Splashes of Watercolor

I'd Pick You! (and race photos)

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Hey there!  As I was browsing blogland when I returned from my Mom's Sunday, I came across the latest retrosketch and it really inspired me to create.

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I love the tag shape on the front of the card in the sketch and wanted to try some black flower outlines on kraft.  So here's what I came up with:

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Yes, I just had to add the Pool Party into the mix.   And I wanted the scalloped piece to be for my sentiment so I used a completely different color to make it stand out!

I hope you like it!

ps ~ I had promised a few photos of the All-Star Race/Blake Shelton concert/All-day Party from a couple of Saturdays ago.  Here you go:

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Thanks for stopping in again today.  See you tomorrow for a "Fairy Tale" kind of day from A Day For Daisies.

Let Your Light Shine - Color Throwdown #194

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It's summer!!!  Well, at least you would think so if you go to the Color Throwdown blog today!  (Or step out into the 90+ temps we've been having in SC!)  This week Barbara is our host and she's chosen some of my favorite colors - beach colors!

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She even used a photo of the beach as an inspiration!  A lady after my own heart!

Since I obviously have the beach on my mind, I pulled out my Smooth Sailing stamp set from Our Craft Lounge to make an ocean inspired card.

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I love the lighthouse with the little heart and the font of this sentiment is fabulous!

Please plan to get into a summer state of mind and play along with us!  You can find all the details at the CTD blog.  And please check out all the great creations of the design team:

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Thanks so much for stopping by today!  See you soon!

 

Pinwheels Are Fun!

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Good Friday morning!! 

This week's release from A Day For Daisies is all about fun!  Pinwheel fun!  And today starts a new challenge at the ADFD blog too - "Pinwheel Photo Inspiration":

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Told you!  Fun!

I chose to only use the yellow color, but I was inspired by all the pinwheels in the photo, so I filled my background with pinwheels.  I think it really makes the yellow one pop!

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I made this card for my niece who's graduating high school next week!  I hope she likes it and that it makes her smile!

We'd love it if you all played along in the challenge with us!  Check out the details at the ADFD blog.  And you can find all the new images at the ADFD main site and the ADFD Etsy shop!

There's lots more inspiration for you to see at the other designers' blogs:

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Alice Wertz *** Arielle Gordon ***   Lori Boyd *** Shelly Mercado *** Tracy MacDonald

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you all enjoy your weekend and please be sure to take a moment in remembrance of all of the men and women who died while serving our great country.  Have a great Memorial Day weekend!

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Pumpkin Birthday Flower - Color Throwdown #193

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Hey everyone!  It's time for another Color Throwdown challenge and this week Wanda is our hostess with the mostess!  She picked a great inspiration photo and the colors are bright and happy!

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I wanted to try out my new Dylusions ink spray (in Pure Sunshine), and so I decided to go a little artsy with my card.  I love the effect of this beautifully saturated color.   The other colors were brought in through several random elements - washi tape (green dots at the bottom), leafy vine border die, zig zag stamp from the OCL Every Heartbeat stamp set and the pumpkin colored flower from the Fabulous Florals set.  It was really fun to put together!

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You won't believe the gorgeous creations you'll find at the design team members' blogs!

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I hope you'll be able to play along with us using this fabulous color combo.  I'd love to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I'll be back in just a little while with a new E-Team blog hop - our first Journal page inspired by a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt!

 

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Mama Kisses

 

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The newest release from Tammy Thompson at A Day For Daisies is called Mama's Darlings.  And darling they are!  I'm so in love with these beautiful drawings of Mamas and their babes!

The one I chose to color is called Mama Kisses and it's gorgeous! It's also on sale for 50% off this week only!

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I decided to use softer colors this week to reflect the soft sweetness of newborn babies. The layout is this week's MOJO Monday sketch - MOJO241:

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The patterned paper is C'est la Vie from Melissa Frances (currently on sale at eclectic Paperie), and that wonderful paper bow was made using the new small Bow die from Lil' Inker Designs.  Another winner from Laura!

And so ends another week, y'all! 

Please stop by to see what the other ADFD designers have colored up for your inspiration and check out all the new images at the ADFD blog, the ADFD Etsy shop, or the ADFD main site.

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Alice Wertz *** Arielle Gordon ***   Lori Boyd *** Shelly Mercado *** Tracy MacDonald

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Thanks for dropping by!  I hope you have lots of fun planned for your weekend! 

Me?  I'm headed to the All-Star Race in Charlotte tomorrow!  That includes a Blake Shelton concert too!

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Be still my heart!  I hope I survive to tell y'all about it!

 

 

Let's Celebrate - Color Throwdown #192

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Hey, everyone!  Welcome!

It seems that Wednesday has rolled around yet again and that means it's time for a new Color Throwdown challenge.

The great and wonderful Oz, oh, I mean Tammy, is our hostess this week and she's chosen a totally awesome color combo and inspiration photo:

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Beautiful, huh?

I was in sort of a hurry to get this card done, but I hope it doesn't show too much!  I colored up the banner image from the Unity March 2012 KOTM set with my Copics, then popped it up on foam tape onto a panel of white cardstock which was impressed using my new Lil' Inker Designs Texture Plate - Frame 1!  It's so cool, and it made the perfect backdrop for my banners.  Great design, Laura!

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You really need to visit all the design team members, as well as our Most-Talented May Guest Designer, Kittie Caracciolo, to see their fabulous creations!  Then please join us at the Color Throwdown blog for the challenge!

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Thanks so much for coming by to see me today!  I hope I'll see you back on Friday for my sample of the new A Day For Daisies release!

 

Happy Mother's Day!

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Happy Mother's Day to all you beautiful, nurturing, selfless mothers in blog land!

This is the card I made for my Mom.  I also made one for each of my daughters, who are mothers as well.

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I used the Wrinkle-free Distress technique on water color paper using 2 of the new Spring Ranger Distress inks - Shaded Lilac and Peacock Feathers.  I used the same technique on my eggshell seam binding so that it would match the background.

The image is from the retired Stampin' Up! set Easy Elegance.  It's stamped in Shaded Lilac.

I'm going to spend some time with my Mom today and then with my sister at Artisphere in Greenville, SC.  Should be a fun day!

I hope you all have a happy and festive Mother's Day!

 

Go Vintage and add Polka Dots!

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That's the new challenge at the A Day For Daisies blog!  What fun!  And Tammy Thompson's new release called Vintage Circus is so awesomely fun and perfect for this challenge!

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I chose the Vintage Lantern Clown to play with.  And I'm also using this week's MOJO240 sketch:

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Here's my card:

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I just love how he looks with the Graphic 45 On The Boardwalk patterned paper!  And I just got the new Dylusions  Dotted Flowers stencil, so I had to use it!  I spritzed the spiral page with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Sea Glass using the stencil!  Sparkly!  It matches the flowers that were highlighted with my Atyou Spica pen in Turquoise!  (You can kind of see it in the cropped photo at the top of the post.)

I hope you'll take the time to play along in the challenge with us!  Take a look at the wonderful new images at the ADFD blog.  They're available today at the ADFD main site and at the ADFD Etsy shop. 

You can see more samples from the design team here:

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Alice Wertz *** Arielle Gordon ***   Lori Boyd *** Shelly Mercado *** Tracy MacDonald

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That's it for me today!  Thanks so much for dropping in !  Have a great weekend!

 

So Glad We Are Friends - Color Throwdown#191

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Hi, everyone!

It seems we've rolled around to another Wednesday and you know what that means!  It's time for a new Color Throwdown challenge!

The fabulous Lynn is our host this week and her inspiration photo is one that really wows!

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I love those huge paper flowers.  I was not only influenced by the colors, but also the flowers and their arrangement.  So I used my Fabulous Florals stamp set from Our Craft Lounge as well as a sentiment from Say It With Flowers to come up with my sample for this week.

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My inspiration for my layout came from THIS CARD (the pink Sweet Peas one) by the oh-so-talented Alice Wertz, a fellow DT member at A Day For Daisies.  I just loved the layout and decided I just had to shamelessly CASE it!!  Thanks, Alice!  It was a great way to use up some paper scraps too!

So now it's time for you to visit the blogs of the other CTD team members for some awesome inspiration:

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We'd love it if you'd play along.  You don't have to have the exact colors, just something close.  Directly link your card to the CTD blog post today and you're entered!

Thanks so much for visiting!  Don't forget to check back in Friday for the latest and greatest A Day For Daisies release and new challenge!  This week we're going vintage!

See you soon!

Dude!

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Good Monday morning!  YUCK, right?  Well, it's good for me because I'm not working today! YAY!

I decided to play along in the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #158 today and pulled out an image I purchased from Taylored Expressions for my 12 year old grandson's birthday.  The sketch turned out to be just perfect to pair with the paper and image!

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I hope he'll like it.  It is, after all, pretty hard to please a 12 year old boy.  Oh wait!  If I add money, he won't even care what the card looks like, will he??  LOL!  You know that's true! 

Thanks for dropping by to check it out!  I hope you have a great week!