Splashes of Watercolor

Let Your Light Shine - Color Throwdown #194

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It's summer!!!  Well, at least you would think so if you go to the Color Throwdown blog today!  (Or step out into the 90+ temps we've been having in SC!)  This week Barbara is our host and she's chosen some of my favorite colors - beach colors!

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She even used a photo of the beach as an inspiration!  A lady after my own heart!

Since I obviously have the beach on my mind, I pulled out my Smooth Sailing stamp set from Our Craft Lounge to make an ocean inspired card.

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I love the lighthouse with the little heart and the font of this sentiment is fabulous!

Please plan to get into a summer state of mind and play along with us!  You can find all the details at the CTD blog.  And please check out all the great creations of the design team:

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Thanks so much for stopping by today!  See you soon!

 

Pinwheels Are Fun!

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Good Friday morning!! 

This week's release from A Day For Daisies is all about fun!  Pinwheel fun!  And today starts a new challenge at the ADFD blog too - "Pinwheel Photo Inspiration":

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Told you!  Fun!

I chose to only use the yellow color, but I was inspired by all the pinwheels in the photo, so I filled my background with pinwheels.  I think it really makes the yellow one pop!

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I made this card for my niece who's graduating high school next week!  I hope she likes it and that it makes her smile!

We'd love it if you all played along in the challenge with us!  Check out the details at the ADFD blog.  And you can find all the new images at the ADFD main site and the ADFD Etsy shop!

There's lots more inspiration for you to see at the other designers' blogs:

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

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you all enjoy your weekend and please be sure to take a moment in remembrance of all of the men and women who died while serving our great country.  Have a great Memorial Day weekend!

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Happy Mother's Day!

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Happy Mother's Day to all you beautiful, nurturing, selfless mothers in blog land!

This is the card I made for my Mom.  I also made one for each of my daughters, who are mothers as well.

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I used the Wrinkle-free Distress technique on water color paper using 2 of the new Spring Ranger Distress inks - Shaded Lilac and Peacock Feathers.  I used the same technique on my eggshell seam binding so that it would match the background.

The image is from the retired Stampin' Up! set Easy Elegance.  It's stamped in Shaded Lilac.

I'm going to spend some time with my Mom today and then with my sister at Artisphere in Greenville, SC.  Should be a fun day!

I hope you all have a happy and festive Mother's Day!

 

Waterlilies - Color Throwdown #190

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Good Wednesday to you all!  Are you ready for a new Color Throwdown challenge?  It's a great color combo this week, brought to us by our super talented Lori!

I was really sad to have Julia Aston leave as our guest designer for April.  She added some amazing designs to our weekly lineup. 

But let me tell you, we've got a super star for you this month!  The one and only Queen of Scene…..Kittie Caracciolo!  Woo hoo!  I adore Kittie!  And I can't wait to see what she'll create for us this month!

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I decided to print one of my Wax Fruit Company digi images to color up and couldn't choose between one of the Playground series images and this Waterlilies image.   In the end I thought the flower was just perfect to use with these colors!  I kept the card kind of simple to show off the beautiful image.

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I hope you'll play along with us this week!  Check out the challenge details on the Color Throwdown blog and be sure to visit all of the design team to get some fabulous inspiration!

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That's it for me today, folks!  Thanks so much for stopping in for a visit!

 

Birthday Banner

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Good Monday morning, everyone!

Did you watch the Super Bowl yesterday?  I did, and I really enjoyed it!

Today, I've got a quick birthday card for a guy using some scrap patterned paper.  4 little pieces of some June Bug 6x6 paper and some Maraschino twine from the Twinery, was all I needed to make this cool birthday banner using the Mix & Match Banner Die-namics from MFT.  I also used the Wonderful Words dies and Wonderful Words Additions stamp set from PTI.

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Thanks for stopping by to take a look!  I hope you have a great week!

Welcome, New Year! - Color Throwdown #173

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Welcome back, everybody, to a new year of Color Throwdown challenges!

I hope you are all refreshed and rejuvenated and ready to begin anew!  I know I am!

Barbara is starting us off this year with her color choices:

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She also designed our new graphics that we'll be using this year!  Pretty cool, huh?

I pretty much took the inspiration photo literally and decided to make a "Welcome, New Year!" card.  I pulled out my glitter paper for the starry night behind the Skyline Border Die-namics die cut and used the By the Numbers die collection for the 2012. Behind the numbers I used my Crafter's Workshop mini Punchinella template and my N7 Copic marker to airbrush the stars.  I tied on a ribbon and that was it!

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I hope you'll decide to join us this week for the CTD challenge!  Let's start the New Year off with a bang!  You can get all the challenge details on the Color Throwdown blog.

And be sure to check out the gorgeous creations of our oh-so-talented design team:

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Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

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Just popping in….

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Hi, all!

I thought I'd just pop in before this year is over to show you my Christmas cards for 2011.  I only made a few this year and I had to keep them simple.  I don't know why the holiday season always sneaks up so quickly on me!

So here they are:

FOR THE GRANDKIDS~

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A FROSTY VILLAGE~

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PEARLY CHRISTMAS TREE (using trees cut from the other card fronts)~

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I hope that you all had a very merry Christmas season and that your New Year is your best one yet!

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Peace on Earth tag - Color Throwdown #171

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Hello!  Can you believe we're only a little over 2 weeks away from Christmas?  Where, oh where did this year go??

Before I panic even more so than I am now about not being ready for the holidays, let's get to the business at hand…..this week's Color Throwdown color combo (chosen by our sweet new DT member, Wanda):

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Isn't that a wonderful combo to use for an elegant Christmas card?  Well, I went for a little elegance but I didn't make a card.  Inspired by T!m, I chose to use these colors to make a tag - a very glittery, shimmery tag!

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It's sort of the toned-down, masculine version of my sweet, sugary Christmas tag!

The manila tag was sponged with several different Ranger Distress inks - bundled sage, tea dye, gathered twigs and tumbled glass.  I also added a little Adirondack Cranberry ink to the mix.  I brushed Perfect Pearls over the tag as well while it was still damp from the ink.  The edges of the tag were coated with Claudine Hellmuth Studio gesso and the sheet music paper was covered with rock candy Ranger Distress Stickles.  I also used burgundy stickles for the tree decorations and the bottom scallop.  You can probably see that I doused almost everything with Martha Stewart crystal coarse glitter!  Oh yeah, the seam binding was colored with Adirondack lettuce ink.

I wanted you to see a little of the shimmer up close…and check out the bokeh effect created by the glitter!

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Whew!  Now it's time for you to try your hand at using these great colors!  I hope to see lots of entries this week!  If you need some more inspiration, please visit with our super-fabulous design team:

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  Gotta run and get some more done….more shopping, more decorating, more card making, more gift wrapping…..

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Happy Birthday, Mom!

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Happy Sunday, everyone!

Today is my dear Mom's 86th birthday.  I'm actually on my way right now to see her and help her celebrate.

This is the card I made for her.  I wanted to keep it simple, happy, and sweet…just like her!

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Happy birthday, Mom!

Thanks for stopping by today, y'all!

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You Go Girl! Who's the SFYTT Guest Designer?

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WHOOT!  WHOOT!!!  That would be ME!!

I was so honored and thrilled when my fellow DD alumni Jen del Muro, stamper extraordinaire, asked me to be the Guest Designer for her SFYTT November sketch challenge!  How cool is that?!

And to make it even better…..the sponsor this week is VERVE STAMPS!!  Be still my heart!  Julee is another designer that I SO admire!  And she designs some pretty awesome stamps too!

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Here is this month's fabulous SFYTT sketch~

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I love it, don't you?  I'm so thrilled to be presenting my card along with all the talented SFYTT Sisters; and the Verve Divas are playing too!!  Woo hoo!  Be sure to check on the i{heart}2stamp blog for the complete listing and for the rules.

Julee (Verve) will be offering a stamp set of choice to a participant who uses Verve  stamps on their creation!

For my card I chose to use the super-adorable To the Moon stamp set from Verve.  I am so in love with these adorable little animals and the endless possibilities of what can be created with so many great images and sentiments!

Today's card features a pretty little pink elephant surrounded by frills and bling!

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This little sweetheart was colored with Copic markers and popped up inside a blinged scallop oval window. 

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The solid cardstock panels were embossed with  the Tim Holtz Diamonds in the Rough Texture Fades folder, and I used Scor-Tape to create the scrunched ribbon.  The background patterned paper (in the oval window too) is from the Out of Print 6x6 Basic Grey paper pad.    I love how the Lil' Inker Designs sentiment flag looks all decked out in silver too!

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I think that's all the details on the card!

Please check out all the details of the challenge at the i{heart}2stamp blog and then play along with us!  We'd love to see what you create using this fantastic sketch!

Thanks so much for stopping by and letting me share my exciting news with you!  And thank you again, Jen, for inviting me to play along!  Have a great weekend!

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