Splashes of Watercolor

Sea Creature Birthday - Color Throwdown #641

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Hey, y'all!  It's time for the new Color Throwdown challenge and this week we have a great combo to work with, courtesy of Amy Rysavy: Red, Pale Blue, Kraft, and Ivory.

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I actually used the weekly colors to make a beachy card! (I know you like that, Nise!!) No surprises this week!

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This was a pretty simple card to make.  I stenciled on the "creatures" then ink blended the background water.  After spritzing with some water, I dabbed it away, then flicked some of the colors onto the background.  I die cut the panel, added the sentiment, mounted it to the card base, and it was done!

Now it's your turn.  Be sure to check out the CTD blog for the challenge details and then head on over to the designers' blogs for all kinds of awesome inspiration!

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Susie Moore

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

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Power Poppy Hummingbird

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I don't know about you, but I'm ready for the hummingbirds to come back for the Spring/Summer season!  I'm also ready for all the beautiful bright flowers of the season!

To hopefully hurry things along, I decided to water color a gorgeous little hummingbird from the Power Poppy Trumpet Vine Visitor stamp set and put him on a water colored background.

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This card is already on it's way to a sweet someone who is recovering from surgery.  I hope it brightens her day!

Head on over to the Power Poppy blog to see which of the other Bloom Brigade designers have creations to share today!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a beautiful weekend!

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Big Sexy Blooms - Cut

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Happy Friday!

Today I have a mixed media (sort of) card for you using Big Sexy Blooms and Good Thinking: Renewal, both from Power Poppy.

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I stamped and heat embossed the Big Sexy Blooms background stamp and water colored just these 2 flowers.  Then I cut them out.

When I water color using distress inks I normally just smoosh the ink pads into my craft mat and pick up the color from there.  So I sprayed the ink on the mat with water and smooshed another piece of water color paper into all the ink, let it dry, then smooshed it again.  I continued until I had the colors and depth of color that I was happy with.

I wanted a little extra interest and texture so I painted through a Dylusions stencil with acrylic gesso.  I let that dry, then stamped and heat embossed the sentiment from the Good Thinking: Renewal set.  The panel was die cut, outlined using a black marker, then mounted onto the white card base.  Finally I popped on the flowers with foam mounting tape, bringing them all the way out to the card base edge.

That's it!  Please pop on by the Power Poppy blog to see which other designers are posting their creations today!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a wonderful weekend!

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Power Poppy Bring Home Some Sunflowers

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Hey, y'all, it's Friday!!!

If you live in the South like me, you are currently seeing sunflowers EVERYWHERE!!!  So it's fitting to color some up for a Friday card, right?

I've used the Bring Home Some Sunflowers digital stamp set from Power Poppy.

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This makes for a bright, happy birthday card, don't you think?

Be sure to check out what these Bloom Brigade designers have created for your inspiration:

• Julie Koerber
• Stacy Morgan
• Leslie Miller

Or just head on over to the Power Poppy blog!

Thanks for dropping by....have a great weekend!

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Sending Tulips - Color Throwdown #603

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Hello and happy Wednesday!  I'm hosting the Color Throwdown challenge this week and I've chosen some BRIGHT summer colors for us to use: Yellow, Orange, and Green.

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I just love the look of those yellow skates!

I decided Tulips were the way to go with these colors so I printed out the Power Poppy Spring Border One - Tulips image and colored it up with my Copic markers.

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I used a retired Papertrey Ink sentiment directly on top of the colored image, then highlighted it a little with a white gel pen.

Now it's your turn to play along!  I can't wait to see what you create!  Check out the awesome creations from 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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Sea Horse - Color Throwdown #602

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Happy Wednesday!  It's time for another new Color Throwdown challenge!  This week our generic colors are Blue, Green, Peach, and Gold.  This is such an elegant combo, and the inspiration photo is gorgeous!

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I went with the ocean theme - imagine that! And I used the new-to-me Sea Horse stamp from mega-talented designer Dina Kowal and Impression Obsession.  I love it!

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I stamped the image on watercolor paper and used my Stampin' Up inks to watercolor it.  The colors for this week were just perfect!  To include the gold color I used Rose Gold Liquid Pearls on the seahorse and a bit of gold twine .

We hope y'all will play along with us this week. Check out the details at the CTD blog and leave some love for 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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You're So Cool - Color Throwdown #596

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Hello, and happy Wednesday!!  It's time for a brand new Color Throwdown challenge!  Our generic colors this week are Red, Orange, and Green.

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The fruit in the inspiration photo was a real influence on my decision to use a generic fruit stamp set that I have (purchased at Hobby Lobby a LONG time ago.)  Then I saw a tv commercial for AHA Sparkling water and that was what I based my card design on.

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After I stamped all the fruit using Distress inks, I made masks for them, then airbrushed each section with Copic markers and my Copic airbrush system.  It was a tedious process, but also fun!  The great little sentiment is from a Lil' Inker Designs set called Rainbow Cloud Sentiments.

I would love to see what y'all do with these colors!  Check out the details for the challenge at the CTD blog and be sure to visit with our designers for some wonderful inspiration.

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Dana Kirby -  June 2020 Guest Designer

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Summer Girl - Color Throwdown #556

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It's time for a new Color Throwdown challenge, y'all!  Our colors this week are Green, Yellow, Light Blue, and Kraft.

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I wanted to use the super sweet Summer Girl Windy from Rubbernecker Stamps for a calm beach scene with these colors.

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I used real sand and shells from my local beach (Cherry Grove Beach, SC - which is also part of what's known as North Myrtle Beach) to make this birthday card for a special friend.

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We would really love for you to play along with us.  Check out all the details at the CTD blog and please visit with the DT members as well:

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

LucieG - August 2019 Guest Designer

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Butterfly Birthday - Color Throwdown #547

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Happy Wednesday, y'all!  It's time for this week's Color Throwdown challenge.  Our generic colors are Yellow, Orange, Hot Pink, and Green.

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I used a beautiful Rubbernecker Brush Butterflies stamp and the Fluttering Butterflies die, along with a sentiment from the Happy Birthday stamp set.

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I stamped the sentiment and stamped and colored the butterfly on a sheet of vellum and layered that over the brightly colored patterned paper.  I also stamped a second butterfly, colored it and popped it up on top of the first.

We would love for you to play along with us this week!  You can check out all the details at the CTD blog.  Please be sure to check out all the inspiration from the rest of the design team here:

Amy Rohl (taking a break)

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Alicia Thelin - June 2019 Guest Designer

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Happy Birthday Wishes - Color Throwdown #546

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Hello, everyone!  It's time for a brand new Color Throwdown challenge.  Our generic colors this week are Navy Blue, Coral, Teal, and Cream.

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For my card I used new-to-me Rubbernecker Stamps for a cool beach scene.

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I used Copic markers in strokes on Yupo paper for the beachy background.  Windy was stamped on watercolor paper and painted with Distress inks.  The Wishes die cut was also watercolored.

Now it's your turn to play along with us.  Check out the details at the CTD blog and please visit with each of our designers here:

Amy Rohl (taking a break)

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Alicia Thelin - June 2019 Guest Designer

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