Splashes of Watercolor

A Pink Christmas Jewel–Color Throwdown #323

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Welcome to the final Color Throwdown challenge of 2014!  Can you believe the year is almost over?

Lori is our hostess this week and her color palette is very soft and pretty….great for any occasion!

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I’m still making Christmas cards!  Yes, I am.  I will not get my usual 60 cards made this year.  I’ve finally resigned myself to the fact that this year – the first in 8 years – I will be sending both handmade and store bought cards.  Sigh.  I know. 

Anyway, here’s my latest.  I actually made 2 of these shaker cards.  They will be going to the 2 youngest granddaughters.  They love pink and they love sparkle.  This should work just fine!

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I’ve used Simon Says Stamp Stitched Circle dies, Lil’ Inker Designs Stitched Rectangle dies,  Hero Arts Christmas Crystals stamp set, and Essentials by Ellen Brushstroke Christmas stamp set.

The jewel was heat embossed with white detail embossing powder onto Distress watercolor paper and then watercolored using the Distress inks listed at the end of the post.

I hope you’ll take some time and join us in our last 2014 challenge.  We always love to see your beautiful creations!

Be sure to check out what the rest of my DT buddies have created for your viewing pleasure.

And a HUGE thanks to my friend Sue Lelli for joining us as December’s Guest Designer!  Sue, you ROCK!!

Thanks so much for stopping in today and for all the times you’ve visited with me during this year.  I love knowing that I’m one of your stops in blogland and I truly appreciate your time and wonderful comments!

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A Candy Fairy to make your Christmas Sparkle!

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Happy Friday!!!

Oh my gosh!  I can’t believe how close we’re getting to Christmas!  Have I finished my shopping?  NO!  Have I finished making my Christmas cards?  NO!!

So when I saw this adorable little Candy Fairy from the new A Day For Daisies December Club Kit I couldn’t resist her!

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Isn’t she a beauty?  And she has a vintage look to her I think.  That’s why I used traditional Christmas colors in darker tones than normal.  Oh, and the new challenge at the ADFD blog is to USE TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS COLORS!

After I colored my fairy with Copic markers and paper-pieced her dress, I covered her wings, the candy canes and the word Sparkle with Star Dust Stickles!  Instant sparkle!

I also used this week’s The Challenge #20 sketch:

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And I’m playing along with the Just Us Girls #270 challenge to “Sparkle”:

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Please try to play along with us using traditional Christmas colors!  That’s an easy challenge, you guys!  Also, please take a moment to visit with the rest of our design team to see what beautiful creations they’ve come up with:

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Arielle Broni Christine Danielle Juliana Mila

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Thank you so much for stopping by!  I hope you have a most wonderful weekend!

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It's a Pink Christmas Tree for Color Throwdown #322

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Hello, everyone!  I hope you’re having a great week and that you’re ready for another exciting Color Throwdown challenge!  This week our hostess is Tammy and she’s chosen some really fun colors!

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I decided to go whimsical and fairly simple with my card.  I used the Family and Friends stamp set from Hero Arts, and the Holiday Frames die from Simon Says Stamp.

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The pink bottle brush tree was stamped in Worn Lipstick ink onto watercolor paper and then I used my water brush to blend the color a little.  The ornaments were made using my Copic Spica pens in Red and Melon.

My layout is based on this week's Deconstructed Sketch #179:

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We hope you’ll join us for the challenge.

Check out the wonderful inspiration from the rest of the designers here:

Thank you for dropping in today!  I appreciate your visit so much!

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Blooming Deer - A Day For Daisies December Club Kit

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It’s here!  The December 2014 A Day For Daisies Club Kit is here!  I just love all these adorable little deer adorned for Christmas, Spring, or whatever you choose! 

I chose to color up a sweet little girl with my Copic markers and crown her with some Christmas flowers.

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The background was stenciled using Brilliance Moonlight White ink and the Simon Says Stamp Harlequin stencil.  I misted it just a little then let it dry.  I used the TCW Mini Punchinella stencil to create the stars in the upper left corner.  I pressed my Versamark ink through the stencil, then heat embossed with some gold embossing powder and my heat tool.

I'm entering this little "dear" into the SSS Flickr challenge #7 to use SSS stencils.

The “be merry” is from the great Merry & Bright die set from the Essentials by Ellen collection.  And the foliage was made using the Pine Needle Border die.

I hope you’ll check out the rest of the “herd” at the ADFD shop or over on the ADFD blog.  And please stop by and leave some love for the rest of the design team here:

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Arielle Broni Christine Danielle Juliana Mila

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Thank you so much for dropping in to see me and my little deer today!  Have a wonderful weekend!!

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Christmas in Naturals - Color Throwdown #321

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I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  Did you get any crafting done?  Well if not, now would be a good time to start!  I’m hosting this week’s Color Throwdown challenge!  Here are the colors I chose.

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A combination of shimmery neutrals, just perfect for holiday cards, if you so choose.  The colors are Silver, Gold, Dark Brown, and White.

I chose to use the wonderful WPlus9 Winter Woodland set again as well as the Winter Woodland dies.

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The trees and the Joy were stamped on damp watercolor paper in Gathered Twigs ink.  I did the same with the deer and cut him out so that I could pop him up on foam mounting tape.  I spritzed the background with some gold color shine spray and stamped the scarf in Galaxy gold ink.  The frame was cut from glittery silver paper using the WPlus9 Holiday Aperture die.  It was all matted on shiny gold paper then onto the white card base.  Here's a close up of the shimmer.

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I really, really love how this turned out!

I hope you’ll all join us this week.  Since it’s a new month, we’ve got a new Guest Designer. 

We were so fortunate to have Petra Swart as our Guest Designer in November and for December we are just as fortunate to have another wonderful artist with us.  Please help us welcome Sue Lelli of Card Therapy.  She's a fabulous mixed media artist and card maker extraordinaire.  I can't wait to see what she creates for us this month!

Also, please help us welcome this week's Guest Star Stamper - Joanne James of The Crafty Owl's Blog.

Check out what the rest of the team has created for your inspiration:

Thank you SO much for stopping in today!  Have a great week!

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