Splashes of Watercolor

Snowy Church - Color Throwdown #521

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Hey, y’all!  Can you believe there are only 4 weeks until Christmas??  I think I’d better start shopping!!

In the meantime, how about some more Christmas inspiration using the latest color palette from the Color Throwdown challenge?  Amy Rysavy is our hostess and here are the colors she’s chosen for us:  Silver, White, Black and Gray.

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I love the monotone concept and decided it would work perfectly with this new digital image from Power Poppy – Snowy Church.  I also used the sentiment from the new Paperwhites and Juniper.

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I used my Copic markers (from the C family) for the moonlit look and there is a lot of Star Dust Stickles on the moon and all the snowy surfaces.

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Now it’s your turn to play along and add another Christmas card to your stash!  Check out all the DT 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

Caly Person - November Guest Designer

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Thanks so much for dropping by!

SUPPLIES:

(Affiliated links used when possible at no cost to you) 

 

Power Poppy Paperwhites & Juniper Shop here: PP	Power Poppy Snowy Church Shop here: PP	SSS Stitched Rectangles dies Shop here: SSS	Copic Sketch markers Shop here: SSS
X-Press It Blending Card Shop here: EH | SSS	PTI white cardstock Shop here: SHOP	Ranger Stickles - Star Dust Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP	Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS

Deer Family Birthday - Color Throwdown #520

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Good Wednesday morning!  It’s time for the latest and greatest Color Throwdown challenge.  Here are the generic values for this week’s colors:  Green, Kraft, Brown, and Cream.

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I needed a couple of masculine birthday cards and the Deer Family Die Cut from Rubbernecker Stamps was perfect!  I used it along with the Watercolor Forest and a vertical sentiment from the Happy Birthday stamp set.

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I die cut the deer from both brown and kraft cardstock and sponged the edges of the lighter colored deer with some brown ink.  For the background I smooshed 3 Distress inks (light blue, green, and brown) onto a flexible piece of acrylic and spritzed it with water.  I applied it to a piece of water color paper and allowed it to dry, then cut it in half so that I could make 2 cards.

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I inked the Watercolor Forest stamp in green ink, spritzed it in water, stamped it over the green background area, and allowed it to dry.  I stamped the sentiment on a piece of kraft cardstock, and then I assembled all the elements onto the card base.

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We would love for you all to play along with us this week.  Check out all the details at the CTD blog and be sure to visit with each of the designers to see their great inspiration pieces:

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Caly Person - November Guest Designer

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Thank you so much for dropping by today!  I’d like to wish a wonderful Thanksgiving to all of my American friends!

SUPPLIES:

(Affiliated links used when possible at no cost to you) 

 

RN Happy Birthday Shop here: RN	RN Watercolor Forest Shop here: RN	RN Deer Family Die Cut Shop here: RN	Distress ink pad Bundled Sage Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Distress ink pad Ground Espresso Shop here: EH | SSS	Distress ink pad Tumbled Glass Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Ranger Distress Sprayer Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Ranger mini blending tools Shop here: SSS | SB
PTI Jute Twine - Kraft Shop here: SHOP	Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP	MISTI Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS

Snowdrops & Tea Roses in the Power Poppy Instant Garden!

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It’s the 15th of the month and that means there is a brand new Instant Garden digital release at Power Poppy Snowdrops and Tea Roses is just breath-taking!

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Here is what Marcy has to say about this beautiful digital image:

The first in a series of bouquets nestled inside vintage French café au lait bowls. Festive enough for Christmas cards; cozy enough for a winter’s afternoon coloring session. This scene features a trio of hybrid tea roses arranged with crisp white snowdrops and variegated holly. Be open and adventurous with your coloring, ie: berries can be white/pink/light green if you are using red roses. Holly doesn't always have to be red. Remember, we are making the picture, nature is just one of our inspirations.

Digital download includes a no line version, and two merry sentiments.

A few tea rose varieties to use as inspirations to make this bouquet especially festive: 'Bewitched' (pale pink), 'Neil Diamond' (red-and-white streaked), 'Cinnamon Dolce' (dark red with pink streaks), 'Gemini' (creamy center with coral pink edges), 'World War II Memorial Rose' (light pink with tinges of red).

And this is my version of the Snowdrops and Tea Roses:

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I printed the no-line version with the sentiment printed over it in black ink.  The image was colored with my Copic markers. And I added some enamel dots.

This card is also for the current Power Poppy Creative Confetti Challenge – Just Around the Corner.

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Please be sure to check in on all the wonderful Instant Gardeners for some awesome inspiration:

• Barb Walker
• Broni Holcombe (That's me!)
• Cheryl Scrivens
• Jessie Banks
• Leslie Miller
• Nancy Sheads
• Rhea Weigands
• Marcella Hawley, Power Poppy blog

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Thank you so much for stopping by for a visit today!

SUPPLIES:

(Affiliated links used when possible at no cost to you) 

 

Power Poppy Snowdrops & Tea Roses Shop here: PP	SSS Stitched Rectangles dies Shop here: SSS	Copic Sketch markers Shop here: SSS	X-Press It Blending Card Shop here: EH | SSS
White gel pens Shop here: SSS	Nuvo Crystal Drops - Apple Green Gloss Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Nuvo Crystal Drops - Carnation Pink Gloss Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP	Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS

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It’s the 15th of the month and that means there is a brand new Instant Garden digital release at Power Poppy Snowdrops and Tea Roses is just breath-taking!

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Here is what Marcy has to say about this beautiful digital image:

The first in a series of bouquets nestled inside vintage French café au lait bowls. Festive enough for Christmas cards; cozy enough for a winter’s afternoon coloring session. This scene features a trio of hybrid tea roses arranged with crisp white snowdrops and variegated holly. Be open and adventurous with your coloring, ie: berries can be white/pink/light green if you are using red roses. Holly doesn't always have to be red. Remember, we are making the picture, nature is just one of our inspirations.

Digital download includes a no line version, and two merry sentiments.

A few tea rose varieties to use as inspirations to make this bouquet especially festive: 'Bewitched' (pale pink), 'Neil Diamond' (red-and-white streaked), 'Cinnamon Dolce' (dark red with pink streaks), 'Gemini' (creamy center with coral pink edges), 'World War II Memorial Rose' (light pink with tinges of red).

And this is my version of the Snowdrops and Tea Roses:

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I printed the no-line version with the sentiment printed over it in black ink.  The image was colored with my Copic markers. And I added some enamel dots.

This card is also for the current Power Poppy Creative Confetti Challenge – Just Around the Corner.

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Please be sure to check in on all the wonderful Instant Gardeners for some awesome inspiration:

• Barb Walker
• Broni Holcombe (That's me!)
• Cheryl Scrivens
• Jessie Banks
• Leslie Miller
• Nancy Sheads
• Rhea Weigands
• Marcella Hawley, Power Poppy blog

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Thank you so much for stopping by for a visit today!

SUPPLIES:

(Affiliated links used when possible at no cost to you) 

 

Power Poppy Snowdrops & Tea Roses Shop here: PP	SSS Stitched Rectangles dies Shop here: SSS	Copic Sketch markers Shop here: SSS	X-Press It Blending Card Shop here: EH | SSS
White gel pens Shop here: SSS	Nuvo Crystal Drops - Apple Green Gloss Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Nuvo Crystal Drops - Carnation Pink Gloss Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP	Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS

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It’s the 15th of the month and that means there is a brand new Instant Garden digital release at Power Poppy Snowdrops and Tea Roses is just breath-taking!

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Here is what Marcy has to say about this beautiful digital image:

The first in a series of bouquets nestled inside vintage French café au lait bowls. Festive enough for Christmas cards; cozy enough for a winter’s afternoon coloring session. This scene features a trio of hybrid tea roses arranged with crisp white snowdrops and variegated holly. Be open and adventurous with your coloring, ie: berries can be white/pink/light green if you are using red roses. Holly doesn't always have to be red. Remember, we are making the picture, nature is just one of our inspirations.

Digital download includes a no line version, and two merry sentiments.

A few tea rose varieties to use as inspirations to make this bouquet especially festive: 'Bewitched' (pale pink), 'Neil Diamond' (red-and-white streaked), 'Cinnamon Dolce' (dark red with pink streaks), 'Gemini' (creamy center with coral pink edges), 'World War II Memorial Rose' (light pink with tinges of red).

And this is my version of the Snowdrops and Tea Roses:

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I printed the no-line version with the sentiment printed over it in black ink.  The image was colored with my Copic markers. And I added some enamel dots.

This card is also for the current Power Poppy Creative Confetti Challenge – Just Around the Corner.

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Please be sure to check in on all the wonderful Instant Gardeners for some awesome inspiration:

• Barb Walker
• Broni Holcombe (That's me!)
• Cheryl Scrivens
• Jessie Banks
• Leslie Miller
• Nancy Sheads
• Rhea Weigands
• Marcella Hawley, Power Poppy blog

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Thank you so much for stopping by for a visit today!

SUPPLIES:

(Affiliated links used when possible at no cost to you) 

 

Power Poppy Snowdrops & Tea Roses Shop here: PP	SSS Stitched Rectangles dies Shop here: SSS	Copic Sketch markers Shop here: SSS	X-Press It Blending Card Shop here: EH | SSS
White gel pens Shop here: SSS	Nuvo Crystal Drops - Apple Green Gloss Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Nuvo Crystal Drops - Carnation Pink Gloss Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP	Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS

Believe in the Magic - Color Throwdown #519

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Happy Hump Day!!  It’s time for the latest Color Throwdown challenge!  Vickie is our hostess this week and she’s chosen one of my favorite Christmas color combos for us to play with: Red, Aqua, and Silver.

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So of course I made a Christmas card using the awesome Polar Bears stamp set from Rubbernecker Stamps.

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I also used the Magic of the Season sentiment and Watercolor Forest stamps for my winter scene.

This could easily be a one-layer card.  I stamped the bears, then the sentiment, on water color paper.  I water colored the sky using Distress inks.  Then, when that was dry, I masked the bears and stamped the Watercolor Forest for my background.  I shaded the bears and colored the scarf with my Copic markers. I also added some stars in the sky using a silver gel pen and some Star Dust Stickles.

We hope you will play along with us this week!  You can find all the challenge details at the CTD blog.

Be sure to check out the beautiful inspiration from the DT members:

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Caly Person - November Guest Designer

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Thank you so much for dropping by today.

SUPPLIES:

(Affiliated links used when possible at no cost to you) 

 

RN Magic of the Season Shop here: RN	RN Polar Bears Shop here: RN	RN Watercolor Forest Shop here: RN	Distress ink pad Mermaid Lagoon Shop here: EH | SSS
Distress ink pad Tumbled Glass Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Iced Spruce Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Versafine Onyx Black ink Shop here: EH | SSS	Distress Watercolor Cardstock Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Yasutomo water brush Shop here: EH | SSS	Copic Sketch markers Shop here: SSS	Ranger Stickles - Star Dust Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP
MISTI Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS

Party Dog! - Color Throwdown #518

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Happy Wednesday!  Are you ready for the latest Color Throwdown challenge?  This week our hostess Lynn has a beautiful Autumn color combo for us to play with: Slate Blue, Orange, Brown, and White.

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What a great combo!

I chose to make an Autumn inspired birthday card using the adorable Party Dog stamp set from Rubbernecker, along with the Fall Leaves Stack Die Cut set.

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I water colored the background, and I colored the cute little dog with my Copic markers.  I die cut the leaves and water colored them, then I used a brown pen to draw the veins.  The dog and the leaves are popped up on foam mounting tape.  The sentiment is from the Happy Birthday stamp set.

I hope you’ll find some time to play along in the CTD challenge this week.  For more inspiration using our colors, please visit the design team members’ blogs:

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Caly Person - November Guest Designer

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Thank you so much for dropping by today!

SUPPLIES:

(Affiliated links used when possible at no cost to you) 

 

RN Happy Birthday Shop here: RN	RN Party Dog Shop here: RN	RN Fall Leaf Stack Die Cut Shop here: RN	Distress ink pad Carved Pumpkin Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Distress ink pad Ground Espresso Shop here: EH | SSS	Distress ink pad Mermaid Lagoon Shop here: EH | SSS	Distress ink pad Rusty Hinge Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Stormy Sky Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Versafine Onyx Black ink Shop here: EH | SSS	Yasutomo water brush Shop here: EH | SSS	Copic Sketch markers Shop here: SSS	Ranger Distress Sprayer Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Ranger Stickles - Star Dust Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP	MISTI Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS

Ultimate Poinsettia - Power Poppy Digis on the 5s

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Hello, everyone!  It’s my pleasure to present to you the latest digi image from Power Poppy!   It’s a beautiful floral spray featuring a fabulous poinsettia.

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This is what Marcy has to say about it:

One of our most popular holiday clear stamps is now available as a resizable digital download. Straight from the set "Winter Wonderland" without any alterations, we have the gorgeous floral spray that will bring a splash of decadence to your holiday cards! A Poinsettia is surrounded by frilly Anemones, Dusty Miller leaves, and Pepperberries. Of course we want you to color these plants in any way that brings you delight. But if you’re a purest, there are the inspirations behind my drawing! A new sentiment that you can color in joins the floral display.

I chose to use classic colors for each of the floral elements, and ended up with a big burst of wonderful holiday colors!  I love this combination!  And I kept the card simple to highlight this wonderful bouquet!

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Please be sure to check out all the inspiration that the designers have to offer!

• Barb Walker
• Broni Holcombe (That's me!)
• Leslie Miller
• Rhea Weigands
• Marcella Hawley, Power Poppy blog

Thanks for dropping by today!

SUPPLIES:

(Affiliated links used when possible at no cost to you) 

 

Power Poppy Ultimate Poinsettia Shop here: PP	SSS Stitched Rectangles dies Shop here: SSS	Copic Sketch markers Shop here: SSS	X-Press It Blending Card Shop here: EH | SSS
SU cardstock Shop here: SHOP	Sequins, mixed Shop here: SHOP	Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS