Splashes of Watercolor

I Think You're Fabulous - Color Throwdown #678

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Happy Wednesday, y'all!  Today's Color Throwdown colors are Pink, Red, Cranberry, and Kraft.  What a great combo!

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So, I've got a birthday card for a very special lady to show you today.  And I had the BEST time making it too!

Here's the card.

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I always forget how fun it is to play with alcohol inks until I get a push to do so from someone.  This time the push came from Jennifer McGuire, and you KNOW how big her pushes are!!  Here's a link to her video that inspired me: Alcohol Ink Press Technique 

It was so easy and so fun!  And these colors were just perfect to play with!  The color that looks like kraft mixed in with the reds is actually a gold mixative and it's really shimmery IRL.  The sentiment is from WPlus9 and the sentiment die is from Technique Tuesday (links below).

Please come play along with us this week.  Check out all the details and rules at the CTD blog and then see all the fabulous inspiration here:

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Susie Moore

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Debbie Wheeler, Guest Star Stamper

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Thanks so much for stopping by!

Affiliate links are used at no cost to you.

WPlus9 That is All stamp set Shop at: SSS | SHOP	Say It - Fabulous Shop at: SHOP	Ranger Alcohol Blending Solution Shop at: EH | SB	Ranger alcohol ink - cranberry Shop at: EH | SB
Ranger alcohol ink - shell pink Shop at: EH | SB	Ranger alcohol ink - watermelon Shop at: EH | SB	Ranger alcohol mixative - Gold Shop at: EH	Neenah Desert Storm cardstock Shop at: EH | SSS
PTI white cardstock Shop at: SHOP	Ranger Yupo paper Shop at: EH | SSS	SSS Schoolhouse Red cardstock Shop at: SSS	White detail embossing powder Shop at: EH | SSS | SB
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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!

Affiliate links are used at no cost to you.

IO Sea Horse Shop at: SHOP	WPlus9 Hand Lettered Hello Shop at: SSS | SHOP	PTI Block Alphabet dies Shop at: SHOP	PTI One Liners: Happy die Shop at: SHOP
Memento Tuxedo Black ink Shop at: EH | SSS | SB	Versafine Onyx Black ink Shop at: EH | SSS	Copic Sketch markers Shop at: SSS	X-Press It Blending CS Shop at: EH | SSS
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MISTI Shop at: EH | SSS | SB	Scor-Buddy Mini Shop at: EH | SSS

Christmas Stag - Color Throwdown #570

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Happy Wednesday, y'all!  It's time for a new Color Throwdown challenge and our generic colors this week are Turquoise, Orange, Silver or Gray.

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I'm hard at work trying to get as many Christmas cards made as possible.  In today's card I used one of my favorite Christmas dies from WPlus9 called Stag Trio.

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The background is water colored using the "smooshing" technique and the stag is framed with the SSS Holiday Frames die.  The orange was added with a bit of striped twine.

We would love for you to play along with us.  Please check out the challenge at the CTD blog and visit with the amazing designers to see some wonderful inspiration using this color combo.

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Michelle Lupton - November 2019 Guest Designer

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Thank you so much for dropping by today!  I'll be back shortly with a brand new Power Poppy post!  Please come back!

 

SUPPLIES:

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

 

SSS Holiday Frames dies Shop here: SSS	WPlus9 Stag Trio dies Shop here: SHOP	Distress ink pad Peacock Feathers 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	Ranger Distress Sprayer Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP	Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS

Keeping Christmas - July 2019

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Hello and welcome to the July 2019 edition of the Keeping Christmas blog hop!  

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Each month we create a Christmas card, building our own stash and hopefully inspiring you to do the same.

I don't know about you, but when it comes to Christmas cards, I want to be able to produce multiples all at one time.  So each month this year I'm trying to create a simple (but hopefully great) design so when Christmas time rolls around, I'll already have my design chosen and ready to produce!

This month I pulled out my WPlus9 Winter Woodland set for my card.  I've always loved this set.

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A CAS design, easy to reproduce, with a little sparkle (silver snowflakes).

Please visit with the rest of the design team for some more great Christmas inspiration:

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 visiting today!

SUPPLIES:

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

 

WPlus9 Winter Woodland Shop here: SHOP	RN Nested Rectangle Stitch Dies Shop here: RN	Distress ink pad Candied Apple Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Versafine Onyx Black ink Shop here: EH | SSS
Versafine Smokey Gray ink Shop here: EH | SSS	Versamark ink Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	PTI white cardstock Shop here: SHOP	SSS Silver embossing powder Shop here: SSS
Jumbo Dauber sponge applicator Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Ranger Heat-It tool Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	TE Tumbled Glass ink 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

Peace - Keeping Christmas April 2019

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Hello, everyone. It’s time for the April 2019 edition of the Keeping Christmas blog hop!  The stash is growing, y’all!

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As usual, my card is simple and one that can be made assembly-line style.

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I used the WPlus9 Woodland Wreaths, which is a 4-part stamp, making it super simple to create any wreath.  After I made the wreath and die cut it, I also made a red bow to go with it.  I added a bow of silver baker’s twine behind that as well.  Then I just popped it all up over a couple of coordinating card scraps onto the white card base.

I hope you’ll continue along the blog hop to see all the awesome creations:

Kelly Lunceford (off this month)

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 to check out this edition of Keeping Christmas.

SUPPLIES:

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

 

Wplus9 Woodland Wreaths Shop here: SHOP	Wplus9 Woodland Wreaths dies Shop here: SHOP	Distress ink pad Brushed Corduroy Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Festive Berries Shop here: EH | SSS
Distress ink pad Mowed Lawn Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Twisted Citron Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Versafine Onyx Black ink Shop here: EH | SSS	PTI white cardstock Shop here: SHOP
SU cardstock Shop here: SHOP	Scor-Tape 1/8 in tape Shop here: SSS | SB	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

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Hello, everyone. It’s time for the April 2019 edition of the Keeping Christmas blog hop!  The stash is growing, y’all!

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As usual, my card is simple and one that can be made assembly-line style.

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I used the WPlus9 Woodland Wreaths, which is a 4-part stamp, making it super simple to create any wreath.  After I made the wreath and die cut it, I also made a red bow to go with it.  I added a bow of silver baker’s twine behind that as well.  Then I just popped it all up over a couple of coordinating card scraps onto the white card base.

I hope you’ll continue along the blog hop to see all the awesome creations:

Kelly Lunceford (off this month)

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 to check out this edition of Keeping Christmas.

SUPPLIES:

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

 

Wplus9 Woodland Wreaths Shop here: SHOP	Wplus9 Woodland Wreaths dies Shop here: SHOP	Distress ink pad Brushed Corduroy Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Festive Berries Shop here: EH | SSS
Distress ink pad Mowed Lawn Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Twisted Citron Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Versafine Onyx Black ink Shop here: EH | SSS	PTI white cardstock Shop here: SHOP
SU cardstock Shop here: SHOP	Scor-Tape 1/8 in tape Shop here: SSS | SB	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

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Hello, everyone. It’s time for the April 2019 edition of the Keeping Christmas blog hop!  The stash is growing, y’all!

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As usual, my card is simple and one that can be made assembly-line style.

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I used the WPlus9 Woodland Wreaths, which is a 4-part stamp, making it super simple to create any wreath.  After I made the wreath and die cut it, I also made a red bow to go with it.  I added a bow of silver baker’s twine behind that as well.  Then I just popped it all up over a couple of coordinating card scraps onto the white card base.

I hope you’ll continue along the blog hop to see all the awesome creations:

Kelly Lunceford (off this month)

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 to check out this edition of Keeping Christmas.

SUPPLIES:

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

 

Wplus9 Woodland Wreaths Shop here: SHOP	Wplus9 Woodland Wreaths dies Shop here: SHOP	Distress ink pad Brushed Corduroy Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Festive Berries Shop here: EH | SSS
Distress ink pad Mowed Lawn Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Twisted Citron Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Versafine Onyx Black ink Shop here: EH | SSS	PTI white cardstock Shop here: SHOP
SU cardstock Shop here: SHOP	Scor-Tape 1/8 in tape Shop here: SSS | SB	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

Well, Hello Darlin' - Color Throwdown #524

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Happy New Year to you all!  The Color Throwdown challenges are back for the new year!  Today, Amy Rohl is our hostess, and here is her great color combo:  Yellow, Green, Black, and White.

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Don’t you love it when you can use two completely unrelated stamp sets together for a fun card?  That’s what I did here.

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I used the MFT and Essentials by Ellen Good Friends stamp and die set, along with a sentiment from the WPlus9 Southern Sentiments set.  Everything is water colored and I added some Nuvo drops for some more dimension.

We hope you’ll join us this week for the challenge.  Please be sure to check out the wonderful creations of 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

Vicki Finger - January 2019 Guest Designer

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Thank you so much for dropping by!  I hope you have your best new year ever!!

SUPPLIES:

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

 

MFT & Essentials by Ellen Good Friends stamp & die set Shop here: EH	WPlus 9 Southern Sentiments Shop here: SSS	SSS Wonky Rectangles dies Shop here: SSS	Distress ink pad Hickory Smoke Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Distress ink pad Mowed Lawn Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Squeezed Lemonade Shop here: EH | SSS	Distress ink pad Twisted Citron Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Versafine Onyx Black ink Shop here: EH | SSS
Distress Watercolor Cardstock Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Ranger Artist Brush Set Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Ranger Distress Sprayer Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Nuvo Crystal Drops - Apple Green Gloss Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Nuvo Jewel Drops - Limoncello Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Ranger Enamel Accents, Black & White Shop here: EH | SSS	Ranger Stickles - Star Dust Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	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

Fall Wellies - A new Power Poppy digital stamp set

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Hello!  There’s a brand new Power Poppy image being released today!  It’s called Fall Wellies and it’s the perfect blending of beautiful and whimsical!

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Isn’t that great?

Here are Marcy’s notes about it:

When there’s a crispness in the air and a vibrance in the leaves, you want to bring that wonderful fall feeling into your cards. It's only natural! This snappy tartan boot (known as a welly, British slang for Wellington) looks quite cute paired with falling Japanese Maple leaves. In this digital download, you get two extra leaves along with the main image, and a punny sentiment wishing someone "well-y". :) This image is also available in our clear polymer set, Feeling Fall.

I wanted to water color mine, using Distress inks and a water brush.

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I used the Wplus9 Hand Lettered Hello die to create a hidden sentiment.

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I also had a little help in photographing the card!  That's my girl Sunshine ("Sunny").

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Please be sure to check out all the beautiful creations from the Power Poppy designers.  There is a complete list  over on the Power Poppy blog.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  Have a blessed weekend!

SUPPLIES:

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

 

Power Poppy Fall Wellies Shop here: PP	WPlus9 Hand Lettered Hello Shop here: SSS	SSS Stitched Rectangles dies Shop here: SSS	SSS Wonky Rectangles dies Shop here: SSS
Distress ink pad Barn Door Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Mowed Lawn Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Ripe Persimmon Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Rusty Hinge Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Distress ink pad Tumbled Glass Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Twisted Citron Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Wild Honey Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress Watercolor Cardstock Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Yasutomo water brush Shop here: EH | SSS	Heidi Swapp Favorite Things 6x6 paper pad Shop here: AZ	PTI white cardstock Shop here: SHOP	TE Mustard Seed ink Shop here: SHOP
Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP	Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS

Hummingbird Thanks - Color Throwdown #484

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Hey, y’all!  We’ve come upon another Wednesday, so that means a brand new Color Throwdown challenge! 

This week our hostess, Amy Rohl, has a bold & bright color combo for us – Eggplant, Green, and White.

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It’s almost time here in the South for the hummingbirds to show up.  They almost always show up on April 1st and stick around our area until September 1st, sometimes a little later.  I’m anxious for them to come back.  I love the little whirring sound they make when they’re flitting about, and they’re so much fun to watch.

So when I saw the cute Hummingbird Thanks stamp set from Pretty Pink Posh, I just had to have it!  And here’s what I came up with using this week’s colors -

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This little guy was watercolored with a Zig Clean Color marker (No. 080 Violet) and he’s flitting about a WPlus9 Pretty Peonies flower.  The background was smooshed using Distress inks.

Now it’s your turn to play along with us.  Check out the details at the CTD blog and grab some fabulous inspiration from the design team too!

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Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Cheiron Brandon, March 2018 Guest Designer

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Thanks so much for dropping by!  Enjoy the rest of your week!

SUPPLIES:

 

Pretty Pink Posh Hummingbird Thanks Shop here: EH | SSS	WPlus9 Pretty Peonies Shop here: SHOP	SSS Wonky Rectangles dies Shop here: SSS	Distress ink pad Mowed Lawn Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Distress ink pad Shabby Shutters Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Twisted Citron 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	ZIG Clean Color Brush set (48) Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	PTI white cardstock Shop here: SHOP	SU cardstock Shop here: SHOP
Ranger Distress Sprayer Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	1/16" foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP	Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	MISTI Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS

Keeping Christmas - February 2018

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This year, on the 25th of each month, several of the former The Challenge players are joining Kelly Lunceford at her blog for a Keeping Christmas blog hop.  We hope to inspire you a little into getting a start on your 2018 Christmas cards.

I’m trying to keep my cards pretty simple (easy to make multiples of), as well as eye-catching.

This month I decided to use my WPlus9 Snowflake Backdrops stamp set.  The largest stamp has a solid background so that when you stamp it, the snowflakes remain white (or the color of the cardstock).  This makes it very simple to make multiple larger images with no coloring.

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I used 3 different Distress inks (listed in the supplies section) smooshed directly onto the stamp, which was then misted and stamped onto the cardstock.  Then all I had to do was let them dry, add some Star Dust stickles to one of the snowflakes, and assemble the card.

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I hope you like it and I hope I’ve inspired you just a little to play around with some of your Christmas stamps!

Please take this opportunity to view all of the other inspiration created by the Keeping Christmas team by continuing along the blog hop:

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Kelly Lunceford

Lesley Croghan

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe - that's me!

Claire Broadwater

Julee Tilman

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

 Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

Vicki Finger

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Thank you so much for dropping by!

SUPPLIES:

 

WPlus9 Snowflake Backdrops stamp set Shop here: SSS	Distress ink pad Dusty Concord Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Salty Ocean Shop here: EH | SSS	Distress ink pad Tumbled Glass Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
PTI white cardstock Shop here: SHOP	SU cardstock Shop here: SHOP	Strathmore Mixed Media paper Shop here: SHOP	Ranger Distress Sprayer Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Tonic craft scissors Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Ranger Stickles - Star Dust Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	1/16" foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP	Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
MISTI Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS

Tropics in Orange - Color Throwdown #463

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Hello!  It’s time for another Color Throwdown challenge and I’m your hostess this week!

I’m really sad that the summer is officially over, but I do love Autumn colors!  I’ve chosen 3 basic Fall colors for us to use this week – Orange, Kraft, and White.

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Isn’t that sleeping bag cute?  Did you think I would use a fox?  I’m afraid not!  I wanted to try using a summer tropical image with Autumn colors!

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I like the way the leaves look in orange even if you’d never see that in real life.

So now it’s your turn to create something using these colors!  Check out all the rules at the CTD blog and check out who our brand new October Guest Designer is!!

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe --> You are here!

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Michele Ferguson, October 2017 Guest Designer

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That’s it, folks!  Thanks so much for dropping by!

SUPPLIES:

 

PTI Tropics stamp set Shop here: SHOP	WPlus9 Hand Lettered Hello Shop here: SSS	WPlus9 Hand Lettered Hello Die Shop here: SSS	Distress ink pad Ripe Persimmon Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Distress ink pad Rusty Hinge Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	PTI Classic Kraft die ink Shop here: SHOP	Versafine Onyx Black ink Shop here: EH | SSS	PTI Kraft cardstock Shop here: SHOP
PTI white cardstock Shop here: SHOP	Copic multiliner pens Shop here: EH	Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	MISTI Shop here: EH | SSS | SB