Splashes of Watercolor

Multi-Media Kangaroo Ballet

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Hey, everyone!  It's Friday so that means it's time to show off some more great images from the latest ADFD release, Kangaroo Fun!

This week I'm using the Kangaroo Ballet image for a mixed media card.

This sweet girl was colored with Copics (T0, T1, and T3) and her skirt was painted with a water brush and some Dylusions Vibrant Turquoise ink spray.  I added some Tumbled Glass Distress Glitter too!

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The background was done on Flourishes classic white cardstock.  I spritzed on some of the Vibrant Turquoise using the TCW Script Star Bits stencil; then I added the chevrons by tracing through the Mini Chevron stencil with a Krylon silver leafing pen and added the Tiny Circles with Memento Gray Flannel ink.  I added some silver washi tape and a row of turquoise sequins.  The sentiment is from Unity Stamp Co. and is stamped in Archival Jet Black ink.

This great layout is from the Paper Players sketch PP160:

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Please be sure to check out what the other DT members have created for your viewing pleasure.  And there's still time to play along in the "Ruffles" challenge.  Check that out on the ADFD blog.

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Arielle Broni Danielle Mila Sherry

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Thanks so much for stopping in today!  Have a wonderful weekend!

Birthday Ink Splash - Color Throwdown #257

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Is it really Wednesday again already?  Does that mean we've got a new Color Throwdown challenge to share with you?  Why, yes it does!

Lori is our hostess and she always picks the cutest inspiration photos with the most fun color combos! 

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Adorable, right?

Well, I just got some new stamps from Neat and Tangled and I couldn't wait to play with them.  I had to get the Ink Splash and Everyday Circles after seeing samples with them.  I've liked all of the recent stamp sets mimicking watercolor brush strokes and splatters, but this one is perfection in my opinion.   And so much fun to play with!

Here's my card using this week's colors:

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I love the black against the vibrant water color "splashes", don't you?  And Danielle sent me some sequins with my order.  They're beautiful, and what perfect colors!

So now it's your turn to show us what you can do with this color combo!  Check out all the challenge details at the Color Throwdown blog and also what the design team has put together for your inspiration:

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Thanks for your visit today!  Enjoy the rest of your week!

FTTC#235 - Distressed Chrysanthemum

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Hi, all you Flourishes fans!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!  We finally had a weekend that wasn't full of rain and for that, I'm grateful!

It's time for our latest edition of the Timeless Tuesday challenge!

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Deborah is our hostess this week and here's her challenge:

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In Distress - Add a distressed look to your card or project.

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This is always a fun technique to use!  You can actually be a little messy on purpose!

I'm using one of the fabulous new August sets today - Chrysanthemum.  What gorgeous images and beautiful sentiments to use along with the Mums!

I used my Silhouette to cut the single mum from Flourishes Classic White cardstock and then stamped it with Memento Gray Flannel ink.  Then I colored it using the Poppy Copic collection along with the R01 and R02 markers as well.

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The white background layer and the Perfectly Pierced Classic Frames die cut were both spritzed with a mixture of crisp cantalope reinker and water.  I stitched two of the layers together, and distressed the edges of the top stitched layer and the white spritzed layer.  I also sponged some of the gray along the edges of the white layer.

I stamped the sentiment in Gray Flannel ink onto one of the flags and added a pearl self-adhesive border to the other. 

I've used the Dynamic Duos #67 color combo, and the Cardabilities #81 sketch today:

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Please play along in our In Distress challenge this week!  We always love to see your beautiful creations!  And speaking of beautiful….check out what the design team has created for your inspiration this week:

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• Allison Cope Israels
• Broni Holcombe - you are here!
• Cheryl Lea
• Deborah Anton
• Jenny Gropp
• Judy Rozema 
• Marie Ross, our August guest designer

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That's it for me today!  Have a lovely week!

Check it out...

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Hey there!

Wont' you please stop by to see me at the eclectic Paperie blog today?!

 

 

A Little Kangaroo Mouse, with Flowers

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Happy Friday, everyone!  Finally, the weekend's here again!

You know what that means.  It's time for a new release from A Day For Daisies!  This week we have some Kangaroo Fun!

I've chosen to color up this adorable little Kangaroo Mouse with Flowers!  How sweet is she?

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Our latest challenge starts today!  We're supposed to use RUFFLES!  What fun!  I used some new ribbon tape to create a ruffled ribbon across the top of my card front.  The Strawberry Slush layer is embossed with the Gridlock embossing folder, and I cut the Coastal Cabana layer with a Dahlia Spellbinders die.  I used the flower that was cut out on the inside of my card.  I am really loving these new Stampin' Up! colors!

The mouse and flowers were colored with Copic markers and then hand cut.  The layout is the latest retrosketches #77:

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Don't you want to play along and use RUFFLES?  You can get all the details on the ADFD blog and you can see some wonderful inspiration from the other ADFD gals here:

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Arielle Broni Danielle Mila Sherry

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Thanks so much for dropping in today, folks!  I hope you enjoy your weekend.  (I CAN NOT believe that it's almost September!  Where did our summer go???)

Tutu Cute - Color Throwdown #256

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Hi, everyone!  It's time once again for a new Color Throwdown challenge!  Joan is our hostess-with-the-Mostess this week and she's chosen a beautiful combo for us to work with:

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I was at CKC in Charlotte on Saturday and picked up a few stamps at ridiculously low prices ($1.00 for small ones and $2.00 for large ones).  It didn't matter to me that they were last year's releases!

Today I've used the Melissa Frances Tu-tu Cute stamp.  Of course I had to buy a little ballerina!!  And I thought Joan's colors would work really well for a tutu and water colored background for her.

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The "leaves" are from the Avery Elle Rounded Diamonds stamp set (and dies).  I clear embossed the veins.  The background is another that I used the wrinkle-free distress technique on.  But on this one, I didn't really like how the Razzleberry was so much darker that the other 2 colors, so after I dried the piece, I ended up flipping it over to the back side for a much softer look! 

I colored the little cutie with Copics and used a new Wink of Stella glitter brush (clear) to add some shimmer.  Then I popped on a seam binding bow and some sequins and I was done.

The layout I used is from this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #191:

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So now it's your turn.  Let's see what you can come up with using these colors!  Check out all the challenge details at the Color Throwdown blog and also check out what the CTD girls have created to inspire you:

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That's it for me today!  I'm so glad you stopped by!

FTTC234 - Use Doilies

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Hello, everyone!  It's time for our latest Timeless Tuesday challenge and today Judy is our hostess!

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Judy's asking us to:

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USE DOILIES

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I think this is a great challenge!  I never thought I'd make a masculine card using a doily,  yet that's just what I did.  I really wanted to use the new Mountain View stamp set!

I started with a piece of multi-media paper that I had already started for another project but then abandoned.  Mostly it was spritzed with some Dylusions Melted Chocolate ink spray.  I stamped my elk image directly onto the inked paper, then just colored the sky with the Spruce Copic collection.

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I stamped the elk again onto some Classic Ivory cardstock using Memento Rich Cocoa ink, and colored it using the Rich Brown Copic collection.  Then I cut it out and adhered it with foam mounting tape.

I used my ink blending tool to apply some Walnut Stain Distress ink to my paper doily and then layered it with my image and some Emerald Coast and Rich Brown papers.  The sentiment was also stamped using Rich Cocoa ink.

My layout is from the Deconstructed Sketch #114:

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Now it's your turn!  Let's see what you can do with doilies!  Also please be sure to visit with each of the Timeless Tuesday gals to see their fabulous creations!

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• Allison Cope Israels
• Broni Holcombe - you are here!
• Cheryl Lea
• Deborah Anton
• Jenny Gropp
• Judy Rozema 
• Marie Ross, our August guest designer

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Thanks for dropping in!

On a personal note….obviously I survived my zip-line adventure.  After 5 zip-lines, 2 rope bridges (I believe that just tying some ropes together doesn't really make it a bridge, folks!), and a rappel in almost total darkness (we had helmet lights), I'm a little sore.  But it was so worth it!  What an adventure!

Picked Flowers --- and Seize the Sketch!

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Hey, everybody!

Aren't you SO glad it's Friday?  I know!  Me too! 

My daughter gave me a certificate for my birthday for the Canopy Tour at the National Whitewater Center, and we're going this evening after work!  I can't wait! 

Oh.  But wait.  I'm afraid of heights!  Gee, I hope it all goes well.  I'll have to let you know later!  Then tomorrow I'm hitting the CKC in Charlotte with a couple of crafty friends!  Fun, fun, fun!

Today, I've got a sweet little card to share with you using an adorable little girl who has just picked some flowers.  I LOVE HER!  And I had a blast coloring her!

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There are quite a few little lovelies available in the latest A Day For Daisies release!  You'll have to check them out at the ADFD blog or at the ADFD shop. 

I used some of my favorite Washi tapes from Taylored Expressions for my diagonal design on my card.  I love this sketch!  It's the very first from a brand new blog challenge called Seize the Sketch!  A Day For Daisies' very own Sherry Eckblad is also on that design team!  Here's the very first sketch:

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Pretty awesome, huh?

Please be sure to check out the wonderful new images at A Day For Daisies.  And also stop by each of the designer's blogs to see their awesome creations:

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Arielle Broni Danielle Mila Sherry

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Thanks so much for dropping in today!  Wish me luck on my adventure!  It's probably wouldn't hurt if you sent up a few prayers as well!  Thanks in advance for that!

Have a fabulous weekend!

Watercolor Birthday - Color Throwdown #255

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Happy Hump Day, everyone!  (Ok, now I'll be thinking about that camel all day!)

It's time for a brand new Color Throwdown challenge and I'm hosting this week!  I chose an inspiration photo with rich summertime colors and I hope it inspires you to play along with us too!

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I used a lot of Distress inks and some Dylusions spray inks from eclectic Paperie on my craft sheet and dragged and blotted my white cardstock all through it to come up with my water-colored background.  Even though I only used similar colors to the ones listed, the blending created so many more great colors!

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The sentiment is from the PTI Wonderful Words: Birthday stamp set and I also used the Birthday die.  I used the die to cut the word 3 times and clear embossed one of the die cuts.  Then I glued the 3 layers together, with the embossed layer on top.  (You can see the embossing in the close up photo at the top of the post.)

I tied a ribbon around it and the card was good to go!  My layout today was inspired by this week's CAS(E) This Sketch #40:

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I hope you'll play along with us!  You can find the  challenge rules on the Color Throwdown blog, and be sure to check out the lovely creations from  the design team members:

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Thank you so very much for coming by today!  I appreciate your visit!!

FTTC#233 - Welcome Autumn!

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Welcome, Flourishes fans!  I'm the hostess for this week's edition of the Timeless Tuesday challenge!

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Since we're getting close to the end of summer (tears are flowing here!), I thought it would be fun to "Welcome Autumn!"  Flourishes is also introducing some new Fall themed images starting tomorrow, so let's get in the mood! 

There's nothing quite like the crispness in the air and all the vibrant colors that come with the Fall season.  So~

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Welcome Autumn by using autumn colors on your creation.

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Easy enough, right?

I used the Popsicles & Pinwheels stamp set to create a little party scene for my card today.

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I cut the lantern image on my Silhouette using the Popsicles & Pinwheels cut file and some Classic Ivory cardstock, then stamped my image in Archival ink.  I paper pieced 2 of the lanterns and colored the other 2 using these Copic collections:

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I stamped the barn image from the Country Road stamp set onto some patterned paper as a background, after stamping off once onto some scratch paper.  The flag with the sentiment is from the Pistachio paper collection and the layers are matted with cardstock from the Rich Browns paper collection.  I added a little embellishment of Celery Cotton Stripes Twill, a button, and some Kraft Jute.

My layout is from this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge #190:

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I can't wait to see what you create this week using Autumn colors!

Check out what the other Timeless Tuesday gals have created for your inspiration here:

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• Allison Cope Israels
• Broni Holcombe - you are here!
• Cheryl Lea
• Deborah Anton
• Jenny Gropp
• Judy Rozema 
• Katie Sims
• Marie Ross, our August guest designer

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Thanks for dropping in!  I love it when you visit!