Splashes of Watercolor

Autumn Love You - Color Throwdown #668

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It's time again for a new Color Throwdown challenge!  This week our colors are Brown, Rust, Gold, and Blue.

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And here is my card:

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I used the Simon Says Stamp Floating Leaves stencil and Paper Layering Circle dies, along with the Taylored Expressions Blender Brushes and some Distress inks for this surprisingly simple to make card.

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I inked the edges with a Brilliance Galaxy Gold ink pad and traced the leaf edges through the stencil with a gold gel pen.

You know the drill by now....it's your turn to play along!

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Susie Moore

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Ingrid Reyners, Guest Star Stamper

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Wishing You Happiness - Color Throwdown #666

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Hello!!  It's time for a new Color Throwdown challenge, y'all!  This week our colors are Orange, Brown, and Kraft!  Truly a fall color palette!

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I decided to go with a wreath in these colors this week.  I used the Etched Eucalyptus Wreath die from Simon Says Stamp and ink blended one, then die cut the other from some patterned paper.  The background is lightly stenciled using the Tim Holtz Mini Stencil Set 21.

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Now it's time for you to play along.  The details for the challenge are on the CTD blog and you can check out all the designers' inspiration too!

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Susie Moore

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Carol McFarland, Guest Star Stamper

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Hip Hip Hooray - Color Throwdown #663

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Happy Wednesday!  I'm hosting this week's Color Throwdown challenge and the colors I've chosen for us to play with are Orange, Brown, and Gray.

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This is a pretty subdued color combo, but you can jazz it up by increasing the brightness of any of the colors.  I used some brighter orange tones in my card.

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I used the Organic Elements stamp set from Ellen Hutson LLC and created a leaf by water coloring directly onto each stamp, and applying the stamp to the paper. Then I used my glass pen dipped in the gathered twigs color to outline the leaf parts and to add veining.

I water colored the background with a light gray and splattered all the colors onto the panel.  The sentiment from the It's All Good stamp set, also from Ellen Hutson LLC, was stamped in gathered twigs too.

Now it's your turn to play along.  Head on over to the CTD blog for all the details and links to all the luscious inspiration from the design team members!

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Susie Moore

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Kerry Bunting, Guest Star Stamper - Kerry's Papercraft

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You're In My Prayers - Color Throwdown 618

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Hi, everybody!  It's time for a brand new Color Throwdown challenge!  I'm sorry I skipped out on last week's challenge....it was just a very busy week!  

This week's challenge generic colors are Green, Brown, Orange, and Cranberry.

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What a perfect Autumn combo!  And that salad looks amazing!

Sadly, I needed another sympathy card.  So I used the Simon Says Stamp - Honey Bee collaboration set called On My Mind that I won in a giveaway from the incredible Amy Rysavy.  It has so many wonderful sentiments to go along with this beautiful floral wreath.

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I colored the floral wreath images with Copic markers using this week's combo colors.  I fussy cut it and popped it up on foam tape over some patterned paper, then added some gold highlights and a tiny acorn on the gold cord bow.

We'd love for you to join in on the challenge.  You can find the details at the CTD blog and lots of inspiration when you visit each of the designers' blogs:

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

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Thanks so much for dropping by!

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Such a Blessing - Color Throwdown 615

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Yay, it's Wednesday again and time for a new Color Throwdown challenge.  This week our colors are Orange, Black, and Kraft.

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And here is the card I came up with using this great combo:

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Not a Halloween card, which is what you would expect with the color combo, but it definitely works for Fall/Autumn.  I used the Blessed Blooms stamps and dies from The Greetery.  I also used Simon Says Stamp Floating Leaves stencil for the background, blended in ombre shades of orange using Taylored Expressions Blender Brushes and distress inks.

Come play along with us!

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

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You Aren't Normal - Color Throwdown 614

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Hey y'all!  It's Wednesday, Hump Day, the day we start a brand new Color Throwdown challenge!  This week our colors are Purple, Green, and Khaki!

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Pretty cool inspiration photo, huh?  But I didn't go the cool watercolor route because I needed a card for a fun young man; so I went with a "punny" card using Toadstool Garden dies from The Greetery.  And a super cool sentiment from the You Aren't Normal set from Technique Tuesday.

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The inside of the card says "You're really awesome (then again, so am I)!  LOL!!  Same sentiment set.

We hope you will play along with us this week!  Please check out the details at the CTD blog and visit with each of the DT members here:

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

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Autumn Birthday Wishes - Color Throwdown 613

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Hello, all!  It's time for another Color Throwdown challenge and this week I am the hostess.  With the days getting a little cooler, I've resigned myself to the fact that summer is officially over.  So this week I've chosen some rich beautiful Autumn colors - Red, Orange, and Purple.

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I had just received the new to me Sizzix thinlet dies called Cut Out Leaves.  They are so cool and I couldn't wait to use them.  Because the actual open areas were not very big I knew I wanted to use vibrant colors that would shine through!  So I pulled out my little-used alcohol inks and had a lot of fun playing around until I was happy with the color distribution.

Here's my card:

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And here are the 2 top layers before they were put together:

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I'm pretty happy with how it turned out!

Now it's your turn to play along with us!  All the challenge details can be found at the CTD blog.  And please visit with and leave some love for the talented design team members:

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

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Plenty of Autumn Leaves

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Hello, and happy Friday!  

Today I have another Autumn card, chock full of colorful leaves.  I've used the Power Poppy Plenty of Leaves digital image and a sentiment from the Ultimate Poppy digital stamp set.

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This card is 5.5" square, so rather big!  After I colored all the leaves with Copic markers, I distressed the edges with my scissors.  Do any of you remember when that was all the rage?  I also colored an additional oak leaf and popped it up on foam mounting tape.

Be sure to drop by the Power Poppy blog to see which of the other designers from the Bloom Brigade are posting today.

Thank you for dropping by today!  Have a fabulous weekend!

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So Very Blessed - Color Throwdown 610

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Happy Wednesday!  Are you ready for the new Color Throwdown challenge?  This week our generic colors are Red, Yellow/Orange, Cream, and Brown.

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Beautiful Autumn colors, right?  If I must give up summer, I guess the rich jewel tones of fall will comfort me a little!

I pulled out one of my favorite leaf stamps - Oak Leaf from Neat and Tangled.  I love the stained glass look of it.  I water colored it and water color washed the background.  Simple card, beautiful colors!

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We would love for you to play along in the challenge with us!  The details are at the CTD blog.  And please stop by and give some love to all the designers:

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

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Thanks so much for dropping by!

 

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A Bite Out of Life - Color Throwdown #564

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Happy Wednesday!  It's time for a brand new Color Throwdown challenge!  Amy Rohl is our hostess and the colors she's chosen are Red, Yellow, and Brown.

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Well, of course I wanted to use a couple of brand new (remixed) Power Poppy images from the All Things Apple digital stamp set.

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There is a big Autumn sale going on now at Power Poppy, featuring 10 brand new or remixed stamp sets!  Check out all the details here:

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We would love for you guys to play along with us at the Color Throwdown this week!  The details can be found at the CTD blog, and please visit with each of the designers for some awesome inspiration!

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Rosemary Dennis - October 2019 Guest Designer

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Thanks so much for dropping by!

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