Hot Mess ~ Success #4 ~ Warm Memories!

Hi friends!

Let's talk about warm messes memories!

 Today's card is my 4th installment for the Hot Mess = Success card group

and it was all things messy indeed!

This card group was started by Barb when a couple of us

were chatting about making messy backgrounds using messy products

to make a pretty messy card after I posted one to Instagram.

Which got a nod from the man ... 
 the myth .... 
the legend ...

Tim Holtz!

Yes ... I squealed!!

Thank you, Mr. Holtz!!

Terry is the hostess this month and asked us, in addition to messy,

create a card with a theme of thankfulness/gratitude.

I used a technique called the tissue paper watercolor technique

as found here on splitcoaststampers by Loll.

Her card is GOR-GEOUS!!!

*TIP!  It's a crazy technique - very wet, very messy,

takes 24 hours to dry and has gorgeous texture when it's finished!

Since I made this panel about a month ago,

I thought about and wanted to make autumn/fall colors.

Sadly, it ended up turning more brown that I thought

and this card looks more like faux leather or saddle hide!

I used the adorable Fall Friends from MFT stamps

and colored/cut the images.

I had more colored but the card started to look crowded and cluttered

so those will go on another card in the future.

 Here's the products ~ instead of watercolor, I used different shades/types
of inks in neutrals and brown.
Although it calls for watercolors, this blended up quite nicely ~
just dried WAY darker than it started!

  After it was dried, assembled,
 I added a small panel to the inside of my card,
as I often do.
(I send most of my cards out so I try not to show the insides now!)

 So, Hot Mess card #4 - although it was a success,

this wasn't my style of cardmaking.

 I think if I tried this again, I'd definitely use more pastel-y colors

or different color combinations to break up the monotone.

Thanks, Terry, for your wonderful theme!

You can see her card here, Barb's card here, and Jeanette's card here.

Next month - it's me!

I will have to go look to see what my own challenge was, LOL,

and get to thinking about next month's mess!

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly