CAS Watercolor Leaves - Stampin' Up!® Beautiful Motifs Dies

   I've been on a clean and simple kick this week!  It was very much not intentional but the inspiration lately just happened to be CAS challenges.  And even though there aren't a lot of layers or supplies used it can be harder to create a CAS card; having to be choosy with design elements sometimes makes you just want to use more of them!  I was inspired by 2 challenges for this one; The Paper Players with their CAS Watercolor theme and the Addicted to CAS team with the prompt of "leaves".  A leafy die from the Beautiful Motifs die set is the perfect focal point for both challenges.

  I started with a  Basic White thick card base, then a layer of Floral Impressions DSP in a nice subtle Old Olive pattern.  

  I used the die on a piece of watercolor paper popping the leaves up since the die doesn't cut out the whole image which is a cool look and then watercoloring them with my water painter (available again in the Stampin' Up!® online store!).

  The sentiment from the Beautiful Motifs stamp set is stamped in Old Olive to stick with a monochromatic scheme which keeps it clean and simple.  No ribbon or embellishments for the same reason.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

  All of the supplies used to create this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Beautiful Motifs

Ink: Old Olive

Paper: Basic White thick, Floral Impressions DSP (Online Exclusive), watercolor paper

Accessories: Beautiful Motifs dies, waterpainter