Splashes of Watercolor

A Tree-ific Day

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I am so not ready for the summer to be over!  But when I colored up these trees and had to decide what color buttons to use, fall colors just seemed to be right.

These images are from the new Our Craft Lounge Tweet Trees stamp set.  Check out the dotted hills!  I used the straight dotted line from the Big Birthday Wishes set to form those. 

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The sentiment was stamped on a cloud that I cut using the Clouds Trio Die-namics.  Add some polka dotted paper and that great woodgrain embossed paper from Core'dinations, and it's done!

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Thanks for taking the time to stop by on your weekend!  I hope you have a great one!

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• Stamps: Tweet Trees, Big Birthday Wishes - dotted line (Our Craft Lounge)
  
• Paper: white, cajun craze, Core Impressions: Aegean woodgrain (Core'dinations), Apple Cider: Fall in Love (Imaginisce)
  
• Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Ranger Distress tumbled glass
  
• Other: corner rounder punch, Clouds Trio Die-Namics (My Favorite Things), sponge dauber, sanding tool, ribbon, buttons & twine (PTI), foam tape, Copic markers:
  

Coloring Techniques for Card Making Blog Hop!

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Good morning and welcome to the Coloring Techniques for Card Making Blog Hop! Today we wanted to introduce you to a brand new, must-have book that has been written to help shed some light on some of the hottest trends in coloring techniques in paper crafting today.  And I'm so excited to tell you that I had a small part in this!

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Coloring Techniques for Card Making features three of the most popular coloring techniques in card making today--water coloring, colored pencils and using alcohol-based ink markers. Each chapter showcases one particular technique and includes an introduction that will help you choose the products that are right for you, and will walk you through the steps to creating one of our featured projects. Easy-to-follow instructions, detailed materials lists and helpful coloring tips will make it easy for you to achieve stunning card-making results. As a bonus, enjoy a chapter that focuses on ways to highlight and accentuate your projects with products such as glitter and gel pens, shading techniques and methods for creating the look of texture with color.

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This is one of my cards that is appearing in the magazine in the water color section:

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I had so much fun creating projects for this book.  You all KNOW how much I LOVE to color!  Don't you just love the way my card was photographed with that beautiful flower!  I do!  This was one of my favorite projects.  I love the warm colors and the sewn, ruffled ribbon.  And I always love to color and cut out these flowers!!

We are so pleased that you have joined us for the hop! Be sure to leave a comment at each blog along the way to be entered for your chance to win a free copy of Coloring Techniques for Card Making.

The designers who are participating in the blog hop are as follows:

Keri Lee Sereika
Debbie Olson
Jeanne Streiff
Trudy Sjolander
Asela Hopkins
Broni Holcombe
Kathy Menzies
Christine Okken
Dawn Lusk
Laurie Wilson
Sherrie Siemens
Chrissy Le

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Thanks so much for stopping by to share in this wonderful adventure with me!  It's the first time I've been published!  I'm so proud to have been a part of this!  And I'm so grateful to the team who put this together and was gracious enough to include me!

Don't forget to leave comments on each of the blogs to be able to win!  Have a great weekend!

• Stamps: Whispy Blooms (Our Craft Lounge), Blooming Expressions (by Anna Wight for Whipper Snapper)
  
• Paper: watercolor paper and soft suede (Stampin' Up!), White Monochromatic Family: Snow (Couture Cardstock), Origins 6x6 paper pad (Basic Grey)
  
• Ink: Archival jet black (Ranger), reinkers: barely banana, crushed curry, wild wasabi, soft suede (Stampin' Up!)
  
• Other: water brush (Koi from Sakura), floral vine deep edge border punch (Martha Stewart), grosgrain ribbon, cinnamon Stickles (Ranger), sponge dauber, sewing machine
  

Sunflower Bouquet - Just For Fun® color challenge #26

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Time for another Just For Fun® color challenge!  This time we have a great versatile color combo.  Check it out:

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This sunflower bouquet image just leaped out at me when I was choosing what to color up.  With this pretty Cosmo Cricket paper background, it was an easy card!

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You should have seen my fingers after I spritzed a water/Ranger Distress fired brick reinker mixture on some ivory seam binding and scrunched it up to dry!  It took all day for the red-finger syndrome to disappear!   

I hope you'll play along with us this week!  Just add a direct link to your creation using these colors at the Just For Fun® blog.   Then be sure to check out the design team creations.

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Just For Fun® Blog
Broni Holcombe (that's me)
Beth Moore
Glenda Brooks
Kat Tucker
Margarita Ybarra
Roni Johnson
Sandy Sandrus
Sherry Cheever
Starla Nelson
Terre Fry

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  I might just have another card for you tomorrow morning!  I know...shocker....me posting on the weekend!!  That doesn't happen too often!

And PLEASE stop back by a little later today.  I have a surprise to tell you about!

• Stamps: Fall Floral (G3430) (Just For Fun® Rubber Stamps)
  
• Paper: white, riding hood red, green, Material Girl (Cosmo Cricket)
  
• Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Ranger Distress fired brick & antique linen
  
• Other: Labels Ten & Peony Nestabilities, sponge dauber, seam binding , Cropadile Deco corner punch, button, twine, frond punch (Martha Stewart), Scor-Tape, foam tape, cinnamon Stickles

Sweet Birthday Wishes - Color Throwdown #107

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Is it Wednesday again already??  Guess I'll have to show you my Color Throwdown card, huh?  Well, I can't wait, 'cause I love this color combination that Kristin came up with.  It's just yummy!

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So I wanted to use my JULY KOTM kit - "Happily Ever After" from Unity, especially since I just received my August kit and had not inked the July one up yet!  The frame, the flourish and the sentiment are all from the kit.

This is what I call an Annabelle inspired card!  I just love her style!  Not sure how close I got, but I sure had a good time trying!  There's glass glitter everywhere now! 

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And the embossed layer, rubbed over with a white stamp pad, was lifted from my dear friend, Bev!  She actually heat embossed hers (and here's the tutorial!) with a beautiful glittery embossing powder, but I was too lazy and decided to just rub the white ink lightly over my embossed piece. Thanks, gf, for your inspiration!

I sure hope you'll play along in the Color Throwdown challenge with us!  You can use this color combo for just about anything!   Be sure to read all the details at the CTD blog and then check out what the fabulous design team has come up with:

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Barbara * Danielle * Kristin * Laura 

LeAnne * Tammy * Chupa (August Guest Designer)

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Thank you so much for visiting with me today!

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• Stamps: Happily Ever After - July KOTM (Unity Stamp Co.)
  
• Paper: pretty in pink, pear pizzazz, Wishful Thinking "Banner" (Fancy Pants), striped (Pink Paislee)
  
• Ink: pear pizzazz, pretty in pink, rose red, fresh snow (PTI)
  
• Other: Ranger glossy accents, Twinklets Diamond Dust (FloraCraft), Labels Four Nestabilities, Number Collage CB folder, seam binding, foam tape, Prima flower, pearl sticker, eyelet scrap

I Dream of Paris

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Our Craft Lounge is sponsoring the CPS sketch this week, so of course I wanted to play along!

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I chose to use my new Vintage Traveler set.  Man, is this ever gorgeous!  Do you recognize the piece of paper that the Eiffel Tower is stamped on?

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It's  the packaging from Tim Holtz products!!  This one is from a metal Numerals set.  I loved the colors and the patterns so I saved it to use with just the right stamp.  The embossing folder is Gridlock and the strip of print is Tissue Tape (Symphony), also both from the Tim Holtz Idea-ology line.

Thanks for stopping by to have a look!  I hope you'll play along with the CPS sketch challenge with us!

• Stamps: Vintage Traveler (Our Craft Lounge)
  
• Paper: sahara sand, black, old olive, Cappella (Basic Grey), packaging from Tim Holtz product
  
• Ink: Memento tuxedo black
  
• Other: clear embossing powder, Labels Eleven Nestabilities, Gridlock embossing folder & Tissue Tape - Symphony (Tim Holtz Idea-ology), ribbon, buttons (PTI), Scor-Tape, foam tape

OCL Blog Hop winner!!

The winner of the Shades of Fall new release stamp set from Our Craft Lounge is:

*** Dori Shelton***

Congratulations, Dori!!!!

I'll be emailing you for your mailing address!

Birthday Banner - Just For Fun® color challenge #25

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I know I'm late with my Just For Fun® color challenge card, but it took me FOREVER!  I knew I wanted to use the Binder Clips image and have it holding a flag banner, but pulling everything together was a very elusive process!

Here are this week's colors:

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The Binder Clips stamp is actually straight, and even though it's thick red rubber, it was long enough for me to be able to curve it slightly on my acrylic block.  I really like it this way.

The real little binder clip was actually red which obviously didn't match this color scheme, so I colored it with my black (100) Copic marker.  The flag that it's on is raised up on foam tape.

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My flags are made of light-weight balsa wood.  You have to be very careful when cutting the balsa, as it's very delicate and easily breaks.  Below is a picture that shows how I drew the shapes out to be cut.  Each flag is 1 inch wide at the top and 1.5 inches long.

All the pieces of patterned paper used on top of the rust colored paper are outlined with a W7 Copic marker to give them more definition.  The largest circle on the sentiment banner is a grungeboard piece that I covered with the patterned paper.

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Be sure to check out all the design team projects and then head over to the Just For Fun® blog to link up your creation!

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Just For Fun® Blog
Broni Holcombe (that's me)
Beth Moore
Glenda Brooks
Kat Tucker
Margarita Ybarra
Roni Johnson
Sandy Sandrus
Sherry Cheever
Starla Nelson
Terre Fry

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Thank you so much for stopping by today!

• Stamps: Binder Clips (E3063), Sentiments 1 Unmounted Sheet (UMS7018)
  
• Paper: black, Abbey Road Collection (My Mind's Eye)
  
• Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Ranger Distress brushed corduroy, Copic markers: W7, 100
  
• Other: balsa wood, Grungeboard plain shapes (Tim Holtz Idea-ology), sponge dauber, Jumbo Scallop Ric Rac (My Favorite Things), button, Scor-Tape, foam tape
  

 

It's a BLOG HOP and an Our Craft Lounge NEW RELEASE!!

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Oh, wow!  I can't wait for you guys to see all the fabulous stamp sets that Our Craft Lounge is releasing today!  And you won't believe the lineup of great designers that have samples to show you and stamp sets to give away!! 

If you leave a comment on this post (be sure there's contact information available), you'll have a chance to win this gorgeous stamp set:  Shades of Fall.

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How gorgeous is that?  It has everything you need to make all kinds of Fall/Autumn and Thanksgiving cards and layouts!

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I had a blast playing with it!  I even added some sparkle to my leaves!

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You can get all the details on how to win at the Our Craft Lounge blog.  And here's a list of retailers who carry Our Craft Lounge products: OCL retailers.

Here's the blog hop list with all kinds of fabulous creations to inspire you and multitudes of wonderful new stamp sets to win!

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Amber Hillman
Beate Johns
Beth Silaika
Bev Gerard
Broni Holcombe (that's me!)
Cambria Turnbow
Charmaine Ikach
Cindy Lawrence
Deb Felts
Debbie Corbari
Deborah Anton
Denise Marzec
Heather McNally
Holly McMillen
Jeanne Streiff
Joy Kennedy
Julie Okada
Kendra Wietstock
Kisa Peters
Lori McAree
Maree Truelove
Michelle Fowler
Pam Hooten
Tammy Hershberger
Terri Thill
Vicki Garrett

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Wow!  I can't wait to see everything!

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Now leave me a comment, then go forth and HOP!

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• Stamps: Shades of Fall (Our Craft Lounge)
  
• Paper: watercolor paper, river rock, poppy parade, Cosmo Cricket Classics Collection: Core Essentials French Roast Crisscross & Katydid Crisscross (Core'dinations)
  
• Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Ranger Distress brushed corduroy
  
• Other: sponge dauber, brown ribbon (May Arts), green ribbon (Ribbon Fx), Turning Leaf glitter (Art Glitter), Quickie glue pen, foam tape, bakers twine (Martha Stewart), Copic markers:
  

     

Our Craft Lounge - SNEAK PEEK!!

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*(If you're looking for my Color Throwdown #106 card, you can find it HERE.)

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We're sneak-peeking, people!  Are you as excited as I am? 

Yes, it's time again for another super-spectacular Our Craft Lounge release, and we're giving you a very special sneak peek today and tomorrow.  So get ready for some fabulous eye candy, folks!

It's my great pleasure to introduce you to a peek at Sweet Holiday.  It's so very yummy!!

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Yes, I can most definitely see this as my granddaughter's Christmas card!  Pink and fluffy (as in Sparkly Fluff) and sweet, just like her!

You MUST see more!  You can see the list of participants at the OCL blog and I'm going to list them below also. They all have wonderful examples of the new release to show you.

Be sure to leave comments on each blog.  Winners of the Blog Hop, which takes place this Friday, will be chosen on Sunday from all the comments on each related blog post during the 3 day period.  And please be sure your contact information is available.  All details can be found on the OCL blog.

Now check these out:

Amber Hillman
Beth Silaika
Bev Gerard
Broni Holcombe (you're here!)
Cambria Turnbow
Charmaine Ikach
Cindy Lawrence
Deb Felts
Debbie Corbari
Deborah Anton
Denise Marzec
Heather McNally
Holly McMillen
Jeanne Streiff
Joy Kennedy
Kendra Wietstock
Kisa Peters
Lori McAree
Michelle Fowler
Pam Hooten
Terri Thill

Woo hoo!  What a celebration!  Have a great time touring the blogs and be sure to come back Friday for the actual Blog Hop and to see which set I'm giving away!!

Thanks for coming by!  And good luck!

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• Stamps: Sweet Holiday (Our Craft Lounge)
  
• Paper: white, pretty in pink, regal rose
  
• Ink: Memento tuxedo black
  
• Other: Swiss Dots & Candy Cane stripe CB folders, Jumbo Ric Rac Die-namics (My Favorite Things), Gumdrop brads (Imaginisce), foam tape, circle Nestabilities, Quickie Glue pen, Sparkly Fluff - sugar, Ranger Glossy Accents, Copic markers:
  

 

Light My Life - Color Throwdown #106

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Time for another Color Throwdown, y'all!  Danielle chose a color combination that I would definitely consider to be a beachy one!  And since I just got some new super-cute images at Tiddly Inks, I had to color one up!

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I had played along in the CAS-tastic challenge a couple of weeks ago and was lucky enough to be the random winner of a Tiddly Inks gift certificate.  They have some adorable images!  This one is called Light My Life.

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My card is based on the CPS180 sketch.

I know you can't see it in the photo of the entire card, but check out that adorable little dog in my post topper photo.  You can also see that I spritzed the entire kraft card base with Glimmer Mist.  It's so sparkly in real life!  If you look REALLY closely at the larger photo, you can see a tiny lobster claw sticking up out of the boat!!

We'd love for you to play along with us this week.  You can check out the details at the Color Throwdown blog.  Then be sure to get inspired by visiting all the DT blogs:

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Barbara * Danielle * Kristin * Laura 

LeAnne * Tammy * Chupa (August Guest Designer)

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I'm so glad you stopped by to visit today!  See you a little later for the Our Craft Lounge new release sneak peek!

• Stamps: Light My Life digital image (Tiddly Inks)
  
• Paper: kraft & aqua mist (PTI), chocolate chip, soft sky
  
• Ink: computer
  
• Other: oval Nestabilities, Prismacolor pencil, Gamsol & blending stump, corner rounder punch, wave punch (Fiskars), ribbon & twine (PTI),Glimmer Mist - sea glass (Tattered Angels), Ornare piercing template & piercer, foam tape, Copic markers: