Splashes of Watercolor

Just a few Christmas gifts I made this year……

Following the trend to CASE Anna’s snowflakes and banners (and birch candle idea):

My boss’s gift (all sugar free candy):

And finally some McD’s gift card holders for the grandkids, copying Jill Haddad’s cute punched Santa (that she copied from Samantha Parisi):

(Click on each photo to see a larger version.)

 Thanks so much for stopping by!  See you next year!

Look at this beautiful award that I received from my sweet friend, Joan Ervin.  Thank you so much, Joan!!

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Here are the details…
1. Post the award logo on your blog.
2. Add the link to the person who nominated you.
3. Nominate 10 other blogs and add post their links as well.
4. Let those people know that they received the award.

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I ‘d like to pass this award along to my fellow Color Throwdown designers:

• Cathy Indelicato
• Kisa Peters
  
• LeAnne Pugliese
• Tammy Hershberger

as well as to:

• Christine Okken
• Danielle Kennedy
• Dee Jackson
• Lila Holgate
• Michele Boyer
• Susan Moore

Thanks again, Joan!  And I’ll see you guys later!

It’s Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker  .  This is the VERY LAST one!  If you hop on over to the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog, you’ll get all the info and deets you need to participate today.  You’ll also find a list of all the Rubbernecker Designers so you can poke around and find out who has blog candy.  If you bypass the blog, which you shouldn’t because you might miss out on some blog candy, make sure you check out the home page.  There are some great offers going on right now.

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I hope you’ve recovered from your holidays.  I’m trying to get back in the swing of things.  I don’t know if I’ll ever be happy about going back to work though!

I love this cute little Moose at Moonrise image.  I felt like water coloring this one in order to get a good mix of colors.

Are the colors bright enough for you?  I sponged the watercolor paper edges with Distress antique linen after distressing them to tone down the white.

I stamped the small branch from the Pine Sprig set in the bottom right corner of the kiwi cardstock and used a craft knife to trim around the top edges of it.  After stamping the sprig all over the kiwi piece, I slid the watercolored image behind the cut sprigs.  I used a jumbo eyelet to attach these pieces as well as some punched Martha Stewart branches.

The tangerine cardstock is stamped all over with the Mesh background stamp and sewn randomly along the bottom.

Have a great day!  Don’t forget to play along in the FINAL TREASURE HUNT!

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Stamps: Moonrise (57-01 KK), Pine Sprig Set (24-0102), Mesh Background

Paper: watercolor paper, kiwi kiss, tangerine tango, chocolate chip, PTI aqua mist

Ink: Kiwi kiss, StazOn - timber brown, Ranger Distress inks - brushed corduroy, antique linen, peeled paint, broken china,  spiced marlade, mustard seed

Other: waterbrush, craft knife, Martha Stewart branch punch, jumbo eyelet (antique brass), sponge dabber, cropadile,  ribbon, foam mounting tape

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

It’s Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker  .  There’s only going to be one more after this one!  If you hop on over to the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog, you’ll get all the info and deets you need to participate today.  You’ll also find a list of all the Rubbernecker Designers so you can poke around and find out who has blog candy.  If you bypass the blog, which you shouldn’t because you might miss out on some blog candy, make sure you check out the home page.  There are some great offers going on right now.

This is a card I’ve had in my mind for a while and really needed to get it onto paper before the holiday season is over.

Pretty simple and fairly flat for mailing.  The sentiment is computer generated (in Angelina font) and cut down into an Anna banner (love these!).

The background trees are from the Kittie Kit - The Moose is Loose and the grass is from her Master #1 set.  Love these too!

I hope you all have a truly wonderful Christmas!  Stay warm and cozy!

Stamps: Small Travel Trailer (75-15), Pine Sprig Set (24-0102), Moose is Loose Kittie Kit, Kittie Kit Master #1

Paper: white, garden green, MME Signature Christmas

Ink: Versafine - onyx black, Adirondack - pesto, meadow, juniper, aqua, stream, lake mist, latte

Other: Pigma Micron 01 pen - sepia, ink blending tool, brad, Copic markers: C1, C3, E31, E33, BG10, BG11, BG15

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

It’s Jill Haddad of Jills’ Jems !

Random.org chose comment #22:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

22

Timestamp: 2008-12-17 16:29:30 UTC

Congratulations, Jill!  Email me to get your code to collect your prize!

Well, I know I said yesterday’s post would be showing you the last of my Christmas creations, but then Shelly posed this week’s Rubbernecker Blog challenge to create a Christmas card using non-traditional Christmas colors. So I’m back with another Christmas creation.

I shamefully CASE’d this design from the very talented (and fellow SCS Dirty Girl Alumni) Amy Rohl. Her card really caught my eye and I knew I would use the layout for my own Christmas cards. Since I don’t yet have my Top Note die (it’s on it’s way now, after being backordered), I used the largest of my Labels One Nestabilities dies for the DP layer.

It’s a pretty simple card, really. It was fairly easy to mass produce. The only challenge I found was that now I have an aching shoulder from running the card bases through the Cuttlebug and the dies through the Wizard! Oh, and from punching out the snowflakes!

I wish you could see this paper in real life. All of the snowflakes are very glittery!

You’re all invited to play along in this challenge with us. Just link your completed, non-traditional colored Christmas card to today’s post on the Rubbernecker Blog . It’ll be really cool to see the color combinations!

Thanks for visiting today! Shop on!

Stamps: Merry Christmas

Paper: kraft, garden green, My Mind’s Eye Signature Christmas, K & Co. glitter paper

Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa

Accessories: Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots folder, Wizard, Labels One Nestabilties die, Martha Stewart snowflake punch, Imaginisce glitter brad - Snowy Jo collection

Items available from Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

You may be as glad to have this be the last of the Christmas creations as I am! I STILL haven’t decorated my tree or house yet. What in the heck am I waiting for?

RUBBERNECKER TREASURE HUNT TUESDAY

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Arrrr ye mateys, it’s Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker. Hop on over to the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog to find your first link in today’s treasure hunt!

And I’m one of the lucky ones to be offering BLOG CANDY today! You don’t even have to answer any questions this week. Just leave a comment on this post and I’ll let the random generator choose a winner on Wednesday morning.

Our Design Team, as always, will delight you with their creations. Head over to the Rubbernecker Blog to catch the links and find out who else has the BLOG CANDY!!

The big winter clearance sale is still going on over at Rubbernecker’s too! Don’t miss out!

I used the tutorial at Splitcoaststampers to make this clear glass ornament. I only did a couple of things differently. I used my Adirondack paint dabber in snow cap to dab on the back of the acetate after coloring the penguin. Doesn’t he have the funniest expression on his face? I also added beads to the snow inside the ornament. I know you can’t see them in this photo, but they ARE there. I made 7 of these - 6 for all the grandkids (mine and George’s) and 1 for me!

Stamps: Little Lovin’s Christmas mini #2 set

Ink: StazOn black

Other: glass ornament, acetate, silver cord, Copic markers, Adirondack paint dabber - snow cap

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

JACKSONBELLE EMBELLISHMENTS - JBE 033

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Not only is this the last Christmas creation this year, it’s also the last creation I’ll be making as a member of the Jacksonbelle Embellishments Design Team. It’s been a wonderful experience and I’ve absolutely loved getting to know all my talented, funny and creative teammates. I’m going to try to slow down the pace of my life and concentrate more on my grandkids and my aging Mom. A huge thank you goes out to Lindsey, Lynda and the whole team who have been such a joy to work with.

This week’s challenge is a sketch. And I wanted to use this fun Fancy Pants - Happy Holidays paper one more time this year. I just realized that Snowy Jo looks dirty in the photo!! He’s not actually. He’s been painted with Angel Wings Shimmerz and he’s very beautifully shiny IRL!!

I used my Stampin’ Up! classy brass Priceless template for the snow flourish behind Snowy Jo. I used my BG10 Copic marker to paint along the flourish and behind the sentiment. I also painted both of these with the Shimmerz as well.

Be sure to check out the beautiful creations of this year’s last Jacksonbelle Embellishments DT challenge here:

• Amber Hight
• Beth Thomas
• Dee Jackson
• Kisa Peters
• Lila Holgate
• Lindsey Botkin
• Lynda Benden
• Maren Benedict
• Rachel Baird

Have a great day! See you soon!

Stamps: Snowy Jo - Imaginisce

Paper: white, Fancy Pants - Happy Holidays

Ink: Memento - tuxedo black

Accessories: ribbon, SU scallop punch, long rectangle Nestabilities, foam mounting tape, SU classy brass template-Priceless, piercing tool & mat, Shimmerz - Angel Wings, Copic markers:

Items from Jacksonbelle Embellishments

Just a super quick card for today’s Rubbernecker Blog challenge to create a card in a size different from the normal 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ and add snowflakes. Easy!! You can find all the details HERE and also link your snowflake card there.

My card is a 4″ x 4″ white base with the snowflake square popped up on foam mounting tape. Add the punched snowflakes, a piece of ribbon, a button with silver cord and it’s ready to go!

Check out all the ‘cool’ creations from the design team here:

• Bev Gerard (Tex)
• Candy Williams
• Joan Ervin
• Juliana Swanson
• Kittie Caracciolo
• Linda Duke
• Pam Hooten
• Shelly Kuck
• Sherry Cheever
• Tami Mayberry

Please play along with us and post a link to your card on today’s Rubbernecker Blog post.

Thanks so much for visiting today. I hope you’re enjoying the holiday season so far!

See ya next time!

Stamps: Snowflake Square (1683 SO)

Paper: Prism Super Smooth white, vellum, K & Company glitter paper

Ink: Distress - Broken China

Accessories: ribbon, Spellbinders Snowflake Wonder dies, Martha Stewart 2008 snowflake punch, button, silver cord, foam mounting tape

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

The uber-talented Kim Crawford is our hostess this week for the Color Throwdown challenge. And she chose a gorgeous combination of colors….just right for the holiday season! By the way, folks, this is the last color challenge for this year. We’re taking a break for the holidays, but will be back with more super challenges after the first of the new year.

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I decided to watercolor this wonderful bird image from the Vintage Birds set from Pink Poison. It’s all Joan’s fault! After seeing her card made with the birds, I HAD to have the set! Oh, and don’t laugh at my feeble attempt at a Kittie bow!

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Don’t forget to check out the other design team creations here:

• Cathy Indelicato
• Kimberly Crawford
• LeAnne Pugliese
• Tammy Hershberger

And if you’d like to play, we’d love to see your cards! Just link them directly to today’s post here: Color Throwdown Blog.

Stamps: Vintage Birds - Pink Poison, Joy (52-13) - Rubbernecker Stamp Co.Paper: watercolor paper, naturals white, old olive, riding hood red, Daisy D’s Lullaby Girl Swatches (Jacksonbelle Embellishments)