Splashes of Watercolor

Well, if it’s Wednesday it must be time for another Color Throwdown challenge! I’ve been having the best time with these color challenges. And this week Tammy has chosen the prettiest color combination. I just love it!

How pretty are these colors together?? Gorgeous! I can’t wait to see what the other girls have done! And you should play along with us too. Just post your card using these colors (or close relatives) to your blog or SCS and then link it directly to today’s Color Throwdown blog post.

So here’s my card~

I absolutely fell in love with the whimsical papers in the new Basic Grey Offbeat 6×6 paper pad. I love the colors and the funky images and graphics! Would ya look at those cute beets and how about the dragonflies on this paper! Cute, I tell ya!

I started with a base of Prism’s Prismatic Intense Kiwi, then layered ruby red and the Offbeat paper on that. The image from Inkadinkado’s Garden Delight clear stamp set was colored with Stampin’ Up markers and stamped onto the white cardstock.

The dragonfly from the same set was colored the same way with certainly celery and old olive markers. After I cut it out with a circle Nestabilities die, I stamped the sentiment using PTI’s Mixed Messages set, then matted it on a circle of celery cardstock and pierced around the edges of it.

I rounded all the corners on the right side of the card and the dragonfly circle is attached with foam mounting tape. This layout is based on the Verve sketch MTVD07.

Here are links to the other ladies’ blogs so you can see the details of their creations:

• Cathy Indelicato
• Kisa Peters
• LeAnne Pugliese
• Tammy Hershberger
• Tracy Durcan

So ends another Color Throwdown challenge card post! Please come back again soon!

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Stamps: Garden Delight - Inkadinkado, Mixed Messages - PTI

Paper: white, ruby red, certainly celery, Prismatics Intense Kiwi, Basic Grey Offbeat 6×6 pad

Ink: certainly celery, SU markers: old olive, certainly celery, cameo coral

Accessories: circle Nestabilities, corner rounder punch, 5/8″ grosgrain ribbon, piercing tool & mat, mounting tape

It’s Tuesday again! My how fast the time flies….especially the weekends! I have 2 very different cards for you today and it’s my turn to give away some Rubbernecker Bucks this week! So let’s get started!

RUBBERNECKER - TREASURE HUNT TUESDAY

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First some business:

It’s Treasure Hunt Tuesday!!

If you can find the treasure (and it’s very easy!) and make a purchase, you get the treasure FREE! The treasure must be claimed between 4 am PST and 9 pm PST (that’s 7 am - 12 midnight on the East coast). All the details can be found at the Rubbernecker Home Page.

And while you’re there, you’ll definitely want to check out the specials of the week! The Mini Score-It is on sale for the next 2 weeks and this is the last week for the sale on the Colorbox Fluid Chalk full size ink pads . This is a really great deal, you guys!

And did you know that if you purchase $25 or more of product (not including stamps or cushion), you receive 10% off your entire order??!! Cool!!

Linda and I have BLOG CANDY to be won today, so be sure to leave Linda a comment to qualify. To win blog candy from me, leave me a comment and tell me what your favorite candy is. For me it’s Reese’s Pieces. Can’t live without ‘em!

And here are links to the other fabulous designers, so you can skip over to see what they’ve created for you today:

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Now for my card. It’s appropriate to have a card featuring candy when I’m offering blog candy, right?

Aren’t these little guys the cutest? I’d give them lots of candy if they came to my door!

This is a Rubbernecker image called Trick or Treats, and I colored it with Copic markers then cut it out with Nestabilities. The striped piece of paper was torn around the edges and sponged with Ranger Distress ink in Peeled Paint and my ink blending tool. Have you tried that yet? It’s fantastic for blending ink!! (Duh, Broni, thus the name!) I just had to curl up the bottom corner to let the freaky ghost peek out!

The image was offset on an eggplant scalloped rectangle and I place a piece of PTI Plum Pudding satin ribbon in between them. The sentiment was stamped in pumpkin pie ink on white cardstock. I used Ranger Glossy Accents in a thick layer on it and placed the grungeboard O, which was colored with a YG95 Copic marker, on top of it. I coated the O with the Glossy Accents too and left it to dry. Then I trimmed around the O, and glued it to the card.

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Stamps: Trick or Treats, Petite Halloween sentiment set - Rubbernecker’s Halloween section

Paper: white, elegant eggplant, Halloween patterned paper

Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa, pumpkin pie, sahara sand, Ranger Distress - Peeled Paint

Accessories: Nestabilities, Copic markers, Idea-ology mixed minis plain grungeboard, ink blending tool, PTI Plum Pudding satin ribbon, glue dots, mounting tape

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

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JACKSONBELLE EMBELLISHMENTS - JBE017

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Hey, guess what! Lindsey will be having a sale in her store (Jacksonbelle Embellishments) beginning Friday, August 29th through Monday, September 1st, and she’s offering 15% off everything!!! Woo hoo! She’s got all the latest Inkadinkado stamps and just about every available color of the new fun Shimmerz paints.

Our challenge from Jacksonbelle Embellishments this week is to case one of our very own designers! Let’s have a big round of applause for the featured designer this week - Erin McKinney of Stampin’ in the Sun!

I chose this card of Erin’s to case:

Isn’t it adorable? I kept the same layout and birdie theme, used my ribbon in the same place and used Dew Drops where she’s placed her gem brads. I did change the stamps I used and the papers and colors too.

Here’s my CASE:

I colored my bird image from the Birds Galore clear stamp set by Inkadinkado with Stampin’ Up markers and stamped it onto shimmery vanilla cardstock. I cut the rectangle panel using a Nestabilities die and left the die on while I sponged some celery ink aroung the edges.

The patterned papers are Daisy D’s Chloe Marie line. Yummy paper! Would you look at that beautiful 1″ satin ribbon?! It’s by May Arts of course! I added Dew Drops (water) at the bottom.

Check out the beautiful creations of all these talented designers:

• Amber Hight
• Beth Thomas
• Dee Jackson
• Elizebeth Neumann
• Erin McKinney
• Kisa Peters
• Lila Holgate
• Lindsey Botkin
• Lynda Benden
• Maren Benedict
• Rachel Baird

If you’d like to play along, post your card on SCS with the keyword JBE017.

Thanks for visiting with me today and making it all the way through another long 2 For You Tuesday post! Check back tomorrow for my Color Throwdown #8 challenge card. We have a gorgeous color combo for you to try this week!

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Stamps: Birds Galore clear stamp set - Inkadinkado

Paper: shimmery vanilla, regal rose, black, Daisy D’s Chloe Marie

Ink: certainly celery, SU markers: brocade blue, old olive, cameo coral

Accessories: rectangle Nestabilities, sponge dauber, 1″ satin May Arts ribbon, horizontal slot punch, Dew Drops - water, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots folder, mounting tape

Items available at Jacksonbelle Embellishments

Happy weekend everyone! Well, it’s almost over, so I hope you’ve had a happy one. This is the first weekend in a long time that I’ve been able to stay home and in my craft room. That’s certainly made it a happy time for me!

I fell in love with the color combination for the color challenge at SCS this week (CC180) and also with the sketch challenge (SC190). So I decided to combine the 2 challenges. Along the way, other ideas kept popping into my head, so I ended up making 3 cards using both challenges! They all use the same papers too!

This first card was made with my new Ornamental Cardinal stamp by Inkadinkado. I colored the stamp with my SU markers, spritzed it with water, then stamped it onto blush blossom cardstock. (For some reason, the blush doesn’t show up very well in the photos.)

The ruby red card front was run through the Cuttlebug using the Leafy Branch folder. Both the cardinal and the leaves were painted with Royal Red Shimmerz paint.

I added some We R Memory Keepers hardware, ribbon, linen thread and rhinestones to finish the card.

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For this next card, I also used the Limited Supplies challenge (LSC182) to use old stamps/papers/embellishments. I haven’t used SU’s Petal Prints or French Script in forever! I’ve also had the papers (Basic Grey Blush and DCWV Metallic) for at least a year.

The stamps were colored with SU markers again and spritzed with water before stamping onto the blush cardstock.

Butter Cream Shimmerz was painted on the flowers and again I used some We R Memory Keepers hardware. Same paper, same layout, same colors. The B sticker is also from the Basic Grey Blush collection.

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This third card was a lot of fun. I added taken with teal to the color combination and this time I added a sentiment.

Stitching, too! I sewed around the outside of the card and along the diagonal paper seam. The monkey’s head is a third layer (I colored a second stamped image and glued it to the original one that had been stamped on the blush circle.) His arm is part of the second layer. I cut along both sides of it and placed some small pieces of foam tape under it to raise it a little. The cupcake is up on foam tape as well, and the frosting is coated with Ranger Glossy Accents.

Well, thanks for stopping by today and taking the time to read through this long post. I’ll be back on Tuesday with the 2 for You Tuesday double header. Be sure to check back then!

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Winter Cardinal:
Stamps: Ornamental Cardinal - Inkadinkado
Paper: blush blossom, ruby red, DCWV Metallic stack, Basic Grey Blush collection - Devotion
Ink: SU markers: ruby red, blush blossom, always artichoke, close to cocoa, chocolate chip
Accessories: Copic marker - W1, circle Nestabilities, sponge dauber, rhinestone stickers, WE R Memory Keepers hardware, ribbon, linen thread, Royal Red Shimmerz, Cuttlebug & Leafy Branch folder, mounting tape
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Petal Shimmerz:
Stamps: Petal Prints, French Script
Paper: blush blossom, ruby red, DCWV Metallic stack, Basic Grey Blush collection - Devotion
Ink: blush blossom, mellow moss, close to cocoa, SU markers - ruby red, blush blossom, always artichoke, close to cocoa
Accessories: circle Nestabilties, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, waterbrush, water mister, Butter Cream Shimmerz, We R Memory Keepers hardware, ribbon, mounting tape
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My Sock Monkey:
Stamps: Sock Monkey
Paper: blush blossom, ruby red, close to cocoa, taken with teal, Basic Grey Blush collection - Devotion
Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa, SU markers - ruby red, blush blossom, creamy caramel, close to cocoa, cameo coral
Accessories: circle Nestabilities, small & large oval punches, Copic marker - W1, WE R Memory Keepers hardware, ribbon, glue dots, Ranger Glossy Accents, mounting tape

AHOY MATEYS!!! It’s Tuesday again! I’ve got 2 cards for you today (surprise, surprise!) and a little bit of business, so let’s get started.

RUBBERNECKER - TREASURE HUNT TUESDAY

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Guess what! It’s time for another Treasure Hunt at Rubbernecker.

If you can find the treasure (and it’s very easy!) and make a purchase, you get the treasure FREE! The treasure must be claimed between 4 am PST and 9 pm PST (that’s 7 am - 12 midnight on the East coast). All the details can be found at the Rubbernecker Home Page.

And while you’re there, you’ll definitely want to check out the specials of the week! All Colorbox Fluid Chalk full size ink pads are on sale for the next 2 weeks and this is the last week for the sale on the new Adirondack Pigment ink pads. This is a really great deal, you guys!

Shelly and Juliana have BLOG CANDY to be won today, so be sure to leave them a comment to qualify. And here are links to the other fabulous designers, so you can skip over to see what they’ve created for you today:

Now here’s my card for this week. It’s a bit different from most Halloween cards!

Dear old Ralph isn’t really dressed for trick or treating but as long as he’s out there and he has a bag, might as well at least try for some candy!

My chocolate chip background was painted with Ranger Distress Crackle Paint in Scattered Straw. I’m a little impatient so I used my heat gun to help dry it. I added my ribbon and used half glue dots to make the ends curve up a little. The main image was colored with Copic markers and the corners were stitched to the card.

I used Rubbernecker’s featured product this week - Colorbox Fluid Chalk ink - for my sentiment. I love the clean, matte impression I get with the chalk ink.

If you see poor old Ralph out by the street around Halloween, why don’t you slow the car down and toss him some candy!

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Stamps: Ralph Raking (78-17) - Rubbernecker Old Characters section, Candy Corn Text (45-11) - Rubbernecker Halloween section

Paper: white, chocolate chip, so saffron, Making Memories Hallowwen 6×6 pad

Ink: Memento Tuxedo black, Colorbox Chalk Ink - Tangerine & Chestnut Roan, Ranger Distress Crackle Paint - Scattered Straw

Accessories: Copic markers (E00, E02, R02, B21, B24, E33, E74, Y21, Y26, Y65, R27, YG91, YG93, YG97), rectangle & circle Nestabilities, ribbon, sewing machine, mounting tape, glue dots

Items available from Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

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JACKSONBELLE EMBELLISHMENTS - JBE016

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This week’s Jacksonbelle Embellishments challenge for the designers was to use some of the Jack’s World designer paper from Cosmo Cricket that Lindsey has in the store. This paper is just perfect for kids, especially little boys. I’m sure I’ll be using a lot of this to make cards for my grandsons.

I had not had a chance to use my Inkadinkado Dogs clear stamp set either, so out it came! What a cute sentiment to use with the sunshiny paper!

Surely this would brighten someone’s day, don’t you think? The little swirly dog is so cute and how about those gorgeous Prima flowers! Can you see the Shimmerz highlights on the dog? IRL, it’s so sparkly! With an addition of brass brads and a piece of white ribbon, this was really a quick and simple card to make. Good thing, too, because I only had a couple of hours tonight to make both of these cards and write this post!

You should really check out the cards the other designers will be posting. These ladies sure can make some beautiful cards!

• Amber Hight
• Beth Thomas
• Dee Jackson
• Elizebeth Neumann
• Erin McKinney
• Kisa Peters
• Lila Holgate
• Lindsey Botkin
• Lynda Benden
• Maren Benedict
• Rachel Baird

And did you notice? We have a new designer! Please help us welcome the very talented Rachel Baird! I’ll thrilled to have her join our little group!

You know you can play along with us too! Just use the keyword JBE016 when you upload your card!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today! I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing the cards! See you tomorrow when I’ll be posting this week’s Color Throwdown challenge card…

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Stamps: Dogs clear stamp set - Inkadinkado

Paper: vanilla, taken with teal, Jack’s World - Cosmo Cricket

Ink: Adirondack Stream, Shimmerz - Aqua Marine

Accessories: Prima Flowers, We R Memory Keepers hardware, ticket corner punch, clear embossing powder, ribbon, paint brush, glue dots, mounting tape

Items available from Jacksonbelle Embellishments

Now get your mind out of the gutter!  That’s not what I meant!!!

I meant that this will be just a quick little blog post to share this card I made for a girlfriend’s birthday.  Isn’t this little cookie guy (’cause I don’t really know what he is) just the cutest??  I love his wonky eyes and stubby little arms!

And how come I could always get birthday cards out to my entire family and all of my friends on time when I wasn’t making them?  Shouldn’t I have a stash somewhere?  Then where is it??

The ghost flower was painted with a Copic marker (so I guess this would qualify for the Ways to Use It  challenge at SCS!) and the chocolate chips and his eyes were made with brown Tulip Slick paint.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

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Stamps: Cookies of Life - Inkadinkado from Jacksonbelle Embellishments

Paper: Shimmery vanilla, cranberry crisp, 12 x 12 slab - My Mind’s Eye

Ink: Palette Hybrid Burnt Umber, Ranger Distress tea dye

Accessories: Copic markers (E31, E33, E37, E27), Heidi Swapp ghost flower, Prima flower(Jacksonbelle Embellishments), brad, ribbon, mounting tape, rectangle Nestabilities, Tulip Slick paint - brown, ink blending tool

Wow! It’s my 10th week of doing 2 For You Tuesdays! That’s kinda hard for me to believe!

I have 2 VERY different cards for you today! I’ve been in a fall/Halloween frame of mind with my Rubbernecker stamps and decided it was time for a ‘Witchy Poo’ card!

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Before I show you the entire card, let me remind you that it’s Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

You can find the first clue at the Rubbernecker home page which will lead you on your treasure hunt to find the prize! When you make a purchase, the prize will be yours! The hours of the treasure hunt are 4 am PST to 9 pm PST (that’s 7 am to 12 am on the East coast).

ALSO….

For every $50 in stamps purchased (Only stamps listed in the Rubbernecker, Stamp Oasis, KK originals, Kittie Kits categories and Luna Light products qualify for the $50) each customer will receive 1 free stamp.

AND….

Rubbernecker is beginning a new weekly sales and rebate campaign. And this week (continued from last week) Ranger Adirondack Pigment Pads & Reinkers are on Sale for 25% off!

Be sure to check out all the details on the home page.

Oh, and I almost forgot to tell you that CANDY and JULES have blog candy this week, so be sure to leave them a comment in order to be qualified to win Rubbernecker Bucks!

Now, on to the cards….

I just love Halloween stamps that I consider to be spooky, but really not. KWIM? I don’t mean cutesy witches and ghosts, but images that normally would be considered scary, like witches, that you can use and not scare a little child! Enter Witchy Poo…

Sure she’s green and she’s in a graveyard, but she’s not really scary is she? Then when you read the headstones and the sentiment, you just have to grin a little, huh?

She was stamped in Palette Hybrid Noir on certainly celery cardstock and colored with Copic markers. The tree was stamped in Distress Black Soot and embossed, and the grave stones were stamped in Adirondack Slate. Sponge daubers and Distress inks - Milled Lavender, Scattered Straw, and Old Paper - were used for the edges and the coloring in the background. Miss Witch is raised up on mounting tape. Wonder who she’s casting her spell on?

So, are you ready for Halloween? How about fall?

Please check out the cards created for your viewing pleasure on the other designers’ blogs:

• Bev Gerard (Tex)
• Candy Williams
• Juliana Swanson
• Kittie Caracciolo
• Linda Duke
• Shelly Kuck
• Sherry Cheever
• Tami Mayberry

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Stamps: Witch (395-10), Headstones (87-03), Spooky Tree (87-01), Flying Monkeys text (1773-C)

Paper: certainly celery, pale plum, elegant eggplant, black

Ink: Palette Hybrid Noir, Distress Black Soot, Milled Lavender, Scattered Straw, Old Paper, Adirondack Slate, StazOn Cotton White

Accessories: black EP, heat gun, Copic markers (C1, C3, C7, YR68, V15, V17, V09), white & yellow Prismacolor pencils, sponge daubers, Making Memories sticker, black yarn, mounting tape

Available at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

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JACKSONBELLE EMBELLISHMENTS - JBE015

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Today’s Jacksonbelle Embellishments challenge is a sketch. And if I could figure out how to copy and paste it here I would! In the meantime, please trust that I did use a sketch for this card!

This is an Inkadinkado stamp called Poppies. I think it’s gorgeous! I stamped it on hot pressed watercolor paper with black StazOn and watercolored it with my water brush and Stampin’ Up! reinkers - several of the new In colors!

I also used my new Cuttlebug Leafy Branch folder on the Kiwi Kiss and Riding Hood Red layers. Isn’t it beautiful?? Maybe next time I won’t use such a big image in front of it so that it can be seen better!

Be sure to check out the challenge cards on the other DT members’ blogs:

• Amber Hight
• Beth Thomas
• Dee Jackson
• Elizebeth Neumann
• Erin McKinney
• Kisa Peters
• Lila Holgate
• Lindsey Botkin
• Lynda Benden
• Maren Benedict

And I think there just may be another Jacksonbelle contest coming up soon! With great prizes!! So stay tuned for more details!

Thanks for visiting here today! Tomorrow brings another Color Throwdown challenge, so you’re definitely invited to that!

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Stamps: Poppies - Inkadinkado, mixed messages - PTI

Paper: hot pressed watercolor paper, SU- Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Taken with Teal

Ink: StazOn black, Versafine Onyx black (for the sentiment), SU reinkers - Kiwi Kiss, Taken with Teal, Pink Pirouette, Tangerine Tango, Riding Hood Red

Accessories: water brush, Inkseentials Opaque pen - white, Cuttlebug, leafy branch folder, corner rounder punch, May Arts ribbon

Available from Jacksonbelle Embellishments

It’s Tuesday and time for some more card designs - 2 to be exact! Of course I have one bit of information to share with you first….

We have 2 new guest designers at Rubbernecker! They are 2 fantastically talented and wonderful ladies……Bev Gerard (you may know this lovely lady as Tex!) and Juliana Swanson (also better known as Julesiana!). Woo hoo! I’m just thrilled to be working with them on this wonderful team! Of course, with every bit of good news, there sometimes comes some sad news. Leigh O’Brien, stamper-extraordinaire and cutie patootie, has finished her run as guest designer and is moving on! Best of luck to you, Leigh! As I told her, I WILL be stalking her blog, just as I always have! But yay! The super talented and adorable Tami Mayberry will be staying on as a permanent member of our team!

Now on to the cards:

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It’s Tuesday!!! Need I say more??!!

Yes, it’s time for another Tuesday Treasure Hunt at Rubbernecker! You people must really be loading up on the free rubber, since it’s so easy and fun to find! Just head over to the Rubbernecker Home Page for your first clue, then follow all the clues to the treasure! When you make a purchase, you receive the treasure free!! And who doesn’t love getting anything free?? Remember you have to claim the prize between 4 am and 9 pm Pacific time (that’s 7 am to 12 am Eastern time).

Speaking of good deals - Dave has all his Adirondack Pigment Inks and Reinkers on sale at 25% off! Holy Cow!!! What a deal that is!

On the way to the home page, please visit our designers’ blogs for some super special eye candy!

• Bev Gerard (Tex)
• Candy Williams
• Juliana Swanson
• Kittie Caracciolo
• Linda Duke
• Shelly Kuck
• Sherry Cheever
• Tami Mayberry

And speaking of CANDY…………Tami and Shelly have some BLOG CANDY for you to win today!

My card was made with baseball season in mind. My grandsons, Hunter and Will, will be playing again this year so that means hot dogs, popcorn and coke for supper a few nights a week!

I had to keep it simple and frill-free since it will be going to one of them before the season is over. I’ll have to get busy and make another one too.

This Little Lovin’s Kid Brian is just perfect for someone like me who loves to color! And did you see how the glove and ball are popped up? Cute! Here are the Copic markers I used:

Stamps: Brian and You’re My Hero - Little Lovin’s Kids section at Rubbernecker

Paper: white, Prismatics Intense Kiwi, light teal textured cardstock, My Mind’s Eye 12×12 slab

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black (image), Versafine Onyx Black (sentiment)

Accessories: Copic markers, small & large oval punches, spiral punch

All items in this color are available at Rubbernecker

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JACKSONBELLE EMBELLISHMENTS - JBE14

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Today’s Jacksonbelle challenge is a color challenge and the color chosen by Lila is PINK! I started out with the pink patterned paper, then totally gravitated towards everything else purple. Oh well, at least I did use a little pink!

The gorgeous Inkadinkado bird from the Winter Birds set is stamped in PTI Plum Pudding ink and in Versamark, then embossed with clear EP. I sponged around the edges with my ink blending tool and Ranger Distress Milled Lavender ink. The jeweled flower is a cell phone case sticker.

The scrumptious paper is Basic Grey Euphoria. I love every piece of paper in this collection! The sentiment is from the Inkadinkado set Chelsea Sentiments.

Check out all the other designers’ creations here:

• Amber Hight
• Beth Thomas
• Dee Jackson
• Elizebeth Neumann
• Erin McKinney
• Kisa Peters
• Lila Holgate
• Lindsey Botkin
• Lynda Benden
• Maren Benedict

And please play along with us. If you upload to SCS, use keyword JBE014. I’d love to see what you can do with the color PINK!

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Stamps: Winter Birds, Chelsea Sentiments - Inkadinkado

Paper: Basic Grey Euphoria 6×6 pad, Plum Pudding - PTI, pale plum

Ink: Versamark, Palette Hybrid Plum Pudding - PTI, Ranger Distress Milled Lavender

Accessories: clear EP, flower rhinestone sticker, corner rounder punch, horizontal slot punch, Plum Pudding satin ribbon - PTI, Inkssential ink blending tool, craft knife, mounting tape

All items in this color are available at Jacksonbelle Embellishments

Rubbernecker Stamp Co. is having a 25% sale on the new Adirondack pigment ink pads and reinkers today through next Wednesday, August 6!!! If you’ve wanted to try them, but haven’t yet, now is definitely the time to do it!

And speaking of Rubbernecker…..how about these new Cartoon images? They are so cute and hilarious and SO MUCH FUN to color! I just loved this one and made this card for my niece who is a hairdresser! She loved it and has it sitting at her station!

The sentiment is computer generated, then I stamped the image in Palette Hybrid Noir and colored it with my Copic markers. The cape was then covered with Star Dust Stickles! I really should have colored her hair purple, because Jaime actually has purple streaks in her hair!

When I finished with this card, I had some scraps of white and the patterned paper left over, so I thought I’d try Julia’s Ways To Use It challenge this week to use scraps. I also combined it with Jeanne’s Limited Supply challenge to make a card that would make someone smile. I guess both of these cards would qualify for that one!

I just hate it when I’m late getting a birthday card out in the mail to someone or if I just forget a birthday totally! After all, I make cards, for goodness sakes! You’d think I’d have bunch just sitting around waiting to be mailed! NOT! They just seem to disappear (or get taken by my daughters, or get sent to Dave, or just walk off on their own)! So when I saw this darling little snail by Inkadinkado that Lindsey had, I knew I would probably get a lot of use out of it!

I used the scraps of patterned paper as you can see, and the snail was stamped on a scrap of white paper and cut out and embossed with a Nestabilities scallop circle die. I also stamped the little guy directly on the front of the card before attaching the scraps so I could line the snail and his trail up exactly where I wanted it and be able to add the stickles to his entire trail.

It really is a simple card, but I think it’s so cute!

Thanks for taking time out to stop by. I’m headed off to my grandson’s birthday party. That should be wild and fun! Enjoy your weekend!

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Card #1:

Stamps: Wow I Love It - Rubbernecker Cartoon section

Paper: white, elegant eggplant, DCWV Pocket Full of Posies mat stack

Ink: Palette Hybrid Noir

Accessories: Copic markers, Hodgepodge hardware - stylized silver, piercing tool, mat, template, ribbon, horizontal slot punch, silver liquid pearls, Star Dust stickles

All items in pink are from Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

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Card #2:

Stamps: Happy Belated Birthday - Inkadinkado from Jacksonbelle Embellishments

Paper: white, bashful blue, DCWV Pocket Full of Posies mat stack

Ink: Palette Hybrid Noir

Accessories: Copic markers, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, Star Dust stickles, Ranger Glossy Accents

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Oh, and look what that sweet, darling Danielle Kennedy at Wild Dragonfly Designs gave me:

Thank you so much, Danielle! I’ll have to think about who I’ll pass this one along to!

Yay! 2 For You Tuesdays is back! I know I’m glad and I sure hope you are too. It seems like forever since I’ve stamped. I know that’s not true, but so many things have taken over
my life for the past couple of weeks, that it seems like years to me!

There isn’t a Rubbernecker challenge this week due to unforeseen circumstances, but I have a card for you anyway!

RUBBERNECKER

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You know if it’s Tuesday, it must be Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker! The first clue is on the Rubbernecker Home Page and when you find it and make a purchase, the treasure will be yours!! Hardy, har, har, mateys! Want some BLOG CANDY, too??? Well be sure to visit these lovely ladies’ blogs and leave them a comment so you have a chance to win some:

Linda

Sherry

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Yummy, BRIGHT and sparkly! That’s what I think of this card! This Nana’s Kids glittery paper is what I started with and kept adding to. I almost couldn’t stop myself! I used kaleidoscope EP, Ranger glossy accents, and Sakura gelly roll pens.

You know you can never get the full glittery effect from a photograph. So I tried to capture the shimmer better here:

Like I said, the patterned paper was already sparkly. I added a strip of adhesive to the pink cardstock pieces with my ATG tape gun, then embossed it with kaleidoscope EP. I smushed my Adirondack Purple Twilight ink pad onto the grungeboard letters (gosh, I love that stuff!) until they were coated really well then embossed them too.

I covered the entire glass with Ranger glossy accents and the flower, umbrella and straw were colored with the gelly roll pens.

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Stamps:Pina Colada - Rubbernecker Beach Party section, Happy Birthday - Rubbernecker Sentiments section

Paper: white, pink passion, Nana’s Kids - DCWV

Ink:Palette Hybrid Noir, Adirondack Purple Twilight

Accessories: Copic markers, kaleidoscope EP, Jim Holtz Idea-ology Grunge - mini set, flower brad, Ranger Glossy Accents, Sakura gelly roll pens, mounting tape

All items in purple are from Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

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JACKSONBELLE EMBELLISHMENTS - JBE013

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The challenge this week for the Jacksonbelle Embellishments team was just a free-for-all to use any Jacksonbelle products. Well, that’s easy….but not! I have so many items (and keep getting more) that it gets harder and harder to choose!

I had not used all the stamps in the Garden Delight clear Inkadinkado stamp set, so I chose the dragonfly and the flower branch silhouette to work with. I colored the branch stamp with my Stampin’ Up! markers, spritzed it with water and stamped off on scratch paper first, then stamped it on white cardstock.

The dragonfly is stamped in Lovely Lilac ink onto Lovely Lilac paper, then painted with Lilac Shimmerz. Wow that stuff is awesome! I also painted the Royal Red Shimmerz on the butterfly which was punched with a Martha Stewart punch from the new SU Riding Hood Red cardstock. Tied a bow through the image panel and around the edge of the card, added some rhinestones and the Happy Birthday stamped in Lovely Lilac, and that was it. And how about that yummy Basic Grey Euphoria paper! The red in it matches the Riding Hood Red perfectly!

So how about playing along in the challenge with us? Use Jacksonbelle Embellishments products and the keyword JBE013 when you upload your card to Splitcoast.

Here are links to the other designers blogs so you can see their beautiful creations:

• Amber Hight
• Beth Thomas
• Dee Jackson
• Elizebeth Neumann
• Erin McKinney
• Kisa Peters
• Lila Holgate
• Lindsey Botkin
• Lynda Benden
• Maren Benedict

Thanks for coming by to visit today. I so appreciate it! See you tomorrow with the Color Throwdown weekly challenge!

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Stamps: Garden Delight clear stamp set, Happy Birthday - Inkadinkado

Paper: white, Lovely Lilac, Elegant Eggplant, Riding Hood Red, Basic Grey Euphoria

Ink: Lovely Lilac, SU markers - Lovely Lilac, Sage Shadow, Ruby Red

Accessories: rhinestone stickers, 3/8″ white taffeta ribbon, mounting tape, horizontal slot punch, Shimmerz - Lilac & Royal Red

All items in this color are from Jacksonbelle Embellishments

All items in this color are from Stampin’ Up!

It’s time for another Color Throwdown challenge! And I’m the “hostess with the mostess” (Ha!) this week, so that means I got to pick out the colors! I had my Basic Grey Blush papers in mind when I chose this combination. I just love that paper! Here are the colors for the week:

and here’s my card for this week:

I’m not sure if you can tell, but I used a real branch for the birds to sit on. Well, I actually just glued it over the stamped branch. Duh! The stamps are from Inkadinkado and don’t they work great together? The teal and ruby strips are sponged on the edges with Close to Cocoa ink. I ran the teal strip through the Cuttlebug using the Spots & Dots folder. I also painted around the edge of the white image layer with my Aqua Marine Shimmerz paint using a paint brush. Have you tried the Shimmerz? It’s amazing how sparkly it is IRL! The flower is a Prima Painterly Petals Urban flower and it’s just beautiful!

Please check out the other designers’ cards here:

• Cathy Indelicato
• Kisa Peters
• LeAnne Pugliese
• Tammy Hershberger
• Tracy Durcan

If you decide to play along with us, and I hope you DO, please link your blog post which contains your card or your card on Splitcoast to the Color Throwdown Blog. And be sure to use the keyword CTD3 at Splitcoast.

Thanks so much for visiting with me today! See you next time!

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Stamps: Quartet, Thinking of You - Inkadinkado

Paper: white, ruby red, close to cocoa, taken with teal, Basic Grey Blush collection - Fancy

Ink: Palette Hybrid Noir, close to cocoa, Shimmerz - Aqua Marine

Accessories: Copic markers, Coluzzle, red & clear spica pens, paint brush, Ranger ink blending tool, Nestabilties, Cuttlebug, Spots & Dots folder, Prima Painterly Petals - Urban, rhinestone sticker, glue, mounting tape, tree branch

from Jacksonbelle Embellishments