Splashes of Watercolor

Kai in the Snow – that’s the name of this darling little baby playing in the snow.  It’s a digital image from Mo Manning from Mo’s Digital Pencil.  What a talent!  I’ve totally fallen in love with her images.  You may recall my card made with Swine Flu.  That was a Mo image too.

There’s a challenge blog for Mo’s Digital Pencil now as well.  You can find it HERE.  The very first challenge is to use “perple” (as Bella would spell it).

Here’s my card for the challenge:

I used 3 different Spellbinders products on the card - the Fleur de Lis Pendant, a snowflake from Snowflake Wonder dies, and a scallop square Nestabilities die.  Fun!  The snow that Kai is sitting on and that’s falling around him is glitterfied with Icicle Stickles and the white glittery border around the edge of the card uses Stardust Stickles.

Thanks for stopping by to look!

• Stamps: Kai in the Snow – Mo’s Digital Pencil Shop
• Paper: Neenah white, rich razzleberry, So-So-Sweet paper pack – the Paper Studio
• Ink: computer
• Other: Icicle & Stardust stickles, Spellbinders Fleur de Lis pendant, Snowflake Wonder dies, scallop square Nestabilities, ribbon, rhinestone brad, wonder tape, foam tape, Copic markers:

Hi, friends!

This is my debut with Angel’s Landing design team!  I couldn’t wait to start using these digi images.  I just LOVE that you can resize them to suit your own needs and print as many as you want, where you want.  This is just so cool!

I decided to make a child’s birthday card for our DT challenge this week, which is to use sparkle, glitz or bling.

What child wouldn’t be thrilled to receive this sparkly birthday card using the Alphabet Train and Pierced Tags images?  I know my grandkids love anything that sparkles!!

The DCWV paper already had sparkly diamonds on it.  The images were colored using Copic markers and shaded with Prismacolor pencils.  Stardust Stickles were added to the edge of the purple patterned paper which was cut using a Dahlia Nestabilities die.  Stickles were also added to the trim of each of the train cars and an additional set of wheels with silver brad centers were popped up using foam tape.  The train cars were tied together and the sentiment tag was added using DMC floss.

This was so much fun; I’m ready to play some more!!

Please be sure to check out the rest of the design team creations by using the links on the Angels Landing blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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• Stamps: Alphabet Train, Pierced Sentiments - Angels Landing
  
• Paper: Prism Simply Smooth White, certainly celery, bashful blue, DCWV - Nana’s Kids
• Ink: computer
  
• Other: Dahlia Nestabilities die, Wizard, Stardust Stickles, silver brads, Copic markers, Prismacolor pencils, gamsol & stump, silver Rose Art pen, white DMC floss, foam tape

Are you ready for another Red Hot Mommas Blog Stroll??  I’ve just loved these strolls and hope you’re having just as much fun as I am!  Let’s get started!

We’ve got 5 new sets that are being released today.  Cute, cute, cute!!  I just know you’re gonna love them as much as we all do!!  You’ll need to head on over to the Rubbernecker Blog to check out photos of all the new sets and get all the details on how you can win one of them!  And then you’ll need to stroll along to check out all the exciting new samples from all the designers.

I’m working with the Baby Inchies (429) again today.  I just love them!  There are 24 adorable images in this set, and I really had a hard time deciding which ones to use!  I ended up going with the tiny animals for this child’s birthday card.  The sentiment is from a previous release, Birthday Borders (438) and the Screen background (452) was used on the bashful blue layer.  Oh, and the basic colors are from the Color Challenge CC220 at Splitcoaststampers this week.

Now to get down to business:

Stroll along with the Rubbernecker Red Hot Mommas.  The Stroll starts at the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog where you will find the rules on how to win one of the sets being revealed.  If you haven’t started at the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog, you should go there now in order not to miss anything!   Here is my phrase clue for a chance to win:  and Bears  To find the next clue, stroll over to Candy’s Blog.

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

• Stamps: Baby Inchies (429), Birthday Borders (438), Screen background (452)
  
• Paper: white, pumpkin pie, chocolate chip, bashful blue, Sassafras  Sunshine Lollipops
• Ink: Memento - tuxedo black & rich cocoa, Ranger Distress - frayed burlap
  
• Other: circle and long scallop rectangle Nestabilities dies, 1″ and 1 1/4″ circle punches, ink blending tool, foam tape, May Arts ribbon,Copic markers:

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamps

It’s Wacky Wednesday!!  And I’ve got babies on the brain and on my card!  My family was at my house for part of the holiday weekend and I got to hold my new granddaughter quite a bit.  Such a sweet little bundle!

It just so happens that Rubbernecker Stamps has more new releases coming out tomorrow!  I’ve used one of the images from a new set called Baby Inchies (429).   Do you think you could guess what the theme is???  And how I came to choose this set to use??

Kittie is our hostess of the Wacky Wednesday challenge this week and our task is to use frames.   Since I knew I’d use one of the little dresses I thought this heart chipboard frame would be just perfect!  I coated it with cameo coral craft ink and covered it with Glamour Dust.

The image background is sponged lightly with barely banana ink and the little dress was stamped and colored a second time, cut out and popped up on a tiny piece of foam tape.

I punched out the hearts and glued them together then stamped the sentiment from Fashion Icons (456).  The ribbon is May Arts and the floral paper is velvet and from the S.E.I. Chick-A-Dee collection.

You NEED to check out the Rubbernecker blog for all the details of Kittie’s challenge.  There you’ll also find links to all the designers’ blogs with their fabulous creations and sneak peeks at what’s coming tomorrow!

I’ll meet you back here then for more fun!

• Stamps: Baby Inchies (429), Fashion Icons (456) - sentiment
  
• Paper: white, barely banana, cameo coral, S.E.I. velvet paper - Chick-A-Dee collection
  
• Ink: Memento - tuxedo black (image), Versafine - onyx black (sentiment), barely banana, cameo coral craft
  
• Other: SU chipboard heart frame, DecoArt Glamour Dust, sponge dauber, Martha Stewart heart punch, May Arts ribbon, foam tape, wonder tape, Copic markers:

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamps

This week Tammy is our hostess for the Color Throwdown challenge.  I knew she was basing her colors on the Basic Grey Wisteria papers, but I don’t have those (yet), so I found this to definitely be a challenge.

I pulled out my SU cardstock of these 3 colors and seeing them together, I was reminded of a night sky.  Immediately this little baby Bella bundle swinging on a star came to mind.  The result:

I did end up using some Basic Grey paper, but it was from Lilykate not Wisteria.  To create the illusion of tiny distant stars, I held just the brush tip of my Copic blender pen to the sky until some of the color had disappeared. 

The curved rectangle Nestabilities die that I used for the eggplant mat was just a little too large for this tent card design to be able to fit into a standard envelope.  But it was large enough so that if I removed some of it, the image would still be matted sufficiently.  So I just punched the bottom of it with my Fiskars threading water border punch.

You should definitely check out the fantastic creations that our talented design team has come up with.  I’m sure you’ll be inspired:

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And check out the details of the challenge over on the Color Throwdown  blog, so you can play along with us!

Thanks for checking in with me!  In a little bit I’ll be back with today’s Wacky Wednesday challenge and a peek at what’s to come in a new release tomorrow!!

• Stamps: Baby Bella Hanging Bundle - Stamping Bella
• Paper: Prism white, barely banana, elegant eggplant, bordering blue, Basic Grey Lilykate
• Ink: Memento - tuxedo black (image), Versafine - onyx black (sentiment)
• Other: white gel pen, yellow metallic gelly roll pen, curved rectangles Mega Nestabilities, Fiskars threading water punch, SU large & small oval punches, CB swiss dots folder, rick rack, rhinestone stickers, foam tape, Copic markers:

This is just a quick post to show you my entry for last week’s 2 Sketches 4 You  sketch (Laura’s #24).  Love the sketch and love this little darling from Whipper Snapper!  THIS is why I have this adorable little sweetie.  Thanks, Shel!

Unfortunately, the card never got posted or made its way into the sketch challenge due to a certain little one’s birth last Thursday!  But that’s ok.  There’ll always be more sketch challenges!

Here’s the sketch:

I decided to be a little different and give her a blue bunny.  It’s fun to be making little girl cards for a change!  I like it!

Thanks for stopping by to visit!

• Stamps: Chloe from Sugar & Spice set - Whipper Snapper, sentiment from Many Happy Returns - Stampin’ Up!
• Paper: white, baja breeze, Basic Grey  Euphoria 6×6 pad
  
• Ink: Memento - tuxedo black, Versafine -onyx black
  
• Other: circle Nestabilities dies, corner rounder punch, Martha Stewart doily lace border punch, button, DMC floss, ribbon, Copic markers:

My darling granddaughter has finally been born!

Molly Corinne weighed in at 6 lbs 4 oz on Thursday, April 23rd, at 3:15 pm.  She’s a little peanut and such a doll!

Here she is with big brother Miles:

Everyone is fine and happy!

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This is a card that I made for Miles, her 2-1/2 year old brother, to give to her.  Inside it reads: Welcome to the world.

Thank you for allowing me to share my happy news!

Any day now, my younger daughter is expecting her first daughter, my first granddaughter!  They’ve chosen a name, but won’t tell me, or anybody for that matter.  How rude!  LOL!

When it came to deciding what gift to present to the new little one, I started a search of all my favorite blogs and art sites.  Of course the gift would be hand made!  I had noticed several different examples and styles of paper butterflies on canvas and I loved the “free” look of them.  The one that comes to mind first is one I saw on Amy’s blog Prairie Paper & Ink HERE.  Ali Edwards also showed one on her blog HERE.  So I decided that I wanted to do one for “Baby Girl”.

When the nursery color theme and bedding was chosen (Sumersault Lauren  from Babies ‘R Us)…..

I set out to find the perfect papers to use for the butterflies.  I could NOT find any patterned paper that suited me, so I decided to use 4 different shades of my beautiful Prism textured cardstock.  When the butterflies were cut or punched out, I stamped some of my new background stamps from Rubbernecker on them using Adirondack inks and Versamark, then heat embossed them.  Here’s the result:

The canvas was covered with Gesso first.  Then I mixed a small amount of acrylic paint with more Gesso and randomly brushed it on to provide some visual relief from the stark white canvas.  It’s as close as I could get to an exact match for the nursery’s wall color.

All of the butterflies were spritzed with a mix of Perfect Pearls and water using a Mini Mister before being attached to the canvas using Ranger Crystal Effects.  Here’s a close up:

• Stamps: Grid (451), French Script (448), Abstract Floral (450)
• Paper: Prism: Frosted Cobalt, Vibrant Cobalt, Herbal Garden Light, Herbal Garden Medium
• Ink: Adirondack inks: Cool Peri, Juniper; Versamark
  
• Other: 16 x 20 canvas, Gesso, paint brush, Plaid Folk Art acrylic paint: French Blue, Night Sky; SU Bigz Beautiful Butterflies die, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, clear EP, Ranger Mini-Mister, Perfect Pearls, Ranger Glossy Accents
  

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WAIT…..THERE’S MORE:

Of course I had to make a card to accompany the gift, but I decided not to use more butterflies for it.

I’ve had this Baby Buttercup stamp from Stamping Bella for a while and it’s just been waiting for the right moment to jump into my hand!  This must have been it!

I used the same Prism textured cardstock as for the butterflies canvas and added a piece of patterned paper from the Nana’s Nursery - Baby Boy pad from DCWV.

The image was stamped on white cardstock, colored with Copics, and cut out.  I stamped it on the cobalt layer as well.  The flower, leaves and baby are all popped up on foam tape.  The tiny flower and sentiment are from the Fiskars Baby stamps set, and are stamped and colored directly on the frosted cobalt layer.  The ribbon is May Arts, available currently by the roll from Rubbernecker, but also available by the yard starting on April 21st.

That’s it for now!  If you’ve stayed with me through this entire post, I truly appreciate it!  And I’ll definitely be posting to let you know when that sweet little pink bundle arrives!

• Stamps: Baby Buttercup - Stamping Bella, Fiskars Baby Stamp Set
  
• Paper: Prism: white, Frosted Cobalt, Vibrant Cobalt, Herbal Garden Medium, Nana’s Nursery Baby Boy - DCWV
• Ink: Memento - tuxedo black
  
• Other: Labels One Nestabilities die, Wizard, SU scallop punch, May Arts ribbon, button, linen thread, CB Swiss Dots folder, foam tape, wonder tape, Copic markers:

Items on both projects available from Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

Hi, y’all!  Happy Wednesday to you!

Wednesdays are always fun for me…..I actually get to show you 2 cards!   First is my card for this week’s Color Throwdown challenge.  This week our hostess with the mostess is Barbara!  And she chose 3 colors that I don’t know if I would have ever purposely put together:

But I’m happy with how these 3 colors came together on my Baby Girl card.  I used Jenn’s sketch for this week WSC72.  If you haven’t seen the projects she made with this sketch yet, you really should check them out HERE. They’re gorgeous!!

This was a fun card to make.  I loved the sketch and had a blast die-cutting all the flowers and coloring the adorable baby.  The peas (well, that’s what kiwi kiss reminds me of) on her face were coated with a clear glaze pen.

Be sure to check out all the designer’s cards here:

• Barbara Anders
• Cathy Indelicato
• Danielle Kennedy
• LeAnne Pugliese
• Tammy Hershberger

And check out all the details on how to play along with us here - Color Throwdown.  Now don’t go too far, because I’ll be posting my entry for this week’s Wacky Wednesday challenge soon!!

• Stamps: Little Cupcake - Inkadinkado
  
• Paper: blush blossom, kiwi kiss, not quite navy, Mocha Chica - Cornish Heritage Farms
  
• Ink: Memento - tuxedo black, Versafine - onyx black, Ranger Distress - broken china
  
• Other: Prima flower, Flower Layers Sizzix die, Bigz Top Note die, ink blending tool, corner rounder punch, swiss dots CB folder, foam mounting tape, Sakura gel pens (black & clear), flat back pearl sticker, Inkssentials white gel pen, Copic markers:

I made this card for the inspiration challenge at SCS today.  IC166 caught my eye because my daughter and I have been shopping around for nursery furnishings for my soon-to-be first granddaughter.  I love all the fresh designs at the Hunkydoryhome website.  I’ll have to send her the link as soon as I’m through with this post.

Here’s the cushion that I found inspiration in (it has a matching lampshade too!) - Blue Magic Jungle Cushion

And here’s my Noah’s Ark interpretation of it~

Thanks for stopping by to take a look!  Have a great weekend!

Stamps: Noah’s Ark (137-01), I love you (04-08 KK)

Paper: white, DCWV textured aqua, My Mind’s Eye12 x 12 slab

Ink: Memento - tuxedo black

Other: D’vine Swirls folder, ribbon, button, DMC floss, foam mounting tape, Copic markers

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.