Splashes of Watercolor

Dec 16 2008

Last of the Christmas stuff!

Published by bronih under Blog Candy, Card Designs, Christmas, Copic markers, Jacksonbelle, Rubbernecker, Shimmerz, Splitcoaststampers, Stampin' Up!

Winter 2 For You 2

You may be as glad to have this be the last of the Christmas creations as I am! I STILL haven’t decorated my tree or house yet. What in the heck am I waiting for?

RUBBERNECKER TREASURE HUNT TUESDAY

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Arrrr ye mateys, it’s Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker. Hop on over to the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog to find your first link in today’s treasure hunt!

And I’m one of the lucky ones to be offering BLOG CANDY today! You don’t even have to answer any questions this week. Just leave a comment on this post and I’ll let the random generator choose a winner on Wednesday morning.

Our Design Team, as always, will delight you with their creations. Head over to the Rubbernecker Blog to catch the links and find out who else has the BLOG CANDY!!

The big winter clearance sale is still going on over at Rubbernecker’s too! Don’t miss out!

I used the tutorial at Splitcoaststampers to make this clear glass ornament. I only did a couple of things differently. I used my Adirondack paint dabber in snow cap to dab on the back of the acetate after coloring the penguin. Doesn’t he have the funniest expression on his face? I also added beads to the snow inside the ornament. I know you can’t see them in this photo, but they ARE there. I made 7 of these - 6 for all the grandkids (mine and George’s) and 1 for me!

Stamps: Little Lovin’s Christmas mini #2 set

Ink: StazOn black

Other: glass ornament, acetate, silver cord, Copic markers, Adirondack paint dabber - snow cap

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

JACKSONBELLE EMBELLISHMENTS - JBE 033

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Not only is this the last Christmas creation this year, it’s also the last creation I’ll be making as a member of the Jacksonbelle Embellishments Design Team. It’s been a wonderful experience and I’ve absolutely loved getting to know all my talented, funny and creative teammates. I’m going to try to slow down the pace of my life and concentrate more on my grandkids and my aging Mom. A huge thank you goes out to Lindsey, Lynda and the whole team who have been such a joy to work with.

This week’s challenge is a sketch. And I wanted to use this fun Fancy Pants - Happy Holidays paper one more time this year. I just realized that Snowy Jo looks dirty in the photo!! He’s not actually. He’s been painted with Angel Wings Shimmerz and he’s very beautifully shiny IRL!!

I used my Stampin’ Up! classy brass Priceless template for the snow flourish behind Snowy Jo. I used my BG10 Copic marker to paint along the flourish and behind the sentiment. I also painted both of these with the Shimmerz as well.

Be sure to check out the beautiful creations of this year’s last Jacksonbelle Embellishments DT challenge here:

Have a great day! See you soon!

Stamps: Snowy Jo - Imaginisce

Paper: white, Fancy Pants - Happy Holidays

Ink: Memento - tuxedo black

Accessories: ribbon, SU scallop punch, long rectangle Nestabilities, foam mounting tape, SU classy brass template-Priceless, piercing tool & mat, Shimmerz - Angel Wings, Copic markers:

Items from Jacksonbelle Embellishments

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Dec 09 2008

Fruity and Experimental

Published by bronih under Card Designs, Christmas, Copic markers, Inkadinkado, Jacksonbelle, Rubbernecker, Winter

Winter 2 For You 2

Whaaaat? You’ll see!

Why do I always let Christmas sneak up on me? Sunday I finally went shopping and did a little gift buying, but I still haven’t decorated AT ALL. I’m hoping to get to it this weekend. Of course, I’ll have to force myself to STAY AWAY FROM THE STAMP ROOM!!!

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RUBBERNECKER TREASURE HUNT TUESDAY

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Arrrr ye mateys, it’s Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker. Hop on over to the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog so you don’t miss those Design Team Members who are offering up Rubbernecker Bucks today. You’ll also find your first link in today’s treasure hunt!

Our Design Team, as always, will delight you with their creations. Be sure to visit their blogs~

Don’t forget about the HUGE winter clearance sale going on at Rubbernecker Stamp Company. All three stamp lines (KK Originals, Rubbernecker and Stamp Oasis) are on sale to make room for new releases!! Woo hoo!! RUN over there to take your pick before your favorites are gone!

AND Rubbernecker is also offering a special pricing-match: During December, Rubbernecker will match the price of any item found on the Web via a rebate if you can provide a link to the lower price. All Rubbernecker discounts and rebates will still apply!

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I’ve had this Fruit Wreath (hence the first part of the blog title) colored for quite a while and stupidly forgot to write down which Copic markers I used, so I’ll have to apologize for not having that information for you.

The background on this card is my second favorite part (after the wreath, of course!). With the Baroque Background stamp rubber side up on the table, I inked it in Versamark, then tapped my Distress Fired Brick stamp pad over the stamp surface. I laid my olive card base over the stamp and rubbed my hand over it. After using the heat gun to emboss it, I had a great, variegated colored image.

It’s hard to tell in the photo, but the Merry Christmas is embossed with gold detail EP.

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Stamps: Fruit Wreath (317-11), Baroque Background (1230 SO), Merry Christmas (387-09)

Paper: white, old olive, DCWV dark red textured, shimmery vanilla

Ink: Memento - tuxedo black, Versamark, Distress - fired brick

Accessories: Copic markers, craft knife, corner rounder punch, clear EP, gold detail EP, ribbon, brads, foam mounting tape

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

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JACKSONBELLE EMBELLISHMENTS - JBE032

Our Jacksonbelle Embellishments challenge this week was to use punches, die cuts, border punches or Nestabilties on our card. I chose to use my Labels Two Nestabilities dies. I’m afraid I’d been neglecting these and using my Labels One dies so much more! I also used a Fiskars Threading Water punch.

So this is the experimental part of the post. Let me explain! I was playing around with my Distress inks and I wondered if I could sponge the colors I wanted to use for this image in the correct areas of the card stock before stamping or embossing it. This is what I came up with - I rubbed this beautiful Ornamental Cardinal stamp over my cleaning pad and instead of drying it on the other side of the pad or a piece of scratch paper, I stamped it on my white cardstock. It left the faintest of images, but just enough for me to see where to sponge my inks!

After sponging my colors, I stamped the image in Versamark and clear embossed it. Then I sponged over the entire piece of cardstock with Distress walnut stain. After wiping off my embossed image with an old rag, I spritzed the entire piece with a mixture of water and pearl Perfect Pearls in a mini-mister, and dried it with my heat gun. Then I stamped the image again in Distress frayed burlap a little to the left and above the original one to create a shadow.

Be sure to check out all the punched and die cut embellished cards of the design team:

I appreciate your stopping by to visit me today. Please come back tomorrow for the Color Throwdown challenge and the Rubbernecker Blog challenge.

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Stamps: Ornamental Cardinal - Inkadinkado, sentiment - Imaginisce Snowy Jo

Paper: Prism Super Smooth White, old olive, naturals white, Basic Grey Figgy Pudding

Ink: Versamark, Distress inks - peeled paint, worn lipstick, scattered straw, walnut stain, frayed burlap

Accessories: ink blending tool, clear embossing powder, Ranger mini-mister, Perfect Pearls - pearl, Labels Two Nestabilities dies, Fiskars threading water punch, 5/8″ grosgrain ribbon, work window punch, Queen & Co. mini brads

Items available at Jacksonbelle Embellishments

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Dec 02 2008

Sleep in Peace ~ Love and Joy

Published by bronih under Card Designs, Christmas, Inkadinkado, Jacksonbelle, Rubbernecker, Shimmerz, Splitcoaststampers, Winter

Time for another 2 For You Tuesday post! I hope you all had a blessed and happy Thanksgiving! I ate too much and enjoyed all the time I got to spend with my family. There’s nothing better!!

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RUBBERNECKER TREASURE HUNT TUESDAY

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Arrrr ye mateys, it’s Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker. Hop on over to the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog so you don’t miss those Design Team Members who are offering up Rubbernecker Bucks today. You’ll also find your first link in today’s treasure hunt!

Our Design Team, as always, will delight you with their creations. Be sure to visit their blogs~

Have you seen the banner ad on Splitcoaststampers this morning? Beginning today, for 15 days, all three stamp lines (KK Originals, Rubbernecker and Stamp Oasis) at Rubbernecker Stamp Company will be on sale to make room for new releases!! Woo hoo!! RUN over there to take your pick before your favorites are gone!

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I LOVE this classic image of Girls Sleeping. This to me is what makes Christmas so special and keeps it alive when everything around us seems to be falling apart….the children. It’s all for the children.

I stamped this image on white cardstock with Distress Fired Brick ink and clear embossed it. Then I rubbed the Distress Antique Linen ink pad directly over the image. The edges are distressed and the Antique Linen and Weathered Wood ink pads were rubbed along them. I pressed the whole panel into a glue pad and added Diamond Dust glitter to the entire surface.

The red snowflake was cut with a Spellbinders Snowflake Wonder die. The smaller one was punched with a Martha Stewart punch out of white paper. It was pressed into the Antique Linen ink pad, then I touched both the Fired Brick and Weathered Wood ink pads randomly on the surface. Glue and Diamond Dust glitter were added to it too. (Thanks to Anna for this fantastic idea!!)

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Stamps: Girls Sleeping (2010-01SO) - Stamp Oasis background ATC section, Scroll Peace (1204SO) - Stamp Oasis Winter Holiday section

Paper: Prism Super Smooth white, ruby red, not quite navy, My Mind’s Eye Signature Christmas paper pack

Ink: Ranger Distress inks: Antique Linen, Fired Brick, Weathered Wood

Accessories: Palette glue pad, Floracraft Diamond Dust glitter, SU punches - scallop & corner rounder, Martha Stewart snowflake punch, Spellbinders Snowflake Wonder die, Spellbinders Wizard, ribbon, foam mounting tape

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

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JACKSONBELLE EMBELLISHMENTS - JBE031

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I made 2 cards for the Jacksonbelle Embellishments challenge today to use glitter, Shimmerz or bling. I couldn’t resist. I love this little bird and wanted to use him both on a warm vintage card and on a cool updated card. I also used the Fancy Pants Happy Holidays papers for both cards.

The first one uses all Coffee Shimmerz for it’s shininess. It’s painted on the bird, around the Layers One Nestabilities layer, and on some of the snowflakes on the card base. And how gorgeous is that Fancy Pants Lace in Amber???

The second card uses Ranger Stickles in Black Diamond, Pink, Aqua, Waterfall and Stardust as well as a red Spica glitter pen and FloraCraft Diamond Dust glitter (from Hobby Lobby). The bird and the sentiment are raised up on foam mounting tape.

Be sure to check out all the other shiny, shimmery, blingy creations here:

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by today. Check back in tomorrow when I hope to have 2 more cards for you for the Color Throwdown challenge and the Rubbernecker Blog challenge.

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Card 1 (brown vintage):

Stamps: Bird Ornament, Spirit of Christmas sentiment - Inkdadinkado

Paper: white, chocolate chip, Fancy Pants - Happy Holidays pad

Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa

Accessories: Shimmerz - Coffee, paint brush, Labels One Nestabilities die, Fancy Pants Lace Wraps - Amber , word window punch, linen thread, satin ribbon, foam mounting tape

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Card 2 (black modern):

Stamps: Bird Ornament, Spirit of Christmas sentiment - Inkdadinkado

Paper: white, black, Fancy Pants - Happy Holidays pad

Ink: Versafine - onyx black, Versamark

Accessories: black detail EP, Ranger stickles - black diamond, pink, aqua, waterfall, stardust, word window punch, Tim Holtz grungeboard - mixed minis, Adirondack acrylic paint dabber - snow cap, silver cord, FloraCraft - Diamond Dust, red Spica glitter pen, foam mounting tape

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Nov 26 2008

Check out the sales!!!

Published by bronih under Jacksonbelle, Rubbernecker

Just announced on the Rubbernecker Home Page!!!!!

ON SALE FRIDAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ONLY 11/28-11/30

Adirondack Pigment pads and reinkers

while supply lasts

PADS $3.79

REINKERS $2.99

3 DAYS ONLY

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! (one day early! ) THANK08 will get you 20% off your entire order at Jacksonbelle Embellishments through Monday!!! Have a great weekend!!

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From me to you~

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Nov 25 2008

2 For You Tuesday - divided by 2 - Part 2

Published by bronih under Card Designs, Christmas, Jacksonbelle, Winter

As I said in my last post, this one is a long one, so grab your cuppa and settle in for a while!

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JACKSONBELLE EMBELLISHMENTS - JBE030

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I fell in love with the Memory Box Gingercake papers the instant I saw them and placed an order right away with Lindsey at Jacksonbelle Embellishments. I knew right away what I would use them for…. a December daily album for my daughter’s family a la Ali Edwards.

Our design team challenge this week was to use a Jacksonbelle Embellishments product that you love, so I’ve been working feverishly all this past weekend to get this project completed so I could show you today. (And wouldn’t you know it, Gingercake is currently out of stock at JBE!)

This is the front cover. It uses the Gingercake papers, of course. I also used Tim Holtz grungeboard - mixed minis for the letters and numbers on the front. They’re painted with Ranger Distress Crackle paint in Shabby Shutters. That is also a Tim Holtz fragment charm behind the star clip. The felt trees are from American Crafts Holiday House and I’m not sure where the vine felt border sticker is from.

I won’t bore you with all the details on the inside pages. There are too many products and companies represented to mention them all, but I would be glad to answer any questions you may have about product. Just leave a comment or email me.

I have to explain the last page - the one for December 26. I added that page because one of the Christmas gifts I’m giving their family is a package of tickets to see the WWE in Charlotte on the 26th. The boys are HUGE wrestling fans - even dressed up as wrestlers for Halloween. I know they’re going to have a blast and I wanted to give them an extra place to put photos from that day as well.

Here are some extra pages that are now inserted in the book to be used for extra photos and journaling. I’m quite pleased with how it turned out and I hope they will be too!

Thanks so much for visiting today and spending all that time looking!

See you tomorrow for the Color Throwdown challenge and the Rubbernecker Blog challenge. I’m hosting both of them!

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Nov 18 2008

2 For Tuesday #24

Published by bronih under Card Designs, Christmas, Copic markers, Jacksonbelle, Rubbernecker, Shimmerz, Watercolor, Winter

Good Tuesday morning to you all! I have 2 more Christmas/winter/holiday cards for you today. Grab your cuppa and enjoy!

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RUBBERNECKER - TREASURE HUNT TUESDAY

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Arrrr ye mateys, it’s Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker. Hop on over to the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog so you don’t miss those Design Team Members who are offering up Rubbernecker Bucks today. You’ll also find your first link in today’s treasure hunt!

Our Design Team, as always, will delight you with their creations. Be sure to visit their blogs~

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When I first saw this beautiful Poinsettia in theRubbernecker Winter Holidays #2 collection, I KNEW I would watercolor it. However, I then decided to watercolor it 3 times and create a cluster! It was stamped 3 times on the first piece of watercolor paper and watercolored. I trimmed it into a smaller rectangle, leaving some of the leaves to overhang the edges. Then I stamped just one flower again on watercolor paper and painted it. I cut it out and raised it up on foam mounting tape after the rest of the card was assembled. The flower centers were painted with Beeswax Shimmerz Paint.

Stamps: Poinsettia (394-05) - Rubbernecker Winter Holiday #2 section

Paper: watercolor paper, ruby red, gold - DCWV Metallic Stack, Cosmo Cricket - Oh Joy (Jacksonbelle Embellishments)

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Distress - Antique Linen, Distress reinkers - Old Paper, Peeled Paint, Worn Lipstick, Aged Mahogany, Scattered Straw, Shimmerz - Beeswax (Jacksonbelle Embellishments)

Accessories: waterbrush, paint brush, sponge dabber, May Arts ribbon (Jacksonbelle Embellishments)

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

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JACKSONBELLE EMBELLISHMENTS - JBE029

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Put your sunglasses on for this one!!! LOL!!! I was trying to pick up the colors in this beautiful Fancy Pants - Happy Holidays paper and ended up using the lime green tones to airbrush the background of my Snowy Jo image. Actually I like these colors together, but it definitely is not your usual winter/holiday color combo.

The image and mat panels were cut with a Labels Two Nestabilities die. I pierced the design at the bottom using an Ornare template. Don’t ya love the felt snowflakes? That’s a self-adhesive felt lace panel by Queen & Co.

You’re more than welcome to play along with us. Create a Christmas/snowflake/winter card and upload it to your favorite online gallery using JBE029 as the keyword.

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LOOK!!!!

Did I get your attention?? Jacksonbelle Embellishments is putting out a call for design team members for the months of Jan 2009 - June 2009. Interested? Click here for the details -> JBE design team call

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Be sure to check out the designs created by the current awesome design team members:

That’s it for today, folks. I hope you liked the 2 For You Tuesday cards! Thanks so much for visiting today. Come back tomorrow for the Color Throwdown challenge and the Rubbernecker Blog challenge.

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Stamps: Snowy Jo - Imaginisce

Paper: white, close to cocoa, Prism Frosted Kiwi, Fancy Pants - Happy Holidays

Ink: Memento - tuxedo black

Accessories: Labels Two Nestabilities die, Queen & Co. Felt Fusion - snowflakes, Ornare piercing template, piercing tool & mat, ribbon, brads, foam mounting tape, Copic airbrush system, Copic markers ~

Items available at Jacksonbelle Embellishments.

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Nov 11 2008

2 For You Tuesday 23

Published by bronih under Card Designs, Christmas, Copic markers, Inkadinkado, Jacksonbelle, Rubbernecker, Winter

It’s Tuesday again. I can’t believe they come so fast. I’m trying to figure out where all my weekends go!

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RUBBERNECKER - TREASURE HUNT TUESDAY

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Arrrr ye mateys, it’s Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker. Hop on over to the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog so you don’t miss those Design Team Members who are offering up Rubbernecker Bucks today. You’ll also find your first link in today’s treasure hunt!

Our Design Team, as always, will delight you with their creations. Be sure to visit their blogs~

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As you may (or may not) have noticed, I’ve definitely been on a Christmas kick lately. I can’t seem to stop myself. Hopefully all of this will result in my having my Christmas cards done on time this year! I certainly hope so!

I decided to go with a simple card in order to highlight this small Noel tree. I love how it looks on the red Layers One Nestabilities die cut. It’s colored with Copic markers and highlighted with a red Spica glitter pen and a yellow Sakura gelly roll glitter pen. The Martha Stewart punch was a new purchase and I just love the way the branches looks in multiples.

I zig zag stitched around the card, but don’t look too closely at the unevenness of it! The ribbon is SU and the button is from a tube of mismatches that I got at a great price at Hobby Lobby in the sewing department.

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Stamps: Noel Tree (255-02) - Rubbernecker Winter Holiday section

Paper: white, real red, kiwi kiss, Basic Grey Blitzen - Pear

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Labels One Nestabilities, Spellbinders Wizard, Spica glitter pen - red, Sakura gelly roll pen - yellow, button, DMC floss - red, sewing machine, SU ribbon, Martha Steward branch punch, Copic markers: Y11, Y06, G20, YG93, YG95, E31, E33, E37

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

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JACKSONBELLE EMBELLISHMENTS - JBE028

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The Jacksonbelle Embellishments challenge this week is a sketch challenge. Lynda came up with a great one, and I’ve been wanting to use this Snowy Owl from the Inkadinkado Winter Birds set in browns and vanilla, so this was my chance. I embossed the entire scalloped oval and all the snowflakes and stars with Kaleidoscope EP. And let me tell you, it wasn’t easy holding those tiny things with the tweezers while I heated them. I’m really surprised at least one of them didn’t blow completely away!

Texturally, this is a really yummy card in real life, with the dry embossing, the heat embossing, the die cuts and the velvet ribbon.

I hope you enjoyed my 2 cards for you today. Please come back tomorrow as I’ll be hostessing the Rubbernecker Blog Challenge this week!

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Stamps: Winter Birds - Inkadinkado

Paper: shimmery vanilla, Cosmo Cricket Oh Joy

Ink: Adirondack - Pebble, Versamark

Accessories: Kaleidoscope EP, classic oval scallop Nestabilities, Cuttlebug Snowflakes folder & Snowflakes 2 die, Fancy Pants Amber Lace Wraps velvet ribbon, foam mounting tape

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Nov 04 2008

2 For You Tuesday #22

Published by bronih under Card Designs, Christmas, Copic markers, Inkadinkado, Jacksonbelle, Rubbernecker, Winter

Can you believe it’s Tuesday again already? I’ve had a good weekend….I had a lot of time to play! Let’s get started:

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Arrrr ye mateys, it’s Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker. Hop on over to the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog so you don’t miss those Design Team Members who are offering up Rubbernecker Bucks today. You’ll also find your first link in today’s treasure hunt!

Our Design Team, as always, will delight you with their creations. Be sure to visit their blogs~

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So I was in a Christmas mood this weekend! And this snowman was just calling my name. I had just purchased some pieces of felt and wanted to see what I could do with them. The snowflakes you see were made by running a small piece of the white felt through the Cuttlebug using the Snowflakes #2 die. Then I added a little glue and glitter to complete them. Here’s a closer look (click to make it larger):

I used the tag from a Basic Grey Blitzen paper collection (from last year), so all I had to do is attach it to the front of a card.

I added glitter all around the scalloped edge and cut a small piece of brown felt to tie through the hole in the top of the tag. You have to tie it carefully though, because the felt tears very easily.

I stamped a second snowman and colored in the hat, broom, buttons and the bow on the broom. These were then cut out and attached to the snowman image, offsetting them just a little to add an extra bit of dimension.

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Stamps: Snowman (314-06), Cool Yule (344-04) - Rubbernecker Winter Holidays #2

Paper: white, chocolate chip, tag from Basic Grey Blitzen collection

Ink: Versafine onyx black, Adirondack - Espresso

Accessories: felt, rectangle Nestabilities, Spellbinders ribbon tag die, Cuttlebug Snowflakes #2 die, glue, DecoArt Glamour Dust (crystal), Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, ribbons, brad, glue dots, foam mounting tape, Copic markers:

Items available from Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

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JACKSONBELLE EMBELLISHMENTS - JBE027

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This week the Jacksonbelle Embellishments design team is CASEing one of our own members - Kisa!! Kisa is so much fun and creates the most darling cards! So this was a pleasure! Here’s a link to Kisa’s card that I decided to CASE. She used such beautiful shades of blue and brown, but I decided to change the brown to a red for this birthday card for my Mom.

And of course it wouldn’t be a “Kisa” card without a Prima and some Shimmerz!!! So I took a cue from her and painted my white Prima with Angel Wings Shimmerz.

Please visit the other design team members blogs to check out what they’ve created this week:

So thanks so much for visiting today! I hope you’ll be back tomorrow for another Color Throwdown challenge, as well as another Rubbernecker Blog challenge.

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Stamps: Garden Delight, Happy Birthday - Inkadinkado

Paper: bashful blue, riding hood red

Ink: brocade blue, riding hood red, Versamark

Accessories: Shimmerz - Angel Wings, white Prima, circle Nestabilities, white EP, ribbon, white gel pen, paint brush, rhinestone sticker

Items available at Jacksonbelle Embellishments.

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Oct 28 2008

2 For You Tuesday #21

Published by bronih under Autumn, Blog Candy, Card Designs, Christmas, Copic markers, Inkadinkado, Jacksonbelle, Rubbernecker, Splitcoaststampers

I just love Tuesdays!!

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Arrrr ye mateys, it’s Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker. Hop on over to the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog so you don’t miss those Design Team Members who are offering up Rubbernecker Bucks today. [HINT, HINT…..I’M ONE OF THEM!! So leave me a comment telling me what your favorite Christmas movie is and I’ll choose a winner on Thursday morning.] You’ll also find your first link in today’s treasure hunt!

Our Design Team, as always, will delight you with their creations. Be sure to visit their blogs~

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I’ve got a fun Christmas card for you today. I just love this little Elf Train! It reminds me of all the great kids’ movies that will be showing before you know it. I especially love Rudolph:

Fun facts about this movie:

Rudolph no longer airs just once annually, but several times during the Christmas season. It has been telecast every year since 1964, making it the longest running Christmas TV special, and one of only four 1960’s Christmas specials still being telecast (the others being A Charlie Brown Christmas, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and Frosty the Snowman). [Facts taken from Wikipedia.org]

So, keeping Hermie-the-elf-who-would-be-a-dentist in mind, here’s my Elf Train:

Stamps: Elf Train - Rubbernecker Winter Holiday #2, Happy Holidays sentiment

Paper: white, ballet blue, riding hood red, black, Daisy D’s Mistletoe Memories pad

Ink: Versafine onyx black, Versamark

Accessories: Gumdrop brads - Imaginisce (Jacksonbelle Embellishments), sewing machine, black detail EP, ticket corner punch, ribbon, yellow metallic gelly roll pen, foam mounting tape, Copic markers:

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

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JACKSONBELLE EMBELLISHMENTS - JBE026

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The challenge today for the Jacksonbelle Embellishment design team is to create a Thanksgiving (or Thank You) card using Fall Colors. I thought this Basic Grey Mellow paper was perfect!

If you feel so inclined, we’d love for you to join us and post a card for the challenge. Use the keyword JBE026 if you post at Splitcoaststampers, so we can all see your card!

You’ll see some gorgeous creations if you visit the other designers’ blogs here:

Thanks so much for coming by today! See you tomorrow for the Color Throwdown Challenge and the Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge!

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Stamps: Autumn Foliage, Chelsea Sentiments - Inkadinkado

Paper: chocolate chip, Basic Grey Mellow

Ink: Adirondack - espresso

Accessories: clear EP, sewing machine, linen thread, dimensionals, Glimmer Mist - Sugar Cookie

Items available at Jacksonbelle Embellishments.

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Oct 21 2008

2 For You Tuesday #20

Published by bronih under Card Designs, Christmas, Copic markers, Jacksonbelle, Rubbernecker

I just can’t believe we’re already in week #20 of the 2 For You series! Woo hoo! And thanks to you all for coming to visit each week. You’re definitely a huge reason why I’m doing this!

Now let’s get down to some business before I show you the cards.

First of all…..it’s time to introduce 2 new guest designers for the Rubbernecker Design Team! Hold on to your hats…..are you ready for this?……It’s Joan Ervin and Pam Hooten!!!! Can you believe it?? I’m so excited to be working with these amazing ladies!!

AND…. Bev and Jules have agreed to stay on with us as well. How cool is that?? Be sure to stop by these ladies’ blogs and check out what they’re doing with the Rubbernecker images!

And don’t forget to visit the Rubbernecker blog to get your first clue for the Treasure Hunt and to find out who has the blog candy this week.

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Now just because both of my cards today have snow on them and a winter theme, doesn’t mean I’m ready for the cold weather! Sadly though, it really is on it’s way.

Don’t these little carolers and their canine accompanist just warm your heart? I love the simple drawing and the great fun it was to color! All of their fur was coated with Tulip Puffy Paint then heated. The snow and the entire sentiment oval were smushed into a glue pad then covered with fine glitter.

Can you see the lined textured in the burgundy coat? After it was colored and shaded, I used the Copic chisel tip of the blender marker to stripe the coat. I like how it almost looks like corduroy! The dog’s mottled color was also created using the blender marker. I touched the brush tip to the dog’s colored coat to remove some of the color, creating his spots.

Don’t forget to visit all the Rubbernecker design teams blogs to see what they’ve created for you today ~

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Stamps: Carolers (337-9), Happy Holidays text (387-4)

Paper: white, baja breeze, bravo burgundy, Fancy Pants Happy Holidays paper pad

Ink: Versafine onyx black, Adirondack - Aqua

Accessories: Copic markers, Eclipse tape, sponge, white Tulip Puffy Paint, DecoArt Glamor Dust - crystal, glue pad, white gel pen, foam mounting tape, ribbon, Fiskars threading water punch, Cuttlebug and Snowflakes & Just My Type folders

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

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JACKSONBELLE EMBELLISHMENTS - JBE025

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Today’s Jacksonbelle Embellishments challenge was to use some of the new Christmas papers from the Jacksonbelle store. I already used some on my Rubbernecker card above and I think this poinsettia/snowflake paper from the new Fancy Pants collection was just perfect for little Snowy Jo! He’s so simple and so cute! He and his sentiment were originally attached as one stamp, but I cut them apart. I also curved the sentiment on the acrylic block so that it would fit along the curve of the Tim Holtz grungeboard flourish.

The gorgeous paper is from the Fancy Pants Happy Holidays 8×8 paper pad. The ribbon is May Arts.

Be sure to head over to the other design team members’ blogs to see their creations with this fantastic new product ~

Thank you all for coming by to check out the 2 For You Tuesday cards! Please check back in tomorrow for the Rubbernecker Blog Challenge and the Color Throwdown color challenge.

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Stamps: Snowy Jo - Imaginisce
Paper: white, textured soft sky, Fancy Pants Happy Holidays 8×8 paper pad
Ink: Versafine onyx black
Accessories: Copic markers, Tim Holtz grungeboard, corner rounder punch, threading water punch, clear EP, May Arts ribbon, foam mounting tape, silver hardware, sponge dabber