Grid Thanks

Today's card was one I came up with and executed quickly (for me!)  I wanted to play along with the challenge at Less is More which is "Fire" and the Thanks challenge at Simon Says Stamp.  As well, I'm entering for the first time into Virginia's View Challenge which has a theme of texture this month.

I took a piece of watercolor paper and white-embossed Hero Arts' Graph Background stamp.  Once that was done, I used the ink smooshing technique to smoosh different yellow and orange inks in the bottom right corner.  I then dripped a solution of  Perfect Pearls and water to give a subtle shimmer.

The panel was then die-cut with a pierced rectangle die.  The sentiment is white-embossed and comes from a brand-new-to-me set  by CTMH called A Thousand Thanks.  I can see I'm going to get a lot of use out of this set!

Thanks for visiting!

Products used:

Stamps:  Graph Background (Hero Arts), A Thousand Thanks (CTMH)
Ink:  Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey, Scattered Straw, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon (Distress), Versamark
Cardstock:  White, Black, Watercolor
Dies:  Pierced Rectangle Stax (MFT)
Accessories:  White EP, Perfect Pearls

Cheers
Karren

Edited to Add:  This card was in Virginia's wrap up post.