Splashes of Watercolor

I saw that AmyR filled in for Roxie yesterday to post the sketch challenge on Splitcoast. She can make the simplest sketches look fabulous! So I decided to try this one for myself. Besides, I needed a birthday card for a coworker!

Remember that I made a birthday card for my son-in-law earlier with the little dog from the CC Designs stamp set, It’s My Birthday? Well, I decided to go with the same theme here. The coworker is a young man also.

The card is pretty straightforward. The zig-zag lines are not actually stitching, but one of the stamps from a Technique Tuesday stamp set. The tiniest present is paper pieced with a scrap of the striped paper, and the faux brads are taken with teal cardstock punched with my 1/4″ circle punch. I also shaded the sentiment a little with a W1 Copic marker.

Thanks for coming by to visit today!

Oh and did you watch the American Idol elimination show last night? I definitely think the best 2 are in the finals - David and David. I vote for David, how about you?!! (Personally, I think David Cook has the most versatile style, but I love them both!)

AND…tonight’s another new episode of Grey’s Anatomy! Yum!

Have a wonderful day!

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Stamps: It’s My Birthday - CC Designs, Hanging By a Thread - Technique Tuesday

Paper: shimmery vanilla, cranberry crisp, taken with teal, My Mind’s Eye 12×12 slab

Inks: Palette Hybrid Burnt Umber

Accessories: Copic markers, 1/4″ circle punch, mounting tape

Copics used: Y21, Y26, YR16, YR68, BG15, BG09, YG03, G94, E09, E37, E31, E33, E13, W1

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After I’d posted the above card for yesterday’s challenge, I found out that today’s Ways to Use it Challenge at SCS is to use inchies. I LOVE INCHIES!!! I first learned about them on Ellen Hutson’s blog and have been fascinated with capturing as much art as possible on a 1″ square! The real experts are Sharon, Debbie, Ellen, Michelle, Trudee and Cindy. Check ‘em out! Ellen even has an entire blog devoted to them: Inchie Inklings.

So this is the mini-card that I made for Ellen’s March Inchie challenge.

Thanks again for stopping by!

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Stamps: Pencil cup - Lockhart Stamps

Paper: white, always artichoke, real red, Basic Grey cupcake 6×6 pad

Inks: Palette Hybrid Noir

Accessories: Copic markers, Prismacolor pencils, 1″ punch, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities rectangle dies

My grandson Will just graduated from preschool. You know, it seems to me that he was just born yesterday! He is his mom’s youngest, so she’s mourning the passing of his “babyhood”.   And she started to talk about having another baby.  I definitely had to talk her out of that one rather quickly!!  But not to worry; it didn’t take much convincing!

As I was trying to decide on the paper to use to make his card, I came across some scraps that I thought would work well for a little boy. You know, the super-star theme. As I was making it, I realized it was the same paper I had used for one of my December 2007 Dirty Dozen designs. Here’s a link to that post (if you’re an SCS fan club member): Trinket Boxes

So I pulled the box out of storage and put some money in it to go along with the card. The bag is just a plain white lunch bag with Cuttlebug Concentric stars glued to it.

And here’s a picture of Will receiving his diploma from his teacher, Miss Anna ~

Thanks for visiting and letting me share this with you!

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Stamps: Graduate - Inkadinkado, Foursquare and Lined Paper backgrounder - Cornish Heritage Farms, You Rock! - A Muse

Paper: white, DCWV Rock Star mat stack, Basic Grey Mellow 6×6 pad

Inks: Palette Hybrid Noir, black StazOn, ruby red

Accessories: silver sheeting, spiral punch, Copic markers, Cuttlebug, Concentric Stars die

Yes, that’s right!

It’s time for another Treasure Hunt Tuesday over at Rubbernecker! You can hunt between the hours of 4 a.m. (PST) and 9 p.m. (PST). For all the rules and the FIRST CLUE, head over to the Rubbernecker home page.

Not only can you win a free stamp in the treasure hunt, you could also have a chance to win blog candy when you visit these 2 blogs:

Linda

Sherry

You know there’s nothing better than free stamping stuff! And I’ve heard that Sherry can get pretty upset if you don’t even try to win! This is what happens when Sherry gets upset….

and then this….

(hehe!)

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In keeping with the pirate/ocean theme today, I pulled out some more of my Rubbernecker Beach Party stamps. There are so many to choose from, it took me a while to decide what to use. But then I also started looking at the Teresa Collins paper and figured with paper this cool, who needs a lot of stamping? And so it began!

I just attached the waves to the black card base, cut out around the tops of the surfboard paper and attached that to the waves with mounting tape. I stamped the large surfboard and the sentiment, then colored the surfboard with Copic markers and sponged the sentiment with Adirondack Aqua ink. I tied the ribbon around the card and attached the sun charm. Then I added the surfboard (again with mounting tape) and the sentiment. That’s it!

Thanks for stopping by! Please be sure to visit Linda and Sherry and then head over to Rubbernecker to hunt for that treasure!

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Stamps: Surfboard with Surf’s Up text - Rubbernecker Beach Party section

Paper: white, black, basic gray, Teresa Collins Boardwalk paper - reverse side of Hibiscus

Ink: Palette Hybrid Noir, Adirondack - Aqua

Accessories: Copic markers, sponge dauber, sunshine charm, glue dots, mounting tape

**Everything highlighted in orange is from Rubbernecker.

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Hi there! I hope everyone had a great Mother’s Day and a great weekend in general. I did! My family came over for a big afternoon meal and playing around with the boys.

Here’s a look:

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Thanks for letting me share. Now on to the challenge!

This week the Rubbernecker challenge is to use a circle or circles on your card! I used an image from the KK Originals collection called Inner Circle and I also used my circle Nestabilities dies, my Swiss Dot Cuttlebug folder and some polka dot paper.

My Inner Circle was colored with Copic markers and the Swiss Dot layer, the Inner Circle image layer and the sentiment layer are all popped up on mounting tape.The thin brown circle was really an afterthought. I had made the brown mat for my Inner Circle larger at first and decided it was too big. So I used the next smaller Nestie to cut it down and ended up with this thin brown circle. It’s cool how sometimes mistakes turn out to be inspirations! I love what it adds to the card!

I can’t wait to see what the other design team members have made, because it seems that each week at least 2 of us use the same image or family of images.

Please play along with us! Create your card, upload to your online gallery or blog using the RBC09 keyword, then link your post to Jeanne’s post today. You’ll be entered into the monthly drawing to win a $25 Rubbernecker Bucks gift certificate. Cool, huh?

Thanks for visiting me today! Have a great day!

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Stamps: Inner Circle, Imagination sentiment - KK Originals collection from Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

Paper: shimmer vanilla, My Mind’s Eye 12 x 12 slab, chocolate chip, bayou blue

Ink: Palette Hybrid Burnt Umber
Accessories: Copic markers, circle Nestabilities dies, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dot folder, ribbon, rhinestone stickers, mounting tape

Copic markers used: R05, R27, E09, YR16, YR68, YR09, Y21, Y15, Y26, YG03, YG06, YG67, BG72, BG49, BG09

I hope you all have a wonderful Mother’s Day!

Today I wanted to share with you a gift I made for my daughter.  She’s a preschool teacher and will be receiving end-of-the-year gifts very soon from her students.  Consequently, she’ll need a few thank you cards.

I found this set of brightly colored/patterned note cards at Target on clearance for around $2.00!  I knew I could do something with them!  But they were such fun cards to start with, that I didn’t want to add too much or cover up too much of them.  So I just added 1 or 2 new elements to each.  Here is a group shot:

Aren’t they fun?  I almost didn’t want to give them up!

I pulled out several small stamps from different collections that I knew would look great using the fresh colors from the cards.

Gretchen’s favorite is the polka dot card with the pencil cup.  She’s already requested 2 more sets using this Lockhart image for her sons to give to their teachers.  And she wants them by next Wednesday!  Guess I know what I’ll be doing this weekend! 

Besides the image, which was colored with Prismacolor pencils and cut with a circle Nestabilities die, I only added the strip of ribbon.

This slice of lime card is one of my favorites.  I think I just love the freshness and the simplicity of it.  I stamped the lime from Stampin’ Up’s Tart & Tangy set in chalk ink and added the little thanks sentiment from Anna’s Posies for You stamp set from Whipper Snapper.

Here is an example of the third design of note card that I altered.  How about those big, beautiful flowers!  I didn’t want to overshadow them so I just used a piece of ribbon and the scalloped flower image from SU’s So Many Scallops stamped in chalk ink.  I topped it with a clear sticker.

The fourth design in the set of cards was so cute that it didn’t need any added stamped elements besides the thanks sentiment.  I did, however, decide to add a flower with a brad center over 1 of the flowers just for something a little different.

And here are some others, using the same lime and different images from Lockhart Stamps:

That’s it for today!  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and a fabulous Mother’s Day!!!

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I’m listing these ingredients strictly from memory, so please forgive me if I forget something or I’m not too specific~

Stamps: Garden Angel, Wildflowers, Pencil Cup - Lockhart Stamps; So Many Scallops, Tart & Tangy - Stampin’ Up; thanks! - Posies for You set from Whipper Snapper

Paper: white, note cards & envelopes - Target

Inks: Palette Hybrid Noir, various chalk inks

Accessories: Prismacolor pencils, Copic markers, ribbon, prima flower, brad, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, clear sticker, scallop punch

Hi y’all!

Lindsey from Jacksonbelle Embellishments issued her first challenge this week!  It’s a color challenge with a twist - make a thank you card using pink, green and gray.  I didn’t have a lot of time to work on this after I got home from work last night.  I just couldn’t miss American Idol now that we’re down to the final 4.  Although I don’t think there’s much question as to who’s going home tonight!

Anyway, this is what I came up with:

I started by inking my branch stamp with going gray and then just barely touching my basic gray ink pad to the underside of the branch.  So when I stamped it, the branch was already shaded!  I added the leaves in Adirondack lettuce and the flowers in SU pretty in pink.  The nest was stamped in basic gray and the owl was stamped over it in going gray.  I cut these out together and was going to mount them, but they just kind of faded away.   I wanted them to be the focus of the card, so I decided to sponge the area behind them with willow ink, then attached the little guy in his nest on mounting tape.

You’re more than welcome to play along.  You can find all the entries for this challenge on SCS here: JBCC01

Thanks for stopping by today!

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Stamps: Grow-A-Garden (Basic Grey), Chelsea Sentiments (Inkadinkado) - from Jacksonbelle Embellishments

Paper: white, basic gray, going gray, old olive, Basic Grey Sugared 6×6 pad

Ink: going gray, basic gray, pretty in pink, Adirondack - lettuce, willow

Accessories: sponge dauber, Dew Drops, mounting tape

SWEDIE!

This is what Swedie had to say about her current favorite color:

Tho not my favorite color, I find myself using a lot of blue and sometimes pink, lately.

 Thanks so much for playing everybody!!

Ahoy again, Mateys!

It’s time for another Tuesday Treasure Hunt at Rubbernecker Stamp Co. The treasure will be available for you to find from 4:00 am PST until 9:00 pm PST. You can find the first clue on the Rubbernecker home page here: FIRST CLUE

Now, if you’d like a chance to win some BLOG CANDY this week, just leave me a comment on this post and tell me which color you find yourself using the most of these days. It’s definitely a light aqua or teal for me. I believe it’s got to do with my love of water! Then you can head on over to Kittie’s blog, because she’s giving away some candy too!

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Here’s my card today using the stamp Woman Holding Flowers from Rubbernecker’s Stamp Oasis People section.

I had THE MOST FUN coloring this image. I just took my time and played to my heart’s content. Usually I’m always rushing to get things done, so I totally enjoyed this experience. Of course, after coloring it I had to decide what to do with it. I’m not thrilled (especially with the ribbon application), but it’ll do. I do, however, really like the Swarovski crystals and how they make the overall image kind of magical looking!

Thanks for visiting today! Please be sure to leave a comment for a chance to win that blog candy!

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Stamps: Woman Holding Flowers - Rubbernecker Stamp Co. (Stamp Oasis People section)

Paper: black, white, SU Summer Picnic DSP

Ink: Palette Hybrid Noir, Ranger Distress - Tea Dye

Accessories: Copic markers, clear & red spica glitter pens, Inkssentials Opaque pen - white, ribbon, sponge dauber, Swarovski crystals, mounting tape

Copics used:

Face: E00, E02, R11

Lips: R22, R39

Hair: E33, E37, E49, E09

Dress: BV00, V17

Sky: B29, V09

Stars: Y06, YR65

Sun: Y06, YR65, YR16

Flowers: R11, R22, R24, R39

Leaves: YG11, YG03, YG67

Here is another one of my design team submissions for the Jacksonbelle Embellishments design team:

This card is a little different for me - no coloring! But I did have a lot of fun making it! So what if I didn’t get to color, I did paint! Can you see where I painted a linen colored acrylic over the patterned paper before I stamped the Sweet Friend sentiment? I absolutely LOVE this sentiment from the Inkadinkado Chelsea Sentiments stamp set. Isn’t that the coolest font?

The branch from the Basic Grey Grow a Garden stamp set was stamped in Versamark and then I embossed with Timber EP. The large butterfly and the bird were each stamped on colored cardstock, then cut out and attached with glue dots.

I sewed around the edges of all the layers and don’t you just love how this beautiful May Arts ribbon has the stitching on the edges too and coordinates so perfectly?

Thanks for stopping by to check out my card! Be sure to check back in tomorrow for a chance to win some BLOG CANDY!!!

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Stamps: Grow A Garden - Basic Grey, Chelsea Sentiments - Inkadinkado, Grid Paper backgrounder - Cornish Heritage Farms

Paper: river rock, Cosmo Cricket 8×8 Fleuriste paper pad

Ink: Versamark, Versafine Onyx black, Ranger Distress - tea dye

Accessories: Heidi Swapp flower, Martha Stewart flower punch, May Arts ribbon, heat gun, Timber EP, sponge dauber, sewing machine, rhinestone brad, black gelly roll pen, acrylic paint - linen, paint brush, glue dots

***All items in orange are from Jacksonbelle Embellishments