Splashes of Watercolor

Paper Doll Pheobie

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Hello and happy Friday, everyone!!

It’s the start of a new month and that can only mean one thing…..a new A Day For Daisies Club Kit is available!  Do you love paper dolls?  Or dancing girls?  Then you’ll be thrilled!

I used Paper Doll Pheobie today and she is en pointe!

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Isn’t she beautiful with her sparkly fairy wings and beautiful purple costume?

She’s colored with Copic markers and I highlighted her wings with my clear Wink of Stella glitter brush.  I also used the glitter brush to flick some shine onto the background.

I used the layout from this week’s retrosketches #162:

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Please take some time to visit with the rest of the ADFD designers to see their beautiful creations!

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Arielle Broni Christine Danielle Juliana Mila

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Thank you so much for stopping by on your way to the weekend!

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Vintage School Girl - A Day For Daisies Showcase

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Hello, people!!  It’s Friday!!  Hallelujah!!

This week and next we’re showcasing 2 sets of vintage images from A Day For Daisies.  They are Call Your Mother and Vintage Hats.   You can see them all at the ADFD shop or over on the ADFD blog.

This week I colored  a very chic school girl showing off her fashionable hat!  This is Vintage School Girl Four:

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I used this week’s Sweet Sunday Sketch #264:

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I was quite  heavily influenced by my friend Barbara’s use of the sketch and her many layers of white.  Check out her awesome card HERE.

I also used the color combo from this week’s The Challenge #30:

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Be sure to visit with each of the A Day For Daisies designers to see their wonderful creations.

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Arielle Broni Christine Danielle Juliana Mila

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

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Fairy Dream in Ombre

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Hi, all!  And a happy Friday to you!  I’m so glad it’s finally here!

Today the A Day For Daisies design team is showing off even more of the January Club Kit.  I am a total fairy addict so I could never get enough of Tammy Thompson’s wonderful little creatures!

We’re also starting a new challenge this week – use Ombre in your creation!

Today I’m using Fairy Dream.  She’s quite lovely!!  For the ombre element, I made her gown in shades of orange and my watercolor background is in shades of pink.  She’s colored with Copic markers.

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I dry embossed the green layer with a Dot Matrix folder and all the sparkle you see is from Star Dust stickles.  Of course her wings are sparkly, but I also added some highlights to her dress and her hair.  The splatterings of sparkly dots you see on the white layers is where I rubbed some of the Star Dust stickles through my Dot Fade stencil using my finger.

The layout I used is from this week’s Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #251:

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Please be sure to check out the fabulous creations that the design team has come up with just for you!

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Arielle Broni Christine Danielle Juliana Mila

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And thanks so much for dropping in today!  I hope you have a wonderful, happy weekend!

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Golden Sunshine!

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Yes, we've been enjoying golden sunshine and highs in the 70s for the last couple of days.  I'm in heaven!  But I know it won't last.  It's supposed to go back down to the 40s and be raining for most of the upcoming week.  Sigh.

So how about today I share a little bit of that golden sunshine with you?  I've been playing with watercolors again and wanted to play try my hand at the latest CAS(E) This Sketch #69, so here's what I came up with:

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The background is watercolor paper painted with Distress inks after applying Gesso through my doily stencil and allowing it to dry.  The sentiment  was stamped in gold ink and then embossed with gold embossing powder.  Lastly I spritzed and dripped on gold ink spray and added some sequins.

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Here's the sketch I used:

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Thank you so much for stopping in today!  Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

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Cute Delivery Fairy - February Club Kit Take 2

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Such a Cute Delivery Fairy!  And I believe she's delivering sunshine!  We sure need it here!  This is what our week looked like here in the Deep South:

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This card is for a very special person who I hope will love it! 

The image is part of the A Day For Daisies February Club Kit and it's AWESOME!  Lots of lovely, sweet fairies!

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I used my new Rays stencil from Tim Holtz and also my new TCW Mini Well Rounded stencil, both from eclectic Paperie to create my background.  The clouds are from Lil' Inker Designs and the great sentiment is from Technique Tuesday.  The clouds, the hearts, and the adorable fairy are all popped up on foam mounting tape, and I tied a length of Lemondrop twine around the card front and into a bow.

I'm entering this in the new CASE Study Challenge #178:

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Please be sure to check out all the beautiful designs from the rest of the team:

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Arielle Broni Danielle Juliana Mila Sherry

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And don't forget there's still time to play in Challenge #89 - Use a Big Heart over at the ADFD blog.

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!  Thanks for coming by today!

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Forest of Trees - Color Throwdown #265

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Happy Hump Day!!  It's time for a new Color Throwdown challenge!

Joan is our hostess this week and she's chosen a beautiful inspiration photo!

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I was really inspired by the forest scene and wanted to try to recreate it.  I had just gotten the Clear Scraps Forest stencil and decided to try airbrushing with a stencil again. This is how it turned out.

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While I LOVE the moonlit forest effect and it looks amazingly like the inspiration photo, I couldn't quite decide how to use the 6x6 result.  Then as I was cleaning my stencil on white paper, using a dry cloth and some Copic Various ink, I fell even MORE in love with the ethereal result of the cleaning.  So I decided to use that as my image today.

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I created some bands of colors on the tree trunks with Copic markers and then used my Mini Art Is stencil and some Bundled Sage and Ripe Persimmon ink to overlay the image with some more color.

I stamped my sentiment  and added a ribbon and white pearlescent sequins.

Please try to play along with us this week!  I can't wait to see your creations!  Also please take a moment to visit with each of the CTD designers to see what they've come up with for your inspiration!

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Thanks for dropping in!  Have a great day!

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FTTC185 - My Friend

 

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Happy Tuesday, everyone!  I hope you had a fabulous Labor Day holiday and that you were able to enjoy a long weekend!

I'm very excited to be hosting my first Timeless Tuesday challenge!  Today my challenge is to create a mini card!  Just make a smaller version , no larger than 4" x 3", of what you would normally make.

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For my card I used the Orchids stamp set, and my sentiment on the Maya Road Vintage Kraft Flag Pin is from the Passion Flower stamp set.  I embossed the front of my card base and rubbed over the raised portion with Ranger Frayed Burlap ink using an ink blending tool.  I also created a background and border from a few die cuts and added some Ivory Jute, tied into a bow. I colored my image with Copic markers, cut it out, and mounted it with some foam tape.

Here are the Copic collections that I used:

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For some incredible inspiration please be sure to visit the rest of the design team and our new Guest Designer for September:

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• Amanda Havon
• Allison Cope Israels
• Broni Holcombe - you are here!
• Cindy Haffner
• Denise Marzec
• Heather Jensen
• Makiko Jones
• Linda Lucas, September Guest Designer

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Thanks so much for visiting and I hope you'll play along with us this week!

 

MERRY - Color Throwdown #163

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Hello, everyone!  It's Wednesday again and time for a new Color Throwdown challenge.  But first let me tell you how exciting it is for us all to have so many fabulous and talented team members!  We've had so much fun chatting online, and I am SO loving all the beautiful art the newbies are adding to our challenges! 

Now on to this week's challenge, hosted by the oh-so-talented Barbara ~

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What a fantastic combo!  I immediately thought "Christmas", so I pulled out my new Ali Edwards stamp set "Believe" from Technique Tuesday.  This is so perfect for making quick and beautiful Christmas cards!

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My card is 5.5" square.  I loved layering the images with the Merry sentiment.  So cool!  Love my little jingle bell too!

Here are links to all the design team blogs:

Barbara Anders	Broni Holcombe	Carole Burrage	Danielle Kennedy	Joan Ervin	Keva Brown
Kristin Eberline	Laura Pryor	Lori Tecler	Lynn Put	Tammy Hershberger	Wanda Cullen

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Be sure to play along with us this week.  You don't have to have the exact colors, just something pretty close.  You can find all the rules and the linky tool to use over at the Color Throwdown blog. 

Thanks so much for visiting with me today!  Friday is a new blog hop with the E-Team.  That's always FUN!  Be sure to come back then!

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