Splashes of Watercolor

Welcome to the November Angels Landing Blog Hop. If you missed the beginning, head over to Judi’s digital stamps blog and follow the links. Today the Design Team is introducing two new digital image sets for November, Polar Bear Cubs and Button Bugs.

I love the wonderful, sweet expressions that Judi gives her images and this polar bear is no exception.

**ETA - For those of you asking, the cocoa mix in a cone came premixed and prepackaged.  I did however find a mix recipe at the Nestle site HERE.  The only thing my prepackaged mix had that’s not mentioned in the recipe is some chocolate chips layered between the cocoa and the mini marshmallows. 

I decided to make a tag for this hot chocolate mix that I’ll give as a gift.  I added loads of sparkle  with Star Dust Stickles and also added Ranger Glossy Accents to the little cub’s eyes and nose to make them shine.  The words come as one sentiment but I cut them apart to place them on the tag.  As an added bonus, the tag can be removed and used as an ornament.

Your next stop on the Blog Hop is >>Cheryl’s blog<<
If you get lost along the way, check the master list on Judi’s digital stamps blog. Thanks for visiting, and I hope you’ll enjoy the rest of the hop.

And if you get a chance, you should really check out the fun Our Craft Lounge birthday bash challenges HERE!

• Stamps: Polar Bear Cubs (Angels Landing)
  
• Paper: Neenah white, real red
  
• Ink: computer
• Other: Labels 4 Nestabilities, Star Dust stickles, Tim Holtz Idea-ology grungeboard snowflake, Claudine Hellmuth Studio blank canvas paint and paintbrush, Ranger Glossy Accents, foam tape, rhinestone brad, Copic markers:
  

Cathy has provided us with a beautiful warm  color combination this week for the Color Throwdown. It’s just perfect for this time of year…fall and Christmas!

We’re lucky enough to be sponsored by Flourishes this week! We were all so excited to be able to work with their gorgeous stamps! My choice was the Seasonal Wreaths. Just perfect, no matter what time of year it is!  Here’s my winter card:

There are 3 layers to the wreath.  Each one is trimmed a little differently and attached using foam tape, providing additional dimension and texture.  The top layer of the wreath, the edge of the sentiment circle, and all the brown branches are coated with a thin layer of Rock Candy Distress stickles for a beautiful subtle glazed look.
  

Be sure to check out all the gorgeous DT creations here:

Barbara * Cathy *Danielle

LeAnne * Tammy * Elise (Guest Designer for November)

Then head over to the Color Throwdown blog for all the details of the challenge and the rules on how you can win a Flourishes prize!!

And speaking of prizes, you should also check out the fun Our Craft Lounge birthday bash challenges HERE!  How cool!

I’ll be back in just a little while with my Angels Landing new release blog hop entry.

• Stamps: Seasonal Wreaths (Flourishes)
  
• Paper: vintage cream (Papertrey Ink), suede brown dark (Prism), Christmas Past collection - Graphic 45
• Ink: chocolate chip, Ranger Distress brushed corduroy
  
• Other: circle & scallop circle Nestabilities, vintage buttons, satin ribbon & twine (Papertrey Ink), R29 Copic marker, sponge dabber, foam tape, Ranger Glossy Accents, red Atyou Spica pen, Rock Candy Stickles
  

A total of 25!  At least I hope that will be enough!

This week’s challenge from Judi at Angels Landing to the design team was to create something 3″ or smaller.  Little did I know that something so small could turn into such a big project!  Whew!

Here are the 6 different designs:

Here they are individually:

4 of the designs were created loosely using Kazan’s Sketch 39 from the 2S4U blog.   (Sorry about the “loosely” part, Kazan.  It was a little hard to work in such a small space!)

Here’s a group shot of all the tags:

Please check out the other designer’s creations of 3″ or less by linking to them from the Angels Landing blog.  I can’t wait to see what they come up with!

Do you have your Christmas tags or your Christmas cards finished yet?  I’m still working on my cards!

Thanks so much for visiting!

• Stamps: Penguin Checks, Ho Ho Hollydays, Season’s Tweetings, Pierced Tags (Angels Landing)
• Paper: Neenah white, real red, Beautiful Morning - Ooh La La (MME), Winter Wonderland - Colorful Christmas (MME), Sunshine Girl - Abbey Road (MME), Best Buddies - Abbey Road (MME)
  
• Ink: computer, Ranger Distress antique linen
  
• Other:  Copic markers, Atyou Spica glitter pens, square Nestabilities, sponge dabber, corner rounder punch, Cropadile, rhinestone stickers, ribbon

This week the Angels Landing design team was challenged to finish the inside of our cards.  That’s always fun!

There’s a lot of sparkle on this card and it was so much fun to make.  The kitten from Ho Ho Hollydays was colored with copic markers.  The grungeboard ornament was painted white with an acrylic paint dabber then coated with blue topaz glitter.  Both the ornament bow and the flourish were covered with stickles, and the fur trim on the kitten’s hat is made with Sparkly Fluff.

Inside, the tiny bird’s fur trim is made with stickles and the piercing at the top of the white layer was made using one of the Faux Stitched Borders.

Here are some close ups.  You can click on them to see them larger.

There’s lots more to see from the wonderfully talented design team.  Please check the links our HERE.  Thanks so much for stopping by to check this sparkly cutie out!

• Stamps: Ho Ho Hollydays, Faux Stitched Borders (Angels Landing)
  
• Paper: Neenah white, kiwi kiss, Colorful Christmas Bright Stripes (My Mind’s Eye)
• Ink: computer, Ranger acrylic paint dabbers - silver & snow cap, Versafine onyx black
• Other: sewing machine, Martha Stewart blue topaz glitter, Tim Holtz Ideology grungeboard ornament & swirl, piercing tool & mat, stardust & lime green & pink stickles, raspberry fizz satin ribbon (Papertrey Ink), foam tape, sugar Sparkly Fluff, yellow metallic Sakura gellyroll pen, 1-1/4″ circle punch, Copic markers:
  

It’s time for Color Throwdown #67.  Tammy is our hostess-with-the-mostess this week and she’s chosen a wonderful color combination.  I wasn’t sure it would work for Christmas (I am hot and heavy into creating as many Christmas cards as possible before the rush!), but then I pulled out this Snowed In paper kit from My Mind’s Eye that I got at my LSS (Southern Scrapbooks) last year. I couldn’t use the soft sky with it, but Papertrey’s aqua mist worked perfectly!

Here’s this week’s color combo:

And here’s my card based on Laura’s Sketch 38 from 2 Sketches 4 You.

Be sure to visit the Color Throwdown blog to get all the details on this week’s challenge.  You could be our next Featured Stamper!!  And please show some love to our super-talented design team:

Barbara * Cathy *Danielle

LeAnne * Tammy * Elise (Guest Designer for November)

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Thanks so much for stopping by to visit!  See you soon!

• Stamps: Holiday Greetings (A Muse)
• Paper: kraft & aqua mist (Papertrey Ink), dusty durango & always artichoke, Snowed In paper kit (My Mind’s Eye), Fresh Paint glitter paper (K & Company)
• Ink: Ranger Archival coffee
  
• Other: corner rounder punch, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder, May Arts ribbon, foam tape, Quickie Glue Pen, DecoArt glamour dust, Martha Stewart snowflake punch, rhinestone

Hello, everyone!

I’ve accepted a position on the design team for Just For Fun Rubber Stamps.  They have some very unique and beautiful images and I’m excited to get to play with them!

My card today uses the North Pole Post stamp.  I’m a sucker for penguins and I love this guy!  He’s stamped in black directly onto the Eskimo Kisses paper, then coated with Ranger Distress rock candy crackle paint.

I’ve used the MOJO111 sketch and what a great one it is!  The Heidi Swapp clear ghost star was painted on the back using a Ranger silver acrylic paint dabber, then coated on the front with Glossy Accents and Flora Craft diamond dust glass flakes.

I’m very excited to be working with Just For Fun Rubber Stamps and the super talented design team.   I hope you’ll visit them and give them some stamping love:

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Heidi Blankenship * Linda Duke * Sandy Sandrus

Sherry Cheever * Starla Nelson

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Thanks for visiting me today!  I appreciate it!

• Stamps: North Pole Post (Just For Fun Rubber Stamps)
  
• Paper: vintage cream (Papertrey Ink), Eskimo Kisses (Basic Grey), Rock On Tadpole (My Mind’s Eye), magazine page
  
• Ink:Versafine onyx black, Ranger Distress old paper
  
• Other: sponge dabber, Ranger glossy accents, Flora Craft diamond dust, Heidi Swapp ghost star, Ranger Distress rock candy crackle paint, Ranger acrylic silver paint dabber, vintage cream ribbon (Papertrey Ink), silver cord, silver bell, pewter Liquid Pearls, foam tape

Would you just look at that precious face??  I just can’t stop looking at it and smiling!  This little fella has complete stolen my heart!

He’s one of the adorable Penguin Chicks from Angels Landing.  And I chose him to be on my Color Throwdown card this week.  The colors that LeAnne presented us with just seemed perfect for a warm woolen hat and scarf.

The blue background layer is covered in sparkly snowflakes as is his snowy fur.  The snow on his little sign is liquid pearls with a touch of glitter as well.  The sheer, sparkly edged ribbon was heated just enough to crinkle the ends.  He’s colored with several different shades of grey markers (and qualifies as an entry to this month’s Copic Creations challenge - coloring black with copics).

We would just love it if you would play along with us!!  We don’t have a sponsor this week, but you have a chance at being chosen Featured Stamper of the week!!  You can find all the details on the Color Throwdown blog and then there’s so much more inspiration here:

Barbara * Cathy *Danielle

LeAnne * Tammy * Lisa Kind (Guest Designer for October)

I can’t believe this is already Lisa’s last week as Guest Designer!  Thank you so much, Lisa, for joining us and allowing us to showcase your gorgeous creations!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I’ll have a new Angels Landing creation for you at 9 a.m., so please come back!

• Stamps: Penguin Chicks - Angels Landing
  
• Paper: white, bordering blue, razzleberry, eggplant
  
• Ink: computer
  
• Other: curved rectangles - Nestabilities, foam tape, white opal liquid pearls, 3/4″ circle punch, ribbon, CB snowflakes folder, Stardust stickles, heat tool, Copic markers:

This week’s Angels Landing challenge for the design team was to use sewing (real or faux.)  I chose to use my sewing machine…I certainly need the practice!  But I got so carried away coloring the image and matching the patterned paper that I almost forgot to use sewing at all!

This is my newest favorite holiday color combo - red, aqua and brown.  Bright and happy, yet warm and yummy !

I used several brown Copic markers to make the frame have a woodgrain look. The smaller brown layer and the aqua layer are dry embossed and the sewing actually attaches the Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly patterned paper to the larger brown layer.

All the berries and ornaments are covered in fired brick Distress stickles.

You can see all the beautiful design team creations by going to the Angels Landing blog.

Thanks for stopping by to check in today!

• Stamps: Season’s Tweetings - Angels Landing
  
• Paper: Neenah white, vintage cream - Papertrey Ink, chocolate, Jolly by Golly mini deck - Cosmo Cricket
• Ink: computer, Versamagic (tea leaves)
• Other: sewing machine, ribbon, button & twine (PTI), CB Moroccan Screen folder, Tim Holtz holiday grungeboard, 3/4″ circle punch, Distress stickles (fired brick), foam tape, Copic markers:

I love this magical Christmas tree.  But I have to confess that I didn’t realize it was a tree at first.  After all, the name of the Rubbernecker stamp set is Snowflakes and Stardust.  And I used the swirly image as stardust on THIS CARD.

So when my friends starting making comments about how I used the “tree” image, I thought “huh?”  Silly me!  I get it now!  Blonde, ya know!

The brown tree is stamped on watercolor paper using Ranger Archival ink so it wouldn’t bleed.  Then I misted the paper and stamped the “leaves” (stardust) in 4 different shades of green.  When that was dry I stamped the garland in melon and the star on top in curry (no misting).

After the image was cut using a Labels 4 Nestabilities die and while the die was still attached, I sponged a little melon ink on the sides.  Then I smushed a glue pad along the sides and randomly over the image and sprinkled on glass glitter.

I also used the glitter on the sentiment panel.  It’s hard to tell, but there’s a tiny yellow rhinestone on the star.

That’s it…my magical stardust Christmas tree!!  Thanks for stopping by!

• Stamps: Snowflakes & Stardust (481) (Rubbernecker Stamps)
  
• Paper: watercolor paper, melon, Eskimo Kisses (Basic Grey)
• Ink: Ranger Archival - coffee; wasabi, olive, kiwi, melon, curry, artichoke
• Other: Labels 4 Nestabilities, sponge dabber, raspberry fizz ribbon (Papertrey Ink), Palette Stamp & Stick glue pad, FloraCraft glass glitter, Martha Stewart 2008 snowflake, rhinestone stickers, Ranger mini-mister

My card today was so totally inspired by Nichole Heady’s snowy layers card HERE.  I always love the fresh, clean, simple yet beautiful style of all of her creations.

I’ve used the new Rubbernecker Snowflakes & Stardust set for my simple, shimmery card.  The snow swirl, the star and the top edges of each of the snowy layers were all created using Versamark and Stardust embossing powder.  So shimmery in real life!

Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

• Stamps: Snowflakes & Stardust set - Rubbernecker Stamps
  
• Paper: vintage cream, kraft, ocean tides - Papertrey Ink
  
• Ink: vintage cream - Papertrey Ink, Versamark, soft suede
• Other: Stardust embossing powder, heat gun, sponge dabber