Splashes of Watercolor

Bird Dreams - Take Two: Native Hearts

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Hello and happy Friday!  I hope you all had a fabulous feast day yesterday, filled with fun and family and happiness!

Today the ADFD team is doing Take Two of our showcase of Native Hearts.  These are some precious images, folks

My card features Bird Dreams:

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She is colored with Copic markers onto kraft cardstock.  I stamped the sentiment directly over the colored image with Versafine onyx black ink and then outlined it with a white gel pen.  I had seen Kelly Latevola do this and I was intrigued so I had to try it!

***Don’t forget, through the end of November you can get the Pumpkin Patch Freebie Bundle FREE with any $8 purchase!!***

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Also, don’t forget about the super SALE going on at Power Poppy! 

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Are you doing any Black Friday shopping today?  That’s where I’m headed now!  Wish me luck!

Have a great weekend, y’all!

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Let's Chill - Color Throwdown #370

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HELLO!!

It’s Wednesday and time for a new edition of the Color Throwdown challenge!!  Vickie is our hostess and she’s chosen a great inspiration photo that’s perfect for the upcoming holiday season!

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Today I’m using an adorable remixed image from the oh-so-talented Marcella Hawley!  This is a SNEAK PEEK of the Let’s Chill set that will be available starting Friday, Nov 27th, from Power Poppy!!  There will be a BIG SALE there so be sure and mark the date on your calendar!!

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Isn’t he the cutest?  And I love his little blue bird friend too!

Here’s a close up of the sparkle that I added.

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I also have a second card today using the Color Throwdown colors!  This time I used a sweet little raccoon that is part of a great FREE bundle with any $8 purchase at the A Day For Daisies shop through November!  Be sure to check it out!

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The layout for this card is from this week’s Friday Mashup sketch:

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Now be sure to check out all the fabulous creations from my Color Throwdown sisters here:

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Joan Ervin

Jodi Collins

Lori Tecler

Tammy Hershberger

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Karolyn Loncon, November 2015 Guest Designer

Our Guest Star Stamper this week is: Mona Pendleton

I sure hope you can play along with us too!! 

Thank you so much for stopping in today.  I hope all my American friends have a wonderful, warm and blessed Thanksgiving weekend.

Power Poppy Let's Chill card ~

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A Day For Daisies Birthday Wishes card ~

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Baby Doll Dreams - ADFD Native Hearts Showcase

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Hello and happy Friday!  Finally!

This week and next the ADFD team is showcasing some fabulously sweet  images of native American children.  You can see them all at the ADFD blog or in the A Day For Daisies shop.  They’re awesome!

Today I’m using Baby Doll Dreams!  I flipped the image  in order to have her facing the opposite direction.

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Our latest challenge is to ADD WATERCOLOR to your creation.  My background is water colored with Distress inks and I also used them to paint my sweet little girl and her doll.  I added some texture with some Studio 490 translucent embossing paste and also added some sequins for some sparkle.

The beautiful sentiment is called Beautiful and Brilliant and it’s from Technique Junkies.

I used the color scheme from this week’s The Challenge #51 inspiration photo:

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That’s it for me today, folks.  Please take a moment to visit and leave some love for the rest of the ADFD design team here:

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Alison Arielle Broni Cathy Cindy Jen Juliana Kathy Tanja

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

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Warm Christmas Wishes - Color Throwdown #369

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Whoop!  Whoop!  It’s time for a new edition of the Color Throwdown challenge!!  Tammy is our talented and fun hostess and here are the yummy, rich colors that she chose for us to play with:

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At first I turned my nose up at the colors.  How tacky of me, right?  I’m not a big fan of non-bright colors these days, even though I LOVE the inspiration photo.  I’ve been leaning more towards the bright end of the color spectrum.  But I figured I could lighten up the tones and still feed my need for bright!!  Besides, if I use images that make me happy, I can make the colors work, right?  Right!!

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Yep!  This definitely makes me happy!  I want to be on that island with that cutie-patootie penguin from the Simon Says Stamp set called Warm Christmas Wishes.

Everything was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with my Copic markers.  I did a little masking to get the palms behind the penguin.  I just drew the water line with a pen.

Yay!  This card qualifies for today's Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Christmas.

The layout of the images are inspired by this week’s Sunday Stamps sketch SSC114:

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I’m also entering this into the Paper Players challenge #PP271 – Create a CAS Christmas Card:

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All of us at the Color Throwdown hope you’ll play along with us this week!  Simply use the basic colors required (burgundy, orange and green) and post a direct link to your creation on today’s CTD blog post.  I can’t wait to see what you come up with!

Check out the awesome inspiration from the CTD girls here:

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Joan Ervin

Jodi Collins

Lori Tecler

Tammy Hershberger

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Karolyn Loncon, November 2015 Guest Designer

Our Guest Star Stamper this week is: Annie Rosenstiel

Thank you so much for stopping by!

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A Partridge in a Pear Tree from Power Poppy

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Hello, friends!  Can you believe it’s already November 15th?  Where has this year gone?

Luckily since it’s the 15th that means there’s another awesome digital image available from Power Poppy!  And since it’s almost time to celebrate the Christmas season, it’s fitting that this month we have a beautiful Partridge in a Pear Tree.  I love it!

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Here’s how I colored it up and used it on a Christmas card:

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I printed the image on some mixed media paper and painted it with my Kuretake Zig Clean Color pens.   I also painted a second image of the partridge itself to pop up over the base image to give it some more dimension.

I had removed the sentiment from the vase by using the eraser tool in PS Elements.  Then I printed the sentiment from the Ranunculus set from July onto a sheet of vellum and used it in front of the vase.

I also used the layout from this week’s Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #294:

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The Partridge in a Pear Tree is now available at the Power Poppy digital shop and you can see it used beautifully by all the Instant Gardeners here:

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

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How many Christmas cards have you made so far??

Thanks so much for stopping by! Please come back soon!

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A Day For Daisies Flying Fairy Song

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Hello, friends!  It’s time for Take Two of the ADFD November 2015 Club Kit!

This week, I colored the beautiful little Flying Fairy Song.

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I used my Kuretake Zig Clean Color pens on Mixed Media paper for the fairy and for the background.  I few pieces of washi tape and a sentiment stamped on a vellum die cut are all that were added to finish the card.

I used this week’s retrosketches #189 for the layout:

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Check out all the great images from the Club Kit on the ADFD blog or over at the A Day For Daisies shop.  And please pay a visit to each of the team members to see their lovely creations:

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Alison Arielle Broni Cathy Cindy Jen Juliana Kathy Tanja

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I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!!  I’m babysitting my 2 youngest grands so I’m in for a lot of playing, crafting, popcorn, mac & cheese, and pancakes!!  Can’t wait!

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Calm & Bright - Color Throwdown #368

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Happy Wednesday!  Are you ready for another new Color Throwdown challenge?

This week Lori is our fabulous hostess and here are the fun colors that she chose:

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Of course my first thought was that I needed to make another Christmas card…so that’s exactly what I did!  I bought this super fun new PTI set called Warmest Wishes because I fell in love with the polar bear.  And I knew he would be perfect to use with these colors.

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I made a watercolor background for him with my Worn Lipstick Distress ink and some watercolor paper.  Both the bear and the trees are stamped with Memento Gray Flannel ink and colored with my Copic markers .  I stamped the super cool sentiment with some WPlus9 Sweet Gelato dye ink.  The watercolor panel was cut using the Stitched Rectangles dies from Lil’ Inker Designs.  I find myself using these on almost every card these days!!

So you’re going to play along with us, right?  We would love it if you do!!  All you have to do is use the basic challenge colors (red, pink, dark gray, green) and any other neutrals that you choose.  Then post a direct link to your creation to today’s post on the Color Throwdown blog. 

Please take a moment to visit with each of the CTD girls to see what fabulous creations they have to show you.

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Joan Ervin

Jodi Collins

Lori Tecler

Tammy Hershberger

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Karolyn Loncon, November 2015 Guest Designer

Our Guest Star Stamper this week is:  Andrea W.

That’s it for me!  Thank you so much for dropping by!!

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Flying Fairy Happy

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Happy Friday!

The November 2015 Club Kit from A Day For Daisies is awesome, y’all!  So many beautiful and precious fairies!!  Today I colored the Flying Fairy Happy!  Isn’t she beautiful?

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There’s a new challenge over on the ADFD blog - ADD SOME TEXTURE.  I used some Studio 490 Translucent Embossing Paste and my Dot Fade stencil to add texture and sprinkled on some Glamour dust while the paste was still wet to add sparkle in the air around her.  The MFT Rolled Rose Die-namics die cut  also adds some texture.

My layout is from this week’s Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge SSSC293:

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We’d love it if you’d join us for the A Day For Daisies challenge this week!  You can get all the details at the ADFD blog and you can see all the beautiful fairies over at the A Day For Daisies shop. 

Please also take a moment to visit with the rest of the design team to see their awesome creations:

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Alison Arielle Broni Cathy Cindy Jen Juliana Kathy Tanja

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That’s it for me today.  Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a wonderful weekend!

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Winter Floral Wish - Color Throwdown #367

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Hello, friends!!  It’s time for a new Color Throwdown challenge and this week the lovely Jodi has a great combo for us – coral, green, and gold!

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I couldn’t wait to play with my new Winter Floral die from PTI and used it to cut some Mixed Media paper.  I applied some Press N Seal to the back side of the entire piece of paper before pulling it out of the die.  Then I used my Kuretake Zig Real Brush pens to color the flowers and leaves.

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When I was through, I removed the die cut piece and painted the outside frame and some of the berries with my Sharpie Gold Metallic marker.  It wasn’t quite shiny enough for me so I decided to use some shiny gold cardstock for the Simon Says Stamp Wishing  sentiment.

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We hope you’ll be playing along with us!  Check out all the challenge details at the CTD blog and please be sure to visit with and leave some love for my CTD sisters here:

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Joan Ervin

Jodi Collins

Lori Tecler

Tammy Hershberger

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Karolyn Loncon, November 2015 Guest Designer

Thank you so much for dropping by!

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