Splashes of Watercolor

Isn’t this a great sentiment for a birthday card??  Or for any occasion for that matter when you want to add a little humor.  I just love it, and I love the cute images in this stamp set from CC Designs.  I got them in my last order from All That Scraps.  And it’s all Michele’s fault!!!

I needed a birthday card for my son-in-law.  I know this may seem like a juvenile image - the little dog with gifts - but when you add in that sentiment and use the right colors, it totally works for a masculine card!

I used Jen’s SFYTT sketch for this week.  It’s a great one and probably one I’ll come back to time and again. 

The papers are all from the Basic Grey Blush collection.  I sewed the colored image layer to a piece of ruby red cardstock, and I also sewed a zig zag line down the middle of the brown strip just to add some texture and interest.

I wanted to dress up the envelope a little so I stamped the cupcake image from the same stamp set in the bottom left front corner and colored it with Copic markers.  Then I spritzed some close to cocoa, ruby red and tempting turquoise around the cupcake.

So, what do you think he’ll say when he reads this sentiment and then finds out there’s no present???

Ha, I’m just kidding!  But that’s what he’ll think, because I’ll wait until later to give him the gift!  And that’s ok because he and I do this to each other all the time!

I hope you have a lovely day!!

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Stamps: It’s My Birthday - CC Designs

Paper: shimmery vanilla, ruby red, Basic Grey Blush collection

Ink: Palette Hybrid Burnt Umber

Accessories: Copic markers, Dew Drops - flame, SU markers - close to cocoa, ruby red, tempting turquoise, color spritzer, sewing machine, Tombow mono aqua liquid glue, mounting tape

Copic markers used: E31, E33, E37, BG11, BG15, G49, R22, R24, R29, C1, W3

Ahoy again, Mateys!

It’s time again for the 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

And be sure to visit these design team members today for a chance to win blog candy:

Candy

Shelly

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Maybe these ladies are sitting on the beach looking at those VERY LARGE waves, waiting for their swarthy pirates to come sailing in and whisk them away! Hmmm.  Oh well, that’s probably a story for another day.

I figured it was time to get back to making beach cards! It’s been consistently in the 80’s here for over a week. I know I’m ready for a trip to the coast!

These 3 ladies are actually 1 stamp called Bathing Beauties from the Rubbernecker Beach Party section. I stamped them on white cardstock and colored them in with Copic markers. Then I drew the shoreline and colored in the sand. I cut along the shoreline and around the ladies’ upper bodies.

The waves are a piece of patterned paper from the Teresa Collins Boardwalk collection. This one is the reverse side of the pattern called Surf’s Up. It was attached to the 5 1/4″ x 5 1/4″ base of gray cardstock after 2 pieces of ribbon were wrapped around the upper left edge.

I used tape on the bottom and sides of the image and mounting tape behind each of the ladies to attach them to the card, giving them extra dimension.

The sentiment (one of my all time favorites!) was stamped on barely banana cardstock and cut with a circle Nestabilities die. The summer sun cardstock was punched with my scallop circle punch twice to make the pointed scallops.

Finally I added stickles to the water line and around the edge of the sun.

Thanks for coming by to visit! Please take a few minutes and search for the free stamp image at Rubbernecker.

Have a great day!

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Stamps: Bathing Beauties, Life’s A Beach - Rubbernecker Beach Party section

Paper: white, barely banana, summer sun, basic gray, Teresa Collins Boardwalk - Surf’s Up

Ink: Palette Hybrid Noir

Accessories: Copic markers, scallop circle punch, circle Nestabilities die, Cuttlebug, ribbon, stickles, mounting tape

Copic markers used: E00, E31, R11, W3, W7, Y11, Y15, YR16, YR68, BG10, BG11, BG72

The rules are simple for the Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge. Link your finished challenge project to this post using a Rubbernecker or Stamp Oasis image and you’ll be entered in a monthly drawing. Enter as often as you like throughout the month.***No Rubbernecker stamps? You can play anyway!!! You won’t be entered in the drawing but we’d love to see your artwork!

***No Blog? That’s OK too! Just link your project from any online gallery!!!

Rules, past challenges and blog button can be found –>HERE

All qualifying entries will be entered into a monthly drawing for a $25 Rubber Bucks Certificate from Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

Look for other RBC07 samples on these Rubbernecker Team blogs:

Candy

Jeanne

Kittie

Shelly

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This week the colors are cream and browns. Simple, huh? Not really. I usually want to add a lot of color to my cards. But I finally decided on a coffee card. You just can’t go wrong with that!

This was a simple card to make. I attached the 2 patterned papers to the card front then wrapped the ribbons around and tied each in a knot. The mug was stamped twice and colored with Copic markers. Then I cut one mug out, including the bottom swirl of steam with the mug. The vanilla main image panel was spritzed with cocoa ink, then matted onto cocoa cardstock and a scalloped rectangle of chocolate chip cardstock. This layer was then attached to the card front using mounting tape. The “Java Minute?” was stamped with Versamark and Palette Hybrid Burnt Umber and clear embossed.

I added brown Tulip Slick paint to the coffee and a coat of Ranger Glossy Accents to the mug.

Thanks for visiting! Be sure to submit your card to the color challenge for a chance to win Rubbernecker Bucks!

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Stamps: Right Mug, Java Minute - KK Originals at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

Paper: shimmery vanilla, close to cocoa, chocolate chip, SU Enchante, My Mind’s Eye 12×12 slab

Ink: Palette Hybrid Burnt Umber, Versamark

Accessories: Copic markers, craft knife, Tulip slick paint - brown, clear EP, heat gun, color spritzer, rectangle Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, ribbon, Ranger Glossy Accents

I made this card for the Featured Stamper challenge FS64 on Splitcoaststampers today. Yay, sf9erfan! What a great gallery Michelle has! I chose this card to case: Simple Birthday

Michelle’s card is simple and beautiful and I loved her layout using just one large piece of patterned paper. I kept this layout and also used a bird theme and twill with an accent of flowers. I changed the stamp set, color theme, and patterned paper. Here is my card:

The owl was stamped on shimmery vanilla cardstock with Palette Hybrid Burnt Umber ink and colored with Copic markers.

I didn’t have any flowers that matched my patterned paper or color scheme, so I pressed the large flower into the Spring Moss ink pad and I stamped the small flower using a flower center from the Stampin’ Up! Pick a Petal set and Papertrey Aqua Mist and Spring Moss ink.

I thought the vanilla was a little stark against the pattern of the paper, so I patted the panel and the twill with an old washcloth which was touched lightly to the Spring Moss ink pad.

Side note: Someone made a comment the last time I used this sentiment, that they hoped the recipient of the card had a sense of humor. Well, I have to say that this card was made for a dear friend’s birthday. And she, as well as ALL of my friends, have a wonderful sense of humor! She’ll get a good chuckle out of this card!

Thanks for taking the time to visit today! I can’t believe that the weekend is almost over. I hope you have a wonderful week!

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Stamps: Bird Assortment - Inkadinkado, Pick a Petal - Stampin’ Up!

Paper: shimmery vanilla, Aqua Mist & Spring Moss - Papertrey Ink, My Mind’s Eye 12×12 slab

Ink: Palette Hybrid Burnt Umber, Aqua Mist & Spring Moss - PTI

Accessories: PTI Aqua Mist twill, flowers, Copic markers, piercing tool, template, mat, mounting tape

I created this card for the Wednesday backgrounder challenge at Cornish Heritage Farms - to use 2 or more backgrounders.  Lo and behold!  It also fits today’s Ways to Use It challenge WT163 at Splitcoast- to use scissors!

I used the Grid Paper backgrounder and the Weathered Wood backgrounder, which I believe is now retired.  Both of these are stamped with river rock ink on the river rock back panel.  The Weathered Wood was also stamped on the sentiment panel and both are used on the flowers.  To stamp the flowers I layed the Weathered Wood rubber side up, inked a corner of it with Ranger Distress frayed burlap, then layed the coral colored flower face down where I inked, and pressed.  I did the same with the green flower using the Grid Paper backgrounder.

As for using the scissors, I cut out the narrow sentiment panel after I inked and clear embossed the sentiment from the Art of Framing set from CHF.  Then I distressed all around the edges with my scissors and sponged them with frayed burlap ink and a sponge dauber.   The edges of the large main panel are also distressed with scissors and inked as well.

I’m not sure if you can tell that the bottom half of the card is covered on the diagonal with Cosmo Cricket Fleuriste paper (from Jacksonbelle Embellishments).  I love that paper!!  I overstamped both layers with the largest stem from my Stampin’ Up! Garden Silhouettes on the left side in Ranger brushed corduroy ink and clear embossed.  Then I stamped the smaller stem randomly with frayed burlap ink.

The twill was distressed slightly by rubbing over the edges with the sponge dauber and frayed burlap.  I tied a small length of hemp twine around the twill and frayed the ends.  The flowers were attached with glue dots and mounting tape (the green one).  I tied pieces of linen thread through the button holes and attached these to the flowers with glue dots.

Wow!  That was a lot of jabber!  Sorry if it was too much information!

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit!

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Stamps: The Art of Framing and Grid Paper & Weathered Wood backgrounders from Cornish Heritage Farms,  Garden Silhouettes from Stampin’ Up!

Paper: always artichoke, river rock, Fleuriste by Cosmo Cricket

Ink: river rock, Adirondack pesto, Ranger Distress frayed burlap & brushed corduroy

Accessories: sponge dauber, paper snips, 3/4″ twill, Imaginisce Bitty Blossoms, clear EP, heat gun, hemp twine, buttons, linen thread, glue dots, mounting tape

I thought I’d share a card with you today that I created some time ago as a new catty swap for a group of SU demos I was in, that has since disbanded.  This was my entry using a set from what was then the new Stampin’ Up! catalog.

I really love this Spring Song set because the 2 main images are so perfect for watercoloring.  Sadly though, I find myself using my Copic markers more than I use my waterbrush.  Well, maybe not sadly because I do enjoy the Copics trememdously.  But I really love to take my time and just watercolor an image with no thought up front as to how it will work into a card.  Contrarily, that wasn’t the case with this image because when I painted this hummingbird I wanted to use the colors from the Bali Breeze paper for the flowers.

Because I wanted the image to take “center stage”, I used a very simple layout.  I layered 2 different designer patterned papers onto an old olive card base, and stamped the sentiment directly onto the paper.  I matted the painted image onto black cardstock to frame it.  The old olive grosgrain ribbon was tied into a knot on the clip, which was then attached to the image layer with a glue dot.  The image layer is raised on dimensionals.

Have you seen any hummingbirds yet?  I know any of you that live in Florida or other states in the Deep South have, but what about the rest of you?  Seeing that first hummer to me signals the official beginning of Spring.  I always know I will see my first one sometime around April 1st, and this year was no exception.  I hung my feeder out on March 31st and by April 3rd, I had seen my first pair.

Thank you so much for coming by to visit today!  I really do love hearing from you!

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All items used on this card are from Stampin’ Up!

Stamps: Spring Song

Paper: watercolor paper, old olive, basic black, Bali Breeze DSP

Inks: black StazOn, groovy guava, pumpkin pie, really rust, old olive, always artichoke, ruby red, taken with teal, summer sun, soft sky

Accessories: aquabrush, hodgepodge hardware - Antique Brass, old olive 5/8″ grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals, glue dot

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Use it! And please pass it on!

Well, it’s a Tuesday and you know what that means. It’s Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker!

If you follow the clues and find the hidden treasure, you will receive it free when you make a purchase. You can find the first clue in the Treasure Hunt on Linda’s blog today. 

EDIT:  This is a message from Dave at Rubbernecker:

Treasure Hunt Tuesdays is simple today.
Just look in Rubbernecker for the “Get Well” category and find the prize. Sorry to be brief this week but we are driving out this
morning for a show in Akron Ohio and we have about 2000 miles to go.
Hope you enjoy.

Two of our Design Team Members, Sherry and Leslie, have Rubbernecker Blog Candy today. You’ll want to be sure to visit their blogs for a chance to win. While you are visiting Rubbernecker, don’t forget to check out the home page for info on how you can earn free stamps and shipping.

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My card today was made as a late entry for yesterday’s Rubbernecker RBC06 color challenge to use pink, red and gray. I finally found some time to play last night and while I was at it, I decided to combine this color challenge (see details on Jeanne’s blog) with the Monday Technique Lovers Challenge TLC165 on Splitcoast. The challenge was to create a small gift card holder.

I used 2 stamps from the KK Originals line at Rubbernecker. I stamped the Rose Teapot and Cup (1 image) with Palette Hybrid Noir on Georgia Pacific white paper and colored the image with Copic markers. The Teacup Border - horizontal was stamped in Adirondack Shell Pink across the bottom of the card front after I had completed the cutting, scoring and punching as outlined in the tutorials which were linked in the original challenge post.

I rounded the upper corners of the image layer and matted it on basic gray cardstock which is also rounded. I added the 3 pink rhinestone stickers at the bottom of the gray layer and tied the whole card together with a piece of wide stain ribbon.

I had thought this would be complicated to make but I was so wrong! I’m so glad now that I tried it. I’ll definitely be making all of my gift card holders from now on!

Thanks so much for visiting with me today!! Be sure to hunt for that treasure and visit the ladies who are giving away blog candy this week.

Have a lovely day!

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Stamps: Rose Teapot and Cup, Teacup Border - horizontal: KK Originals line from Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

Paper: Georgia Pacific white, pretty in pink, real red, basic gray

Inks: Palette Hybrid Noir, Adirondack - Shell Pink

Accessories: Copic markers (C1, C3, YG03, RV11, RV14, R29); rectangle Nestabilities die; Cuttlebug; corner rounder, word window & 3/4″ circle punches; rhinestone stickers, sticky strip tape, wide satin ribbon

I wasn’t able to play along in the color challenge this week, but here are the details if you’d like a chance to win the monthly $25 Rubbernecker Rubber Bucks certificate:

Jeanne’s blog post - RBC06

Look for other RBC06 samples on the Rubbernecker Team blogs:
Sherry

Shelly
Kittie
Candy

It seems like every week I need at least one sympathy card and I end up making it based on the Featured Stamper challenge. This week is no exception. I needed 2 cards so I made them identical, which really is a time saver.

This week’s featured stamper is Silke Ledlow, better known as Sparklegirl on Splitcoast.

I chose this great card of Silke’s: Petals Birthday. I love the simple layout, the white card base, and the simple placement of her sentiment. So I kept all of those features and changed the stamp set, the colors and the sentiment, of course.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Stamps: Garden Silhouettes, So Many Sayings - Stampin’ Up!

Paper: Papertrey Ink white, close to cocoa, chocolate chip, tangerine textured paper, My Mind’s Eye 12 x 12 slab

Inks: chocolate chip, close to cocoa, marigold morning

Accessories: Queen & Co. mini sprinkles brads, glue dots