Peaceful lake

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built and this week it is a fan favorite: Anything Goes!! And here is the card I created for your inspiration:

I created this beautiful water color card for my husband for Father's Day.  He just got a kayak this spring and has really been enjoying using it on the pond/lake we live on.  I didn't have a kayak image, but I thought the sailboat fit in with the water theme.  I have to say, I love how this turned out!  I used the ART Impressions water color technique to create the scene: coloring on the images with waterbased markers and using water and a paintbrush to turn it into a water colored image.  I used a little bit of color from a palette to create the reflections in the water.  Again, I just love it!

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the House blog to see the rest of the DT's creations and then get inky and play along with us.  And if you need any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your ENTIRE order coupon code over in my left sidebar.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Rocky Shore Vista", "Sailboat", and "Father's Day"
Dies: STAMPlorations Stitched rectangle die

Challenges:
Divas That Cut--summertime fun
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #47--anything goes
Dies R Us #146--summertime fun
Creative Inspirations--let's here it for the boys
Creatalicious #189--anything goes with the optional twist: no patterned paper
Paper Funday--anything goes with the optional twist: make is masculine
Dare 2B Artzy--masculine
Artsy Stamper #17--vacation
Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #208--you're the man
CASology #370--father
Hero Arts Stay Crafty #10--build a scene

Creative Fingers #188--anything goes
Sweet Stampers #45--something begins with B (I have a Boat)
As You Like It--which is your favorite: digi or rubber (I would have to go rubber all the way!!  While I go like that you can resize a digital image very easily, that is the extent of my digi skills.  I love that you can stamp rubber stamps anywhere on your paper, you can use whatever colors you want, you can alter them, by cutting, curving, or  masking.  And in the case with my card today, you can watercolor with rubber stamps.  I'm pretty sure you can't get a look like this with digi images!)
Cardz TV #117--anything goes
Crafty Friends #138--men and/or boys
Tuesday Throwdown #460--anything goes