Splashes of Watercolor

School Notes - Color Throwdown #185

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Hello, everyone!  It's time for this week's Color Throwdown challenge!

Denise is our host this week and this is the fun color combo she's chosen for us to play with:

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I'm playing along with the current Our Craft Lounge challenge OCL132  (Back to School) and the latest CPS281 sketch as well:

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I chose to use the Our Craft Lounge set called School Notes, which of course is just perfect for the Back to School theme.  I used my new WPlus9 Pinking Squares die to cut the patterned paper for the panel behind the cute book bag.  The twine is tied through the eyelet of the  Mini Tag Canvas Piece which was painted with a juniper paint dabber.

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Most of the supplies are from eclectic Paperie and the links can be found at the end of this post.

Please check out the incredible designs from my fellow CTD sisters as well as our brand new Guest Designer for the month of September, the incomparable Sherry Cheever!

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I hope you'll play along with us this week!   Come on…you know you want to!!

Thanks for dropping by to visit!

Butterfly Kisses Float - Color Throwdown #206

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Hi there, everyone!  I've got a triple challenge card for you today!

First, it's time for the latest Color Throwdown challenge!  Kerri is our host this week with this great color combo:

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And I'm playing along in the Our Craft Lounge blog  challenge OCL130 - use something that floats!

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And last, but not least, I've used this week's CPS279 sketch:

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So here's my card using the OCL stamp set Butterfly Kisses and some great DP from Graphic 45 called A Lady's Diary. 

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The blue layer and the butterfly are actually ivory cardstock, painted with Tumbled Glass Ranger Distress stain.  And all the edges of the paper were rubbed with Frayed Burlap stain.

I'd love to see what you create using this week's Color Throwdown challenge!  Link it up at the CTD blog and please visit with the other CTD girls to see what they've created for your inspiration:

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Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I love it when you visit!

 

Vintage Grasshopper

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I don't know about you, but I'm SO GLAD it's Friday!!

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Before I head off to celebrate the weekend, I wanted to show you a card I made using the Vintage Grasshopper image from A Day For Daisies.  This is from the Vintage Storytelling release, and it really reminds me of the Once Upon A Time television series (one of my favorites), which features a lot of fairy tale characters.

In order to correctly color this little fella, I Googled "grasshopper" and these are a few of my favorite images that I found:

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Ha!  That last one looks like my type of grasshopper!

Along with this ADFD shop release, we're starting a new challenge on the ADFD blog this week - #46 Add Some Script.

I'm also combining it with the ColourQ #146 and the CPS274 sketch.  They all seemed to work well together!

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So here's my Vintage Grasshopper card:

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I really hope you'll play along in the ADFD challenge with us.  It's lots of fun and you could win some of the fabulous ADFD images!

Check out what great creations the other DT members have come up with:

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Alice Wertz
Arielle Gordon
Lori Boyd
Shelly Mercado
Tracy MacDonald

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Thanks so much for stopping in today!  Have a wonderful weekend!!

Hugs~

Walk on the Beach

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You already know with that title that I LOVE the image I'm using today from A Day For Daisies.  We're featuring some of Tammy Thompson's fabulous beach images and I chose one of a Mom and her two sons walking on the beach.  This could definitely be my daughter Gretchen with her sons, Hunter and Will.

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There's also a new challenge starting today on the ADFD blog….Use Texture.  That was an easy one for me on this card!

I started by using this week's CPS sketch #270:

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This was perfect to show off the fabulous image!  I colored up the sweet family and kept the background and card base colors neutral.  The fantastic fibers are from May Arts and add the perfect texture.  But I just HAD to add some sand too!  I used Ranger Glossy Accents to add it to the beach.  This is actually some sand I brought back from my trip last year to Key West. 

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(Here's a bit of trivia for you.  Did you know that the beach sand in Key West is not actually from Key West?  There's so much coral there and the reef which is 6 miles off shore breaks most of the waves before they get to shore.  This means the waves can't bring in more sand.  So they've brought in sand from the Bahamas using barges!)

It would be wonderful if you decided to play along with us in the "Texture" challenge!!  And please be sure check out the gorgeous creations of the other design team members on the ADFD blog or here:

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Alice Wertz
Arielle Gordon
Lori Boyd
Shelly Mercado
Tracy MacDonald

 

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Thank you so much for dropping in for a visit today!  It's the weekend….go forth and celebrate!!

 

OCL121 Friends are Treasures

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Good morning!  Today I'd like to show you a card I made for the Our Craft Lounge blog challenge OCL121.

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I'm also playing along in the Play Date Café challenge PDCC135:

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And the CPS sketch this week - CPS269:

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These challenges were really easy to combine because I knew I wanted to start with the oval image from the Our Craft Lounge stamp set called Treasured Friend.  One of my favorite summertime images!  So the beachy theme of the OCL121 challenge and the colors of the PDCC135 worked beautifully together.  And when I saw the CPS269 sketch, I knew I had a trifecta in progress!

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Thanks for stopping in today!  I hope you all have a wonderful week!

 

Breeze in Spring - Color Throwdown #189

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Hello, everyone!  It's time for another edition of the Color Throwdown and Kristin's back!  YAY!  We've certainly missed her!

She's the hostess this week and has chosen an awesome color combo:

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Remember, you don't have to use the exact colors or even all of the colors in the combo if you decide to play along with us!

I chose to combine the CTD challenge with this week's CPS sketch CPS262. 

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The image I'm using today is Breeze in Spring from the April 2012 Club Kit from A Day for Daisies.  There are so many perfectly sweet images that it was hard for me to choose which one to use!  I colored her up with my Copic markers and added a little bit of Star Dust stickles around the image.

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We love for you to play along!  Please check out all the details on the Color Throwdown blog and be sure to check out all the inspiration from the design team:

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  I've got a second post today….a new blog hop from the E-Team!  You won't want to miss it!!

Blessing a Flower

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I'm so excited to show you my card today!  This week's beautiful new release from A Day For Daisies is called Fairy Work Fairy Play  and all the images are so incredibly beautiful and sweet! 

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I was so inspired by the images that the first thing I did when I got home from my Intermediate Copic Certification class in Virginia was to sit down and practice on this Blessing a Flower image.  I'm really, really pleased with the results too!

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What do you think? 

I also used the CPS253 sketch which was a perfect match for this image!

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You can see all the images on the ADFD blog and also see samples from all the design team members.  And, believe me, they are absolutely gorgeous!!  All the images are available at the ADFD shop!

There's also a color challenge going on right now and we'd just love it if you played along.  Check it out!

Thanks so much for stopping in for a visit today.  I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

 

Lola has a lollipop!

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Hi, everyone!  I hope your week has started off well.  I'm enjoying my extended weekend, so I'm a happy stamper!

I was browsing Pinterest this weekend and came across this great card which was pinned by the oh-so talented Debbie Corbari.  How cool is that?

Well I wanted to try it, and decided a much smaller version would be easier, perhaps.  It was fun and just perfect for use with my Lola Love stamp set from Our Craft Lounge!

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I used Scor-Tape on a punched cardstock circle, and started in the center of it with my Maraschino twine.  Easy!

I also used this week's CPS251 sketch:

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Well, that's it!  So, I hope you're off today too and having fun!  Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Happy Fall, Y'all - Color Throwdown #161

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Well, I hate to admit it, but it's officially Fall, y'all.  Bummer.  Guess I'll have to pack up my bathing suits and beach chair until next…..April, maybe.  Here's my last weekend at the beach:

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Perfect!  Sigh.  Ok, enough whining from me!  On to the Color Throwdown! 

This week Kristin is our hostess and she not only chose some beautiful Fall colors, she also was sweet enough to share some of her new Trendy Forest digi papers with us!  I love them!  Here's the combo:

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So I pulled out my (also) new Simply Fall singles stamp set from Our Craft Lounge and what a perfect match these were to the Trendy Forest digi papers.

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See?  A match made in digi heaven!!

This card using OCL stamps and digi patterned paper qualifies for the Our Craft Lounge blog challenge this week - OCL#84.

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I also decided to use this week's CPS sketch 237.  It's really cool!

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I'd love to see what you gals come up with using this week's colors.  Just link up your creation over on the Color Throwdown blog!  Now here is some great inspiration for you from the other CTD designers:

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Barbara * Carole * Danielle * Kristin 

Tammy * Julee Tilman (September Guest Designer)

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Thanks for visiting today.  I'd like to invite you to come back on Friday, Sept 30th, for our next E-Team blog hop!  We're teaming up with Want2Scrap!  Fun, fun, fun!!

Until then, enjoy the rest of your week!

 

• Paper: poppy parade, chocolate chip 
• Ink: Memento - rich cocoa, Distress - dried marigold, ripe persimmon
• Other: corner rounder tool

   

Our Craft Lounge - Singles	MTME Pretty Impressions Printable Papers	Neenah cardstock	eP Ranger Distress inks	Copic Markers
Ranger blending tool	Papertrey Ink ribbon	Spellbinders Fancy Tags	Glue Dots	TE foam mounting tape

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Fiskars 9" paper trimmer

Scor-Buddy

Rock-A-Blocks

Ranger Non-Stick Craft Sheet

Tim Holtz Tonic Scissors

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Underwater - CPS229

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Hi, folks! 

I decided I wanted to play along with the CPS sketch 229 for this week.  It's seems like forever since I did that, and I always love Tami's sketches!

I also wanted to try something with my new Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze that I've had on my mind since the E-Team played around with the new TA products a couple of weeks ago.  HERE is my post from that blog hop.

I stamped my images and colored them as usual with my Copic markers.  Then I painted over the entire scene with the Island Spring Glimmer Glaze.

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I think it turned out pretty neat.  Here's a closeup view:

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The fish was stamped and colored a second time, cut out and popped up with foam tape.  You can really see the glimmer and shine in the cropped photo at the top of this post.

Well, that's it for me today!  Thanks for stopping by and please try to come back on Wednesday when I'm hosting the Color Throwdown challenge of the week!

• Stamps: Ocean Friends (CHF), Big Birthday Wishes (Our Craft Lounge) 
• Paper: white, cream, riding hood red, Abbey Road Lucky Me (My Mind's Eye) 
• Ink: Memento - tuxedo black, Versafine - onyx black, Ranger Distress- Broken China, Glimmer Glaze - Island Spring (Tattered Angels), Copic markers 
• Tools used on every card: Fiskars 9" trimmer, Scor-Buddy, Tim Holtz scissors, Ranger non-stick craft sheet, Rock-a-blocks
• Other: craft knife, corner rounder punch, waves border punch (Fiskars), Glue Dots, foam mounting tape