Splashes of Watercolor

A Mo for Molly's birthday

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Happy weekend, everyone! 

A couple of week's ago, my granddaughter celebrated her 3rd birthday.  I chose a Mo's Digital Pencil image for her birthday card and had not had a chance to post it until now.

Well, it just so happens that the Simon Says Stamp challenge blog is celebrating their 3rd birthday too!  What a coincidence!  And they're having a 3rd Birthday Bash challenge!

AND the CAS-ual Fridays blog is also celebrating a birthday…their 1st!  So they're also having a birthday challenge!

AND wouldn't you know it....Mo's DP2 challenge blog challenge #133 for this week is to use any Mo's image!

Needless to say, I decided to enter Molly's card in these challenges.  Here it is:

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Can you tell Molly's favorite colors are pink and purple?  And this little darling looks a lot like my little birthday girl!

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Aren't little ones so much fun and so precious?

Thanks so much for visiting with me today!  Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

 

 

It's Better With Color - a new E-Team blog hop with Stampavie!

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It's time for a new blog hop series with the E-Team!  Our new assignment from Daisy is titled "It's Better With Color!"  We're going to share our creations with you, tell you how we made them, and fill you in on all the details about why we chose the products we did.  It's all about the color, folks!

For our first hop of the series, we're sharing the stage with the fabulous design team from Stampavie!  These ladies are the best of the best!  Believe me, I know!  Some are very dear friends, too!

We got to choose a stamp from the Stampavie collection at eclectic Paperie and color it however we chose.  Since my grandsons are starting to reach the preteen years, I thought a Mo Manning stamp titled Paul Texting would come in handy very soon.  Besides, I LOVE Mo Manning images!  And I'm so glad that Stampavie now has them as clear stamps!

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Now let's get on to my card.

I stamped Paul in Memento tuxedo black ink on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# cover cardstock.  I use this smooth heavy weight (but not too heavy) cardstock because it's the perfect finish and thickness for coloring with Copic markers.  It won't bleed.  I use the Memento ink basically because it dries almost instantly and time is always an issue for me.

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When I color images such as this one that are lifelike as well as whimsical I like to try to get the colors as lifelike as possible too.  But without getting too specific and detailed.  You can see that I used several colors for each specific area of the image, using an imaginary light source coming from the front of Paul.  Look more closely.  (You can click on any image to see it larger.)  Even though the colors may look precise and blended from a distance at first glance, they're really very spotty, creating shadows and highlights.

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Hat: T1, T3, T5

Hair: E37

Skin: E0000, E000, E21

Shirt: YR000, YR61, YR65, YR68, BG70, BG72, BG75, BG78

iPhone: Y35, Y38

Jeans: BG70, BG72, BG75, BG78

Backpack: YG0000, YG91, YG93, YG95

Shoes: T1, T3, T5, N7

All Shadows along the outside of the body: W0, W1, W3

All Shading within the image: T1, T3

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There are a lot more fantastic creations for you to see.  Not only do you get to see the jaw-dropping beauty of the E-Team's creations:

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E-TEAM

Latrice Murphy

Linda Duke

Linda Ledbetter

Micki Harper

Sherry Cheever

Starla Nelson

Daisy Sparks (eP blog)

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You get to see the awesomeness that is Stampavie:

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Kittie Caracciolo

Michelle Oatman

Diane Zechman

Janna Werner

Asa Danielsson

Jay Jay

Leanne New

Monique Hulsman

Tracy Harp

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Wait!  There are prizes too!   Daisy will pick 5 winners randomly between both the E-Team & the  Stampavie DT.   Winners will receive a Stampavie stamp plus some other eP goodies.  Readers can leave comments Friday, May 20th, through Sunday, May 22nd, and the winners will be posted on the eP blog on Monday, May 23rd.  

AND…..the Stampavie stamps that eP carries will be 10% off.  Pre-orders for the newest releases will also be available and marked at 10% off.

Ok, now that's it!  Thanks so much for visiting with me today.  I hope your weekend is full of sunshine and fun!!

• Stamps: Paul Texting (Mo Manning for Stampavie) 
• Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Cardstock, kraft (PTI), Wander & Pyrus 6x6 paper pads (Basic Grey) 
• Ink: Memento - tuxedo black, Ranger Distress inks - scattered straw, tumbled glass, pumice stone, Copic markers, Copic multiliner 0.2 black pen 
• Tools used on every card: Fiskars 9" trimmer, Scor-Buddy, Tim Holtz scissors, Ranger non-stick craft sheet, Rock-a-blocks
• Other: Curved Rectangle Nestabilities, ink blending tools, Maya Road chipboard alphas, Tissue Tape  - Symphony (Tim Holtz Idea-ology), Scor- Tape, foam mounting tape

MTME Pretty Palette color challenge

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There's a new color challenge in town!  You can find it at the My Time Made Easy blog!  And I've decided to play along in their very first challenge!

Here's the color combo:

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Great, huh?

So I got this new image from Mo's Digital Pencil and just HAD to color her up.  These colors were just perfect!

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You should check out the challenge and play along if you get a chance!  The keyword is MTMEPPC01.

I'm sorry this is such a short post.  I've got taxes to do.  YUCK!

• Stamps: What's Cooking (Mo's Digital Pencil), Many Happy Returns (SU)
• Paper: white, real red, certainly celery, Sugar Rush 6x6 paper pad (Basic Grey) 
• Ink: Memento - tuxedo black, Ranger Distress - antique linen
• Tools used on every card: Fiskars 9" trimmer, Scor-Buddy, Tim Holtz scissors, Ranger non-stick craft sheet, Rock-a-blocks
• Other: Circles & Lacey Circles Nestabilities, word window punch, corner rounder punch, ink blending tool, ribbon, button & twine (PTI), Scor-Tape, foam mounting tape, Copic markers:

FUN - Color Throwdown #104

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Let's have some FUN!  I'm hosting the Color Throwdown this week and wanted us all to play with some fun summer colors.  So here they are:

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My inspiration for these colors was summer.  All the bright, happy things of summer.  And this gave me a chance to finally color this image of Bella & Bronte, called Pool Party, from Mo's Digital Pencil shop.  I've had her for quite a while and now was the perfect time to bring her to life...in the colors of summer!

I also decided to play along with the Crazy 4 Challenges sketch challenge this week.  Here's the sketch:

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Of course I had to change it up a little to fit all my elements in, but here's my final take on it:

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Now that's fun!  I figured the best way to say that was with a big ole banner!  What do you think?  I actually used my Slice again (it's like the 3rd time!) to make the letters and just hand cut the banner flags.

Can you handle it?  Can you use these colors?  We would love to see what you come up with.  Just leave a direct link to your creation using these colors (or something very close) at the Color Throwdown blog.

How about some great inspiration?  Check these out:

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Barbara * Danielle * Laura * LeAnne

 Tammy * Iwona Palamountain (August Guest Designer)

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Did you notice the new name?  That's right!  Chupa is our Guest Designer for August!  Yay!  We all love her and are so excited to have her join us!  Please be sure to leave her some CTD love!

Thanks for stopping by!  I look forward to seeing how you handle this challenge!

• Stamps: Pool Party digital image (Mo's Digital Pencil Shop)
  
• Paper: white, summer sun, old olive, tangerine tango, black, Abbey Road Round & Round "Let's Go" Racing Stripes paper (My Mind's Eye)
  
• Ink: computer
  
• Other: Slice, By the Sea cartridge, inverted scalloped circles Nestabilities, Star Dust Stickles, eyelets, cropadile, cotton thread, foam tape, Copic markers:

 

Molly's 1st Birthday

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On April 23rd, we celebrated my granddaughter Molly's 1st birthday and this is the card that I made for her.

I used a sweet image from Mo's Digital Pencil and based the color scheme on the beautiful shades of purple from the Couture Cardstock Boardwalk Monochromatic Family.

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You can see more details and a closeup at the Couture Cardstock blog.

Here are a couple of shots of Molly at her birthday party:

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LOVE that one of her cheesing with her brother, Miles!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

• Stamps: 1st Birthday Girl (Mo's Digital Pencil), Leaves #3 Backgrounder (CHF)
• Paper: One Sheet Wonder, Boardwalk Monochromatic Family: Dizzy, Ferris Wheel, Cotton Candy (Couture Cardstock), Pocket Full of Posies mat stack (DCWV)
• Ink: computer, almost amethyst
• Other: Peony Nestabilties die, Scor-Tape, irisdescent glitter, Atyou Spica pen - clear, Inkssentials white opaque pen, sponge dauber, ribbons, Prima flower, foam tape, Copic markers:

 

For the Children

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Hi there, friends!

I wanted to show you a couple of cards I made recently for some little cuties!

This first one was for a special little boy's 1st birthday!  He's darling and definitely all boy!  He needed an all-boy card, so I chose Zoom from Mo's Digital Pencil for the image.

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He was stamped on Detail Blending paper from Couture Cardstock, colored with my Copics, of course, and then paired with some really cool My Mind's Eye paper from Eclectic Paperie.  I added a sentiment from Just For Fun ® and it was good to go!

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The next card is for some dear friends' first grandson!  I haven't met him yet, since he lives somewhere above the Mason-Dixon line, but I certainly hope to one day!

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For this one I used Mindy's Zoo from Autumn Leaves.  It was stamped on One Sheet Wonder from Couture Cardstock and colored with Copics too.  This patterned paper is My Mind's Eye and also from Eclectic Paperie.

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Thanks for stopping by to take a peek!  I sure do love it when you visit!

Zoom card:

• Stamps: Zoom (Mo's Digital Pencil), Background Block RB7001 and sentiment  (Just For Fun ®Rubber Stamps)
• Paper: Detail Blending paper (Couture Cardstock), baja breeze, real red, Whirlybird and Round & Round (My Mind's Eye)
• Ink: computer, baja breeze, Versafine onyx black (for sentiment)
• Other: rectangle & Labels Eight Nestabilities (Spellbinders), foam tape, ribbon, Copic markers:

Monkey card:

• Stamps: Mindy's Zoo (Autumn Leaves), Baby clear stamps (Fiskars)
• Paper: One Sheet Wonder (Couture Cardstock), aqua mist (Papertrey Ink), Stomp "Brothers" Caveman Stripes (My Mind's Eye)
• Ink: Memento tuxedo black
• Other: oval punch; twill, button & twine (Papertrey Ink); Copic markers: