Splashes of Watercolor

A Masculine Birthday Brew!

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Hey, y'all!

I've got a Masculine Birthday Brew post up at the eclectic Paperie blog today!

Check it out!

Have a great weekend!

Walking Vintage

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Happy Friday!

I’ve got a sweet vintage shoe from A Day For Daisies new Walking Vintage release to show you today. What pretty shoes these are! They’re so fun to color and easy to cut out to use however you want on your creations!

We’re also starting a new challenge over on the ADFD blog:

“Stress It Out” - use distressing on your project

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The pink spotted background I used was a leftover layer from another project, as was the pink seam binding. Both of these were swiped through some Spun Sugar Distress ink on my craft sheet. I thought they would work well as accessories for my pink satin pump.

My background piece was distressed all around the edges and then sponged using both Spun Sugar and Frayed Burlap Distress inks. You may recognize the print heart from my Altered book project. It was also distressed by swiping it through the same inks on my craft sheet, then drying it with a heat tool.

The sentiment is from a past Unity Stamp Company kit.

I spritzed my background with some Perfect Pearls mist and rubbed a small amount of Rock Candy Distress Stickles onto the shoe. See the shimmer?

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Please take a moment to visit with each of the design team members to see their beautiful creations using these great new images.

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Arielle Broni Danielle Kadie Mila Sherry

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And please join us for the “Stress It Out” challenge!

Thanks so much for stopping in today. Enjoy your weekend!

Garden Picks Birthday - Color Throwdown #248

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Hello, everyone!  It's my week to host the Color Throwdown challenge and I've chosen an image that is the perfect sample of my style….beachy, comfy, casual, and laid back.  Yep, that's me! 

Here are the challenge colors:

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My card is a quite literal interpretation of the inspiration photo.  I used my Garden Picks stamp set along with the matching Silhouette cut file.   It's stamped in both Tuxedo black ink (the flowers) and Teal Zeal ink (the stems & jar).  The image is colored with Copic markers, of course.

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My card base is kraft, and I stamped a couple of the images from the Sketched Shapes stamp set, using white ink.  I added a paper doily and some seam binding.  The sentiment is also from the Sketched Shapes set and is stamped in Versafine black onto a MFT Rounded Banner Trio die cut.

Notice how the paper doily is hanging just a little over the bottom edge?  That's because I made it that way to qualify for the current CAS-ual Friday challenge - CFC106 - Over the Edge:

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Please be sure to visit with all of our Color Throwdown team members to leave them some love:

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I hope you'll play along too!  Thanks so much for dropping in today!

FTTC 226 - Make a Splash!

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Hello there!  It's my week to host the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge!  Here's my challenge to you all:

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Make a Splash!

~ Create a card or project using watercolor, water scenes, colors of water …

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Sounds like fun, right?  I thought it would be great for a summer time challenge!

I chose to pull out my Sweet Days of Summer stamp set and create a little summer scene.  LOVE this set! 

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I used my Gelli plate and some acrylic paint along with a wave border die to create my background layer on some Flourishes Classic White cardstock.  I didn't use much paint, as I wanted it spotty and random.  I think it turned out pretty cool!

The image of children splashing in the water was stamped onto the painted layer using Versafine ink.  The sentiment was also stamped using Versafine onto classic white cardstock and then it was cut out using a Lacey Oval die. 

I tied some white wrinkled ribbon around the image layer and threaded my button with some black jute.  The finishing touch was to randomly add some sequins.

I hope you'll decide to play along with us!  We always love to see your awesome creations!

Please be sure to check out what the other FTTC designers have created for your inspiration:

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Allison Cope Israels

Broni Holcombe - you are here!

Cheryl Lea

Deborah Anton

Denise Marzec

Jenny Gropp

Judy Rozema 

Katie Sims 

Berni Cuttino, our June Guest Designer

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Thanks so much for stopping in!  Have a great week!

A Mechanical Mermaid

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Hey there, y'all!  It's Friday again!  Hip, hip, hooray!!

We're showing off a new release from A Day For Daisies today!  It's all about Mechanical Dolls and Mermaids.  Pretty cool!

Did you see my Monochromatic journal page from yesterday?  It's the background for my Mechanical Mermaid today. 

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I printed her, her dress, and her wings onto some white cardstock, then colored them all with my Copic markers.  I attached her tail, and her arms using 6 mm jump rings and also added a chain of jump rings to her head in order to hang her from the binder clip at the top of my journal page.  The chain is attached to the binder clip with a lobster clasp.

She has some Viva Décor Glitter Liner dotted on her dress and her wings, and I also put a tiny bit of Star Dust Stickles in her hair.

If you look closely you can see some word stickers that I used around the edges: "Beautiful", "fun" and "Enchant".  I thought these worked so well with her.

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Please be sure to check out what the other design team members have created for your viewing pleasure:

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Arielle Broni Danielle Kadie Mila Sherry

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Thanks so much for stopping in today!  I hope you have a most fabulous weekend!

E-Team Picks Challenge: Monochromatic

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Hello, everyone!  I'm here today to show you my creation for the eclectic Paperie e-Team Picks challenge.

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Annette is our talented hostess today and she's asked us to create something

MONOCHROMATIC

I decided to create a monochromatic journal page to use as a background for a project that I'll be posting tomorrow.

I absolutely could not use just one color, but I think I was able to blend and soften the colors so that it's as close to monochromatic as I can get.

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First, I stamped the hexagon background in Versamark and clear embossed it.  I used Seedless Preserves, Shaded Lilac and Tumbled Glass Distress inks for my colors, and blended them with sponge daubers.  Next I misted the whole page with water and let it dry.  This softened the colors just a little. 

I sponged circles with my Dotted Flowers stencil and then sponged some straight lines using just a piece of scrap paper.

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I spritzed Dylusions White Linen ink spray through my Mini Peacock Feathers stencil, then lightly spritzed the whole page with the White Linen then with water.  I used my Picket Fence Distress marker and my Mini Chevron stencil to create the pale white chevron border.

I had some white word stickers that I'd gotten at a local craft shop a while back and thought they'd go well with all the white on the page, so I used the "Beautiful", the "fun", and the "Enchant" around the edges.  Finally, I added a tiny bit of texture (chevrons on bottom right edge) using my Mini Funky Tags stencil and some Studio 490 embossing paste.  I love that stuff!  I could use it on everything!!

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So that's my monochromatic project.  But that just half of the entire project!  Come back tomorrow to see what I add to it!!

Thanks so much for stopping in today.  Check out all the details of the Monochromatic e-Team Picks Challenge at the eP blog.  We hope you'll join us!

Eat Cake! - Color Throwdown #247

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Hi, everyone!  It's time for our latest Color Throwdown challenge!  Barbara is our fabulous hostess and she's chosen some traditional and fun colors, just in time for the upcoming Fourth of July holiday!  Can you believe that it's almost the first day of Summer, and then July?  Well, I can't!

Here are this week's colors:

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I chose to go "mixed media" this week.  I love making cards, but lately I've been craving all the ink and embossing paste on my hands!  So I combined them into a mixed media card.

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I played with some embossing powders - Ranger Red and Super Fine Silver by sprinkling them on my blue cardstock and then heating from underneath the cardstock (so they wouldn't go flying everywhere!). 

I used Studio 490 embossing paste on both the blue layer and the #5 kraft tag with a TCW stencil and when it dried, I painted on some Ranger Brushed Pewter Distress paint.

The Graphic Greetings Birthday stamp from Taylored Expressions was stamped in Versamark and embossed in the same Ranger Red powder.  Then I ran the Versamark pad around the edges and embossed them in silver.

I tied on a strand of Maraschino twine and called it done!

I hope you'll play along with us for this patriotic color challenge!  Check out what all the Color Throwdown girls have created for your inspiration:

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Thanks for dropping in!  There's a new eclectic Paperie E-Team picks challenge starting at the eP blog tomorrow, so we hope you'll stop by and join us there!

FTTC225 - Happy Camper with Scallops

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Happy Tuesday!  Are you ready for the start of a new Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge?  It's a fun one!

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Denise is our lovely and super-talented hostess, and she's asking us to

USE SCALLOPS

Now that's pretty simple, right?  And I went with a clean and simple (CAS) card this week as well, using the new and super fun S'More Fun stamp set and Silhouette cut file from Flourishes.

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My entire card is made using Flourishes Classic White cardstock.  My scallops and the small oval from the Perfectly Pierced Victorian Ovals are die cut from it; the camper and banners were cut from it on my Silhouette using the Flourishes cut files; and my card base is the white also, which I airbrushed using my Copic B13 marker and a TCW stencil.

I stamped my images in Tuxedo Black Memento ink and my sentiment in Versafine Onyx Black ink.  Then I colored the banner flags and just the inside of the camper using these Copic collections:

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I'm entering my card in this week's Casual Friday CFC105, which is to use a travel related theme for your creation:

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We'd love for you to show us your creation using SCALLOPS.  Just link it up at the Flourishes blog.  And please take a moment to visit and leave some love for each of the Timeless Tuesday design team members.  We have a new member too!  Cheryl Lea will totally WOW you folks!  I promise!

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Allison Cope Israels

Broni Holcombe - you are here!

Cheryl Lea

Deborah Anton

Denise Marzec

Jenny Gropp

Judy Rozema 

Katie Sims 

Berni Cuttino, our June Guest Designer

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Thank you so much for stopping by!  I'll see you tomorrow for the latest and greatest Color Throwdown challenge!

Fawn in Moss

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Yep.  I've got a little fawn standing in some moss to show you today, but first…..

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

Are you thrilled it's the weekend (almost)??  I am!

For today's A Day For Daisies post, the design team is using the June 2013 Club Kit again!  So many wonderful nature images!  Today I chose to use a darling little fawn, who seems to be playing with a couple of birds!  He almost looks like the small doe that's been coming to my craft room window each evening.  That may be because I have a large bird feeder there and she's looking for food!

This week we're also starting a new challenge at the ADFD blog.  To go along with the great kit images, Arielle is asking us to use something from nature on our creations.  So here's my "Fawn in Moss" card:

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Yes, I used real moss from my yard.  I meticulously trimmed each piece from the sod and placed it with tweezers on the card, using Ranger glossy accents to secure it.  It kind of makes the moss look wet. 

I also used this week's Sweet Sunday  Sketch Challenge SSSC186:

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Please take the time to visit with each of the designers to see their creations for this week.  And I hope you'll decide to play along in the challenge with us!

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Arielle Broni Danielle Kadie Mila Sherry

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Thanks so much for stopping by on the way to your weekend!  Have a great one!

A Buried Treasure blog hop!

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Hi, all!

I thought it would be fun and quite a bit exciting for me to join in the annual Buried Treasure blog hop over at Seth Apter's the altered page blog.  He's gathering fellow artists and asking them to post one or several of their favorite projects and link to his blog hop.

I don't consider myself to be at the caliber of these artists, but I'm working my way there and what better way to learn than to participate, right?  So here goes.

I thought I'd give a glimpse at a few of my latest favorite attempts at altered art.

You can click on any of the photos to be taken to the original posts.

First up is the Water Baby Nap Journal page , which I created for the eclectic Paperie gel medium challenge.

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Next is my Experiment for Spring altered page, which was also an eP challenge to use flowers:

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How about another Mermaid?  Here's my Ocean's Beauty page:

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And last, but not least, is my favorite.  An altered book I made to commemorate my summer beach trip with my family.

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Thanks so much for dropping in today!  Enjoy the rest of the Buried Treasure blog hop!