Splashes of Watercolor

It’s HOT outside!  I don’t know about where you are, but the temperatures here have been in the 90’s for a couple of weeks, with no relief in sight!  Thank goodness for pools, lakes, rivers, beaches, and beer!!

The hugely talented and effervescent Bev is hosting our Wacky Wednesday this week.  She’s come up with quite a title for this one: Hard & Soft.  Now get your mind out of the gutter…she’s referring to what you use on your card/project this week!!  She’s asked us to use metal and ribbon.  This is what I came up with:

I have to tell you that I am IN LOVE with the new In Color from Stampin’ Up – Soft Suede.  It works with everything!  And just look how perfectly the gorgeous May Arts ribbon matches both Soft Suede and the new Bermuda Bay (another new favorite for sure)!

My metal is the tiny seashell charm and of course the ribbon is pretty obvious.  The umbrellas are from the Kittie Kit Scene #6 set.  I liked the way the umbrellas looked so much, I decided to use this image as my summer blog banner.

Please join the Rubbernecker Red Hot Mommas for this week’s Wacky Wednesday challenge.  You can check out all the details at the Rubbernecker blog then be inspired by checking out all the wonderful creations of the design team members:

Thank you so much for visiting with me again this week!  I appreciate that you took the time to stop by!

• Stamps: Kittie Kits – Scene #6, It’s Summer text
• Paper: soft suede, bermuda bay, melon mambo, crushed curry (Stampin’ Up!); The Travel Stack (DCWV)
• Ink: tuxedo black – Memento, soft suede (Stampin’ Up!)
• Other: Prismacolor pencil – sienna brown, gamsol & stump, RoseArt silver pen, May Arts ribbon, seashell charm, linen thread, corner rounder punch, foam tape 

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamps.

I hope all you blogland people had a wonderful weekend!  I sure did!  I spent all day Saturday at the pool with my family who gathered from several cities to visit with my Mom.  Then Sunday I was able to go kayaking at a local river for the first time in a couple of years!  The water has been so low due to the drought, making it very hard to paddle.  But now the levels are normalizing, so I’m looking forward to lots of paddling in the weeks to come!

Our Color Throwdown this week is hosted by the immensely talented Tammy Hershberger!  The colors she’s chosen are so yummy together!  AND we have a very special designer joining us for the month of July!  Please help us welcome one of the sweetest, funniest and most talented people that I know…Juliana Swanson (julesiana on SCS).  Her blog is Stamping With Inky Fingers and if you haven’t visited there before, you are really in for a special treat!

My card today features an adorable little girl from the Sugar n’ Spice collection from Whipper Snapper.  And I just love this patterned paper from Sassafras.  It’s perfect for this week’s color combo!

This card is already in the mail to a very special friend who’s birthday is today!  Happy birthday, Kittie!

Please join us in this week’s challenge!  You don’t have to have the exact colors; anything close will do!  Check out all the details at the Color Throwdown blog and then “mosey” on over to the design teams’ blogs:

Please stop back by in a little bit for this week’s Wacky Wednesday challenge from Rubbernecker.  Miss Bev (TexasGrammy) is our hostess with the mostess!

• Stamps: Sugar n’ Spice (Whipper Snapper), Blooming Expressions by Anna Wight (Whipper Snapper)
• Paper: Simply Smooth white (Prism), soft sky, groovy guava, chocolate chip, Sunshine Lollipops (Sassafras)
• Ink: tuxedo black (Memento), Versafine onyx black
• Other: Spellbinders ribbon tags trio dies, Nestabilities circle dies, swiss dots folder (Cuttlebug), May Arts ribbon, SU scallop border punch, Copic markers:

Yay!  It’s time for yet another Blog Stroll with the Rubbernecker Red Hot Mommas!!  Are you ready?  And if the Blog Stroll isn’t enough excitement, this time we also have the designers at Charisma Cardz joining us!  Please be sure to check out their creations as well!

Well, Rubbernecker Stamps is just HOT, HOT, HOT!  This week we have 3 new releases: 2 stamp sets and a background stamp.  Check this out:

Pretty darn cool, huh?

My tag card yesterday featured an image from the Flower Silhouettes set (468).  Today I’m using the adorable Teddy Inchies (426).

I’ve used the Color Challenge combo CC224 from Splitcoaststampers – Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango, and Summer Sun.  And my sketch is from the Clean & Simple blog – Fall-to Layout 27.

Ok, here’s your Blog Stroll information for today:

If you haven’t arrived here from the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog , you should go there now so you won’t miss anything!  In order to be entered to win one of the free sets, please leave a comment on this post.  Winners will be randomly drawn from the comments left on the design team members’ blogs and from those emails with the completed, correct phrase sent to Sherry per the instructions on the Rubbernecker Blog.

My phrase clue for today is STAMPS?  (includes the question mark)  To find the next clue, stroll on over to Joan’s blog.  The Blog Stroll will end at 12:00 noon on Friday, June 26, and winners will be announced on the Rubbernecker Blog.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a wonderful day!  Stroll on!!

• Stamps: Teddy Inchies (426)
• Paper: Prism – simply smooth white; pacific point, tangerine tango; DCWV – Pocket Full of Posies matstack
• Ink: Memento - tuxedo black, Ranger Distress – antique linen
• Other: Sizzix Flower Layers Die, Heidi Swapp Flower, corner rounder punch, 1 1/4” & 3/4” circle punches, scallop circle Nestabilities die, CB embossing border – Just My Type, chipboard stickers, sponge dabber, sewing machine, foam tape, Copic markers:

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamps.

Well, it’s time again for another Wacky Wednesday challenge!  This time it’s Shelly’s turn to host and I was so excited that she chose for us to use a tag on our project!  I’ve been wanting to play around again with Sherry’s “inky thing” and this was the perfect opportunity!

You can get all the details to the challenge on the Rubbernecker Blog.

On my card today, I’ve used a new stamp from a set (Flower Silhouettes – 468) that will be released tomorrow as a part of another Red Hot Mommas’ Blog Stroll!  These strolls are just the most fun, and you get to see some gorgeous examples of art from our talented design team!

As I said, I used Sherry’s  “inky thing” technique, but I added some Perfect Pearls to my water mister.  I know you can’t see it in the photo, but the tag really glimmers IRL!  My card is 5 x 5 and I cut the tag to a length of 4”.  I also outlined the flower, that was stamped in Ranger broken china ink, with a white gel pen to make it pop a little.  The flourishes around the edges are from the Flourish Set Large (463), which was recently released.  I sponged all the edges with Ranger walnut stain ink using my ink blending tool.

I also wanted to let you know how I added the jumbo eyelets to my card front without them showing through on the inside of the card.  I’m a little picky about that!!  I taped small squares of cardstock the same color as the card base (Island Mist Dark) to the 2 triangle pieces of cardstock before punching the holes with my Cropadile.  Here’s a visual:

Be sure to check out the challenge at the Rubbernecker Blog, and there you can get links to see all the sneak peeks from the Red Hot Mommas!  We would really love it if you would play along with us!  You have an excellent chance of winning a 40% off coupon on your next Rubbernecker Stamps purchase!

Don’t forget!!!  Come back tomorrow for the Red Hot Mommas’ Blog Stroll!  You won’t be sorry!!

• Stamps: Flower Silhouettes (468), Flourish Set Large (463)
• Paper: Prism - Island Mist Dark, Intense Teal, Intense Kiwi; Basic Grey Urban Garden - Hayfield
• Ink: Ranger Archival ink – jet black, Ranger Distress ink – peeled paint, broken china, walnut stain 
• Other: shipping tag, ink blending tool, Ranger mini mister, perfect pearls, white gel pen, sewing machine, jumbo eyelets, Cropadile, ribbon, foam tape 

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamps.

It’s time for another Color Throwdown, y’all!

LeAnne has a way of coming up with the greatest combinations and this one is beautiful!!  She’s chosen a couple of retiring SU colors for us to work with this week.  It sure doesn’t seem like it’s time for new In Colors already!  I’ll hate to see the current ones go, but the new ones are incredibly cool!

What a sweet and calming combination!

I’ve been dying to ink up one of the Gorjuss Girls that have been sitting on my desk for weeks now!  Shame on me!!  This is the first one I chose, because I thought I’d like to try something I haven’t done in a while…color on kraft paper with my Prismacolor pencils.  I wanted to see how these particular colors would look on kraft.  I don’t know why I haven’t done this more!  I love how it looks!

Now it’s your turn!  We’d love to see what you come up with using these colors (or whatever you have that’s close)!  All the details for the challenge can be found on the Color Throwdown blog.  And don’t forget to check out all the inspiration at the other designers’ blogs:

Stay tuned for more in a little bit.  I’ll have my Wacky Wednesday challenge card up, and it’s also a preview of a new stamp set to be released with another Red Hot Mommas Blog Stroll tomorrow!

• Stamps: Guardian Angel – Gorjuss Girls (Sugar Nellie)
• Paper: kraft, baja breeze, pink pirouette
• Ink: prismacolor pencils, whisper white craft, Memento – tuxedo black
• Other: gamsol & stump, Labels 4 Nestabilities, May Arts ribbon, lace, buttons, linen thread, crocheted flower, pearl stickers, Icicle stickles, foam tape, ink blending tool 

It’s been a long time since I’ve had a chance to play along with the Featured Stamper challenge at Splitcoaststampers, so when the opportunity arose this morning I jumped right on it!

Today’s featured artist is Christy S.  She’s got a great gallery!  This is the card I chose to CASE.  I used the same stamp from the same set and the same basic layout.  Everything else is changed a little.

Thanks for stopping by to look!

• Stamps: Forest Friends & Great Friend - Stampin’ Up!
  
• Paper: Prism - Simply Smooth white, Island Mist Dark; Poppy - SEI paper stack
  
• Ink: Adirondack -stream, SU - going gray
  
• Other: Labels One Nestabilities, C1 Copic marker, tangerine tango ribbon, buttons, cotton thread
  

Are you ready for another Red Hot Mommas’ Blog Stroll??  How about some hot new releases??  There are cool coffee and tea sets that you’ll just love!

And the 2 new soccer sets are just amazing!  A little something for everyone on the team and the coach and moms too!  You may have seen my soccer mom card yesterday.  Well, today I’m featuring the coach and a couple of his team players.

Ain’t he cute??!!  This guy is from the Soccer Sentiments set (460).  It’s got everything you need for anyone associated with your soccer team.

Here are 2 of his most valuable players:

These guys (Or should I say guy and gal…hey, it’s a coed team!) are from the Soccer Coed set (470).

You really should check out all the cool creations from the other design team members.  Just take a stroll with us!!

If you haven’t arrived here from the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog, you should go there now so you won’t miss anything!  In order to be entered to win one of the free sets, please leave a comment on this post.  Winners will be randomly drawn from the comments left on the design team members’ blogs and those emails with the completed, correct phrase sent to Sherry per the instructions on the Rubbernecker Blog.

 

My phrase clue for today is SOCCER.  To find the next clue, stroll on over to Candy’s blog.  The Blog Stroll will end at 12:00 noon on Friday, June 19, and winners will be announced on the Rubbernecker Blog.

Thanks for visiting me again today.  Have fun on the stroll and good luck!

• Stamps: Soccer Sentiments (460), Soccer Coed (470)
• Paper: Prism – Simply Smooth white, Papaya, Puree Dark, Mystic Dark, Mystic Medium
• Ink: Memento – tuxedo black, Versafine – onyx black, Adirondack – cloudy blue, Ranger Distress – frayed burlap
• Other: Mega Nestabilities – curved rectangles, small petite oval, SU small oval punch, cloud template, ink blending tool, piercing tool & mat, brads, foam tape, Copic markers:

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamps.

Today’s Wacky Wednesday challenge is brought to us by our fearless leader, Sherry!  She has asked us to use OVALS in our designs.

And the team is really excited about today’s challenge because we get to preview MORE new Rubbernecker releases for you!!  You’re gonna love them!

My card today is dedicated to my daughter, Gretchen, who is the Team Mom for her son’s soccer team.  I love that there’s finally an image and sentiment to use for expressing gratitude to this important person in every soccer player’s life!

And you know the best part??  You can use this for any sport!  Baseball, football, soccer, wrestling, t-ball….whatever you need it for!  Cool, huh?

Be sure to check out the entire challenge and get links to all the other great creations of the design team by heading over to the Rubbernecker blog.

Don’t forget….There’s another Red Hot Mommas Blog Stroll tomorrow!  Come back for the fun and a chance to win!

Thanks for coming by today.  See you tomorrow!

• Stamps: Soccer Sentiments (460)
• Paper: Prism – simply smooth white, papaya puree dark, mystic dark; 7 Gypsies - Notthinghill
• Ink: Memento – tuxedo black, Versafine – onyx black, Adirondack – meadow, Ranger Distress – frayed burlap
• Other: Nestabilities petite oval, ink blending tool, ribbon, rhinestone stickers, foam tape, Copic markers, SU Flower Layers die
  

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamps.

It seems like forever since I posted, but actually it’s only been 2 weeks.  I was on vacation last week with no internet access.  But that’s ok, since all the grandkids kept me quite busy!

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It’s Wednesday and time again for another Color Throwdown challenge!  This week our hostess is the incredibly talented Danielle and she’s chosen some bright and fun colors for us:

The first thing that came to mind when trying to decide how to proceed with this challenge was my Basic Grey Urban Prairie paper.  So I started there and let everything flow.

I’ve used a new (to be released tomorrow!) Rubbernecker set called Teatime.  It’s just one of 4 sets to be released.  And yes, there’ll be a Stroll on Thursday to celebrate and show you examples using all the sets!!

(Don’t look too closely at my sewing.  My silly little machine decided to act up and it took several tries to get it going!)

We’d love for you to join us in the challenge.  You can get all the details from Danielle here: Color Throwdown blog, then be sure to check out all the DT members’ creations:

Please stop by later for this week’s Wacky Wednesday challenge!  See ya then!

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamps

Hi everybody!  No, I’m not too confused!  I haven’t mixed up my challenges!  But since it’s my week to host the Wacky Wednesday challenge over at the Rubbernecker Stamps blog, I figured why not make it a color challenge?

I’m presenting you and our Red Hot Mommas with a hot, hot color challenge.  Here are the colors:

Think summer.. citrus.. flowers.. butterflies….anything your little heart desires!  Just get the creative juices flowing and see what you can come up with!  I’ve listed the Prism colors and also the SU colors as alternatives.

Here’s my sample card for you:

I had a great time combining all the stamps from different sets to come up with this card!  And guess what I discovered!!!  Several of the butterflies in the inchies set work beautifully with my Martha Stewart punch!  Yay!  Punching instead of cutting.  I can go for that!

We would love for you to play along in the challenge with us this week! Just upload your card/project to your blog or favorite online gallery and link it to today’s post at the Rubbernecker Blog.  You’ll have a chance to win a 40% off coupon for your next purchase!Head on over there now to link to the team’s blogs to view their wonderful creations.  You’re sure to be inspired!!

Thanks for visiting me!  Have a wonderful day!

• Stamps: Butterfly Inchies (427), Flourish Set (463), Party Time (439), Grid background (451)
  
• Paper: Prism: Spring Willow Medium, Intense Orange, Intense Yellow, black, 7 Gypsies - Gypsy Market
• Ink: Versafine - onyx black, Ranger Distress - antique linen
  
• Other: Labels Four Nestabilities die, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, piercing tool-mat-template, ink blending tool, rhinestone stickers, sewing machine, ribbon, foam tape

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamps