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:
  

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:
  

When I printed this little cardinal from the Season’s Tweetings stamp set from Angels Landing, I knew I wanted a rustic look but I also wanted the card to have a little elegance as well.  That’s how I ended up coloring with Prismacolor pencils on the kraft cardstock, then mounting it on the delicate white Spellbinders Fleur de Lis die cut.

I think the patterned paper adds to the textured rustic feel and the flowing ribbon dresses it up a little too.  To keep the ribbon tails in place, I coated them with a thin layer of liquid glue then pressed only certain points to the paper and allowed it to dry.  This adds a little bit of stiffness to hold it in place and keep it looking pretty!

Check out what all the other design team members made this week for the “Wild Card” challenge:  Angels Landing blog!

• Stamps: Season’s Tweetings - Angels Landing
  
• Paper: kraft, white, ruby red, Yuletide Greetings - Christmas Magic - Fancy Pants
  
• Ink: computer
  
• Other: Prismacolor pencils, gamsol & stump, Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Pendant die, scallop square Nestabilities, Copic marker R59, Cuttlebug Olivia alphabet dies, ribbon, foam tape, Tombow aqua glue
  

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:

OH MY GOSH!  You won’t believe how wonderful these new images are!!!  I’m so totally in love with these precious Emperor penguin chicks.  Ok, before I get too carried away, let’s get down to business.

Welcome to the October Angels Landing Blog Hop. If you missed 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 October, Season’s Tweetings and Penguin Chicks.

I chose to use 2 of the adorable Penguin Chicks for my project.

It’s getting close to Christmas.  I know!  It seems like we just had it, doesn’t it?  Well, I’ve started making each of my daughters a December album each year for them to document the events in their household leading up to Christmas.  What better time than now and what better images to use than these chicks?

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This is very sparkly in real life.  Here are a couple of close ups.

If you click on the photo of the chicks, you can see that their coats are all sparkly with snow (Ranger Distress stickles - Rock Candy).

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To celebrate the new releases, I’m offering some Blog Candy. One lucky winner will receive free download links for his or her choice of any two image sets shown in the Digital Stamps Products section of AngelsLanding.com. To be eligible to win, leave a comment on my Blog Hop post before Sunday October 18, 2009, at 11:00 PM Eastern USA time. I’ll use random.org to pick a winner on Monday October 19. Please remember to check back again then to see whether you’ve won.

Be sure to visit the other designers in today’s Blog Hop, since there are also two more Blog Candy offers. Good luck. Your next stop on today’s Blog Hop is >> LISA COOK <<.

• Stamps: Penguin Chicks - Angels Landing
  
• Paper: Neenah white, Fresh Paint glitter pack -K & Company, Jolly by Golly mini deck - Cosmo Cricket
• Ink: computer, Ranger Distress - antique linen
  
• Other: round chipboard album - Creative Imaginations, glue stick, sanding block, sponge dabber, ribbon & Zva crystals - Taylored Expressions, button - Papertrey Ink, Martha Stewart snowflake punch, Ranger Distress stickles - Rock Candy, silver cord, Doodle bug Design rub-on numbers, Copic markers:

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:

Wow!  What beautiful digital images!  Three very talented ladies (Julia Stainton, Becky Olsen, and Lisa Strahl) have started a new creative venture - every thing creative.  Not only do they have an Etsy store with some gorgeous digital images, but they have a blog with great tutorials and samples HERE.

This is one of the free digital images I received by just requesting it after I saw Julia’s blog post HERE!  I just had to see how it printed on this S.E.I. linen that I’ve had for a while.

I simply taped the 8 x 8 linen piece to a sheet of copy paper and ran it through my HP printer using photo ink.  Then I colored the flowers and highlighted the leaves and background using Prismacolor pencils (no gamsol).  So easy!!

The paper flower was created using butter cream Prism cardstock and Spellbinders Flowers Creations 3.

I’m really starting to love all the possibilties of digital!!

Thanks for stopping by!

• Stamps: floral image - every thing creative
  
• Paper: butter cream - Prism, unknown green, Brenda Walton papers - K & Company, Note Worthy - Making Memories
  
• Ink: computer, Ranger Distress old paper
  
• Other: SEI linen piece,Prismacolor pencils, stump, Labels 4 Nestabilities, Spellbinders Flower Creations 3, sponge dabber, stylus, wonder tape, rhinestone brad, ribbon, branch die
  

I saw on my friend Tammy’s blog that Kristin has started a new sketch challenge (JUGS1), so I thought I’d try out her very first sketch.  It’s a cool one!

And since I’m trying out new things, I decided to try out one of my new digital images from Mo’s Digital Pencil.  What a great artist she is! And this image just cracks me up!  (Although I know Swine Flu is not funny at all if you have it.)

Bless his heart!  This poor little fella looks miserable!  Sure hope I don’t need to send this to anyone!

He’s colored with Copic markers and shaded with Prismacolor pencils.

Thanks for stopping by!

• Stamps: Swine Flu - Mo’s Digital Pencil
• Paper: Neenah white, always artichoke, chocolate chip, cameo coral, Basic Grey Porcelain
• Ink: computer
• Other: Prismacolor pencils, gamsol & stump, petite oval, circle & labels 3 Nestabilities, ribbon- PTI, white gel pen, foam tape, Copic markers: