Splashes of Watercolor

A Bunny in a Flower….and Ruby Slippers

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TGIF!!  And it's almost Easter!  Does that mean it will warm up at some point?  I'm so tired of cold!!

Speaking of Friday….that means it's time for a new release from A Day For Daisies!  This week is all about bunnies and flowers, or Bunnies in Blossoms.  I chose to color up this precious Bunny in a Wildflower.

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Isn't he the most adorable bunny?  I love his big bright eye and shy demeanor.  The Be Happy Sentiment is also from the new release.  I used the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #180 and the perfect colors from this week's ColourQ Challenge #132:

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Sami also has a new release called the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.   So cool!  I love this little scene with Toto in the basket!!  It's called Ruby Slippers, paired with Oz Sentiment 1.

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I chose to play with the I Heart Sketches #11 this week:

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What great releases these are!  You can see them all at the A Day For Daisies shop or check them out on the ADFD blog.  And you can check out all the great creations from the design team here:

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Arielle
Broni
Danielle
Kadie
Sherry

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Thank you so much for stopping in today!  I hope you'll have a fabulous weekend and a blessed Easter.

 

Easter cards for the grandkids…

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Hey there!

I just wanted to pop in for a second and show you this year's Easter cards for the grandkids.  All 8 of them.  Yeah, our kids have got to stop having kids!!

I tried to go simple but when you're making 8 cards, nothing seems simple enough!

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Blue for the boys and pink for the girls, of course!  I definitely won't be able to make the same cards for everyone much longer.  The kids ages range from 14 years to 5 months.  I guess eventually I'm going to have to graduate to making adult cards for the older ones!

This is what I put inside, another Silhouette cut:

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I do believe these cards qualify for the CAS-ual Fridays challenge this week:  CFC95 - No Stamps.

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Thanks for dropping in to take a look!

 

FTTC212 - So Does Hope

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Hello, and happy Tuesday!  It's time for our latest Timeless Tuesday challenge and our very own team coordinator Allison is our hostess today!  She's asked us to create something with Spring in mind.

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The first thing that came to my mind was Easter Wishes, but I also really wanted to use the new Tulips for Friends stamp set, so I just combined them!

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I cut a "window" in a piece of Emerald Coast paper using my Perfectly Pierced Classic Hourglass die and used the negative piece.  I added some pierced holes along the ends for some extra interest and texture.  This was layered over my lamb image which had been stamped on Classic white cardstock with Memento tuxedo black ink and colored with these Copic collections:

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I also colored and cut out an extra lamb image and he's popped up on foam tape.  After tying some Bangkok red seam binding around the card front I added my tulip (colored using the same Copic collections) by tucking it under the ribbon.  The beautiful sentiment also from the Tulips for Friends stamp set was stamped onto a die cut oval after I added some sponged Tumbled Glass Distress ink.

We'd love it if you joined us in this Springtime challenge!  Please stop by to see what the other Timeless Tuesday girls have created for your viewing pleasure and inspiration:

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• Allison Cope Israels
• Broni Holcombe - you are here!
• Cindy Haffner
• Deborah Anton
• Denise Marzec
• Makiko Jones
• Deb Felts - our March 2013 Guest Designer

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Happy Spring, everyone!

 

FTTC210 Easter Wishes

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Hello and happy Tuesday to you all!

Are you ready for the latest Timeless Tuesday challenge?  Cindy is our hostess this week and she's challenged us to use dry embossing.

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Now that's always fun!  Instead of embossing some cardstock though, I chose to use some scrap corrugated cardboard to create an Easter basket for my beautiful egg from the new Easter Wishes stamp set.  The "basket" was cut from the cardboard using the smaller die from my Perfectly Pierced Classic Hourglass die set, and some VersaMagic Cloud White ink was rubbed across it.

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The image was stamped on Flourishes Classic White Cardstock and colored with these Copic collections:

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The egg and flowers are all one image so in order to insert the  basket I had to cut along the upper lines of the flowers, starting at the right and leaving only the last little flower in front of the egg on the left attached.  Here's a better view:

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Other supplies used are:  Memento Teal Zeal ink, Pistachio paper collection, Emerald Coast paper collection, Sunflower paper collection, kraft cardstock, My Mind's Eye Collectable "Unforgettable" 6x6 paper pad, and these individual Copics: BG000, BG10, BG53, BG57, BV000, E00, E39.  All the supplies are shown and linked at the end of this post.

My layout is from this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge SSSC#179:

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We hope you'll play along in this challenge with us!  You can get all the details at the Flourishes blog!  Please drop by and see what all of the super-talented FTTC team members have created for your inspiration:

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• Allison Cope Israels
• Broni Holcombe - you are here!
• Cindy Haffner
• Deborah Anton
• Denise Marzec
• Makiko Jones
• Deb Felts - our March 2013 Guest Designer

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Thank you so much for visiting!  Hope to see you very soon!

 

Happy Easter

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This is the card that I made for my grandson, Hunter, who is being confirmed today. 

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The design was inspired by the OCL112 challenge to use borders or backgrounds.

Happy Easter to everyone!

 

A Swinging Rabbit for a Tuesday Trigger challenge

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Ok, I know that's a crazy title.  But it's accurate.

I decided that I wanted to play along in the Sweet Surprise Tuesday Trigger challenge over on the Moxie Fab blog as soon as I saw this inspiration photo:

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I just adore baby blue gingham and I knew instantly what I wanted to create!

The April 2012 Club Kit at A Day For Daisies has some of the SWEETEST images and this little "Swinging Rabbit" just HAD to have a blue gingham shirt and shiny white galoshes!  HAD to, I tell ya!

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Here's a close-up of the B34 Copic plaid shirt and the shiny white galoshes (created by adding Ranger Glossy Accents):

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You should check out all the beautiful images from the A Day For Daisies April 2012 Club Kit.  And you should play along in the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger challenge!

Thank you so much for stopping by!  I hope you have a wonderful and blessed Easter Sunday!

 

It's a Bunny Garden!

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Hey there!  Are you ready to see another fabulous new release of images from A Day For Daisies?  I'm always so excited to show you the new ones!

This week we've got a collection called "Bunny Love" and the image I'm using is "Bunny Garden!"

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How sweet is that?!

I wanted to use the MOJO235 sketch again too.  It's definitely a different one and gave me the opportunity to use my new Bitty Blossoms die set from Spellbinders for the little rolled flower.

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I pulled out some REALLY OLD retired Basic Grey paper (Perhaps) and some cardstock to coordinate.  The eyelet lace is very old too and from my Mom's old sewing stash.

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I know you want to see more, right?  You can check out all the images at the ADFD shop or the ADFD blog.  And here are the links to the other designers' blogs:

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

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I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

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High Flying Bunny - Color Throwdown #186

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Yes.  I'm still making Easter cards!  I think I'm almost through though.  This is the last one for the grandkids, but I still need one to send to my Mom.

Danielle is our hostess this week at the Color Throwdown challenge and here are the beautiful colors she chose:

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I pulled out another The Cat's Pajamas image.  This time it's Take Off.  I know it's not necessarily an Easter image, but hey, it's a bunny!!!  I'm also using the new retrosketches #5.

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ETA: I'm also entering this card in the Twisted Tuesday 2TC1 challenge - The Clouds are Coming!  Check it out!

I had the best time coloring this adorable bunny in his high-flying plane!

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I hope you'll decide to play along with us at the Color Throwdown this week!  Here's some beautiful inspiration from my CTD sisters:

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That's it for today!  Please check back in with me on Friday for another gorgeous A Day For Daisies image reveal!

Flower Bunny - for 2 challenges

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Good morning, everyone!

Here's another card with the Kick Some Grass image, this time using the MOJO235 sketch.

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I'll also enter this week's Basic Grey challenge 65 to make a card for Easter using Basic Grey paper.  I used Out of Print.

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I'm still trying to complete all the Easter cards for the grandkids!  And it seems I'm running short on time!

See you tomorrow for another Color Throwdown challenge!

 

Kick Some Grass! - Color Throwdown #185

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Hey there, everyone!  It's my week to host the Color Throwdown challenge and I'm so excited for you to see this color combo!

I found my inspiration photo on Pinterest and loved how it took me right back to my childhood….the bicycle AND the wall paper!  LOL!!

Here's the photo and the colors I've chosen:

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Great, huh?

I decided to also use this week's Fall to Layout FTL183.  It's just perfect!

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I pulled out this darling bunny from the Kick Some Grass stamp set from The Cat's Pajamas, keeping in mind that Easter is fast approaching and I have quite a few children to make cards for!  I'm sure one of them will adore this little guy!  This also qualifies for the TCPTUES202 challenge to use a grassy product!

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I'd like to take a moment to thank my dear friend, Bev, for agreeing to be this month's Guest Designer.  It's much appreciated, sweet lady!!

Now it's time to hop on over to check out all the gorgeous inspiration from the design team:

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  If you can, please come back on Friday.  I'll have a project using a new A Day For Daisies image (so fun!), and that's also the day for the next E-Team blog hop!!  Woo hoo!  This month we're doing Faux!!