Splashes of Watercolor

Valentine Love Puppies

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I know this is a couple of days early, but I wanted to wish you all a wonderful and happy Valentine's Day!

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I fell in love with these Love Puppies from Graciellie Designs immediately!  And that sentiment!!  It's from the Love, Love, Love digital stamp set.  What a perfect combination!!

Happy, happy day, y'all!

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Graciellie Love Love Love digis Shop at: SHOP	Graciellie Love Puppies digis Shop at: SHOP	RN Nested Rectangle Stitch Dies Shop at: RN	Distress ink pad Antique Linen Shop at: EH | SSS | SB
Distress ink pad Black Soot Shop at: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Frayed Burlap Shop at: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Hickory Smoke Shop at: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Pumice Stone Shop at: EH | SSS | SB
Distress ink pad Tumbled Glass Shop at: EH | SSS | SB	Ranger Artist Brush Set Shop at: EH | SSS | SB	Strathmore Watercolor paper Shop at: SB	ZIG Clean Color Brush set (48) Shop at: EH | SSS | SB
SU cardstock Shop at: SHOP	Big Shot Shop at: EH | SSS | SB	Foam mounting tape Shop at: SHOP	Scor-Buddy Mini Shop at: EH | SSS

Valentine Wood Hearts - Color Throwdown #629

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Happy Wednesday!  We are fast approaching Valentine's Day....it's this Sunday, y'all!

Vickie is our hostess this week at the Color Throwdown and the generic colors she's chosen for us to play with are Red, Pink, Black, and White.

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Great combo for Valentines, right?  That's what I thought, so I printed out some super cool "wooden" hearts from the Love, Love, Love digital stamp set by Graciellie Designs and colored them up with my Copic markers.  I made 4 cards all together - 1 for my granddaughter (it's the pink girly one!), and 3 for my grandsons (in more woodsy brown tones, opting to use brown as an additional neutral).

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I'm really happy with how they turned out!

Are you ready for Valentine's Day?  Here's your opportunity to rustle up a couple of cards to send out to your sweethearts!  Just head on over to the CTD blog for the details.  And be sure to check out all the great inspiration from the designers:

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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These cards just happen to be perfect to enter in The Card Concept #148 {Sweetheart Sweets} challenge.

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That's it for me today!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Affiliate links are used

Graciellie Love Love Love digis Shop at: SHOP	RC All Framed Up Confetti cuts Shop at: SHOP	Copic Sketch markers Shop at: SSS	X-Press It Blending CS Shop at: EH | SSS
PTI white cardstock Shop at: SHOP	SU cardstock Shop at: SHOP	Big Shot Shop at: EH | SSS | SB	Foam mounting tape Shop at: SHOP
Scor-Buddy Mini Shop at: EH | SSS

Love You - Color Throwdown 628

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Hello and happy Wednesday once again! This week our color palette at the Color Throwdown is soft and sweet!  The generic colors are Pink, Lavender, Yellow, and Mint Green.

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I took my cue for my creation from the variety of softly colored Valentine heart cookies in the inspiration photo.  My Stacked Hearts die from Simon Says Stamp was the perfect tool to create a similar likeness on my card.

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The LOVE die and the YOU stamp are both from Papertrey Ink.  The stamp set is retired but the die is still available (link in supplies list at the end of the post).  To add a little sparkle I used Star Dust Stickles on the sentiment die cut and on 3 of the white hearts.

Please come on by the CTD blog to get all the details for the challenge, and please check out all the lovely designs from the designers 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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Thanks for dropping by!

Affiliate links are used

PTI Wonderful Words: Love die Shop at: SHOP	SSS Stacked Hearts die Shop at: SSS	SSS Wonky Rectangles dies Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch markers Shop at: SSS
X-Press It Blending CS Shop at: EH | SSS	PTI white cardstock Shop at: SHOP	SU cardstock Shop at: SHOP	Star Dust Stickles Shop at: EH | SSS | SB
Big Shot Shop at: EH | SSS | SB	Foam mounting tape Shop at: SHOP	Scor-Buddy Mini Shop at: EH | SSS

You Totally Rock - Color Throwdown #583

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Happy Wednesday!  It's my turn to host the Color Throwdown challenge this week and I've chosen some soft spring colors for us to play with: Pink, Orange, and Blue.

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I went with the hearts theme in the inspiration photo to create a birthday card for a dear friend, using one of the images from the Power Poppy Va-Va-Valentines digital stamp set. 

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We would absolutely love for you to play along with us this week.  Please check out the details at the CTD blog and visit with each of the designers to see their awesome creations:

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Cat Craig - March 2020 Guest Designer

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Thank you so much for dropping by!

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(Affiliated links used when possible at no cost to you) 

 

PP Va-Va-Valentines digis Shop here: PP	RN Nested Rectangle Stitch Dies Shop here: RN	Copic Sketch markers Shop here: SSS	X-Press It Blending Card Shop here: EH | SSS
SU cardstock Shop here: SHOP	White gel pens Shop here: SSS	Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP
Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS

Love - Color Throwdown #578

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Hello!  The latest Color Throwdown is now live!  We have a great love/Valentine combo to play with this week:  Red, Light Gray, Dark Gray, and White.

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I made Valentine cards for my grandkids using an older Papertrey Ink set called Happy Hearts and the Hearts Cover Die.

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I wanted to use only the cut out hearts for my cards so I used Press 'n Seal on the front of the panel after it had been run through the die cut machine and after I had replaced or removed some of the hearts.

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I flipped it over and attached small pieces of foam mounting tape to the back of each of the hearts.

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After removing the backing from each piece of tape, I attached the panel to my card front, removed the Press 'n Seal, then removed the white background, leaving only the hearts on the card front.  Pretty easy!

I hope you'll play along with us this week.  Check out all the details at the CTD blog, then be sure to check out all the inspiration 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

Amy Tsuruta - January 2020 Guest Designer

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Thanks so much for dropping by!

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(Affiliated links used when possible at no cost to you) 

 

PTI Happy Hearts Shop here: SHOP	PTI Cover Plate Hearts die Shop here: SHOP	Distress ink pad Barn Door Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Hickory Smoke Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
PTI white cardstock Shop here: SHOP	SU cardstock Shop here: SHOP	Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP
MISTI Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS

You're Pretty Grate - Color Throwdown #478

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Hello and happy Wednesday!

It seems to be time for another Color Throwdown challenge already, folks!

This week Lynn is our hostess and here is the super fun combo she’s picked out for us – Hot Pink, Lime Green, Yellow, and Pale Blue.

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I just had to play with another one of the darling Va-Va-Valentines from Power Poppy this week.  How awesome that these images have the punny sentiments built right in!

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For a limited time there is a very special price on this digital stamp set – $6 for 6 images and 4 sentiments!  Wow, you just can’t beat that!!  Check out that deal at the Power Poppy shop.

Now it’s your turn to play along with us!  All the details for the challenge are at the CTD blog.  But first be sure to check out all the inspiration from the design team here:

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Debra James, January 2018 Guest Designer

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Thanks so much for dropping in today!

SUPPLIES:

 

Power Poppy Va-Va-Valentines Shop here: PP	SSS Wonky Rectangles dies Shop here: SSS	Copic Sketch markers Shop here: SSS	X-Press It Blending Card Shop here: EH | SSS
Heidi Swapp Favorite Things 6x6 paper pad Shop here: AZ	SU cardstock Shop here: SHOP	Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS	Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB

Va-Va-Valentines - new Power Poppy digital stamps

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The newest Power Poppy digital images called Va-Va-Valentines are here!  And boy, does Marcella Hawley have a fantastic deal for you all!  You can get all 6 of them for $6!!  Now you can NOT beat that!

I was able to color up and make a quick card with the adorable “You Totally Rock” digi.  Here it is.

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These are fresh and fun and oh-so-punny!!

Head on over to the Power Poppy blog to get all the details, see all the images, and see the list of all the designers ready to show off these amazing Valentine images for you.

Thanks for dropping by!

SUPPLIES:

 

SSS Wonky Rectangles dies Shop here: SSS	Copic Sketch markers Shop here: SSS	X-Press It Blending Card Shop here: EH | SSS	Heidi Swapp Favorite Things 6x6 paper pad Shop here: AZ
PTI cardstock Shop here: SHOP	Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS	1/16" foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP	Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB

Painted Hearts - Color Throwdown #379

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Hello, everyone!

It’s time for our latest Color Throwdown and this week Lynn has a beautiful color palette for us to play with.  Just in time for Valentine’s Day!

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I wasn’t sure about the combination at first until I started playing with my Kuretake Zig Clean Color pens in those colors.  Then I fell in love!

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To make my card I die cut the hearts from the patterned paper first.  Then I layered it over some watercolor paper and lightly penciled in the heart shapes.  I removed the patterned paper and used my Clean Color pens to paint the hearts similar to the ones in the inspiration photo.  When that was dry, I dripped some Heidi Swapp gold Color Shine onto the hearts, and also flicked some of the other colors over them as well.

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I die cut the LOVE from some gold shiny cardstock and some fun foam and layered them together on the card front.  I added some twine and that was it!

I’m entering this card in the Just Us Girls challenge #329:  Valentine.

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So I really hope you’ll play along with us this week at the Color Throwdown!  I can’t wait to see what you create! 

Please be sure to visit with the rest of the CTD girls here:

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Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Joan Ervin

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Kay Miller, February 2016 Guest Designer

Our Guest Star Stamper this week is: Bonnie Sharp

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Thank you so much for coming by today!

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All My Love & Hearts - Color Throwdown #378

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Happy Hump Day, y’all!!

It’s time for the latest edition of the Color Throwdown and this week Lori has some fun colors for us!

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Red, pink, gray, and light blue.  Perfect for Valentines Day, don’t you think?

I used my new Stacked Hearts die from Simon Says Stamp to top off my water colored light blue background. 

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I die cut the hearts in white, pink, and red and used some of each color with the white outline.  There are a couple of strips of washi tape down the side of the panel and the adorable sentiment from the Love You So set from the Essentials by Ellen line finishes it off.

This is my entry for day 3 of Kathy Racoosin’s The Daily Marker 30 Day challenge.

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I realize there’s just a tiny bit of coloring but it still counts, right?

I'm also entering my card into the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge to ADD HEARTS.

And into the Card Concept #48 {Sweet Hearts}.  My style is the clean & layered style.

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Now it’s your turn to join us for this week’s Color Throwdown challenge!  Check out all the rules and details at the CTD blog and also please visit with each of the CTD girls to see their fabulous creations:

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Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Joan Ervin

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Kay Miller, February 2016 Guest Designer

Our Guest Star Stamper this week is: Samantha Johnson

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You'll notice that the fabulous Amy Rysavy has accepted our invitation to join our team as a full-time member!  We're thrilled!  We're also so very excited to welcome another super-star to our line-up for this month!  The uber-talented Kay Miller is our February Guest Designer!

Thanks so much for dropping by!

 

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Lots of Hearts - The Challenge #59

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Hi, friends!

This is week 1 of The Challenge for February so we have a sketch to play with this week.  Here it is:

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I love it!  And I immediately knew what I wanted to do – stamp a  lot of hearts in different colors!

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I stamped several in SU dye inks and then also some in some Distress inks.  I used a water brush to spread the color a little.  Then I die cut the panel, stamped the sentiment, and added some Star Dust Stickles.

Now it’s your turn!  Let’s see what you can do with this sketch! You can get all the details at The Challenge blog.  And be sure to visit with the rest of The Challenge design team to see some great inspiration:

Lesley Croghan
Anita Madden
Broni Holcombe
Claire Broadwater
Diane Jaquay
Jinny Newlin

Kim Heggins

Kimberly Wiener

Laurel Seabrook

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

 

This month's Featured Designer is Michelle Leone

 

Thank you so much for coming by today!  Enjoy your week!

 

 

 

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