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This Could Be Vodka - Color Throwdown #426

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Happy Wednesday, people!  We had the most beautiful, warm weekend here in the South and it seems to be continuing throughout the week with highs in the 60s.  Yay!

It’s time for another wonderful color palette from the team at the Color Throwdown!  Lisa is our hostess and here are the colors she’s chosen from her inspiration photo: Grey, Red, Kraft.

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I love these colors together!

I wanted to use my new This Could Be Vodka stamp set from The Cat’s Pajamas.  It’s awesome and perfect for a birthday card for my nephew!

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I stamped the image directly onto my card base and colored it with my Copic markers, adding some white gel pen highlights.  I stamped the sentiment and added a strip of adhesive ribbon under it.

For the “tabletop” I used some washi tape.  I taped it across the bottom of the image and traced the image through it, then removed it and cut the shape of the cup out.  Then I just added it back and used the same black pen to line the tabletop.  I also added some sequins as a finishing touch.

This is a one-layer card that I’ll be entering into this challenge:

Less is More challenge: One layer - Favorite Drink/Beverage theme

We hope you’ll join us for this week’s Color Throwdown challenge.  You can get all the challenge details over at the CTD blog.  Basically just use our generic colors for a paper-crafted project and give us a direct link at the bottom of our blog post today.

Be sure to stop by and see all the great creations from the team:

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Leigh Penner, January 2017 Guest Designer

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Thank you so much for stopping by today!  Enjoy the rest of your week!

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Inspired By All the Little Things Creative Guest Designer!

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Hey, y’all! 

My friend, Lesley Croghan, invited me to be the Creative Guest Designer at Inspired By All the Little Things!  What an honor!  It’s a fantastic challenge blog with some of the most talented designers on the planet!!

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This is the new challenge inspiration photo for the week:

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I went with the color tones and the love & floral theme.  Perfect for a Valentine card, don’t you think?

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I used the adorable and oh-so versatile All Inside stamp set and matching dies from the Essentials by Ellen collection.  The tiny bouquet of flowers is from the Bear Ware stamp set.  My background was made with my brand new Mission Gold water-color set.

Be sure to check out all the wonderful creations of the design team HERE.

I’ll be entering this card into the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Blog – New Something challenge.

I’d like to thank Lesley so much for allowing me to join her and her amazing team this week!

And thanks to you all for stopping by!

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All-new Four Wreaths and SALESGIVING at Power Poppy

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Hello and happy Friday!  Did you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving?  I sure did!  I ate way too much and enjoyed the wonderful warm flip-flop Southern weather!

Today is SALESGIVING day at Power Poppy!  And the release day for Four Wreaths.  You can find all the information at the Power Poppy blog and at the Power Poppy store.

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Today I colored up the Succulent and Baubles Wreath, using Distress inks on watercolor paper. 

 

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I really love the idea of using succulents in a Christmas wreath!  All different shades of green, red and purple!

I’m entering this card into the current Curtain Call challenge – At Home,

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If you head over to the Power Poppy blog there are links to all of the fabulous designers who have samples to show you today!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Sneak a Peek - Color Throwdown #414

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Hey, y’all!

It’s time for the latest and greatest episode of the Color Throwdown challenge!

This week Amy Rohl is our hostess and here are the awesome colors she chose for us to play with:

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You probably think I’m going to show you a beachy card again, right?  NOT!!  Ha, ha!  I’ve been playing with my new Clearly Planned stamp set from Taylored Expressions called Sneak a Peek in my planner, and just HAD to make a card with it too!  It’s just too cute not to!

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Aren’t those little sneaky peeky guys adorable?  I just drew a line with a pencil then used my Misti to line them up peeking over it! The cool frames are from the All Framed Up die from Reverse Confetti.

The background and the little guys are all watercolored, and I’m entering this card into the Addicted to CAS watercolor challenge.

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We would love it if you would join us this week for the Color Throwdown challenge!  I hope you will!

Check out what our wonderful design team has created for your viewing pleasure and inspiration:

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Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Erin Lee Schreiner, October 2016 Guest Designer

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And thank you so much for stopping by to see me today!

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Rose and Chamomile - a new Power Poppy digital stamp set

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Hello, all you Power Poppy fans!  I’m so excited for you to see Marcella Hawley’s  fabulous new digital image!  This is gorgeous, folks!

Here is Rose and Chamomile:

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Just beautiful!  I absolutely adore this rose, and I think the rosehips and chamomile are perfect accents!

I wasn’t sure if I wanted to watercolor or Copic color this image…so I did both!  The rose is colored with my Copic markers but the rest of the flowers and leaves are water colored with Kuretake Zig Clean Color pens.  I was able to do this on the dry PTI Stampers Select cardstock because of its thickness and absorbency.  None of the colors ran.

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I used this week’s Pals Paper Arts #PPA304 sketch:

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Now you absolutely have to visit with the rest of the Instant Gardeners to see their elegant and fantastic creations!  We have a brand new Gardener too – Nancy Sheads of Rowhouse Greetings!  Please visit with her to see her amazing creations and to make her feel welcome!

 

• Jennifer Dove
• Barb Walker
• Broni Holcombe (That's me!)
• Cheryl Scrivens
• Debbie Olson
• Nancy Sheads
• Rhea Weigands

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That’s it for me today!  Thanks for dropping by and enjoy the rest of your week!

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The Challenge #68 - Happy Birthday Colors

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Hello, and happy Monday!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

It’s the second Monday of the month and that means it’s time for a color challenge at The Challenge!  I adore this bright palette!

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I wanted to keep the bright happy feel and decided a birthday card was in order, so I pulled out a few of my Dylusions ink sprays to provide the great vivid colors.  The great Shaped Sayings: Birthday die is from PTI.

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I’m entering this in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge: Happy Birthday! Happy birthday you guys!!

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I hope you’ll play along with us this week!  These colors are awesome and so much fun!  Check out what the fabulous designers have created for your inspiration:

Lesley Croghan
Anita Madden
Broni Holcombe
Claire Broadwater
Diane Jaquay
Jinny Newlin

Kim Heggins

Kimberly Wiener

Laurel Seabrook

Lee Ann Barrett

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

 

This month's Featured Designer is Greta Hess

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That’s it for me!  Have a fantastic week!

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Birthday Wishes - The Challenge #66

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Well, hello, and happy Monday!  I hope you all had a very happy Easter weekend.

Today we have a new The Challenge for you!  It’s the 4th week of the month so this is a masculine inspiration challenge.

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I love the nautical theme of this photo! 

And here’s what I came up with using the Ahoy stamp set and dies from PTI.

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I’m also going to enter this into the Seize the Birthday challenge – Theme: Water.

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We hope you’ll play along with us at The Challenge!  Check out what the design team has created this week with this fun theme:

Lesley Croghan
Anita Madden
Broni Holcombe
Claire Broadwater
Diane Jaquay
Jinny Newlin

Kim Heggins

Kimberly Wiener

Laurel Seabrook

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

 

This month's Featured Designer is Anita in France

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That’s it for me today!  Thanks so much for dropping by!

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Sending you Sunshine - Color Throwdown #384

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Hey there, people!

It’s time for a new edition of the Color Throwdown!  Y’all blew me away with all of your awesome entries last week!  Let’s see what you do with these great colors:

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Isn’t that a FUN combo?  I thought so!

I wanted to keep the lavender as a soft background so this is what I came up with.

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I inked up part of an Ikat background stamp in Shaded Lilac ink, misted it with water, and stamped it on a piece of watercolor paper.  When that dried, I placed it in my Misti and colored my solid flower image from Watercolor Poppies with a couple of different  Tombow Dual Brush markers, misted and stamped it onto the panel.  I let it dry, then I did the same with the leaves/stems on the same stamp using green markers.  When the entire piece was dry, I stamped the outline and the sentiment each separately with Versafine onyx ink.

I love the doodled, watercolored look of this image!  And that’s why I’m entering it into the CASology: Week #189: Doodle challenge:

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Now let’s see what you do with the Color Throwdown colors!  Head on over to the CTD blog to get all the details and then visit with the CTD girls to see their fabulous creations:

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Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Leslie Miller, March 2016 Guest Designer

Our Guest Star Stamper this week is: Lee Ann Barrett

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Thanks bunches for coming by today!  Enjoy the rest of your week!

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Define Normal

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Happy Monday, y’all! 

It’s the second Monday of the month so it’s time for a brand new color palette at The Challenge!  And this one is really fun!

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Don’t you love it?

I wanted to play with another of the adorable little animals from Rubbernecker.  This one is called Dog with Big Eyes, and I just adore him!

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The background was created with Distress inks and the smooshing technique.  The dog was stamped on watercolor paper and colored with my Kuretake Zig Clean Color pens, then fussy cut and adhered with foam mounting tape.  That great sentiment is from the Crazy Talk stamp set.

I’m entering this card into the CASology #188 challenge – Laugh.

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Now it’s your turn to play with our color combo and show us what you come up with!  I can’t wait to see!

Please take a moment to visit with these awesome designers to see what  they’ve created for your inspiration:

Lesley Croghan
Anita Madden
Broni Holcombe
Claire Broadwater
Diane Jaquay
Jinny Newlin

Kim Heggins

Kimberly Wiener

Laurel Seabrook

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

 

This month's Featured Designer is Anita in France

 

Thanks so much for dropping by today!

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Birthday Balloons - Color Throwdown #382

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Happy Hump Day!

It’s time for our latest Color Throwdown challenge and Barbara is our hostess this week!  Here are the beautiful colors she chose for us – Hot Pink, Green, Black and White!

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I pulled out my PTI Scene It: Celebration and Birthday Cheer stamp sets and dies to make a birthday card for my stash.  I ALWAYS need more birthday cards!

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I sponged some Evergreen Bough and Peacock Feathers Distress inks onto my watercolor paper, then spritzed it with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Spray Stain.  I die cut it with my Stitched Rectangle dies and attached it to my card base.

I die cut the balloons 3 times and layered them after stamping the center balloon in Melon Mambo ink and coating it with Glossy Accents.  The Birthday was cut twice and layered before adhering it to the card.

I used this week’s CAS(E) This Sketch #161:

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And I’m playing along with the Friday Mashup #243 – make a birthday card:

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So are you ready to play along in the Color Throwdown too?  Just check out all the details at the CTD blog and also be sure to visit with the design team members for some glorious inspiration!  And please help us welcome a brand new Guest Designer this month – the fabulous Leslie Miller!

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Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Joan Ervin

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Leslie Miller, March 2016 Guest Designer

Our Guest Star Stamper this week is: Michele Greenwood

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Thanks so much for dropping by!

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