Splashes of Watercolor

This is a fun Tri-Shutter card made using directions from this tutorial.

The images are all from the beautiful Autumn Tweetings digital stamp set from Angels Landing.  Several of the bird images were printed, then colored with Copic markers and cut out with either Spellbinders ovals or with scissors.  The sentiment was airbrushed while still in the scalloped oval die.  Several different coordinating Autumn themed papers were used to cover each section of the card to serve as backgrounds for the images.  What a fun card to make!!

This is the closed view:

And here’s the open view:

You can check out all the design team’s creations by starting at the Angels Landing blog.  They are certain to WOW you!!

Thanks for visiting with me today.  Come back soon!

• Stamps: Autumn Tweetings - Angels Landing
  
• Paper: Neenah white, pacific point, really rust, Autumn Meadows DSP - SU
• Other: computer, petite oval Nestabilities, Scor-Pal, craft knife, foam tape, Copic airbrush system, Copic markers:

I’m hosting the Color Throwdown challenge this week!  Our generous sponsor is Digital Delights by Louby Loo and we’re celebrating Halloween with all of our creations!!

In order to accommodate the variety of images, I’ve chosen 4 colors to work with this week.  You don’t have to use all 4, but at least 3 would be great.  That’s what I used.

Here’s my cute little Bat Billy:

He’s colored with Copic markers and cut out with Spellbinders petite ovals.   The little bat is covered with Ranger Glossy Accents and popped up on foam tape.

You definitely should play along with us…..there are prizes and fun to be had!!  Be sure to check out the challenge HERE and then head over to the designers’ blogs for more fun eye candy:

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Barbara * Cathy *Danielle

LeAnne * Tammy * Kristin (Guest Designer for September)

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We’ll all be really sorry to see Kristin leave us after this week.  She’s been a delight to work with!  Thanks for all your beautiful creations, Kristin!!

Be sure to come back a little bit later, because I’ll have a new Angels Landing project to show you!

• Stamps: Bat Billy - Digital Delights by Louby Loo
  
• Paper: Neenah white, old olive, really rust, basic gray, Basic Grey Scarlet Letter
• Ink: versamarker
  
• Other: computer, clear EP, Bigz Top Note Die, petite oval Nestabilities, Martha Stewart embossed zigzag border punch, swiss dots CB folder, corner rounder punch, horizontal slot punch, ribbon, foam tape, Copic markers:
  

The Rubbernecker Red Hot Mommas are having another Blog Stroll.  A little less formal this time!  You’ll need to start at the Rubbernecker blog and visit all the DT members’ blogs, leaving comments along the way.  Be sure to leave one at every blog to increase your chances of winning one of the newest releases!

I’ve used Halloween Set 1 (473) for my “Bewitching Hour” card.  Love these swirly images.  Perfect for a bewitching evening silhouette scene!

Here are the other participants in today’s stroll:

Rubbernecker blog (start here)

Bev

Candy

Joan

Juliana

Kittie

and Tammy Hershberger - our Guest Designer

Head over to the  Rubbernecker blog to see the new releases and to start the stroll.  Good luck to everyone!

• Stamps: Halloween Set 1 (473)
  
• Paper: black, vellum, 7 Gypsies - Gypsy Market papers, Making Memories - Halloween 6×6 pad
  
• Ink: Versafine - onyx black, Ranger Distress - antique linen
  
• Other: circle Nestabilities, sponge dabber, clear EP, Tim Holtz heat tool, Tim Holtz tiny attacher, foam tape

While I had my Gina K stamps out yesterday, I wanted to see if I could come up with a retro look to the scooter from the Are We There Yet? set.   I think the colors in this Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday paper definitely have a retro feel.

Speaking of retro and aqua colored vehicles…my all-time favorite dream car has always been a 1955 aqua colored Thunderbird.  Sigh.  One day.  And a cottage…at the beach…on an island…with a couple of cabana boys (one for you, Sherry).  Yeah, right!  A scooter… maybe!

I used my Labels One Nestabilties die for the 3 overlapping layers, and some ribbon, Prima & Heidi Swapp flowers and a decorative brad for the big girlie embellishment.  The headlight and taillight both have glossy accents on them.  No doubt, this card is not meant for someone of the masculine persuasion!

Thanks for stopping by to look!

Oh, and don’t forget tonight is the season premier of

Grey’s Anatomy!!!

I’ve got my kleenex and popcorn ready!!

• Stamps: Are We There Yet? - Gina K
  
• Paper: vintage cream - Papertrey Ink, taken with teal, Girl Friday - Cosmo Cricket
  
• Ink: Memento - tuxedo black
  
• Other: Ranger Glossy Accents, Heidi Swapp & Prima flowers, decorative brad, ribbon, Labels One Nestabilities, foam tape, Copic markers:

***You still have time play in the Stampers United blog hop -  you can find it ->-> HERE.

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Today at the Angels Landing blog, Judi has challenged the design team with a 4-way sketch.  It’s one basic sketch but laid out 4 different ways.  I chose to use the one on the bottom left.

The zinnia from Angels Landing Simply Flowers stamp set was perfect to try water coloring a digi image.  Several copies of the flower and leaf images were printed on a thin watercolor paper using photo ink, and then heat set to dry.  They were “loosely” painted using reinkers and a water brush, cut out and used as one of the sketch elements.  A sentiment stamped on watercolor paper and matted on a die cut layer completes the card.

Here’s a close up of the flower (you can click on it to see it even larger):

Be sure to check out the Angels Landing blog for links to all the design team members’ cool projects!!

Thanks for stopping by for a visit today!  See you again soon!

• Stamps: Simply Flowers - Angels Landing, Chelsea Sentiments - Inkadinkado
• Paper: watercolor paper, soft suede, bermuda bay, dusty durango, Thoroughly Modern DSP
• Ink: computer, StazOn - jet black (for the sentiment), Reinkers - dusty durango crushed curry, kiwi kiss (for painting)
• Other: water brush, ribbon, Label Four Nestabilities, scallop border & corner rounder punches, swiss dots CB folder, foam tape
  

***You still have time play in the Stampers United blog hop -  you can find it ->-> HERE.

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For the Color Throwdown challenge this week Tammy chose a “doozey” of a color combo!  I was a little worried about how to combine all the colors, but as I was going through my MOUNDS of patterned paper, I came across some Urban Cosmos paper from Prima.  Bingo!  It had all the colors in it!

The Throwdown challenge is being sponsored by Gina K and Stamp TV this week!  I had the privilege of using a set by Rupa Shevda called Are We There Yet?

I paper-pieced the minivan and will probably give this to my daughter when she and her family leave to drive to Disney World.  Long trip = restless kids = Are we there yet?

Check out the challenge details at the Color Throwdown blog and cruise on by to see all the design team members creations here:

Barbara * Cathy *Danielle

LeAnne * Tammy * Kristin (Guest Designer for September)

I’m so glad you decided to visit me today.  Please stop back by later for another Angels Landing design.

• Stamps: Are We There Yet? - Gina K Designs
  
• Paper: vintage cream (PTI), chocolate chip, regal rose, old olive, Urban Cosmos - Suburb & Colony (Prima Marketing)
  
• Ink: chocolate chip, Memento -tuxedo black
  
• Other: Copic markers: N1, N4, N7, B000, B21; sakura glaze pen, felt flower, decorative brad, corner rounder punch, foam tape
  

I have 2 friends who both have a birthday this Thursday.  They live in different states and don’t know each other.  It’s ok to send them each identical cards, right?

Well, that’s what I’m doing!

I used Beate’s WSC98 sketch (which I love and will definitely use again), and Fifth Avenue Floral (which I love and don’t use often enough).  This is a new color combination for me too and I really do like it!  The flower is shaded with Copics, the patterned paper is Thoroughly Modern DSP from SU, and the center is sparkly ’cause I used a yellow metallic gelly roll pen.

I’m keeping it short today, folks!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

If you’re looking for the Stampers United blog hop post, you can find it ->-> HERE.

• Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral
  
• Paper: soft suede, rose red, Thoroughly Modern DSP
  
• Ink: Versafine - onyx black
  
• Other: Martha Stewart arch lattice border punch and frond punch, yellow metallic gelly roll pen, Hibiscus Burst ribbon (Papertrey Ink), Copic markers: 0, R22, R39
  

***Thank you for participating!  This blog hop is now closed.

Hello and welcome to my blog.  A group of us got together and thought it would be fun to introduce you to different stampers, their styles and blogs.  Perhaps you’ll find an new artist that you would like to visit again!  We are called Stampers United and today we are having a Blog Hop!  Not only will you hopefully be able to visit some new and exciting blogs, but there are prizes for you to win along the way, with a hugely fantastic Grand Prize at the end! 

In order to have a chance at winning the Grand Prize, you must gather a phrase along the Blog Hop.  Each stamper will have a particular word listed on their blog and as long as you visit them in order, you will have the phrase at the end. Claudia Rosa will pick the Grand Prize winner and make the announcement Monday on her blog.  If that person knows the complete correct phrase, they’ve won!  If not, Claudia will pick another until she finds a winner.  Don’t you hope it’s you?

To start off, you must begin at the Stampers United Blog!  If you have arrived at my blog from there,  then you are on the correct course. 

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Today I’ve chosen to show you a “girly” Halloween card.  Just look at all the glitter and that sweet little witch!  She’s stamped on Neenah cardstock with Memento ink and colored with Copic markers, then highlighted with Prismacolor pencils.  Of course I added some Stickles on her outfit to go with all the glittery papers and spiders!  (Yes, the spiders are glittery.  It’s just hard to tell in the photo.)  The sentiment was stamped directly on the patterned paper and coated with a layer of the new Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint.

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My word in the blog phrase is THANKS, and your next word can be found at Carole’s blog - Stardust Gems and Ribbons. 

We hope you are enjoying this special Blog Hop and that you are finding something new and exciting along the way.  Thanks for joining us today!  And a huge thank you to all the wonderful sponsors of today’s Blog Hop.

• Stamps: Halloween Set 2 (474) - Rubbernecker Stamps
  
• Paper: Neenah white, K & Company Fresh Paint glitter paper pack, Spooky Collection - Target $ spot
• Ink: Memento - tuxedo black, Versafine - onyx black
  
• Other: Stickles - aqua & starry night, circle & Labels 3 Nestabilities, Prismacolor pencils, Distress Crackle Paint - rock candy, Papertrey Ink ribbon, craft knife, foam tape, Copic airbrush system & Copic markers:

Welcome everyone to the Angels Landing Blog Hop.  If you missed starting from the beginning, head over to Judi’s digi-stamps blog and follow the links.

Today the Design Team is introducing two new digital image sets for September, Autumn Tweetings and Ho Ho Hollydays.  And I have cards for you using both!

The first is using the pumpkin and birds image from the Autumn Tweetings set.  Love this!  I used Prismacolor pencils to color it.  I loved the idea of using extra bright colors for a fall/Thanksgiving card.  This card uses Taylor’s TESC82 sketch.

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Now on to Christmas:

I also wanted to make a Christmas card from the new Ho Ho Hollydays set.  I just couldn’t resist the precious little kitten and bird in their Santa hats!  I used Kazan’s Sketch 35 from the 2 Sketches 4 You blog.  And I’m not sure if you can see it too well, but the fur on both hats is sparkly and fluffy because I used Sparkly Fluff!

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Your next stop on the Blog Hop is –> ->Amber’s blog <- <-.

If you get lost along the way, check the master list on Judi’s digi-stamps blog.

Thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoy the rest of the hop.

Birds & Pumpkin card:

• Stamps: Autumn Tweetings - Angels Landing
• Paper: marl paper, pumpkin pie, not quite navy, Fall Fun collection (Target $ spot)
• Ink: computer, Prismacolor pencils
  
• Other: gamsol & stumps, Labels 4 Nestabilities, ribbon, button, linen thread, foam tape

Kitten & Bird card:

• Stamps: Ho Ho Hollydays - Angels Landing
  
• Paper: Neenah white, chocolate chip, K & Company Fresh Paint glitter paper pack, My Mind’s Eye - Snowed In collection
• Ink: computer, Ranger Distress - brushed corduroy
• Other: curved rectangles - Nestabilities, Martha Stewart 2008 snowflake punch, sponge dabber, atyou Spica pen (red), corner rounder punch, ribbon, foam tape, rhinestone brads, glue pen, Sparkly Fluff (Sugar), Copics:
  

Today’s hostess for the Color Throwdown challenge is the lovely and super-talented LeAnne!  Her color choices were a little challenging for me, but somehow the card seem to all come together just fine in the end.

I started with the CPS132 sketch and the Oh Happy Day Asian Flair stamp set from our sponsor this week – Simon Says Stamps.  Just about everything is paper pieced and I only used a few Copic markers for some shading.  The flowers are also from Simon Says Stamps and are called Art Flowers (cream) by Hero Arts.

I’m so glad you decided to stop by today.  Please join us in the color challenge.  You can get all the details at the Color Throwdown blog and find out how to win a prize from our sponsor and also how to become our next Featured Stamper.  I’m sure you’ll love seeing all the beautiful design team creations here:

Barbara * Cathy *Danielle

LeAnne * Tammy * Kristin (Guest Designer for September)

See you in just a little bit for the Angel’s Landing NEW RELEASE and BLOG HOP!

• Stamps: Oh Happy Day Asian Flair – Simon Says Stamps
• Paper: blush blossom, bermuda bay, gable green, barely banana, black, Basic Grey – Two Scoops 6×6 pad
• Ink: Versafine – onyx black
• Other: 1” circle punch, Art Flowers – Hero Arts, Swarovski flat back crystals, Copic markers: 0, E00, E02, C3, YG06, BG49