Splashes of Watercolor

FTTC216 - Frame It!

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Hello everyone!  I hope you all had a great weekend!

It's time for our latest edition of the Timeless Tuesday challenge!  Cindy is our hostess this week and her challenge is simple and fun…..Frame it!

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I needed a card for my only nephew's college graduation that is coming up this weekend.  I wanted it to be somewhat reserved and sophisticated, but I also wanted it to have at least a touch of whimsy.

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I first embossed a layer of kraft cardstock, sponged the edges with some Frayed Burlap ink. and added it to the kraft card base.  I die cut another kraft layer using my Perfectly Pierced Victorian Oval die and sponged the edges of that too.  Another oval layer was cut from Flourishes classic ivory cardstock and I stamped my sentiment from the Inside & Out Congrats stamp set in Memento Teal Zeal and Love Letter.  I also stamped the frame from the Flowers and Frames set and colored it with markers from these Copic collections:

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I cut 3 fishtail banners from some Collectable Unforgettable 6x6 patterned paper and added them using some foam mounting tape, after adding a few red brads for the touch of whimsy and pizazz!  That completed my card!

I had a little fun finishing the inside too.

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The layout I used is from this week's retrosketches #59:

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Please take some time now to check out what the other Timeless Tuesday gals have created for you:

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• Allison Cope Israels
• Broni Holcombe - you are here!
• Cindy Haffner
• Deborah Anton
• Denise Marzec
• Debbie Marcinkiewicz - April Guest Designer

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I hope you'll play along!  Let's see what you want FRAMED this week!

 

Pinwheels Are Fun!

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Good Friday morning!! 

This week's release from A Day For Daisies is all about fun!  Pinwheel fun!  And today starts a new challenge at the ADFD blog too - "Pinwheel Photo Inspiration":

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Told you!  Fun!

I chose to only use the yellow color, but I was inspired by all the pinwheels in the photo, so I filled my background with pinwheels.  I think it really makes the yellow one pop!

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I made this card for my niece who's graduating high school next week!  I hope she likes it and that it makes her smile!

We'd love it if you all played along in the challenge with us!  Check out the details at the ADFD blog.  And you can find all the new images at the ADFD main site and the ADFD Etsy shop!

There's lots more inspiration for you to see at the other designers' blogs:

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Alice Wertz *** Arielle Gordon ***   Lori Boyd *** Shelly Mercado *** Tracy MacDonald

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you all enjoy your weekend and please be sure to take a moment in remembrance of all of the men and women who died while serving our great country.  Have a great Memorial Day weekend!

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The Future

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Hey, it's Wednesday!  Can you guess what that means?  Of course you can!  It's time for another Color Throwdown challenge and this week Carole chose our colors!  I LOVE the combo she picked out for us!  She's currently out of town and not able to hostess so the lovely and talented Laura has agreed to step in for her.

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I needed a couple of graduation cards, so I decided to use Carole's sweet color combo for the one for a dear friend's daughter.  I pulled out my new (to me) Own Your Story stamp set from My Favorite Things to use.  I LOVE all of the encouraging sentiments it contains.  Add a matching Die-namics die and you have the perfect set to create cards for young people transitioning into their adult lives.

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Don't you think it makes the perfect graduation card for a young woman?

You should check out the beautiful designs that my CTD sisters have come up with.  Here are the links:

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Barbara * Carole * Danielle * Kristin * Laura * LeAnne

 Tammy (not playing this week)* Betty Wright  (June Guest Designer)

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It would be great if you'd play along with us this week.  The colors are drawing you in, aren't they?  Look at them one more time.  Scrumptious, I tell ya!  Check out the details at the Color Throwdown blog.

Thanks, y'all, for stopping by.  You're the best!

• Stamps: Own Your Story (My Favorite Things) 
• Paper: so saffron, pear pizzazz, baja breeze, Flip 'n' Flirt "Summertime Girl" Sandy Shores paper (My Mind's Eye) 
• Ink: Versafine onyx black, baja breeze, pear pizzazz, so saffron
• Tools used on every card: Fiskars 9" trimmer, Scor-Buddy, Tim Holtz scissors, Ranger non-stick craft sheet, Rock-a-blocks
• Other: ink blending tool, sewing machine, seam binding, Prima flower, buttons, foam mounting tape, Scor-Tape