Splashes of Watercolor

Lady Bug Friends

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Hip, hip, hooray!  It's Friday!  Time for another fun-filled weekend!  What do you have planned?  I'm actually having a rare stay-at-home weekend.  I hope to get a lot accomplished around the house.  But then again, I may just chill at the pool!

We have more fun previously-released A Day For Daisies images to share with you today.  You can see them all at the ADFD blog or on the A Day For Daisies site.  And we're starting a new challenge - USE TORN EDGES.  I hope you'll play along!

I'm using Lady Bug Friends for my card today.  Such a cute and versatile image, don't you think?

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After coloring with my Copic markers, I used a circle Nestabilities die to cut and frame the image.  The "hello" was die cut twice and glued together.  Then I coated it and my lady bugs with some Ranger Glossy Accents.  The black piece of cardstock and the 2 pieces of washi tape have torn edges.

I'm also entering my card in the Cutting Edge Challenge #4:

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I hope you'll stop in and see what the rest of the ADFD design team has for your inspiration:

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Arielle Broni Danielle Juliana Mila

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Thank you so much for stopping in today!  Have a fabulous weekend!

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Flower Piglet - ADFD Lovin' Animals: Take 2

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Hi, guys!  How are you this fine Friday morning?

We've got more of the fabulous A Day For Daisies July Club Kit to show you today!  And this week we're throwing a new challenge in the mix.

I've chosen to color up Flower Piglet today.  How flippin' cute is this piggy mom and her newborn piglet?

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You may have guessed that the challenge is to MAKE A ROUND CARD this week!  That's always fun!  And usually a challenge for me!!

I added lots of dots to the mix too, by using the Swiss Dots embossing folder and by sponging on some Frayed Burlap ink using a sponge dauber and the Well Rounded stencil.  Might as well make most everything round, right?

I hope you'll play along with us!  Please be sure to visit with each of the designers to check out their beautiful creations using these adorable animals. 

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Arielle Broni Danielle Juliana Mila

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You can find all the images at the ADFD blog or at the A Day For Daisies shop.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  Have a great weekend!

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Masculine Happy Birthday card

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Happy weekend, y'all!

I just wanted to drop in quickly to show you a card I created for a guy who has a birthday next week - the week of July 4th!

I patterned it after my Color Throwdown card but also used The Challenge #9 sketch.

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And here's the sketch:

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I don't think I have to tell you that I just LOVE this Phrase Play #5 die!  I'm sorry but you'll probably be seeing it a lot!

Thanks so much for dropping in!  Enjoy your weekend!

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Favorite Boots Ever!

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Hey, y'all!

It's Friday, thank goodness!  And it's time to show you some more  of the A Day For Daisies June club kit.  I just love all the shoes and boots, don't you?

I really, really love the pair of old worn boots called Favorite Boots Ever.  Doesn't that name just conjure up all kinds of memories of adventure?  It does for me!

We're starting a new challenge this week too - Faux Stitching!  I love to faux stitch.  It's so much simpler than dragging out the old machine!

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I printed my boots and my quote sentiment, which I downloaded from Elise Blaha's blog some time ago, onto my cardstock.  I really think this quote suited the worn boots!  Then I colored the boots with Copic markers (T1, T2, T3, T5, T7, BG13 and BG18).  I masked the boots using another image that had been printed onto copy paper and cut out; then I airbrushed using some of the same Copics.  Finally, I took my pen and a ruler and drew the "faux stitching" to resemble a path that the boots may have taken.

We hope you'll take a little time and play along with us in our new challenge!  You can check out all the details at the ADFD blog and you can see all the new images at the ADFD shop.  Please be sure to check out what the other designers have created too!

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Arielle Broni Danielle Juliana Mila

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Thank you so much for coming by to visit today!  Have a fabulous weekend!

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A True Friend In Bloom - Color Throwdown #295

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Hello there, everyone!  Happy Wednesday!

Let's get right to our Color Throwdown challenge of the week.  Joan is our uber-talented hostess and here's her inspiration photo and color palette:

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I really love that quilt, but decided to go a little simpler today… a flower and a sentiment.

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For my background, I simply misted my card base, made of Mixed Media paper, with water and swiped my Spun Sugar Distress ink pad over it lightly.

My flower and leaves were stamped on some of the same paper using Versamark ink, and then I heat embossed with clear embossing powder and my Ranger Heat tool.

I smooshed my 3 pink inks onto my craft sheet and used a water brush to paint the flower.  I did the same with the Bundled Sage ink and the leaves, then I cut them all out and adhered them to the card front.  The flower is popped up on foam mounting tape.

The sentiment was stamped with Versafine ink and I added some button twine behind the flower.

Besides our Color Throwdown challenge, I'm entering this card into these challenges as well:

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CASology 98: Shine

Curtain Call: Something Simple

Seize the Sketch #21

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We would love for you to play along with us in our Color Throwdown challenge.  You guys WOWed me last week!  Let's see what you can do with Joan's colors!

Please be sure to check out the awesome creations of the rest of the design team:

And also check out our new Guest Designer for the month, Susie Moore, and our Guest Star Stamper for the week, Diane Jaquay.  They are both such fabulous designers!!

Thank you so much for stopping in to visit today.  I LOVE it when you do!

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Kangaroo Mother

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Hey, you guys!  I'm so glad that Friday is finally here, and all the kids (grandkids) are out of school, and there are no more graduations or ball games to attend!  I loved doing it, but I'm a little worn out!

So let's celebrate with some more goodness from A Day For Daisies.  This week I'm using another wonderful kangaroo image called Kangaroo Mother.  She and her little one are just precious!

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I decided this would be a baby shower card for a dear friend of my daughter's.  She's very close…I even  consider her to be my third daughter!

Mama and baby kangaroo are colored with my Copic markers; her apron and hat are paper pieced.

And our new challenge starts today….use kraft!  I love challenges like that!  To use products that I LOVE!

Please be sure to check out what the other ladies have created and we hope you'll decide too play along with us!

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Arielle Broni Danielle Juliana Mila

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Thank you so much for coming by today!  I hope you enjoy your weekend!

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The Challenge #7 Guest Designer

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Good Monday morning, everyone!  I know I don't normally post on Mondays, but Lesley Croghan of Always Playing With Paper chose my card as the winner of her The Challenge #6 sketch!  How exciting is that?

That means I get to do the gig as the Guest Designer for The Challenge #7, and Lesley is featuring my card on her blog today!

Here's what the sketch looks like:

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If you haven't seen Lesley's Watercoloured Thank You card yet, you really must.  It's gorgeous!

For my card today, I went with a pretty simple design and used Dylusions spray inks for color to make it bright and happy.

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The hearts were cut using the Lil' Inker Designs Stitched Hearts dies. The white panel is up on foam mounting tape as is the sprayed heart on top.  The sentiment (LOVE it!) is from the WPlus9 set called Quite Like You.

Thank you so much Lesley for allowing me to play along with you as Guest Designer this week!  I love your sketches!

I hope you guys are enjoying a great Memorial Day weekend.  Personally, I'm working today.  Boo, hiss!!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Sweet Cow mixed media card

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Hi there, y'all!  Happy Friday to you!

Today we at A Day For Daisies are sharing more of the cute Kangaroos and Farm Friends!  And I decided to play with this Sweet Cow.

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This is a one-layer, mixed media card.  I took pictures during the process and I'll show them in a later post.  The background is painted using Gelatos Tropical colors and some Distress ink.  And I colored the cow with my Copic markers.  The sentiment is from Lil' Inker Designs.

My colors are from the ColourQ #242 palette:

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The sketch is the current Wanna Sketch #DDWS16:

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Please be sure to check out all the other cute little animals at the designers' blogs here:

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Arielle Broni Danielle Juliana Mila

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a fabulous weekend!!

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Heartfelt Sympathy - Color Throwdown #293

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Hello, everyone! Are you ready for the latest and greatest Color Throwdown?  Barbara (the birthday girl yesterday!) is our hostess, and her color combo is fabulous!

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I love this palette!

Sadly I needed a sympathy card this week, and took the opportunity to use these beautiful colors.

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I used the negative of a die cut circle and my Life Shapes Large stencil to apply some Studio 490 white embossing paste.  When that was dry, I placed the die cut circle on top of it and airbrushed around the circle using my B72 Copic marker.  I also traced the circle onto one long strip of patterned paper then cut both ends to use on the card.  The flower and leaves were colored with Copic markers too.

My layout is from the Sunday Stamps sketch challenge #SSC76:

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My Color Throwdown sisters and I hope you'll decide to play along with us this week.  We'd love to see what you create!!

Check out what the girls have come up with this week:

And be sure to stop by our Guest Star Stamper Jo Hooper's blog to see her masterpiece as well!

Thank you so much for coming by today!  I'm always glad to have you visit!

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Mother Love

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Hey, everybody!

Today I've got another beautiful image from the A Day For Daisies May club kit to show you….Mother Love.

 

Isn't she just so sweet?  This is my Mother's Day card for my Mom.

I used the sketch from The Challenge #6 and I'm also entering this is the Paper Players challenge #194 - Mother.

Please be sure to check out the lovely creations from the A Day For Daisies design team and leave them a little Mother's Day love!

Arielle Broni Danielle Juliana Mila

 

Thank you so much for dropping by!  I hope you have a wonderful weekend full of family, love and laughter!

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