Splashes of Watercolor

The Challenge #75 - Out of the Cage

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Hello, everyone!

It’s Monday again, and it’s Memorial Day!

A huge thank you to all the wonderful service men and women who have given their lives in service to our country. 

Since this is the 5th Monday of the month, at The Challenge we have a Wildcard challenge and Lesley has given us a great sketch to play with! 

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I’ve had this Birdcage die for quite a while and never used it, so I thought now would be a good time to try it out!  It works so well with the parrot from the Polynesian Paradise stamp set.

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The bird was stamped in Antique Linen Distress ink and colored with Copic markers.  He’s popped up over the birdcage on foam mounting tape.

Now it’s your turn to play along with us using the sketch.  Check out all the details at The Challenge and also visit with the rest of the design team to see their awesome interpretations of the sketch!

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

Kim Heggins

Laurel Seabrook

Lee Ann Barrett

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

 

This month's Featured Designer is Patti from Stationery Styles 

 

This is the last challenge for us for now because we're all taking a summer break!  But we'll be back in September with loads of new fun challenges for you!

That’s it for me.  I’m working today, so I hope all of you will enjoy some burgers and beer for me as well!!

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Watercolored Thank You - Color Throwdown #394

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HELLO!!  And happy Wednesday to you!

Are you ready for the next Color Throwdown challenge?  Our newbie and oh-so-talented design team member Amy Rohl is the hostess this week and she’s chosen a wonderful color combo for us!

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Yes, I would like to dive head first into that cake!  It looks so scrumptious!!

I needed a thank you card recently and I wanted it to be extra special, so I looked through my Pinterest boards and that led me to Kristina Werner’s blog.  I love everything she does, of course, and so I decided to try her watercolor technique for this card.  I love how it turned out!  So did the recipient, I might add.

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I stamped and white-embossed the bloom from the Simon Says Stamp Spring Flowers set and used Color Bursts (turquoise and orchid) to paint the background.  Then I used fuschia, crimson and lime green to paint the flower and stem.  Finally I white-embossed the sentiment from the Essentials by Ellen Fancy Thanks set and added some sequins.

Now it’s your turn to play with these great colors!  Link up over at the CTD blog and be sure to check out all the fabulous inspiration from the DT:

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Jill Hawkins, May 2016 Guest Designer

Our Guest Star Stamper this week is:  Tenia Nelson

Thanks a billion for stopping by today!  Enjoy the rest of your week.

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The Challenge #74 - Herd It's Your Birthday

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Hey, guys!

It’s Monday all over again and the best thing about that is that it’s time for a new The Challenge.  Since it’s the 4th one of the month, it’s time for a masculine challenge.  Those are always the hardest for me.

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Now I looked and looked and finally discovered that I have no tractors in my stamp collection.  (I really find that hard to believe since I have 3 grandsons.)  So I went with the farm theme and pulled out my On the Farm stamp set and matching dies from Papertrey Ink.

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I cut the cover frame using Stitched Rectangles and stamped the fields and sky and the sentiment inside the card.  The die cut cow is popped up on foam mounting tape.

Now it’s your turn!  Create a masculine card using the inspiration photo and link it up at The Challenge.  Also please check out the awesome designs from the rest of the team here:

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

Kim Heggins

Laurel Seabrook

Lee Ann Barrett

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

 

This month's Featured Designer is Patti from Stationery Styles 

 

Thank you so much for dropping by today!  Enjoy your week!

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Party Bird Selfie - Color Throwdown #393

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Hey, guys!  It’s my week to host over at the Color Throwdown.  When I chose my inspiration photo I didn’t think that this would be such a hard color combo, but it was for me.

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You know I never go with floral when the colors just seem to beg for it, and I remained true to form this week as well.  I used another adorable character image from Rubbernecker. This one is called Bird with Feathers.  Really, Dave?  I just think he looks like “Party Bird”.

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And when I was trying to decide on a sentiment and pulled out the Stampers Anonymous #Hashtags set, I knew right away that any party animal would need to take a selfie!  Am I right?  Thus, the lens effect of the framed circle.

The background is a sheet of watercolor paper that I misted with Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Blush and Tinsel. When that dried I misted it again with the Blush through the Squares Small stencil.

Now we would love for you to play along with us!  Please check out all the details at the Color Throwdown blog and link up your creation!  I can’t wait to see what you make!

Here’s how to get to the CTD girls' blogs to see some amazing inspiration:

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Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Jill Hawkins, May 2016 Guest Designer

Our Guest Star Stamper this week is:  Eliz Stewart

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Thanks so much for stopping by today!

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The Challenge #73 - Hello Peony

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Hi, friends.

It’s the 3rd Monday of the month so we have an inspiration challenge for you this week at The Challenge.

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I just love that beautiful tabletop floral collage!  Especially the colors.  Lime green and pink is one of my favorite color combos. 

I used the peony and the colors as my main source of inspiration.  The peony image is from a new Power Poppy digital stamp set called Peony Love.  It’s colored with Copic markers.

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I used the great Viva La Verve sketch for my layout:

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We’d sure love for you to play along with us.  Check out all the details at The Challenge and be sure to check out the beautiful creations from the DT.

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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 Patti from Stationery Styles 

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Thank you so much for stopping in today.

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You Are Loved - Color Throwdown #392

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Hey, y’all!

Do you know what day it is??  That’s right, it’s Hump Day!  Or better known as Color Throwdown challenge day around these parts!

Let’s get right to the color combo for this week:

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Isn’t that a beautiful photograph?  I’d bet that it’s a photo of Greece, which is one of the places on my bucket list.  Sigh.  Well, I can dream, can’t I?

And here’s what I came up with using the colors.

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I used the What the Doodle: Feather stamp set and coordinating die set.  I stamped the larger feathers in Salty Ocean Distress ink then used my water brush to blend them a little.  I restamped them in the darker Faded Jeans ink to bring back the detail.  The smaller feather was stamped in Frayed Burlap ink.

My background was watercolored with the 3 above colors and with some Hickory Smoke ink as well.  Then I added some defining lines  with my Frixion pens, and used my heat tool to fade the lines a little.  Did you know that the heat will fade and eventually erase the ink from these pens?  Aha!!

The sentiment is from the fabulous That is All stamp set, which I know I’ve been using a lot lately.  I’m afraid you’ll have to get used to that!  Finally I added some Stone twine and some sequins.

Be sure to check out what all the wonderful DT girls have created for your inspiration here:

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Jill Hawkins, May 2016 Guest Designer

Our Guest Star Stamper this week is:  Valentyna Komisarenko

And please play along with us this week!

Thanks so much for dropping by!

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The Challenge #72 - Make a Wish

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This is the second week of the month, so over at The Challenge we’re playing with colors!  Here’s the inspiration photo:

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I just love this combo!

I needed a birthday card for a male coworker so I tried to keep my card cheerful and not too fancy!

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I followed Laura Bassen’s lead on THIS CARD to create the stenciled, sponged balloons and die cut sentiment.  I added the stamped “sparkles” and then hand drew the balloon strings.  It was added to a panel of plaid paper to help with the masculine look.

We hope you’ll play along with us this week.  This is such a great color combo to work with!

Be sure to check out the beautiful creations from the rest of 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 Patti from Stationery Styles 

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Thank you so much for stopping by!  Have a great week!

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This Little Piggy - Color Throwdown #391

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Hey there, y’all!

It seems like I just finished last week’s Color Throwdown post, but I guess I’m wrong about that because here it is Wednesday, and it’s time for a brand new month and a brand new challenge!!

This week Amy Rysavy is our hostess for the first time so be sure to let her know how much you love this fabulous combo:

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AND…. Amy Rohl has graciously accepted our invitation to join the Color Throwdown team permanently.  Yay!!!!!  I just love her style, don’t you!!??

Now on to my card!  I figured with this beautiful inspiration photo, everyone would gravitate to using florals.  So of course I used a pig!  A Birthday Pig from Rubbernecker!  And here he is:

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I water colored him with my Clean Color pens and then fussy-cut him.  He’s popped up on foam mounting tape.  The aqua background was painted with my Peerless watercolors and a #10 brush.  I also tied on some Mandarin twine from the Twinery.  The great sentiment is from the That is All set from WPlus9.  This will go to my brother-in-law so no sequins on this card.

Now it’s time for you to check out the beautiful creations of the CTD DT and then to create your own masterpiece to share with us!

 

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Jill Hawkins, May 2016 Guest Designer

Our Guest Star Stamper this week is:  Kirsty McIntyre

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Thank you so much for dropping in today!!

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