Poinsettia Postcard and Watercoloured Teddy

I love the Tim Holtz collage stamps but struggle with using them.  Here's one of my attempts, done for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown "Poinsettia".

I smooshed a bit of background with light colours of Distress Oxide ink (Pumice Stone and Old Paper), then put it in my MISTI and inked up the image with three Archival inks (Sepia for the script, Vermillion for the poinsettia, Library Green for the leaves), inking and stamping till I was happy with the results.  Being stamped over an Oxide background made some of it look a bit chalky.  Then bordered with a brown cs layer that went well with the Sepia ink.

A second quick CAS card for the Paper Players who want a CAS Watercolour card.

Very simple and CAS - stamped, watercoloured, trimmed, bordered with deckle edged green cs.

  

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Tim Holtz
Ink - Distress Oxide Pumice Stone and Old Paper, Archival Sepia, Vermillion, and Library Green
Paper - white and brown cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Spellbinders rectangle dies

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Penny Black teddy, SSS sentiment
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - green and off white cs, watercolour paper
Size - A2
Accessories - watercolour paints, Spellbinders rectangle and deckle rectangle dies