Splashes of Watercolor

Happy Valentine's Day!

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Well, it's finally here!  My big plans for today include working and going to my grandson's basketball game.  They're in the semi-finals, so it should prove to be very exciting.  Besides, it gives me the opportunity to see the boys on Valentine's Day!

This is probably the last year I'll be able to get away with giving the boys "cutesy" Valentines.  They're getting a little old for that!  Hopefully, they'll indulge Nana this year!

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For these cards I used 2 adorable digital images from A Day For Daisies - Bringing You Love from this month's Club Kit and Bunny Loves You, which is a freebie if you hurry!

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These precious little guys are colored with Copic markers and the large heart is paper-pieced.  The silver hearts are mini cookie cutter decorations that I picked up at Christmas from Hobby Lobby.

Now, here's the card I made for my honey, George, using Heart and Soul, which is the Unity January 2012 KOTM. 

The larger scalloped heart was die cut and then sponged with Ranger Distress inks - worn lipstick and fired brick.  Gotta love those coupon images!  I scored between them using a rotary scorer I had in my sewing stash.

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That's it for today!  I hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day and get lots of yummy chocolate!!!

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Airbrushed Desert Sky Valentine

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I know.  What an odd post title.  But it really does describe my card today.

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I used the Wanted stamp set from Our Craft Lounge to make this card for one of our grandsons.  I wanted a "different" look for the background, so I decided to use my Mini Punchinella mask and airbrush a desert sunset.

He'll think it's cool!

I hope you're having a great Monday!

2 Hillies and 1 Love Bunny

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Hello, everyone!

I've been busy trying to get Valentine cards ready for all of our grandchildren!  My granddaughter, Molly, is almost 3 and George's granddaughter, Annabelle, is 3 1/2, so I knew they'd both love Hillie from the Bug & Roo collection of By Lori Designs.  Lori was SO SWEET to send me several images and I just couldn't wait to use them!

I colored a little blonde Hillie for Annabelle, who's blonde, and a brunette for Molly.  I gave them each a paper-pieced dress, a hair bow, and a hand-crocheted heart to match. 

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The color combination came from the polka dotted dress paper and the yarn of the heart, and I tied the 2 colors together by airbrushing a die cut and it's negative using several different shades of the colors.

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Now, for Molly's 5 year old brother, Miles, I used the Happy Love Day  bunny from the  A Day For Daisies February Club Kit!  LOVE it!

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I colored him with my Copic markers and then used a rag (old washcloth) and some Various Ink Colorless Blender to create a textured look to his fur.  The balloons were also colored then covered with Ranger Glossy Accents. He and the balloons are popped up with foam mounting tape.

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That's it for today.  I'll post more as soon as I get them made!!  I'd better get on that, huh??!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great weekend!

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Two of Us - A Day For Daisies

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Hey, everyone! I’m so thrilled to announce that I’m now a member of the A Day For Daisies design team!

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Tammy’s images are so sweet and just perfect for coloring! And you know how much I love to color! 

This week’s new release is all about LOVE. And there’s a challenge as well…to use hearts!  All the details are on the ADFD blog and you can see all the beautiful new digi images at the ADFD shop.

For my card I chose to use "Two of Us". This precious image reminds me of my daughter and granddaughter, and it just warms my heart!

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I colored it with my Copic markers, of course, and used some of the delicious new Kissing Booth 6x6 paper to make a Valentine card.  My hearts were cut from some of the patterned paper, adhered to cream cardstock, and then coated with Ranger Glossy Accents.

Thanks for letting me share my excitement with you!  It’s always fun to start a new adventure, don’t you think?  I hope you have a great weekend!

Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful - Color Throwdown #177

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Hello there!  It's time for this week's edition of the Color Throwdown!  Kerri is our super-talented hostess this week and she's chosen a perfect Valentine's Day color combo!

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I used my Pretty and Pampered stamp set from Our Craft Lounge to create a Valentine card for our oldest granddaughter who's 13.

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The heart is felt and hand stitched around the edge with some cotton twine.  The robe was stamped on white cardstock, cut out and then covered with Sparkly Fluff (Sugar).  It's so sparkly in person!  The black panel was embossed using the Quatrefoil cover plate from PTI, and the bling is from Want To Scrap.

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Using the felt heart qualifies this card for the OCL blog challenge this week: OCL102 to use felt or fabric hearts.

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I hope you'll play along in both challenges!  I can't wait to see your creations!

How about a little (no, a lot!) of inspiration from my Color Throwdown sisters?  Also, please help us welcome our new Guest Designer for the month of February, Jenny Peterson!  Here you go:

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That's it for me today folks!  Thanks so much for stopping to visit!  Please come back by on Friday, when I just may have a little announcement for you!

Hearts - Color Throwdown 176

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Happy Wednesday!  It's time for another Color Throwdown and this week Miss Joan is our hostess-the-the-mostess!  I love the colors she chose…perfect for a fancy heart Valentine featuring zig zags!

Here's the combo:

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I adore that bed!

I also made my card for this week's Our Craft Lounge challenge OCL101 to use zig zags!

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I chose the new stamp set from Our Craft Lounge called Every Heartbeat.  Such a simple set, but oh-so-versatile!  I embossed the wide distressed zig zag (heartbeat) on Rose Red cardstock with clear embossing powder, and I stamped the multiple zig zag image in Memento Desert Sand onto the kraft background.

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The seam binding was dyed with Pool Party ink.  The branches and some of the hearts are die cut from old book pages that were painted with watered down Claudine Hellmuth gesso.  The branches were then pounced with the Pool Party ink pad.  I simply layered the hearts and stitched up the middle, leaving the ends of the thread loose.  The eyelet lace is vintage from my Mom's stash.

Look how perfectly that resin flower from the Maya Road Embellishments Kit matches the Rose Red!

The card base is only 3 1/2" wide, so the layered cardstock strips and heart that extend over the edges only add enough width to make the card 4 1/4" wide.

Now is the time for you to check out the gorgeous creations that the CTD design team has put together for you!  Here are the links:

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I hope you can play along with us this week.  If you don't have the exact colors, you can use whatever you have that is close.  Link up to today's post on the CTD blog. 

Thanks for taking the time to stop by!  See you soon!

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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!

My Heart...

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Well, from the title of my post, you would think I'm posting a Valentine's card, right?

Not so.

Actually this is the card I made for George for his birthday, using the new Every Heartbeat stamp set from Our Craft Lounge.  Why wouldn't you use love as the theme of a birthday card for someone special in your life?

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This was super simple and quick, and it still rocks!!  (Even if I do say so myself!)

Thanks for stopping by to check it out!

It's an E-Team blog hop ... using Maya Road Embellishment Bits!

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Hi there, everyone!  It's time for the last E-Team blog hop of this year.  It actually started yesterday…it's a 2 day hop!  Here's how the schedule works:

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Thursday, December 15th:

Linda Ledbetter

Micki Harper

Starla Nelson

 

Friday, December 16th:

Broni Holcombe (that's me!)

Latrice Murphy

Daisy Sparks

***Sherry  is sitting this one out, but you can still visit her at Walking on the Bad Side

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You'll need to visit each team member's blog and leave a comment.  Because it's Christmas and because Daisy is so darned generous, there will 6 prizes given away this time; a winner from each blog!  You can visit the blogs and leave comments through Sunday, December 18th.  Winners will be announced on the eP blog on Tuesday, December 20th.  Good luck!!!

Now on to my project!

I chose to alter a frame using some of the elements from the Maya Road Embellishment Bits pack to feature a photo of my grandkids taken when we were at the beach this past summer.  You know me….I'm always making a beach themed project!

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I started with an empty magnetic-backed frame I picked up in a bargain bin somewhere.  (Yes, it seems that Micki and I shop in the same type of stores!)  And I picked out which pieces of the chipboard from the embellishment package that I wanted to use.  These were later covered with patterned paper. 

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I traced the heart shaped tin (also from Maya Road) onto the back of the photo. To do this, I held the photo up to a light source and placed the heart behind it (between the photo and the light) to decide the perfect placement.  I immediately laid it onto my desk and traced around it with a pencil, then I cut it out and mounted it into the heart with foam tape.

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Then I decided on my overall layout.  (I took this photo before I decided on the final layout.)

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I decided to use a mini bottle to hold some sand I had collected from the beach and placed some tiny shells (also collected at the beach) into the small tin box.  They were glued into the tin using Ranger Glossy Accents.

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The "love" chipboard is from the Maya Road Love Mini Chipboard set.  I mixed some white and teal Claudine Hellmuth Studio paint on my craft sheet and instead of painting it onto the chipboard, I just flipped the word over and pressed it into the paint.  It came out with a cool texture and actually dried that way!  Score!

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Here are some more shots of the finished project, which does in fact stick to my refrigerator door!!  Yay!  I was afraid there would be too much weight with all the embellishments, but that cheapo magnet did it's job! 

***You can click on any of the photos to see them larger.

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That's it!  Hope you enjoyed seeing the process and the finished project!  Be sure to visit everyone and leave comments for a chance to win!  And good luck!

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Are you ready for an OCL Sneak Peek???

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Today and tomorrow we're blog hopping so you all can see all the great new stamp sets being released by Our Craft Lounge!  They're all so fun!!  (If you go shopping today, enter the code "checkusout" to receive 20% off your entire purchase at Memories of Time.)

Be sure to check out the OCL blog  for peeks at the full stamp set illustration panels and then hop around to each of the designer blogs to see all the fantastic samples we've made for you!  Here's a list of the designers participating:~

OCL blog

Kendra Wietstock

Lori Tecler

Tammie Edgerton

Broni Holcombe (you are here!)

Debbie Fisher

Carolyn King

Lori Barnett

Debbie Corbari

Lisa Eisner

Stephanie Serrano

Amber Hillman

Meredith Winston

Joy Stagg

Michelle Pearson

Dawn Barrett

Melissa Cash

Latrice Murphy

Deb Felts

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As you hop along, you'll want to leave comments on all the blogs and on Facebook on Thursday & Friday to enter for a chance to win 1 of 4 blog candy prize bundles.  Commenting will end at midnight on Friday and winners will be announced on the OCL blog and on the OCL Facebook page by Monday.

Now here's my card for today using the great new set called Mr. Knight?  LOVE IT!  I'm really into the new show called Once Upon a Time and so I was imagining this was Prince Charming as I was coloring him.

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Pretty darn cool, huh?  LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that sentiment!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Tomorrow I'll have another peek at an OCL new release…..#1 Sports Fan!

AND there's also a new E-Team blog hop tomorrow.  So I'll have 2 posts that you'll want to check out and leave comments on for chances to win some great blog candy!

See you then!

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