Splashes of Watercolor

You Make Me Happy - Color Throwdown #246

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Hello again, y'all!  It's Wednesday and time for another Color Throwdown challenge!  Wanda is our hostess with the mostess this week and here are the awesome colors she chose for us to play with:

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I decided to go Clean and Simple this week.  I just got my new Ray of Sunshine cutting plate from Taylored Expressions and HAD to use it, of course.  I used 1/2 of it for the top half of my card.  Both that panel and the bottom panel with the sentiment stamped in Seedless Preserves Distress ink  are popped up on foam mounting tape.  The Honeydew twine is tied between the 2 panels.  The patterned paper is from the old Basic Grey Lemonade collection.

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I hope you can play along with us.  These colors are so fun together!!  Please check out what the other CTD girls have created for you this week.

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Thanks so much for stopping in!

Taylored Expressions April Studio Challenge

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Hello, everyone!

It's time for the Baker's Dozen Studio Challenge.  This is a monthly opportunity for the Taylored Expressions team to share what makes our stamping studios hum.  Each month we  have a fun, crafty question so we can share our favorites, some tips and tricks, stamping advice and more.  And since I'm the guest designer for this month, I get to join in on the fun! 

The theme for April is:

Mix & Match!  TE stamp sets are designed with plenty of images and sentiments so they are "self-contained" for lots of creativity, but sometimes it's fun to mix and match several different sets for even more possibilities.

Your challenge is to create a project using three or more TE stamp sets.

I wanted to make a birthday card for a little kid who is dear to my heart and who is also VERY fond of sweets!  So these are the stamp sets that I chose to use based on those components:

Little kid = Adventure Land (of course!)  This is definitely a fun set and just right for a little kid. I used some of the cute sentiments from this set to create a horizontal panel behind my ribbon.

Dear to my heart = Kid at Heart This set is full of sweet little images, sentiments and a heart frame.  I used the heart frame and one of the sentiments.

Loves sweets = Sprinkled With Love   What yummy goodness these images bring to mind.  I used the ice cream sundae from this set.  He's sure to love that!

And here's my card:

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I think you can see in this next close up that I clear embossed the heart frame and also added Ranger Glossy Accents to the cherry, chocolate sauce, and glass dish for extra shine! (You can click on the photo to see it full size.)

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I also finished off the inside of the card with a 4th stamp set, Graphic Greetings Birthday.  This stamp is just perfect for inside or for the front of a card!

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The layout for the front of my card was taken from the current Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge 182:

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Wasn't that fun?  Look around your stamp room and see what sets you can combine to create with!

Want to see more?  Head on over to the Baker's Dozen design team to check out their April Studio Challenge creations:

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• Broni Holcombe (that's me)
• Carole Burrage
• Charmaine Ikach
• Jen Shults
• Kerri Michaud
• Lynnette Kauffman
• Sankari Wegman
• Shannon White
• Shelly Mercado
• Stephanie Kraft
• Tammie Edgerton
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Wanda Guess

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  And a huge thanks to Taylor and the entire Baker's Dozen team for allowing me to join in the fun!  Enjoy the rest of your week!

Taylored Expressions April Spotlights: Happy Heart & Shade Tree Cutting Plate

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Hello again, everyone!  For the final day of the Taylored Expressions April release, we're highlighting some of the new products using a Mother's Day theme.

I started out by using the brand new and super cool Shade Tree Cutting Plate.  I love it!  It's actually a framed tree, but I chose to cut mine out of the frame for this first card.  I used Core'dinations cardstock, olive green with a brown coating, which I sanded off the leaves.

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The AWESOME sentiment is from the new Happy Heart stamp set.  This is what my Mom used to say to us (and sing to us) when we were growing up, so it's perfect for my Mother's Day card for her.  I stamped it with Frayed Burlap ink combined with a watercolor marker which was used for the "rays".  The pretty little cloth covered button is from my Mom's sewing basket.

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My next card also uses the Shade Tree Cutting Plate, but this time I die cut some black cardstock and left the tree framed. 

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I cut a piece of sky blue cardstock and used some Ditto Dots washi tape and some black Skinnie Chevron Trendy Tape along the bottom.  I stamped the sentiment from From My Window along the top edge of the tape, then adhered the tree, which has a piece of twine attached to the trunk.  This was all mounted on a melon card base.

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Card #3 was so much fun and so simple to make.

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I already had a heart cut out of a piece of a book page, so I covered it with Scotch Expressions tape to give it a little body and prevent it from being soaked with ink. 

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I just laid my white cardstock in the bottom of a cardboard box, placed the heart on top of it where I wanted it, and then spritzed with 4 different colors of Dylusions ink sprays.  I put the cardstock in the box to keep from getting ink everywhere.  Ask me how I know to do that!

Then I stamped my sentiment (love this one!), tied a bow and adhered it to the heart, and mounted the layer onto a black card base.

Whew!  I hope I didn't wear you out with this long post!  It's time to move on to the Baker's Dozen for some awesome inspiration using all the fabulous new Taylored Expressions products! 

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Broni Holcombe (That's me!)

Carole Burrage

Charmaine Ikach

Jen Shults

Kerri Mchaud

Lynnette Kauffman

Nancy McKinney

Sankari Wegman

Shannon White

Shelly Mercado

Stephanie Kraft

Tammie Edgerton

Taylor VanBruggen

Wanda Guess

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I'm so grateful to Taylor and to Jami Sibley for having me as the Guest Designer for the past 2 months.  It's been a creative and fun experience to be sure!

Have a fantastic weekend!!

 

 

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Taylored Expressions April Release Day: Lavender Bouquet

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Hello again!  How exciting that it's finally time to reveal the April releases from Taylored Expressions!

Today I've got the beautiful Lavender Bouquet to share with you!  It is SO gorgeous!

I decided to go a little more vintage & feminine with my card today. 

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I used a beautiful patterned paper background and distressed the edges by running my fingernail along them.  My image is colored with Copic markers and popped up on 1/8" foam mounting tape.  I colored an extra bough of lavender and popped it up as well, then I tied some linen thread around my basket.

I also stitched some vintage (from my Mom's stash) eyelet lace along the sentiment banner edge.  It's popped up on 1/16" foam mounting tape.

Such a gorgeous image, don't you think?

Now it's time to check out the fabulous creations of the Baker's Dozen:

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Broni Holcombe  (That's me!)

Carole Burrage

Charmaine Ikach

Jami Sibley

Jen Shults

Kerri Mchaud

Lynnette Kauffman

Regina Mangum

Sankari Wegman

Shannon White

Shelly Mercado

Stephanie Kraft

Tammie Edgerton

Taylor VanBruggen

Wanda Guess

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Thanks so much for visiting today!  See you tomorrow for some more reveals from this month's Taylored Expressions release!

 

 

Taylored Expressions April Sneak Peek: A Glimpse Inside

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Hello, everyone!  I'm so excited to be back again this month as the Taylored Expressions Guest Designer!

We've got another brilliant collection of fabulous stamp sets and dies to show you!  So let's get started!

Today I have the honor of showing you a sneak peek of the new stamp set A Glimpse Inside.  It coordinates beautifully with last month's From My Window stamp set, and is exceptionally perfect with the new Picture Window Die, which I've also used.

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I wanted to have a brick wall as my backdrop for this beautiful window, but I don't have one of those particular embossing folders, so I just made my own wall.

I scored a piece of 4" x 5.25" white cardstock making each brick 5/16" W x 3/16" H.  I played around with a smaller scored piece of cardstock until I found just the right combination of colors for the bricks - Fired Brick (imagine that!) and Frayed Burlap.  I also dabbed a bit of Black Soot here and there and used a white pencil to go over the grout lines and create a few more lines on the bricks.

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To create the window, I first cut the Picture Window from white cardstock and shaded it a little with my W0 Copic marker.  I stamped my beautiful tulip image onto another piece of white cardstock and laid the window over it, tracing around it with a pencil.  I colored my scene with Copic markers and then cut out the scene just inside the pencil lines.

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I also traced around the window onto a scrap piece of plastic, using a pen this time (pencil won't show up), and cut it out as well.  I pieced all three layers together with sticky tape and 1/16" foam mounting tape.

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My sentiment is also from A Glimpse Inside.  It was stamped on white cardstock, cut out with a Labels Ten die, sponged with Tumbled Glass Distress ink, and mounted on 1/8" foam mounting tape.  I also added some cool washi tape to infuse a little unexpected element.

Here's another look at my project using A Glimpse Inside and the Picture Window Die.

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That's it for me today!  Here is today's blog hop route in order to check out all the AWESOME creations of the Baker's Dozen:

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Broni Holcombe

Carole Burrage

Charmaine Ikach

Jami Sibley

Jen Shults

Kerri Mchaud

Lynnette Kauffman

Nancy McKinney

Sankari Wegman

Shannon White

Shelly Mercado

Stephanie Kraft

Tammie Edgerton

Taylor VanBruggen

Wanda Guess

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Thank you so much for stopping in!  Have a great week…..be sure to come back.  I'll have several more projects this week featuring new products from the Taylored Expressions April release!

 

 

Full of Fun - Color Throwdown #234

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Hey!  It's time for another Color Throwdown challenge and this week's colors are full of fun!  Tammy is filling in as our hostess and here is her color combo:

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I just had to pull out my Adventure Land stamp set from Taylored Expressions and create a little carnival scene for a birthday card for a young person, or just for someone who's young at heart!

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What fun!  I used this week's Deconstructed Sketch #93 too:

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I hope you'll play along!  Check out all the details of the challenge at the Color Throwdown blog and also please be sure to drop by and see each of the design team members blogs:

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I hope you're having a great week so far and I hope that the rest of it just flies by so we can all get started on another fun weekend!

Thanks for dropping in!

 

Taylored Expressions March Spotlights: Moka Meredith

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Hey, y'all!  Today I have one last card to show you featuring one of the new March releases from Taylored Expressions - Moka Meredith.  She's darling!  

For this card I actually decided that she's really Moka Broni, ready to travel to every one of the beaches listed on the background paper!  Wouldn't that be fun!?!  Who's ready to go with me??

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She (I) was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white cardstock and colored with my Copic markers.  I used a subtle dotting method (holding the brush tip to the surface of the cardstock) with the Copics for the background around her and for the ground.  Her glasses are popped up with 1/16" foam mounting tape and coated with glossy accents.  The sentiment was stamped with Memento Love Letter ink.

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I used this week's retrosketches #53 flipped on it's side for the layout:

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That's it for me!  Be sure to travel along today's blog hop route in order to check out all the AWESOME creations of the Baker's Dozen:

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• Broni Holcombe, Guest Designer (that's me!)
• Carole Burrage
• Charmaine Ikach
• Jami Sibley
• Jen Shults
• Kerri Michaud
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman
• Shannon White
• Shelly Mercado
• Stephanie Kraft
• Tammie Edgerton
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Wanda Guess

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Thank you so much for stopping in!  I had a blast this week using all the wonderfully fun stamps and dies from Taylor's March release!  I'm so excited that I've been able to play along with her and her super-talented team!  Thank you for allowing me to, ladies!

 

Taylored Expressions March Sneak Peek - Oh Snap!

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Welcome, everybody! 

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Today is the second day of sneak peeks for the Taylored Expressions March release and as the Guest Designer I get to play along!  I've used another super fun stamp set, Oh Snap! , to create my card for today. 

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I stamped the camera image on white cardstock with Memento tuxedo black ink and cut it out using the coordinating Oh Snap Camera dies.  I followed Taylor's instructions on the Taylored Expressions site - easy peasy!!  I also used the film strip image and I stamped that great sentiment directly onto the patterned paper.

I colored the camera and light burst with my Copic markers and coated the camera flash with Glossy Accents.  I cut out a second camera with the die using black cardstock and used that as a dimensional shadow.  The center of the burst as well as the flash, lens, and heart are all popped up using 1/16" foam mounting tape.

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I had recently purchased the We R Memory Keepers For the Record 6x6 paper pad at a local craft shop and couldn't believe it when I found it had the perfect background to go with my camera, as well as the Color Throwdown challenge #232 and the Deconstructed Sketch #91.  Those 3 little stars were in perfect placement!

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I'm also playing along in the Camera Craze Challenge in the Moxie Fab World.  Such a fun challenge with lots of great inspiration on the Moxie Fab blog.

Are you ready to see some more sneak peeks of the Taylored Expressions March release?  I know I am!  Hop along:

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• Broni Holcombe  (You are here!)
• Carole Burrage
• Charmaine Ikach
• Jen Shults
• Kerri Michaud
• Sankari Wegman
• Shannon White
• Shelly Mercado
• Stephanie Kraft
• Tammie Edgerton
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Wanda Guess

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Thanks so much for stopping in to check out today's post!  I'll be back on Friday!  Please drop in!

 

Taylored Expressions March Sneak Peek: From My Window

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Hey there, y'all!

I'm so excited to show you this sneak peek of a new release from Taylored Expressions called From My Window.  What an awesome set!  And it pairs perfectly with the new Arched Window die. 

Oh my, I just couldn't help but make a scene looking out "my window" from my beach cottage, complete with wood siding walls.

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I colored the wonderful coastal image using Copic markers and mounted it behind 2 layers of the Arched Window die cut.  Everything is popped up on 1/16" foam mounting tape.

I had such fun making the walls using strips of white cardstock.  They were dry brushed with some Frayed Burlap and Tumbled Glass Distress inks.  Then the bottom edge of each "plank" was rubbed using an emery board also pressed into the Frayed Burlap.  This is how I put the wall together onto the card front.

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The little sign was made the same way.  The sentiment (which I LOVE) was stamped in Brushed Corduroy Distress ink.

I used this week's Unscripted Sketches #200 for my layout and I'm also entering the Crazy 4 Challenges C4C175 to use a window:

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Now you need to check out what the TE Baker's Dozen has in store for you! 

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• Broni Holcombe - Guest Designer (that's me!)
• Carole Burrage
• Charmaine Ikach
• Jami Sibley
• Jen Shults
• Kerri Michaud
• Sankari Wegman
• Shannon White
• Shelly Mercado
• Stephanie Kraft
• Tammie Edgerton
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Wanda Guess

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Thanks so much for joining me today!  Please stop back in tomorrow to see what else is in store from this fabulous March release!

 

Some Exciting News!

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Hello, everyone!  I have some exciting news!

I'm going to be the Guest Designer for Taylored Expressions for the months of March and April!  Tomorrow begins the sneak peaks on the Taylored Expressions blog for this month's new release and I'll be posting along with the design team.  Yippee!!

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I've loved Taylor and her beautiful designs since we were on the Splitcoaststampers Dirty Dozen several years ago, and I'm thrilled to be able to play along with her and her fabulously talented design team.

Here's a little creation I whipped up this weekend to celebrate, using Justin from the Moka Collection.

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I stamped this darling boy on white cardstock using Memento tuxedo black ink and colored him up with my Copic markers.  The patterned papers are from the Collectible "Unforgettable" 6x6 paper pad from My Mind's Eye.  Each of the banner flags and Justin are popped up on 1/6" foam mounting tape.  I finished the design by adding a couple of wonky stitched lines.

The layout is from this week's CAS(E) This Sketch #17:

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I'm also playing along in the Paper Players #135 challenge "In Stitches".

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Thanks for dropping by to check out my news!  I hope you'll share in my excitement and come back each day this week to check out the awesome new stamp sets and dies from Taylored Expressions.  You WILL NOT be disappointed!!  They are all so much fun!!