Splashes of Watercolor

Fairy Flower Outing

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Happy Friday, y’all!

It’s time to show off the latest new release from A Day For Daisies!  We have some cutie fairies as well as a replay from a couple of years ago of some adorable little Valentine animals.  You can see them all on the ADFD blog!

Today I’m using Fairy Flower Outing.

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She’s printed on  X-Press it cardstock and colored with Copic markers.   My layout is from this week’s Freshly Made Sketches #170:

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And I’ve used the colors from the current Curtain Call – Soft Scarf inspiration challenge:

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I hope you'll take some time and visit with the rest of the design team and see their fabulous creations!!

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Arielle Broni Christine Danielle Juliana Mila

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That’s it for me today!  Short and sweet on my way to the weekend!  Have a great one and thanks for stopping by!

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Wishing You Joy - Color Throwdown #326

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Hi, all!

It’s time for the latest edition of the Color Throwdown challenge!  My lovely friend Vickie is our hostess this week and I love the combo she chose.  I think it’s one of my favorites!!

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I wanted to play with my new Simon Says Stamp Sending and Wishing stamp set, along with the Wishing die.  LOVE these!!  They can be used for SO many occasions!  I also wanted to try using the Stitched Slopes and Hills die set for something other than a snowy slope!

AND I wanted to play along with the Simon Says Stamp Flickr challenge #10 – Spots and Dots!

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I used 2 of the slopes and the Wishing die all at one time to cut the sentiment panel.

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Then I used 2 splat stamp sets (links below) to create my watercolor panel, by stamping them first, then spritzing with water and letting it all blend together and drip a little.  I added some more splats onto the wet paper too.

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I cut the watercolor panel with my Stitched Rectangle dies, stamped the rest of the sentiment at the bottom of it then adhered it with foam mounting tape.

I also added a tiny open heart from the same set and some Moonshine sequins.

The layout is from this week’s Crazy 4 Challenges #269:

 

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 We really hope you’ll play along with us this week at the Color Throwdown!  These are such fun colors!  Please visit with the rest of the CTD girls and see their amazing creations:

Thanks so much for coming by today!  I hope you enjoy the rest of your week!

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Seriously, I've started my Valentine cards - CTD #325

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Yes, it’s never too early to start on your Valentine cards.  This was finally determined around Christmas Eve Eve when there were not nearly enough Christmas cards to go around.  So I’ve started.  On my Valentine cards.  This is the first one…using this week’s new Color Throwdown challenge.  Tammy’s the hostess and she picked a whopper of a combo.  I struggled with this one, for sure.  (Thanks so much, Tammy!)

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The colors look great together, but I just couldn’t decide how to put them together for my card.  So this is what I ended up with.  I think it was the yellow that threw me off!

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What’s that you say?  You don’t think someone would appreciate receiving a Valentine card that says “Seriously, you stink”??    In non-Valentine colors?  Read the fine print!  This is such a great silly stamp set from Lil’ Inker Designs!  I think I’ll use it for the majority of my Valentine cards.  I know the grandkids will get some giggles from a card like this!

It may be a little hard to see in the photo, but I used one of the Stitched Rectangle dies to impress my patterned paper layers.  It looks pretty darn cool IRL!!

And I've used this week's Sketch Saturday #343 layout:

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Now be sure to check out what the rest of the Color Throwdown gals have come up with!  And please take some time to join us this week for the challenge!  I want to see how you use this combo!!

Also don't forget this week's Guest Star Stamper, Cassie Trask!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  Please check back in tomorrow!  I have a big announcement!!!  Eep!!

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A Winter Fairy Wish Bug

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Hi everyone!

Happy Friday to you all!

I’m here today with a new image from A Day for Daisies!  This is the adorable Fairy Wish Bug 3 and she’s ready to spread a little winter magic!

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She’s so lovely!  And you should see all the other fairies Tammy Thompson has created!  They’re just beautiful!

I’m entering my Winter Fairy Wish Bug into these challenges:

Curtain Call – Winter Wonder

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and Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #SSSC#250

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Please take a moment to stop by and visit with the amazing A Day For Daisies designers and leave them a little love:

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Arielle Broni Christine Danielle Juliana Mila

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Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

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One Layer Hello - Color Throwdown #324

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HAPPY NEW YEAR, y’all!!

I hope you all had a very happy and restful Christmas and New Year celebration!  I’m back from a short holiday break and ready to roll!  How about you? 

So let’s start off the new year with a brand new Color Throwdown challenge!  The oh-so-lovely Monika is our hostess today and she’s chosen a very dramatic color scheme for us to play with!  What a great inspiration photo!

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I chose to stay simple and a little dramatic as well with my one-layer Hello card:

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The background is simply stenciled using Wendy Vecchi translucent embossing paste and a mini vineyard TCW stencil.  I colored a die-cut piece of linen with my Dylusions Cherry Pie ink spray and dried it with my heat tool.  The hello was cut using my WPlus9 Hand-Lettered Hello die.

I’m entering my card into these challenges as well:

CAS(E) This Sketch #104

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Virginia’s View Challenge #11 – Clean Slate

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CRAZY 4 CHALLENGES #C4C267 – Clean and Simple

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and ShowCASe Your Style Challenge #5 – Use at least one die cut

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We would LOVE it if you’d play along with us this week for the first Color Throwdown of the year!  We have a brand new Guest Designer for the month of January 2015: the fabulous Bonnie Sharp!  How exciting!  Check out what all the designers have created for your inspiration here:

And thank you so much for stopping in to see me  today!  Your visits are always MOST welcome!

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A Candy Fairy to make your Christmas Sparkle!

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Happy Friday!!!

Oh my gosh!  I can’t believe how close we’re getting to Christmas!  Have I finished my shopping?  NO!  Have I finished making my Christmas cards?  NO!!

So when I saw this adorable little Candy Fairy from the new A Day For Daisies December Club Kit I couldn’t resist her!

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Isn’t she a beauty?  And she has a vintage look to her I think.  That’s why I used traditional Christmas colors in darker tones than normal.  Oh, and the new challenge at the ADFD blog is to USE TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS COLORS!

After I colored my fairy with Copic markers and paper-pieced her dress, I covered her wings, the candy canes and the word Sparkle with Star Dust Stickles!  Instant sparkle!

I also used this week’s The Challenge #20 sketch:

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And I’m playing along with the Just Us Girls #270 challenge to “Sparkle”:

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Please try to play along with us using traditional Christmas colors!  That’s an easy challenge, you guys!  Also, please take a moment to visit with the rest of our design team to see what beautiful creations they’ve come up with:

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Arielle Broni Christine Danielle Juliana Mila

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Thank you so much for stopping by!  I hope you have a most wonderful weekend!

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Doll Face #2

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Hello, everyone!

Did you have a fantastic Thanksgiving with lots of food, drink, and merriment?  I hope so!!

Today I have another of the gorgeous Doll Faces from A Day For Daisies to show you.  This one is Doll Face #2.

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Isn’t she beautiful?

I’ve also used the WPlus9 set Hand Lettered Hello and the matching die.

Hey, we’ve started a fun new challenge at the ADFD blog!  It’s a sketch challenge:

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Won’t you play along with us too?  Check out all the details at the blog and take a few minutes to visit with all the DT members to see their fabulous creations:

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Arielle Broni Christine Danielle Juliana Mila

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Thank you so much for your visit today!  Have a wonderful weekend!

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Sometimes I Drink

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Hey, I’m not talking about me!  This is for someone else’s birthday! 

But yes, we’re both in the beer business.  So it’s appropriate for us to say this, right?  Because it’s true!!  Ha, ha!

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I used the beer mug from the Simon Says Stamp stamp set called Adult Beverages and the awesome sentiment is from the coordinating Adult Beverages Sayings.

Now check out the inside of the card:

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LOL!  The Seriously die cut is from Lil’ Inker Designs and I love it!!

This was inspired by the current The Challenge #19.  What a great sketch!!

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I hope you guys have a great Thanksgiving week!  Thanks so much for coming by today!

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Hello, Dollface!

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A brand new release from A Day For Daisies is here!  These Doll Face girls are wonderfully drawn and the ones in the masks are so much fun!  I chose to color Doll Face #6.

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She reminds me of the original Barbies from the 1950s!  So glamorous!

I've used this week's retrosketch #141:

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And I've used the colors from this week's JUGS#267 challenge:

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Check out all the glamorous new images at the ADFD Etsy shop or on the A Day For Daisies blog.  And please visit with the rest of the design team and see their inspiration creations.

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Arielle Broni Christine Danielle Juliana Mila

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

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Scotty Mistletoe Framed

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Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday!!  I know I'm ready for the weekend!  How about you??

Today I have another of the adorable Scotty & Mistletoe images from the November 2014 ADFD  Club Kit to show you.

We have a new challenge starting this week at the A Day For Daisies blog too….Use Houndstooth.

So here's my card:

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I colored him with my Copic markers and framed him with the SSS Holiday Frames die cut.  I left the Christmas letters in the frame and applied some Star Dust Stickles to them.  Love it!

For my layout I used the Sunday Stamps Challenge #88 sketch:

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I would say he fits into the category of "festive", so I'll enter him into the CASology Week 121 challenge too:

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And I'll enter my card in the Virginia's View Challenge #9 All Things Metallic (silver washi tape, silver thread, and the jingle bell).

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Won't you please play along with us in our HOUNDSTOOTH challenge?  We'd love to see what you create!!  Check out the challenge and the details at the ADFD blog. 

And please take a moment to visit with and leave some love for our design team, including a new member who is a super-star, Christine Okken!!  How awesome, huh?? 

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Arielle Broni Christine Danielle Juliana Mila

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Thank you so much for stopping in!  Have a great weekend!

ADFD Scotty Mistletoe

SSS *Copic BLENDING CARD X-Press It Paper Pack of 10

SSS* Copic markers

SSS Simon Says Stamp HOLIDAY FRAMES Craft Dies sssd111393 Stamptember

Ranger Stickles - Star Dust

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