Splashes of Watercolor

Hello, Sunshine! - Color Throwdown #390

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Hey, you guys, it’s time for another Color Throwdown!!  Wanda is our hostess and she has chosen a great combo!

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I almost went the masculine route, but then decided it was time to break out the sunshine!! 

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I used the Rays folder to emboss the top panel of cardstock.  Then I painted the impressed rays with my Squeezed Lemonade and Mustard Seed Distress inks and a water brush.

The sentiment from from the Technique Tuesday retired Bring on the Sun set was stamped in Salty Ocean and clear embossed.

I added sequins using Glossy Accents to attach them and then spread some of the Glossy Accents along the rays, pooling it at the top of each one.  It’s kind of hard to see in the photos.

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For this card I used the layout from this week's CAS(E) the Sketch! #169:

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We would love for you to play along with us!  Check out all the details at the Color Throwdown blog and link up your project!  Also be sure to check out the awesome and inspiring creations of the design team:

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Amy Rohl, April 2016 Guest Designer

 Our Guest Star Stamper this week is the AWESOME Linda Beeson!

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Thank you SO MUCH for dropping by today, folks!!  Enjoy the rest of your week!

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Created to Create - A new Power Poppy digital!

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HELLO!!! 

Marcella Hawley is releasing 2 new digital images today at Power Poppy!!!  One is a brand new image called Created to Create and it’s over the top fun and inspiring!!

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The other is a remix of Juicy Strawberries!  Soooo yummy!!!

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Today I’m showing you what I did with Created to Create.

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This image is too wonderful to get too fancy, so I just printed it card-size onto my Copic X-Press It paper and colored it with my Copic markers.  I used my Stitched Rectangle dies to impress the stitching around the edges and then lined the side edges with my YR16 marker.  It’s mounted on a Coastal Cabana card base and I added a length of Twinery twine to it.  Such fun and so colorful!!

Be sure to check out what all the fabulous Instant Gardeners have created for your inspiration today,  The list of participants today can be found at the Power Poppy blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

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The Challenge #70 - Masculine Fan

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Hello, peeps!  My post title is a little misleading.  This is not about a fan that's masculine or a fan of the masculine, it’s about a masculine challenge for which I'm using a fan image.  Is that clear as mud?  Ha, ha!

Here’s our Masculine inspiration photo for The Challenge this week.

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See?  It’s really an airplane prop, but my fan has blades too.  Surely that counts!

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It’s a simple card, with a great sentiment, that will work for any guy!!

I hope you’ll play along with us this week!  Check out the details over at Always Playing With Paper and be sure to check in with the design team:

Lesley Croghan
Anita Madden
Broni Holcombe
Claire Broadwater
Diane Jaquay
Jinny Newlin

Kim Heggins

Kimberly Wiener

Laurel Seabrook

Lee Ann Barrett

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

 

This month's Featured Designer is Greta Hess

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Thanks for starting off your week by stopping by to see me!  I appreciate it!

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Happy Bird-Day - Color Throwdown #389

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Hello!!!!

It’s Wednesday again and time for a new Color Throwdown!

Vickie is our hostess this week and her choice of colors is outstanding!  I love how vibrant they are together!  And those little shoes are so adorable!

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I chose to do a sponged background of Picked Raspberry and Carved Pumpkin inks and then I spritzed it liberally with some water.  I also sponged and spritzed another scrap with Twisted Citron and that’s what I die cut the border with.  My cute little bird was stamped on watercolor paper with Antique Linen ink and colored with my Kuretake Zig Clean Color pens.

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This card is going to a very special young lady for her 7th birthday this weekend!

Now it’s your turn to play along with us at the Color Throwdown!  Check out all the details and link up your creation over at the CTD blog.  And be sure to visit with and leave some love for the fabulous design team:

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Amy Rohl, April 2016 Guest Designer

Our Guest Star Stamper this week is:   Jerrie Mead

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Thank you so much for coming by today!  See you next time!

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The Challenge #69 - Sending Hugs

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Hello and happy Monday, everyone!

It’s the 3rd Monday of the month, which means at The Challenge we have an inspiration challenge.  How’s this for a fabulous inspiration photo:

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I love that beautiful quilt and thought I could possibly recreate the pattern with my Copic markers.  Well, I did but it was a little bright and just a bit “not perfect”, so I decided it would look much better behind vellum!!

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This also allowed me to add the beautiful Power Poppy Layer Cake popped up on top.  I love it in rainbow colors!  The sentiment, from the WPlus9 That is All stamp set, was stamped on top of the vellum.

Now it’s your turn!  Let’s see your creation using our inspiration photo.  Link up at The Challenge!  And be sure to check out the inspiration from our wonderful design team members.

Lesley Croghan
Anita Madden
Broni Holcombe
Claire Broadwater
Diane Jaquay
Jinny Newlin

Kim Heggins

Kimberly Wiener

Laurel Seabrook

Lee Ann Barrett

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

 

This month's Featured Designer is Greta Hess

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Thank you so much for dropping by today!!

Hugs,

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Hello, Friend - Color Throwdown #388

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Happy Wednesday, y’all!

Lynn is our hostess for this week’s Color Throwdown and the colors she chose are fun, fun, fun!  I just love that shade of blue!

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I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to use my brand new Spring Flowers stamp set from Simon Says Stamp.  I’m am totally in love with it!  A yellow flowers on a soft blue background gets me every time!

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I embossed the flower & stem, as well as the word Friend, in white, then water colored everything using my Kuretake Gansai Tambi water colors.  As I was dabbing some of the water from the background, some yellow from the flower got onto the cloth and transferred to the parts of the blue.  I love how that worked out!  I also added some sequins from the Caribbean Dreams sequin shaker mix to the background.

So now it’s your turn to play with these colors!  Let’s see what you can come up with!!

Please be sure to check out the wonderful designs from out super-talented team:

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Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Amy Rohl, April 2016 Guest Designer

Our Guest Star Stamper this week is:  Jerrie Mead

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Thanks so much for dropping by!

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The Challenge #68 - Happy Birthday Colors

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Hello, and happy Monday!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

It’s the second Monday of the month and that means it’s time for a color challenge at The Challenge!  I adore this bright palette!

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I wanted to keep the bright happy feel and decided a birthday card was in order, so I pulled out a few of my Dylusions ink sprays to provide the great vivid colors.  The great Shaped Sayings: Birthday die is from PTI.

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I’m entering this in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge: Happy Birthday! Happy birthday you guys!!

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I hope you’ll play along with us this week!  These colors are awesome and so much fun!  Check out what the fabulous designers have created for your inspiration:

Lesley Croghan
Anita Madden
Broni Holcombe
Claire Broadwater
Diane Jaquay
Jinny Newlin

Kim Heggins

Kimberly Wiener

Laurel Seabrook

Lee Ann Barrett

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

 

This month's Featured Designer is Greta Hess

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That’s it for me!  Have a fantastic week!

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Reanna & Kit - Color Throwdown #387

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Hey, you guys!  Are you ready for another fabulous color combo from the Color Throwdown?  Lori is our hostess choosing this week’s super fun palette.  Take a look:

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I may have to have a wreath like that one for my door!  Too fun!

I decided to create a cute little birthday card for a dear friend of mine.  She has a red-headed daughter who quite often wears her hair in a top ponytail, so I knew this was the right image to use.  This is Reanne & Kit from Rubbernecker.

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Aren’t they adorable?  They were colored with my Copic markers and popped up with foam mounting tape.

I used this week’s CAS(E) This Sketch #166:

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I hope you’ll play along!  Check out the deets at the Color Throwdown blog and please visit with each of the CTD girls to see their incredible creations! Also, please help us welcome the fabulous Amy Rohl as our April 2016 Guest Designer!

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Amy Rohl, April 2016 Guest Designer

Our Guest Star Stamper this week is: Toni Maddox

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Thanks for dropping by!  

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Hello, Sunshine Fishes - The Challenge #67

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Hey, y’all!

It’s Monday and the first one of the new month. 

Can you believe it’s April already?!  I love Spring…mostly because it leads us into summer!  And if you know me, I bet you knew I was going to say that! 

Since this is the first Monday of the month, we have a sketch to play with at The Challenge.

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Isn’t that cool?

I took a little creative liberty with the sketch, using darker colors in place of the panel that shows on top of the card base.  Here’s how it turned out.

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These darling fish, called Fish Group, are from Rubbernecker and they come on one piece of rubber.  After I stamped and colored them on a piece of watercolor paper, I fussy cut them to separate them for use as the 3 star elements in the sketch.

I used the PTI Waves stencil to emboss the background panel before I water colored it with my Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors.  Then I used my Kuretake Zig Clean Color pens for the fish.  The sentiment is from the MFT Polynesian Paradise stamp set and the clear sequins serve as bubbles.

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Now it’s your turn to try out this great sketch!  Head on over to The Challenge to check out the details and also be sure to visit with each of the DT members to see their awesome creations.

Lesley Croghan
Anita Madden
Broni Holcombe
Claire Broadwater
Diane Jaquay
Jinny Newlin

Kim Heggins

Kimberly Wiener

Laurel Seabrook

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

 

This month's Featured Designer is Greta Hess

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Thank you so much for stopping by today!

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