc.: Verve seam binding, enamel dots, TH Distress paints - Salty Ocean, Barn Door, and Mustard Seed