Splashes of Watercolor

Berry It! - Color Throwdown #357

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Hey, everybody!  It’s Wednesday again and time for another round of the Color Throwdown!  Joan is our hostess with the mostess and her inspiration photo and color palette are both beautiful!

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Love that beautiful white cat!

The general colors are white, black, blue and pink.

For my card I used the brand new Power Poppy digi release of Berry It!  A gorgeous branch of ripe raspberries!  It has a fabulously punny sentiment with it and you can check it out on the Power Poppy blog or at the Power Poppy shop.

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I printed my raspberries and colored them up using  several Copic markers from the RV family, with a little V09 and R35.  The leaves are colored in YGs and the background is done in B02 with color-spotting in BOOO and the Colorless Blender.  I also dotted some of the colorless spots and the raspberries with a white gel pen. (You can click on the photo to make it larger to see the detail.)

The beautiful script sentiment is from the Essentials by Ellen Wish Big stamp set.

I cut the panel on an angle and hand trimmed around a couple of the berries and the leaves to form the top image layer.

The layout is from this week’s fantastic CAS(E) this sketch #137:

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So let’s see what you create with the color combo this week!  Just link up at today’s post at the Color Throwdown blog.  And check out the awesome creations from my super-talented team mates:

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Joan Ervin

Jodi Collins

Lori Tecler

Monika Davis

Tammy Hershberger

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Lindsay Amhrein,  August 2015 Guestie

That’s it for me!  Thanks so much for dropping by!

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Hello Butterfly - Color Throwdown #356

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Hey, y’all.  It’s my turn to host the Color Throwdown challenge this week.

I fell in love with this inspiration photo the minute I saw it!  Then I panicked and thought the colors would be too hard to work with.  But after playing around with them and coming up with my card I decided that I really do love the color combo of Orange, Green and Black! 

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I created my background with stencils and Distress inks.  The butterfly from WPlus9 was stamped on vellum and I colored it with Copic markers on the reverse side of the vellum.  The Hand Lettered Hello die cut is also from WPlus9.

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Here’s another view:

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My layout is courtesy of the CAS(E) this sketch #136:

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And I’m entering this into the Virginia’s View challenge #17 – Embellishments. Mine are twine, thread, sequins and the butterfly!

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I hope you’ll play along with us at the Color Throwdown this week!  And be sure to check out the fabulous creations of the design team:

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Joan Ervin

Jodi Collins

Lori Tecler

Monika Davis

Tammy Hershberger

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Lindsay Amhrein,  August 2015 Guestie

Our Guest Star Stamper this week is: Yapha Mason

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Easy Breezy Coneflowers - a new digi from Power Poppy

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Hello and happy weekend to you all!

It’s the 15th of the month and that means a brand new digital image from the talented Marcella Hawley!!  I just love the Power Poppy Instant Garden, don’t you??

This month the featured flower is one of my all time favorites – Easy Breezy Coneflowers!

And here’s my card using it:

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In my area, coneflowers are perennials and very hardy.  I have them in several of my backyard flower beds.   I’ll always have them, wherever I live!

I used this week’s Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 281 for my layout:

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Here’s the listing of our Instant Gardeners.  Please stop by to see their wonderful creations!

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• Jennifer Dove
• Broni Holcombe (That's me!)
• Cheryl Scrivens
• Debbie Olson
• Rhea Weigands

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If you head over to the Power Poppy blog you can get the details on a fun coloring contest!  There's also a $3 special on Power Poppy's Sunflower Power right now.  Check it out!

Thank you so much for dropping by today!  Have a wonderful weekend!

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Inspired by the Sea - Color Throwdown #355

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Hi, y’all!

It’s Wednesday again and time for a new Color Throwdown challenge!  Are you ready?

Well, you should be!  Barbara is our hostess and the color combo she chose is fabulous:  aqua, cobalt blue, and gray!

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Y’all know I’m a huge beach-going Southerner, and these colors are right up my alley!  So I decided my card would be a tribute to the sea!

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I smooshed the background in Peacock Feathers and Tumbled Glass, then lightly sprinkled on some Ultramarine Blue Color Bursts powders.

I added some Mudd Puddles glass pieces, and the Starfish and shell images are from the Unity Beach Cottage Collection.  (You can click on the images to see them full size.)

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The layout I used is from this week’s Sketch Saturday #373:

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So now it’s your turn!  Let’s see what you can create with this wonderful palette!  Just leave us a direct link to your blog post or online gallery on today’s post at the Color Throwdown blog.

Here’s some great inspiration for you from the CTD girls!

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Joan Ervin

Jodi Collins

Lori Tecler

Monika Davis

Tammy Hershberger

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Lindsay Amhrein,  August 2015 Guestie

Our Guest Star Stamper this week is:  Jenny Lane

Thank you so much for dropping by!

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Special Day in watercolors - Color Throwdown #354

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Hello, friends!

It’s time for our latest edition of the Color Throwdown challenge!  And it’s a new month so we’re also welcoming a brand new guest designer.

Wanda is our hostess this week with these gorgeous soft colors for us to play with:

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I just got this awesome new die set called Dainty Flowers from Paper Smooches on a recent shopping trip at Ellen Hutson’s shop and I couldn’t wait to play with it!  Here’s what I came up with:

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I used the smooshing technique for the kraft and blue background and I used a water brush to paint the die cut flowers.

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I also used my Copic markers to shade and highlight the flowers.  They’re popped up on foam mounting tape too.

The layout is from this week's awesome CAS(E) this sketch #134:

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Now it’s your turn!  Let’s see what you come up with using these colors.  Just link your creation over at the Color Throwdown blog. 

Check out what our super talented design team has created for your viewing pleasure and inspiration:

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Joan Ervin

Jodi Collins

Lori Tecler

Monika Davis

Tammy Hershberger

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Lindsay Amhrein,  August 2015 Guestie

Our Guest Star Stamper this week is:  Jen Wills

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  Enjoy the rest of your week!

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