Splashes of Watercolor

Sunflower Bouquet - Just For Fun® color challenge #26

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Time for another Just For Fun® color challenge!  This time we have a great versatile color combo.  Check it out:

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This sunflower bouquet image just leaped out at me when I was choosing what to color up.  With this pretty Cosmo Cricket paper background, it was an easy card!

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You should have seen my fingers after I spritzed a water/Ranger Distress fired brick reinker mixture on some ivory seam binding and scrunched it up to dry!  It took all day for the red-finger syndrome to disappear!   

I hope you'll play along with us this week!  Just add a direct link to your creation using these colors at the Just For Fun® blog.   Then be sure to check out the design team creations.

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Just For Fun® Blog
Broni Holcombe (that's me)
Beth Moore
Glenda Brooks
Kat Tucker
Margarita Ybarra
Roni Johnson
Sandy Sandrus
Sherry Cheever
Starla Nelson
Terre Fry

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  I might just have another card for you tomorrow morning!  I know...shocker....me posting on the weekend!!  That doesn't happen too often!

And PLEASE stop back by a little later today.  I have a surprise to tell you about!

• Stamps: Fall Floral (G3430) (Just For Fun® Rubber Stamps)
  
• Paper: white, riding hood red, green, Material Girl (Cosmo Cricket)
  
• Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Ranger Distress fired brick & antique linen
  
• Other: Labels Ten & Peony Nestabilities, sponge dauber, seam binding , Cropadile Deco corner punch, button, twine, frond punch (Martha Stewart), Scor-Tape, foam tape, cinnamon Stickles

Birthday Banner - Just For Fun® color challenge #25

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I know I'm late with my Just For Fun® color challenge card, but it took me FOREVER!  I knew I wanted to use the Binder Clips image and have it holding a flag banner, but pulling everything together was a very elusive process!

Here are this week's colors:

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The Binder Clips stamp is actually straight, and even though it's thick red rubber, it was long enough for me to be able to curve it slightly on my acrylic block.  I really like it this way.

The real little binder clip was actually red which obviously didn't match this color scheme, so I colored it with my black (100) Copic marker.  The flag that it's on is raised up on foam tape.

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My flags are made of light-weight balsa wood.  You have to be very careful when cutting the balsa, as it's very delicate and easily breaks.  Below is a picture that shows how I drew the shapes out to be cut.  Each flag is 1 inch wide at the top and 1.5 inches long.

All the pieces of patterned paper used on top of the rust colored paper are outlined with a W7 Copic marker to give them more definition.  The largest circle on the sentiment banner is a grungeboard piece that I covered with the patterned paper.

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Be sure to check out all the design team projects and then head over to the Just For Fun® blog to link up your creation!

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Just For Fun® Blog
Broni Holcombe (that's me)
Beth Moore
Glenda Brooks
Kat Tucker
Margarita Ybarra
Roni Johnson
Sandy Sandrus
Sherry Cheever
Starla Nelson
Terre Fry

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Thank you so much for stopping by today!

• Stamps: Binder Clips (E3063), Sentiments 1 Unmounted Sheet (UMS7018)
  
• Paper: black, Abbey Road Collection (My Mind's Eye)
  
• Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Ranger Distress brushed corduroy, Copic markers: W7, 100
  
• Other: balsa wood, Grungeboard plain shapes (Tim Holtz Idea-ology), sponge dauber, Jumbo Scallop Ric Rac (My Favorite Things), button, Scor-Tape, foam tape
  

 

Fall Friend - Just For Fun® color challenge 24

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Woo hoo!  It's Just For Fun® Friday!  AND I'm not working today because I'm going to CKC in Charlotte, NC!  I'm so excited!

But first I've got to show you my Just For Fun® challenge card.  Here are the colors for the week:

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My first thought was fall!  Even though I'm not ready for the warm weather to leave, I really do love the colors and images of autumn.

I tried another Faux Postage card, this time using the Maple Leaf Frame and template. I think it looks pretty darn cool with these colors!  And I'm in love with the Fern stamp in the background!

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The swirl is grungeboard from the Tim Holtz Idea-ology line.  It was rubbed with Ranger Distress aged mahogany ink then dabbed with scattered straw ink.  Both the green layer and the leaf are popped up on foam tape.

The buttons qualify this to be entered into the WT283 challenge at Splitcoaststampers  to use buttons.  I love to use buttons!!

We sure hope you'll play along with us!  There are more of you playing each week and that's what makes it so much fun!  Please check out the design team members creations:

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Just For Fun® Blog
Broni Holcombe (that's me)
Beth Moore
Glenda Brooks
Kat Tucker
Margarita Ybarra
Roni Johnson
Sandy Sandrus
Sherry Cheever
Starla Nelson
Terre Fry

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I hope you all have a great weekend!  Now I'm going shopping!!!

• Stamps: Maple Leaf Frame & faux postage Template (G3448), Fern (F2642), Background Block (RB7001), Friend(s) (C3119) (Just For Fun® Rubber Stamps)
  
• Paper: lemon tart (PTI), old olive, cherry cobbler, Brenda Walton Madeline (K & Company)
  
• Ink: Ranger Archival jet black, Ranger Distress crushed olive, scattered straw, antique linen, aged mahogany
  
• Other: clear ep, stipple brushes, decorative edge scissors, sponge daubers, swirls elements grungeboard (Tim Holtz Idea-ology), foam tape, ribbon, buttons & twine (PTI)
  

Ornamental - Just For Fun® color challenge #23

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It's Friday and time for another Just For Fun® color challenge.  As I'm writing this post on Thursday evening, there are very violent electrical storms in the area.  So this will be very short and sweet!

Here are this week's colors:

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I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do with these colors and I'm still not really sure that I like my card.

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I stamped the Ornamental Dress Form on kraft paper in Versamark and embossed it with black detail embossing powder, then added a few shadows with a Copic marker (W1).  After punching the edge and rounding the corners I assembled it all.  Then I ruffled a strip of white tissue paper, glued it down and topped it with a strip of rhinestones.  The tissue flower was rolled and scrunched until I got it to the size I wanted, then I added a rhinestone brad.

That's it!

I hope you'll join us in the challenge for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to Just For Fun® Rubber Stamps.  Please check out the design team's blogs for some cool inspiration:

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Just For Fun® Blog
Broni Holcombe (that's me)
Beth Moore
Glenda Brooks
Kat Tucker
Margarita Ybarra
Roni Johnson
Sandy Sandrus
Sherry Cheever
Starla Nelson
Terre Fry

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Thanks so much for stopping by to visit today.  Have a great weekend!  Here's hoping we get plenty of rain, but not enough to float us away!

• Stamps: Ornamental Dress Form (F3432) (Just For Fun® Rubber Stamps)
  
• Paper: kraft (PTI), real red
  
• Ink: Versamark
  
• Other: black detail embossing powder, Ranger Heat It Tool, threading water punch (Fiskars), corner rounder punch, W1 Copic marker, tissue paper, foam tape, Scor Tape, rhinestone stickers, rhinestone brad
  

Nature's Bouquet - Just For Fun® color challenge #22

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It's time for another Just For Fun® color challenge.  This week Sherry is in Chicago at CHA (lucky girl!) but we're trying to carry on!  I hope you're having a blast, Sherry!

Here are our colors for the week:

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I've wanted to try this Faux Postage technique for quite a while, but was intimidated a little.  It had been quite some time since I'd tried it originally, but after seeing Debby (Just For Fun®) demonstrate it at a craft show a couple of weeks ago, I was ready!  It was so easy using the JFF stamps and template combo.  Don't you love the way it looks?

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C'mon and play along with us!  It's simple...just use the color combo and then post a direct link to your card on the Just For Fun® blog.  You could win a $50 gift certificate!  Woo hoo!

Please check out what the other DT members have created using these colors:

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Just For Fun® Blog
Broni Holcombe (that's me)
Beth Moore
Glenda Brooks
Kat Tucker
Margarita Ybarra
Roni Johnson
Sandy Sandrus
Sherry Cheever (at CHA)
Starla Nelson sitting out this week
Terre Fry (at CHA)

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

• Stamps: Nature's Bouquet (G3436), Dried Flower Stalks (G3434), Leaf Sprig with Berries (D3360), faux postage template & frame (H2510), sentiment (Just For Fun® Rubber Stamps)
  
• Paper: white, vintage cream (PTI), Mocha Chica paper pack (Kim Hughes for CHF)
  
• Ink: Ranger Archival coffee, Ranger Distress dried marigold, antique linen, spiced marmalade, crushed olive
  
• Other: stipple brushes, postage cut scissors, silk ribbon (from Sharon's Stamp Simply Ribbon Store), Prima flowers, Maya Road leaf trinket pins (eclectic Paperie), Dew Drop
  

Definition of Cherish - Just For Fun® color challenge #21

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Hi everyone!  Are you as excited as me that it's almost the weekend?!  Thank goodness!  I'm not going anywhere or doing much of anything!  It's gonna be a peaceful, relaxing couple of days and I can't wait!  How about you?  What do you have planned (or not planned)?

I kind of already started on the lazy part of my weekend with a REALLY simple card for the Just For Fun® color challenge this week.  Here are the colors:

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And here's my simple card.  I say simple because there's only one stamped image (the Cherish Definition sentiment), the flower was already made, and the seam binding was already dyed.  All I had to do was make a few punches, ink a few edges and throw it all together.  Works for me!

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My flower was made out of an old book page, a piece of wax paper and a piece of a brown paper bag, then misted with water and Ranger Distress antique linen reinker.  I made it last week when I was playing around with dies, different papers and various misters.

Our challenge this week (as it is every week) is simple.  Use these 3 colors to make a paper-crafted project and link it to the Just For Fun® blog post for today.  You could win a $50 gift certificate to spend at the Just For Fun® Rubber Stamps store!

Check out all the inspiration provided to you by our talented design team:

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Just For Fun® Blog
Broni Holcombe (that's me)
Beth Moore
Glenda Brooks
Kat Tucker
Margarita Ybarra
Roni Johnson
Sandy Sandrus
Sherry Cheever
Starla Nelson
Terre Fry

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So, come on and play with us!  You'll have fun!

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a wonderful weekend...whatever you decide to do (or not do)!

• Stamps: Cherish Definition(C3019) (Just For Fun® Rubber Stamps)
  
• Paper: not quite navy, basic gray, barely banana, Periphery (Basic Grey)
  
• Ink: not quite navy, Ranger Distress antique linen
  
• Other: Curved Rectangles Nestabilities die, sponge dauber, corner rounder punch, seam binding, foam tape, brown paper bag, old book page, wax paper, Ranger mini-mister
  

  

Nesting - Just For Fun® color challenge #20

***If you're looking for the announcement of the Color Throwdown #100 winners, please scroll down to the next post.

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Well, it's finally Friday!  Have you ever heard that George Jones song?  Our local radio station starts every Friday morning off by playing it.  So every time I hear that phrase, the song starts playing in my head!  Sing it, George!

Friday also means it's time for another Just For Fun® color challenge.  Here is the color combo for this week:

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I've used a new stamp...it's so new I don't even know the name of it!  I also used a lot of dies and distress inks, and even a page out of an old book.  This was a fun card to make!
 
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I hope you'll join us in this challenge.  Please check out all the details on the Just For Fun® blog and then stop by to see all the beautiful creations of the design team:

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Just For Fun® Blog
Broni Holcombe (that's me)
Beth Moore
Glenda Brooks
Kat Tucker
Margarita Ybarra
Roni Johnson
Sandy Sandrus
Sherry Cheever
Starla Nelson
Terre Fry

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And if you're anywhere near Winston-Salem, NC, this weekend please stop by the Rubber Stamp & Scrapbook Show.  Just For Fun® will be there and I understand the Faux Postage technique that Debby demonstrates is FABULOUS!!  I can't wait to see it!  I'll be visiting there with my friend, Karen, on Saturday.  Maybe I'll see you there! 

Thanks so much for visiting with me today!  I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

• Stamps: bird with nest, Background Block (RB7001) (Just For Fun® Rubber Stamps)
  
• Paper: watercolor paper, old book page, vintage cream (PTI), pumpkin pie, sage shadow, Quite Contrary (My Mind's Eye)
  
• Ink: Memento rich cocoa, Ranger Distress walnut stain & rusty hinge
  
• Other: Bigz Top Note die & Sizzlits Little Leaves die (SU), scallop circle and classic circle Nestabilities, Dot Matrix Texture Fades (Tim Holtz Idea-ology), sponge dauber, seam binding, button, twine (PTI), Copic markers:

 

Butterfly Thoughts - Just For Fun® color challenge #19

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This week for the Just For Fun® color challenge, Sherry chose this fabulous color combination for us:

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Of course my colors ended up being in different hues, but I'm really happy with how the card turned out.

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I used 3 new stamps that I just got from Just For Fun® Rubber Stamps...the butterfly, the grass in the background and the curvy sentiment.  Aren't they great?!

I airbrushed my circle layer while it was still in the Nestabilities die using my Copic airbrush system and Copics BG72 and E55.  This circle is mounted on a textured soft suede layer that was cut with a Peony Nestabilities die.

I spread Star Dust Stickles on the butterfly's wings with my finger and used a sponge dauber to add Ranger Distress antique linen ink to the edges of the Cosmo Cricket paper.

And how about that beautiful silk ribbon that I got from Sharon's Stamp Simply Ribbon store?  Isn't it gorgeous?

We'd love for you to play along in the color challenge with us.  You have a chance of winning a $50 gift certificate from Just For Fun®.  All the challenge details can be found at the Just For Fun® blog.  Then be sure to check out all the beautiful inspiration from the design team:~

Just For Fun® Blog
Broni Holcombe (that's me)
Beth Moore
Glenda Brooks
Kat Tucker
Margarita Ybarra
Roni Johnson
Sandy Sandrus
Sherry Cheever
Starla Nelson
Terre Fry

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Thanks so much for visiting with me!  I hope you have a fabulous weekend!

• Stamps: butterfly, grass, sentiment (Just For Fun® Rubber Stamps)
  
• Paper: cream (PTI), soft suede textured, Earth Love 6x6 (Cosmo Cricket)
  
• Ink: Memento tuxedo black, soft suede, Ranger Distress antique linen
  
• Other: circle & Peony Nestabilities, sponge dauber, 100% silk ribbon (Stamp Simply Ribbon Store), Star Dust Stickles, Copic airbrush system, Copic markers: E51, E53, E55, BG0000, BG000, BG10, BG72, E000
  

It's Time...COLOR THROWDOWN #100!!!

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Wow!  It's finally time for our 100th edition of the Color Throwdown!  And do we have some fun in store for you!  You can find all the details on today's post at the CTD blog, but basically you need to make a paper craft project, using the colors of today's challenge and link it directly to the challenge post.  Then head out to all the blogs listed and leave a comment on each one.  That way you have a chance to win one of several fantastic prizes, donated by some super special and generous merchants.

Here are today's colors:

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Great combo, huh?

Here's my card for today:

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I've used the Cafe (F2957) and the Comfort Words (A3058) images from Just For Fun® Rubber Stamps.  And speaking of Just For Fun®, they're one of our sponsors today! 

Here's the list of what I'll be giving away:

A $25 gift certificate from Just For Fun® Rubber Stamps

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A stamp set, watercolor pencils, blending stumps, and cardstock from Mark's Finest Papers

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And a Say Cheese stamp set from All That Scraps

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Well, are you excited yet?

Please leave me a comment (just one, please), then head back to the Color Throwdown blog to get a link to another one of the blogs participating.  We've invited a lot of our past Guest Designers to help us give away all the great prizes, so there are lots of wonderful creations to see and lots of prizes to be eligible to win.  I'll also give you a list of the participants here:

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs

LeAnne Pugliese - Wee Inklings

Laura Pryor - Lil' Inker

Kisa Peters - Kisa's Paper Cuts

Carol Longacre - Our Little Inspirations

Deb Horst - Sendable Sentiments

Debi Southard - Debi's Crazy Life

Elise Durenberger - MamaCow Creations

Juliana Swanson - Stampin With Inky Fingers

Lisa Kind - Kind Creations

Makiko Jones - Makink Studios

Maria Gurnsey - Scraps By M

Pam Speidel - Stamping With Serendipity

Sylvia Nelson - Sylvia's Stamp Corner

Teresa Kline - Enjoy the VA Sunshine

Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

So get started leaving comments and GOOD LUCK to you all!

• Stamps: Cafe (F2957), Comfort Words (A3058) (Just For Fun® Rubber Stamps)
  
• Paper: white, black, red, celery, Olivia 6x6 (Basic Grey)
• Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx black, Ranger Distress antique linen & tumbled glass
• Other: sponge daubers, grosgrain ribbon, button, embroidery floss, Clouds die (My Favorite Things), Ranger Distress stickles - antique bronze, foam tape, Scor-Buddy, Copic markers:

A Summer Hat - Just For Fun® color challenge #18

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I've just got a quick post for you today, folks.  I'm composing this on Thursday night, and I've already stayed up way too late making this card and watching the results of the So You Think You Can Dance show.  (The right one went home!)

Here are this week's Just For Fun® challenge colors:

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And to make it easier on myself, I used the Mojo Monday MOJO145 sketch (the square one, obviously):

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A quick and simple card using the great Sun Hat (C2777) image from Just For Fun® Rubber Stamps.  As you can see, I'm still having a love affair with the dyed seam binding.  Although this is my last already-dyed piece.  I guess I'll be getting my hands all inky this weekend. 

There's a new prize this week.  You can win a $50 gift certificate!  Woo hoo!  You know what that means...free stamps!!  So put your creative hat on (pun intended!) and play along with us.  Check out some wonderful inspiration for you from the uber-talented design team:

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Just For Fun® Blog
Broni Holcombe (that's me)
Beth Moore
Glenda Brooks
Kat Tucker
Margarita Ybarra
Roni Johnson
Sandy Sandrus
Sherry Cheever
Starla Nelson
Terre Fry

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I'm going to bed now, but I hope tomorrow brings a bright, happy start to the weekend for you!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

• Stamps: Sun Hat (C2777), branch (D3361), Background Block (RB7001), Make a Wish (B3113) (Just For Fun® Rubber Stamps)
• Paper: One Sheet Wonder (Couture Cardstock), pale plum, soft sky, Kioshi 6x6 pad (Basic Grey)
• Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx black, pale plum, soft sky
• Other: sponge daubers, Inverted Scallop Circle Nestabilities die, seam binding (dyed with certainly celery reinker), brads, foam tape, Scor-Tape, Copic markers: