Splashes of Watercolor

Happy Birthday Molly! - Color Throwdown #640

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Happy Wednesday, y'all!

This week at the Color Throwdown we have a very pretty Spring color combo: Pink, Coral, and Green.

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This week I needed a special birthday card for my granddaughter Molly's birthday.  So I decided to try out a technique revisited by Jennifer McGuire recently - Easel cards!  I also used her suggestion to personalize it.

Here is Molly's card:

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I colored everything with my Copic markers and airbrushed the background.  The "Happy" and "molly" are coated with Glossy Accents for some sparkle and shine!  I'm very happy with how it turned out!  And I love that she can display it on her desk or dresser!

Now it's your turn to play with these colors and post your creation at the CTD blog.

Please be sure to visit with the designers and leave them some love here:

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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Thank you so much for dropping by!

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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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Distress ink pad Mustard Seed Shop here: EH | SSS	Distress ink pad Picked Raspberry Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Seedless Preserves Shop here: EH | SSS	Distress ink pad Shaded Lilac Shop here: EH | SSS
Distress ink pad Squeezed Lemonade Shop here: EH | SSS	Distress ink pad Wilted Violet Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Versafine Onyx Black ink Shop here: EH | SSS	Versamark ink Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Distress Watercolor Cardstock Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Ranger Artist Brush Set Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	PTI white cardstock Shop here: SHOP	Ranger Embossing Powder Clear Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
TCW white gesso Shop here: SSS	White gel pens Shop here: SSS	Ranger Heat-It tool Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Big Shot Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
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For the Record - Color Throwdown #604

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Hey y'all!  It's Wednesday and time for another Color Throwdown challenge!  This week our hostess Amy Rohl has a great color combo for us: Black, White, and Terracotta.

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I love this combo, and it's perfect to use for a teenage boy's birthday card!  I pulled out some old (and apparently all retired) Papertrey Ink stamp sets and that was all I needed for the card.

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I totally CASEd the corner blending technique from Ardyth Percy-Robb.  Her samples are much more colorful; I was trying to keep mine subdued....especially with this color combo!

We hope you'll join us in the challenge.  Please check out the details at the CTD blog and also the great inspiration creations from the design team:

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 today!

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TE Blender Brush Caddy Shop here: SHOP	TE Blender Brushes Shop here: SHOP	Big Shot Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP
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Enjoy - Color Throwdown #599

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Happy Wednesday, everybody!

It's time for a brand new Color Throwdown challenge and this week our generic colors are Pink, Yellow, Blue, and Green.

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I made a birthday card using only dies and watercoloring.  

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I used the Altenew Fantasy Floral dies and a retired Papertrey Ink sentiment die, for a clean and simple card.

We'd love for you to play along with us!  Check out the challenge details at the CTD blog and visit with the other designers here:

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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Thanks so much for stopping in today!

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Altenew Fantasy Floral Die Shop here: SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Cracked Pistachio Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Lucky Clover Shop here: EH | SSS	Distress ink pad Mustard Seed Shop here: EH | SSS
Distress ink pad Picked Raspberry Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Tumbled Glass Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress Watercolor Cardstock Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	PTI white cardstock Shop here: SHOP
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Keeping Christmas - May 2019

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Good Saturday morning, everyone!  Today is the 25th of the month so it's time for the latest Keeping Christmas blog hop.

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Today I pulled out some of my favorite floral dies from the Essentials by Ellen line and bunches of scraps in coordinating colors.

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And this is what I came up with.

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So, I didn't get multiple cards done this month, but I sure used up a bunch of scraps!  Score!

Please be sure to continue along with the blog hop:

Kelly Lunceford

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe - that's me!

Claire Broadwater

Julee Tilman

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nancy Guse

Nina Forsyth

Vicki Finger

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Thank you so much for stopping by today!

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PTI white cardstock Shop here: SHOP	SU cardstock Shop here: SHOP	Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	MISTI Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
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Cupcake Kinda Day - Color Throwdown #534

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Good Wednesday morning, everyone!  Today’s Color Throwdown challenge is brought to us by the oh-so-talented Amy Rohl.  Here are the generic colors:  Light Blue, Brown, and Orange.

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I needed a masculine birthday card and the darling bear from the All Inside stamp set from the Essentials by Ellen stamp line is always a perfect choice for that.

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I airbrushed a background and colored my bear with my Copic markers, then used a paper towel and some Colorless Blending Solution to make the bear “fluffy”!

This qualifies my card for the Addicted to CAS Challenge #154 – Fluffy:

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Now it’s your turn to play along with the Color Throwdown challenge!  Please check out all the details at the CTD blog.  We can’t wait to see what you come up with!

Here are links to the DT members 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

Kelly Schirmer - March 2019 Guest Designer

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Thank you so much for dropping by today!

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Essentials by Ellen All Inside stamp set Shop here: EH	Essentials by Ellen Bear Ware stamp set Shop here: EH	Essentials by Ellen Warm Fuzzies stamp set Shop here: EH	Essentials by Ellen All Inside dies Shop here: EH
Essentials by Ellen Bear Ware dies Shop here: EH	SSS Wonky Rectangles dies Shop here: SSS	Memento Tuxedo Black ink Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Versafine Onyx Black ink Shop here: EH | SSS
Copic Colorless Blender Solution Shop here: EH | SSS	Copic Sketch markers Shop here: SSS	X-Press It Blending Card Shop here: EH | SSS	PTI white cardstock Shop here: SHOP
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Believe in the Magic - Color Throwdown #519

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Happy Hump Day!!  It’s time for the latest Color Throwdown challenge!  Vickie is our hostess this week and she’s chosen one of my favorite Christmas color combos for us to play with: Red, Aqua, and Silver.

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So of course I made a Christmas card using the awesome Polar Bears stamp set from Rubbernecker Stamps.

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I also used the Magic of the Season sentiment and Watercolor Forest stamps for my winter scene.

This could easily be a one-layer card.  I stamped the bears, then the sentiment, on water color paper.  I water colored the sky using Distress inks.  Then, when that was dry, I masked the bears and stamped the Watercolor Forest for my background.  I shaded the bears and colored the scarf with my Copic markers. I also added some stars in the sky using a silver gel pen and some Star Dust Stickles.

We hope you will play along with us this week!  You can find all the challenge details at the CTD blog.

Be sure to check out the beautiful inspiration from the DT members:

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Caly Person - November Guest Designer

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Thank you so much for dropping by today.

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Distress ink pad Tumbled Glass Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Iced Spruce Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Versafine Onyx Black ink Shop here: EH | SSS	Distress Watercolor Cardstock Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Yasutomo water brush Shop here: EH | SSS	Copic Sketch markers Shop here: SSS	Ranger Stickles - Star Dust Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP
MISTI Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS

Hello Dearest Friend - Color Throwdown #471

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Happy Wednesday, peeps!  The latest Color Throwdown challenge is up and we’re just waiting for you to play along!

Here are the elegant colors that Amy Rysavy has chosen for us – Black, Grey, Gold, and White.

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I wanted my card to be simple and elegant as well.  I chose to color the Altenew Sketchy Floral image.

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I was going to use watercolor pencils but then decided to try out some acrylic paints on my cardstock.  I used a tiny (size 0) brush and some white and metallic gold paints – linked below in the supply list.  I also used No.091 Light Gray Zig Clean Color real brush for some shading. 

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So, are you ready to play along?  Check out the challenge details at the CTD blog and check out the gorgeous inspiration from the awesome design team:

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Kelly Lunceford, November 2017 Guest Designer

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Thank you so much for dropping by today!  I hope the rest of your week is fabulous!

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Simply Sweet Christmas Inspiration Blog Hop!

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Hello, everyone!

Our friend, Lesley Croghan, has discovered since having her baby that there is just not as much time to craft!  So she came up with a brilliant idea to have a blog hop with the whole The Challenge crew (as well as a few other special guests) to share some inspiration for LAST MINUTE SIMPLE YET SWEET Christmas cards or tags!  Doesn’t that sound like fun?

You need to be sure to start at Lesley’s blog (there may be prizes to be won), then follow the hop from there!  If you’ve arrived here from Anita Madden’s blog then you’re on the right track!

Here is the blog hop order in case you get lost:

Lesley Croghan

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe (You are here)

Claire Broadwater

Julee Tilman

Kelly Lunceford

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

Vicki Finger

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My cards were fun to make and didn’t take very long at all.  I kept with the same color theme for all of them.  Too many different items on my craft table tend to distract me.  You know the saying about a bright and shiny object…..

Card #1:

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This card has a dry embossed panel, a heat embossed tiny sentiment panel, and a larger sentiment die cut attached to a piece of self-adhesive glitter fun foam (saving several steps).

Card #2:

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This one has an alcohol ink panel (very simple and fun) with a sentiment heat embossed on it, then attached to an embossed card front. I also used a strand of striped twine.

Card #3:

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This one uses a similar alcohol ink panel (same colors of ink) with a deer and sentiment heat embossed on it, and a die cut snowy hill. I added some sequins and a piece of thin washi tape as well.

The alcohol backgrounds don’t take long at all to make.  Basically you drop ink onto glossy cardstock and let it create it’s own patterns.  Here’s a link to a Jennifer McGuire video showing you how to do it.

Now it’s time to move on to the next stop on the hop, but be sure to leave a comment here so you’ll have a chance to win a prize! Next stop:  Claire Broadwater

Thank you so much for coming by today!  Enjoy the rest of the hop!

Card #1 SUPPLIES:

 

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Card #2 SUPPLIES:

 

WPlus9 Strictly Sentiments 3 Shop here: EH | SSS	SSS Wonky Rectangles dies Shop here: SSS	Black Sharpie pen Shop here: AZ	Ranger Alcohol Blending Solution Shop here: AZ | SB
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Card #3 SUPPLIES:

 

SSS Christmas Essentials stamp set Shop here: SSS	SSS Stitched Slopes & Hills Shop here: SSS	SSS Wonky Rectangles dies Shop here: SSS	Ranger Alcohol Blending Solution Shop here: AZ | SB
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Believe - Color Throwdown #469

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Happy Wednesday, everyone!

It’s time for another Color Throwdown challenge, and boy, does Vickie have a fabulous combo for us!

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I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to try out an old technique that Jennifer McGuire recently brought back to the limelight – alcohol ink backgrounds.  So I pulled out my really old inks and found that they were too old to use.  Hmmm.  But I have loads of Copic reinkers which are also alcohol inks!  So here’s what I came up with.

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I followed Jennifer’s instructions using my B000 and B21 Copic reinkers and some of the Colorless Blender Solution.  I got a much softer look than I would have with the Ranger alcohol inks, but I like how they look for a wintery background.  I will be replacing all my old inks in the near future, because I just love this technique and will be using it again for more of my Christmas cards!

Now it’s your turn to play along with us at the Color Throwdown.  Link up your new creation to the CTD blog so we can see it!  And you may be chosen to be a Guest Star stamper in a future challenge!

And please take a few moments to visit with the other designers and leave them some love.

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Kelly Lunceford, November 2017 Guest Designer

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Thanks so much for dropping by!  If you decide to try out the Copic reinkers, be sure to let me know so I can take a look!!

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SSS Believe Wafer dies Shop here: SSS	SSS Stitched Rectangles dies Shop here: SSS	SSS Wonky Rectangles dies Shop here: SSS	Versamark ink Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Copic Colorless Blender Solution Shop here: SSS	Copic refill B000 Shop here: EH | SSS	Copic refill B21 Shop here: EH | SSS	Ranger Glossy Paper Shop here: SSS
PTI white cardstock Shop here: SHOP	SSS Silver embossing powder Shop here: SSS	Ranger Heat-It tool Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	1/16" foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP
Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB