Splashes of Watercolor

My grandson Will just graduated from preschool. You know, it seems to me that he was just born yesterday! He is his mom’s youngest, so she’s mourning the passing of his “babyhood”.   And she started to talk about having another baby.  I definitely had to talk her out of that one rather quickly!!  But not to worry; it didn’t take much convincing!

As I was trying to decide on the paper to use to make his card, I came across some scraps that I thought would work well for a little boy. You know, the super-star theme. As I was making it, I realized it was the same paper I had used for one of my December 2007 Dirty Dozen designs. Here’s a link to that post (if you’re an SCS fan club member): Trinket Boxes

So I pulled the box out of storage and put some money in it to go along with the card. The bag is just a plain white lunch bag with Cuttlebug Concentric stars glued to it.

And here’s a picture of Will receiving his diploma from his teacher, Miss Anna ~

Thanks for visiting and letting me share this with you!

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Stamps: Graduate - Inkadinkado, Foursquare and Lined Paper backgrounder - Cornish Heritage Farms, You Rock! - A Muse

Paper: white, DCWV Rock Star mat stack, Basic Grey Mellow 6×6 pad

Inks: Palette Hybrid Noir, black StazOn, ruby red

Accessories: silver sheeting, spiral punch, Copic markers, Cuttlebug, Concentric Stars die

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Hi there! I hope everyone had a great Mother’s Day and a great weekend in general. I did! My family came over for a big afternoon meal and playing around with the boys.

Here’s a look:

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Thanks for letting me share. Now on to the challenge!

This week the Rubbernecker challenge is to use a circle or circles on your card! I used an image from the KK Originals collection called Inner Circle and I also used my circle Nestabilities dies, my Swiss Dot Cuttlebug folder and some polka dot paper.

My Inner Circle was colored with Copic markers and the Swiss Dot layer, the Inner Circle image layer and the sentiment layer are all popped up on mounting tape.The thin brown circle was really an afterthought. I had made the brown mat for my Inner Circle larger at first and decided it was too big. So I used the next smaller Nestie to cut it down and ended up with this thin brown circle. It’s cool how sometimes mistakes turn out to be inspirations! I love what it adds to the card!

I can’t wait to see what the other design team members have made, because it seems that each week at least 2 of us use the same image or family of images.

Please play along with us! Create your card, upload to your online gallery or blog using the RBC09 keyword, then link your post to Jeanne’s post today. You’ll be entered into the monthly drawing to win a $25 Rubbernecker Bucks gift certificate. Cool, huh?

Thanks for visiting me today! Have a great day!

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Stamps: Inner Circle, Imagination sentiment - KK Originals collection from Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

Paper: shimmer vanilla, My Mind’s Eye 12 x 12 slab, chocolate chip, bayou blue

Ink: Palette Hybrid Burnt Umber
Accessories: Copic markers, circle Nestabilities dies, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dot folder, ribbon, rhinestone stickers, mounting tape

Copic markers used: R05, R27, E09, YR16, YR68, YR09, Y21, Y15, Y26, YG03, YG06, YG67, BG72, BG49, BG09

Hi everyone! It’s really been a crazy, busy week for me. A lot of people are sick or out on vacation at work, so guess who’s picking up the slack?! That’s right…me!

Thursday night my younger daughter Jen was a principal in a ballet production in Charlotte, NC. She’s been ‘en Pointe’ since she was 7 years old and has been in multiple performances, but this was her first in several years, and her first since becoming a mom. She was nervous and worked so hard rehearsing, spending many hours away from her family. Her performance was wonderful! Even Miles, her son who is 21 months old, sat still on my lap and watched her portion of the ballet. I think that’s quite a feat!

Here are a couple of the photos we took. The lighting was strange and of course you can’t use a flash in the theatre.

Ok, so that’s maybe more than a couple, but I couldn’t decide which ones to show you!

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Now for my news! Lindsey, of Jacksonbelle Embellishments, has invited me to be a part of her awesome new design team!!! I’m so excited! Check out the other DT members:

Lynda Benden

Kisa Peters

Beth Thomas

Lila Holgate

Maren Benedict

Erin McKinney

Dee Jackson

Amber Hight

Elizebeth Neumann

This should be a fun adventure!!!

AND….I know you’d love to save some money and celebrate National Scrapbooking Day! Hurry over to Jacksonbelle Embellishments to save 15% off your entire order!!! You need to act fast, because the offer ends tonight! Be sure to use promo code NSD15.

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Here is one of my design team submissions:

Stamps: Coffee & Croissant - Inkadinkado, Linen - Stampin’ Up!

Paper: shimmery vanilla, chocolate chip, red, Basic Grey Sugared 6×6 pad

Ink: Ranger Distress - tea dye, scattered straw, tattered rose, fired brick, peeled paint, brushed corduroy

Accessories: waterbrush, Nestabilities rectangle dies, Cuttlebug, wide red organdy ribbon, Crate Paper transfers - sentiments, red spica glitter pen, clear gelly roll glaze pen, sponge dauber, piercing tool, template & mat, chocolate chip marker, corner rounder punch, mounting tape