Splashes of Watercolor

Happy Birdie Blue (in browns)

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Hi there, everyone!  And happy Friday to you all!

Today the A Day For Daisies design team has creations for you featuring some simply precious little birds (along with a friend or two)!

We're also starting a new challenge this week:  Monochromatic

As you can see, I chose browns & golds as my monochromatic scheme for my Happy Birdie Blue.

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The image was printed on kraft cardstock and colored with Copic markers, in the E50 and YR20 families.  The sentiment was stamped in Distress Wild Honey and Gathered Twigs.  The edges were sponged with Frayed Burlap.

Please check out what the other DT ladies have created for your inspiration here:

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Arielle Broni Danielle Juliana Mila

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And we all hope that you'll play along in the challenge with us!

Thank you so much for stopping by!  Have a wonderful weekend!

 

 

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Put Your Brave Girl Boots On!

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Come on over to the eclectic Paperie blog today and see how I created my Brave Girl Boots tag!

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See you there!

Vintage Floral - Color Throwdown #288

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Happy Wednesday!!

You know that means it's time for a brand new Color Throwdown, don't you?  Are you ready?

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Melody is our hostess and she's chosen a beautiful garden scene as our inspiration this week.

I decided to go with that theme and used my Studio 490 Vintage Floral stencil with some dye inks.  I sponged through the stencil onto water color paper and then spritzed with water.

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I also added some shading and some background color, along with some beautiful flat backed pearls.  (Thank you, Wanda!)

This will be my second entry in Virginia's View Challenge #2 - Stencils.

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Be sure to check out what the rest of the CTD team has created for your inspiration:

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We've also got 2 Guest Star Stampers this week!  Check them out: Jane Howden and Sandy Mathis

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

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Wild Purple mixed media card

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Hello and happy Friday, everyone!

I'm here today with another great image from A Day For Daisies.  This one is called Wild Purple.

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I colored the flowers with my Copic markers using a morning glory photo as my guide, then cut it out.  I had a piece of floral paper that I wanted to use but it was a little bold, so I brushed some watered down gesso onto it.  I also used some Studio 490 translucent embossing paste and my Well Rounded stencil to add a little texture and background interest.  I added some Papertrey Ink ribbon and a button tied up with some hand quilting thread to complete the card.

The layout is inspired by this week's Seize the Sketch #15:

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Please be sure to check out the beautiful creations from the rest of the design team here:

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Arielle Broni Danielle Juliana Mila

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And don't forget there's still time to join us over at the A Day For Daisies blog for the "Anything Goes" challenge!

Thanks so much for stopping in for a visit today!  Enjoy your weekend!

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FTTC#235 - Distressed Chrysanthemum

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Hi, all you Flourishes fans!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!  We finally had a weekend that wasn't full of rain and for that, I'm grateful!

It's time for our latest edition of the Timeless Tuesday challenge!

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Deborah is our hostess this week and here's her challenge:

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In Distress - Add a distressed look to your card or project.

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This is always a fun technique to use!  You can actually be a little messy on purpose!

I'm using one of the fabulous new August sets today - Chrysanthemum.  What gorgeous images and beautiful sentiments to use along with the Mums!

I used my Silhouette to cut the single mum from Flourishes Classic White cardstock and then stamped it with Memento Gray Flannel ink.  Then I colored it using the Poppy Copic collection along with the R01 and R02 markers as well.

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The white background layer and the Perfectly Pierced Classic Frames die cut were both spritzed with a mixture of crisp cantalope reinker and water.  I stitched two of the layers together, and distressed the edges of the top stitched layer and the white spritzed layer.  I also sponged some of the gray along the edges of the white layer.

I stamped the sentiment in Gray Flannel ink onto one of the flags and added a pearl self-adhesive border to the other. 

I've used the Dynamic Duos #67 color combo, and the Cardabilities #81 sketch today:

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Please play along in our In Distress challenge this week!  We always love to see your beautiful creations!  And speaking of beautiful….check out what the design team has created for your inspiration this week:

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• Allison Cope Israels
• Broni Holcombe - you are here!
• Cheryl Lea
• Deborah Anton
• Jenny Gropp
• Judy Rozema 
• Marie Ross, our August guest designer

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That's it for me today!  Have a lovely week!

At the Sea With My Sister

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When Arielle asked us, the ADFD design team, to choose a favorite image to work with, I knew precisely what to pick.  I've loved this image called At the Sea With My Sister since I first saw it, and have been waiting patiently to be able to play with it.

I wanted to do something besides a card, although that will come later.  So I pulled out a pale manila tag and printed my image onto a piece of copy paper to see if I could combine the two.  Here's what I ended up with:

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It's a layered mixed media piece that started with me applying the copy paper to the tag front with Studio Multi-Medium.  The first thing I did was color it with my Copic markers.

I used some watered down Gesso, some washi tape, some TCW stencils & Studio 490 embossing paste, along with some Distress inks and various background stamps.  All during the process, I tried not to overlap the printed image too much with any wet product because it causes the printer ink to run.  In the end it did run a little, but I think that adds to the finished piece instead of detracting from it.

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Here are a couple of close-ups.  I love the way it looks with the linen background stamped on top as a final step. (You can click on any of the photos to see them full size.)

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To finish off the tag, I added a row of beautiful water colored sequins.  This added just the right amount of shine to my tag.  The newest challenge at the ADFD blog is to ADD SHINE!

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Be sure to visit with all of the design team to see which images they chose as their favorites and what they used to ADD SHINE to their creations!

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Arielle Broni Danielle Kadie Mila Sherry

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That's it for me this week!   Are you getting ready for the DARE TO GET DIRTY challenges at Splitcoaststampers?   It's a week full of wonderful and fun challenges for Fan Club members!  Its starts tomorrow!  Be sure to check it out!

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Have a great weekend!

FTTC230 - Merry & Bright

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WHAT?  Yes, we're talking Christmas here today!

It's time for the latest Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge and Katie is our hostess this week! 

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Here's her challenge to all of us:

Christmas in July - Let's get a head start on our Christmas cards...but there's a catch...your card needs to be semi flat for mailing, so no big bows or lumpy, bumpy envelopes here!

I had to dig my Christmas stamp sets out of the craft closet, and right away the Naturally Merry stamp set called out to me!  I adore the beautiful simplicity of the images and the gorgeous fonts of the sentiments!

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I stamped my pinecone image onto some Mixed Media paper in Memento Rich Cocoa ink.  Then I "smooshed" my ink pad onto my craft sheet to use the ink to watercolor the pinecone.  I also smooshed my Memento Pistachio ink  to use for the pine needles.  Then I fussy cut the image.

I stamped the "May your days be" in Rich Cocoa and the "Merry and Bright" in Versamark then embossed it in red. 

I outlined the top layer in brown ink and distressed the edges.  The red layer is from the Poppy Collection.

To make my card "semi-flat" I only added some ivory jute and a few rhinestones.  The pinecone image is up on some foam mounting tape.

Now it's time to check out what the other FTTC designers have in store for you today:

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• Allison Cope Israels
• Jenny Gropp
• Broni Holcombe - you are here!
• Cheryl Lea
• Deborah Anton
• Judy Rozema 
• Katie Sims 
• Margaret Gilmer, our July Guest Designer

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I hope you'll play along!  Check out all the details at the Flourishes blog!

Thanks for stopping in today!

Walking Vintage

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Happy Friday!

I’ve got a sweet vintage shoe from A Day For Daisies new Walking Vintage release to show you today. What pretty shoes these are! They’re so fun to color and easy to cut out to use however you want on your creations!

We’re also starting a new challenge over on the ADFD blog:

“Stress It Out” - use distressing on your project

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The pink spotted background I used was a leftover layer from another project, as was the pink seam binding. Both of these were swiped through some Spun Sugar Distress ink on my craft sheet. I thought they would work well as accessories for my pink satin pump.

My background piece was distressed all around the edges and then sponged using both Spun Sugar and Frayed Burlap Distress inks. You may recognize the print heart from my Altered book project. It was also distressed by swiping it through the same inks on my craft sheet, then drying it with a heat tool.

The sentiment is from a past Unity Stamp Company kit.

I spritzed my background with some Perfect Pearls mist and rubbed a small amount of Rock Candy Distress Stickles onto the shoe. See the shimmer?

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Please take a moment to visit with each of the design team members to see their beautiful creations using these great new images.

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Arielle Broni Danielle Kadie Mila Sherry

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And please join us for the “Stress It Out” challenge!

Thanks so much for stopping in today. Enjoy your weekend!

Enjoy the Journey - Color Throwdown #241

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Howdy there, folks!  It's time for a new Color Throwdown challenge!  Today, Joan is our mega-talented hostess and she's chosen a most beautiful floral image as her inspiration:

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I almost pulled out some floral images but then decided it was time to get inky!  That's always fun, don't ya think??

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I started by smooshing some Distress Bundled Sage onto my craft sheet, spritzing it with water, and then laying my kraft card front down into it.  I dried it with my heat gun, then adhered some Coffee Filter Words tissue paper using Studio Matte Multi-Medium.  When that was dry,I spritzed the card front with some Dylusions White Linen ink spray.

I stamped the dragonfly from the Bo Bunny Serenade collection in elegant eggplant onto the card front, then stamped some of the smaller images in eggplant and mellow moss.

Next I layered on some cardstock strips and washi tape and the Stacked Artful Words die cut.  To finish the card I dipped my finger into some of the White Linen ink spray and ran it all along the card front edges.  Then I tied on some Twinery Lilac twine and I was done!

I hope you'll play along in the Color Throwdown challenge with us!  All the details are on the CTD blog.  Please take a moment to visit with all the CTD gals too:

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Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope to see you back soon!

Thinking of You - Color Throwdown #229

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Hey, y'all!  Happy Wednesday!!

It's time for the next Color Throwdown challenge to begin and this week Wanda has chosen the most scrumptious inspiration photo with equally yummy colors!

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I decided to do minimal stamping on my card today and instead started with a little Distress ink spritzing and blending.  I swiped Spun Sugar and Crushed Olive on my craft sheet, then spritzed it with some water using my mini-mister, and dragged my cardstock thru it.  When it dried I spritzed the cardstock directly to create more of a watercolor effect.  I distressed the edges and sponged on some of the same inks using my ink blending tool.

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I sponged some Frayed Burlap behind where I was going to place my Cattails D'Lites die cut and also along the edges using my Mini Chevron 6x6 template.

I stamped the "Thinking of" in Walnut Stain and added a die cut "you" as well. I wrapped the card front in twine, tied it through a button, then added the Cattails using some Scotch foam mounting tape.

That's it!  It was a fun card to make using all my eclectic Paperie supplies, and I just love this intricate die cut!

Please be sure to stop by and visit with all the Color Throwdown designers and see what they've created today! 

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I hope you'll play along as well.  These really are some delicious colors!!

Thanks so much for your visit today!  I hope I'll see you back here on Friday for some more creations using the wonderful A Day For Daisies images!