Splashes of Watercolor

It’s Wednesday! And time for another Color Throwdown color challenge! Would you look at this week’s gorgeous color combination? So yummy!

I couldn’t wait to try these colors out. At first I thought a masculine card would be just perfect. And it would, except I just didn’t know which stamp sets to use. The more I browsed, the more I thought maybe elegant would be the way to go. So this is what I came up with:

Baroque background was stamped in Adirondack Espresso onto the old olive layer. The sentiment is also stamped in Espresso. The flower/leaves silhouettes are stamped in Lettuce and Aqua.

I used my Spellbinders oval Nestabilities for the sentiment layers. The overall card size is 5 x 5.

Please stop by the Color Throwdown blog to check out the design team’s creations or just visit their blogs here:

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

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Stamps: Baroque Background, White Flowers, Just Leaves, You Make My Heart Smile - Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

Paper: white, baja breeze, old olive, chocolate chip

Ink: Adirondack - Espresso, Lettuce, Aqua

Accessories: oval Nestabilities, chocolate chip satin ribbon, sewing machine, decorative pearl stickers, foam mounting tape

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

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What’s this, you say? A second card on Wednesday???

Well, sure! That’s because there’s a NEW RUBBERNECKER WEEKLY CHALLENGE. Check it out on the Rubbernecker blog.

This week’s challenge is to use Spellbinders Nestabilities! Easy, peasy! I have a bunch of them and use them on practically everything anyway!! Uh, did you notice I used them on the Color Throwdown card as well!? I couldn’t help myself! There’s no easier way to cut a layer for an image or sentiment!

Or how about for the card itself? I used the largest scalloped square Nestabilities die to cut the polka dotted layer and also a white layer for the back of the card. I used Jen d’s method of attaching the back (scoring 1/2″ down from the top on the back, then gluing only that part to the front) so that my entire outer edge remains scalloped.

The image was colored with Copic markers and the cherries were covered with Star Dust stickles. I cut a slit along each side of the cupcake with a craft knife for the ribbon to slip through.

Be sure to check out the Rubbernecker blog for the challenge details, and also to see what the design team is doing, check here:

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

That’s it for today! Thanks so much for coming by for a visit! See you next time!

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Stamps: Cupcake Mice - Stamp Oasis Little Lovin’s

Paper: white, textured wild wasabi, DCWV Nana’s Kids

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

Accessories: plain & scalloped square Nestabilities, corner rounder punch, craft knife, wild wasabi ribbon, Star Dust stickles, foam mounting tape, Copic markers - C1, C3, E31, E33, B21, B24, G21, YG67, R11, R22, R24

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

It’s Wednesday! Yay! Only a couple more work days left! It’s also time for another Color Throwdown challenge!

LeAnne chose 3 very soft and beautiful colors this week:

Now I’ve never been a big fan of apricot appeal, but I have to say that with the bashful blue and the ballet blue, it shines!

I wanted to try something a little different this week. I stamped my Just Leaves image in Ranger Clear Resist and Apricot Appeal (with the edges rolled in Cameo Coral), and clear embossed it. Then I stamped the White Flowers image in Ballet Blue after stamping off once on scrap paper.

Using my ink blending tool, I sponged behind the flowers with Ballet Blue and a good bit of the background in Bashful Blue. I then sponged all around the edges with Apricot Appeal.

I stamped the French Letter image in Apricot Appeal a couple of times at odd angles.

I layered the image panel on a strip of Apricol Appeal punched with a Martha Stewart scallop punch, then onto a strip of Ballet Blue. I pierced a line down the right edge of the Bashful Blue card base and tied a blue gingham ribbon on the left side.

So that’s it…my Color Throwdown card for this week. What do you think?

Check out what the other designers did this week too:

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

There are some beautiful cards using these colors!

And now I want to see what you can do! Upload a card to your blog or gallery using the keyword CTD7, and link it to the CTD7 post at the Color Throwdown blog. And have fun!!!

Thanks for visiting again today. I hope to get in a lot of stamping time this weekend, since it’s the first one I’ll get to spend at home in quite a while. Hopefully I’ll have a lot more cards to share with you soon!

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Stamps: Just Leaves, White Flowers (Jeanne Streiff collection), French Letter

Paper: white, bashful blue, ballet blue, apricot appeal

Ink: apricot appeal, cameo coral, bashful blue, ballet blue, Ranger clear resist pad

Accessories: ink blending tool, clear EP, Martha Steward scallop edge punch, 1/4″ square punch, blue gingham ribbon, piercing tool, mat and template

Items available from Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

Geez! I can’t believe it’s Tuesday again already! Time is moving much faster….or I’m moving much slower!

I’ve finally recovered from my trip to Florida, but now I’m getting ready to head to Myrtle Beach for a week. I’m really looking forward to spending some time on the sand, smelling the salt air and listening to the waves. Pure relaxation.

But wait! My grandsons will be there too! Well, maybe I’ll still get a little time to myself. We’ll see!

I have two more challenge cards to show you today. So here they are:

RUBBERNECKER - RBC17

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It’s time for the Rubbernecker Tuesday Treasure Hunt. You know the drill! Head to the Rubbernecker Home Page where you’ll find your first clue, mateys! You could be on your way to finding free rubbah!

Jeanne and Leigh have BLOG CANDY today too! I know you don’t want to miss that!

Today’s Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge is to use ribbon in a non-traditional way. Hmm. Since my mind is still not quite completely recovered, I decided to take the easy route and case myself from my Dirty Dozen days (my first month, actually) and make a ribbon flower. It’s not very non-traditional, but it’s not terribly common either. That should qualify, huh?

If you need more details about how you can play along with the challenge and have a chance to win big Rubbernecker bucks, just check out this page at Jeanne’s blog.

Check out the other designers’ cards (links in the left column) as well.

Now here’s my card -

I used Jeanne’s beautiful Stylish Flourish from the Jeanne Streiff Collection at Rubbernecker and stamped it in StazOn Opaque Cotton White onto acetate. I immediately sprinkled Dazzling Diamonds over it. Ooooo, I like how sparkly it turned out!

I attached textured groovy guava cardstock to the inside of the clear card and after threading the silver ribbon through a hole cut with my craft knife, I attached it to the acetate with glue dots. I stamped the sentiment in Versamark on the patterned guava paper and embossed it with silver embossing powder. Then I attached it to the inside front with glue dots also.

The flower was made by looping the ribbon onto my paper piercer over and over until I got the fullness I wanted. Then I squiggled (technical term, you know) the paper piercer around several times to get the hole bigger. I stuck the brad through the hole and attached the silver ribbon flower with a couple more glue dots.

I hope you like it! Here are the deets:

Stamps: Stylish Flourish - Jeanne Streiff Collection, May All Your Wishes - #145-19

Paper: acetate, groovy guava textured, Stampin’ Up! Afternoon Tea

Ink: StazOn Opaque Cotton White, Versamark

Accessories: silver EP, heat gun, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, gem brad, silver ribbon

All items in this color are available at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

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JACKSONBELLE EMBELLISHMENTS - JBE010

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Today’s challenge for the Jacksonbelle Embellishments team is a sketch challenge! It’s a cool one too!

I used it as my jumping off point to make an anniversary card for my daughter and her husband. They loved it!

I used Birds Galore from Inkadinkado (I just LOVE that set!) and Urban Cosmos paper from Prima Marketing. Yummy paper! The layer that I embossed the bird onto is from Papertrey Ink’s Everyday Blessings collection.

Each layer is backed with a black mat. The front of the card was embossed with the Cuttlebug Birds & Swirls folder. How appropriate!

It’s embellished with some beautiful May Arts ribbon, a flower and some Dew Drops.

Be sure to check out the other girls’ blogs for their challenge cards. Or you can use the keyword JBE010 at Splitcoaststampers and you can play along too!

Thanks for visiting with me again today! I hope you enjoyed the cards and I hope you’ll be back soon!

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Stamps: Birds Galore - Inkadinkado

Paper: Urban Cosmos (Colony) - Prima, Everyday Blessings - PTI, green textured

Ink: Versamark

Accessories: black detail EP, heat gun, cuttlebug, birds & swirls folder, flower, slot punch, May Arts reversible ribbon, Dew Drops

All items in this color are available at Jacksonbelle Embellishments.

Here we are again - another Tuesday! Let’s go~

RUBBERNECKER - RBC15

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Are you ready for the Rubbernecker Treasure Hunt?

All you have to do is head over to the Rubbernecker Home Page and start with the first clue. You can also read about all the details there, in case you’re new to the Treasure Hunt. So head over there, matey, and find that free rubbah!

Today is also Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge day! Today’s challenge is a sketch. You can find it HERE and all the details for all the blogger challenges on Jeanne’s blog on this page.

Here’s my card using the sketch and another beautiful image from Jeanne’s own stamp collection (Jeanne Streiff Collection):

The name of this stamp set is Flora & Flairs and it’s gorgeous! The images are silhouettes but you can paint, ink or color the stamp and it’s no longer just a silhouette! So versatile!

I inked the flower with Ranger Distress tattered rose ink and dabbed the tea dye ink pad on it. Then I inked the leaves with old paper ink and dabbed the peeled paint ink pad on them. Stamped the image on blush paper and voila! A watercolored image! I cut and embossed the oval with my Nestabilties and, leaving the die on the cardstock, sponged around the edges with tea dye ink.

The right edge of the guava layer was punched with a Martha Stewart Simple Scallop punch. I added aqua Stickles to the larger holes at each scallop edge.

I sewed the patterned paper to the guava cardstock after sponging the edges of both pieces with brushed corduroy ink. Then I tied the guava ribbon around the layers and added another knot of kraft ribbon and a decorative pin.

The sentiment was stamped with tea dye ink.

You can play along too! Simply upload your card or project using Rubbernecker images and the sketch and link it to Jeanne’s blog post for today. If you post to SCS, please use the keyword code RBC15. You’ll have a chance to win the monthly drawing for a $25 Rubbernecker Bucks gift certificate!

Kittie and I have BLOG CANDY today!!! Leave me a comment telling me what your favorite summer beverage is, with recipes if it’s really, really good!!

There’s also some big news and a big reveal tomorrow, so be sure to check back then!

Here are links to the other design team members. Be sure to check out their challenge cards:

• Candy
• Jeanne
• Kittie
• Leigh
• Linda
• Shelly
• Sherry
• Tami

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Stamps: Flora & Flairs, Swirl Flourish - Jeanne Streiff Collection; Petite Words Set - Stamp Oasis

Paper: blush blossom, groovy guava, close to cocoa, Splendor patterned paper - Autumn Leaves by Rhonna Farrer

Ink: Ranger Distress inks - tattered rose, tea dye, old paper, peeled paint, brushed corduroy

Accessories: Martha Stewart Simple Scallop punch, oval Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, ribbons, decorative pin, sewing machine, distress tool, sponge dauber, Ranger blending tool, Ranger Stickles - aqua, mounting tape

All items listed in this color can be found at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

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JACKSONBELLE EMBELLISHMENTS - JBE008

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Today’s Jacksonbelle Embellishments challenge card is a bright one. Don’t even ask me how much I LOVE this Inkadinkado Duet stamp or the fantastic Cosmo Cricket Hello Sunshine paper! No, I said don’t ask. I’m speechless with how much I am in love with both of these, and together…oh my! It’s just a good thing the drool didn’t get all over this card!

The challenge for today was “Anything goes!”. Whoop, whoop! I love that kind of challenge! I was just dying to use some of this paper. Every design in this collection is bright and warm and happy! Would you look at how it’s already got a decorative bottom edge! There’s almost no need for any embellishments, because it could pretty much stand on it’s own as far as an eye-pleasing element is concerned. (You can click on the photo to see a larger version.)

The bird duo is just adorable! I’ve named them Sam and Junior! I do believe that Sam is telling Junior a thing or two about what the big, bad world is like! And Junior is in awe of how much Sam knows! (Snort! I must be in my little fantasy world again!)

There’s no need for any instructions on this card. It’s very straightforward. Coloring with Copic markers, cutting and embossing with Nestabilties, piercing, and tying knots. Nothing to it! But I love it!

If you’d like to play along, upload a card using something from Lindsey’s shop, and use the keyword JBE008. Then link your card to Lindsey’s new store blog.

Here are links to the other design team members so you can check out their “Anything Goes” challenge cards:

• Amber
• Beth
• Dee
• Elizebeth
• Erin
• Kisa
• Lila
• Lindsey-owner
• Lynda
  
• Maren

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Stamps: Duet - Inkadinkado, Mixed Messages - Papertrey Ink

Paper: white, black, red textured, Hello Sunshine - Cosmo Cricket

Ink: Palette Hybrid Noir

Accessories: circle Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, Copic markers, piercing tool & mat, Darice Plastic Canvas Circle (template for piercing), ribbons, mounting tape

All items listed in this color are from Jacksonbelle Embellishments.

Copic markers used: Y11, Y06, Y15, YG01, G40, YG06, YR65, BG72, BG09, R22, R27, R29, R59, C1

It’s Tuesday again! Here we go with 2 more cards for 2 more challenges and a Treasure Hunt for you too!

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Rubbernecker - RBC13

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I shouldn’t have to say this anymore; you should know the drill by heart by now!

It’s Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker Stamp Co. Here’s your chance to win a free image and all you have to do is follow the clues beginning with the first one on the Rubbernecker Home Page. When you find the treasure and make a purchase, you get the image for free!

Today you have a chance to win blog candy from Sherry and Leigh!

As you may know, we’ve moved the Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge to Tuesdays. So along with a chance to win the Treasure today, you also have a chance to play along with the challenge. You’ll need to link your card to Jeanne’s post for today and if you use a Rubbernecker, Stamp Oasis, or KK Original image on your challenge card, you’ll be entered into our monthly drawing for even more free rubber!! For all the rules and details, please see this post on Jeanne’s blog.

Today’s challenge is to use PAINT. Now how hard can that be? You could use acrylic pain, crackle paint, puffy paint, or even watercolor paint. I chose to use acrylic paint and puffy paint on my card today.

I used one of the new images from Jeanne’s collection at Rubbernecker. It’s called Swirl Flourish and it’s gorgeous! I stamped the image on textured soft sky cardstock using 3 different colors of ink (aqua, stream and white) and clear embossed each time. Then I stamped it again using aqua with no embossing. I painted below the swirls with acrylic paint. Then I stamped the sailboat in stream ink on shimmery white and highlighted it with Copic markers. I cut this out using a small long rectangle Nestabilties die and my Cuttlebug. The corners of the “ocean” layer and the white mat and teal card base are all rounded. I mounted the sailboat on the waves with foam tape. The sentiment is stamped in stream ink onto the acrylic paint. I added white puffy paint to the clouds and some of the waves and let it dry overnight. Then I heated it until it puffed just a little and added the peart accents.

Be sure to check out these DT members’ blogs for their samples of a painted card:

• Candy
• Jeanne
• Kittie
• Leigh- blog candy
• Linda
• Shelly
• Sherry- blog candy
• Tami

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Stamps: Swirl Flourish - Jeanne Streiff Collection, Sailboat - Rubbernecker Beach Party section, I Miss You - Stamp Oasis #1728SO ~ all from Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

Paper: white, shimmery white, soft sky textured, taken with teal

Ink: Adirondack - aqua, stream; craft white

Accessories: clear EP, heat gun, log rectangle Nestabilities dies, Cuttlebug, acrylic paint - Robin’s Egg Blue, paintbrush, Tulip Puffy Paint - white, corner rounder punch, decorative pearls (Ellen Hutson), mounting tape

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Jacksonbelle Embellishments - JBE 006

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Today’s challenge for the Jacksonbelle Embellishments design team is a sketch challenge. And if I could figure out how to get a decent size picture of the sketch in this post it would be posted right here! I’ll edit in a link later! You’re invited to play along too!

ETA: Here’s the link to the challenge and here’s the sketch:

My card today uses Birds Galore by Inkadinkado again! I just LOVE this stamp set!!!

I also wanted to try my new 7 Gypsies ATC transparencies out but not on an ATC! I used one as the layer behind the oval. They come preprinted and there are 2 each of 10 different designs! So cool!

The birds in flight were stamped on the black card base with Versamark and clear embossed. I inked the edges of the pomegranate pieces of cardstock and of the Fleuriste (Cosmo Cricket) DP too. The bird was stamped directly onto the DP twice. I cut the second one out, clear embossed it, and layered it on top of the other one. I added dots of Black Diamond Stickles on the 2 pomegranate pieces.

Please play along with us! And check out the other examples here:

• Amber
• Beth
• Dee
• Elizebeth
• Erin
• Kisa
• Lila
• Lindsey
• Lynda
• Maren

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Stamps: Birds Galore - Inkadinkado

Paper: black, purely pomegranate, Fleuriste - Cosmo Cricket

Ink: Versamark, Versafine Onyx Black, purely pomegranate

Accessories: 7 Gypsies ATC transparency, clear EP, heat gun, petite oval Nestabilities dies, Cuttlebug, sponge dauber, Prima Artful Collage Flowers, Black Diamond Stickles, black brad

All items listed in this color are available from Jacksonbelle Embellishments.

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PS- I just noticed that I’ve made it to the 25,000 mark for hits! Woo hoo for little old me!

I’ve been picking up items to offer for blog candy for a while now, so I’ll be getting it together and offering it to you for being so kind and visiting me when you can! Thanks to all of you so much!

There’s a new designer in town!!! And you all know and love her already!! She’s a brilliant stamper, a hilarious lady and just a good egg all around!! Who is she?

JEANNE STREIFF, that’s who!

Can you believe it? Jeanne has been a busy little bee designing her own line of stamps! How cool is that? The flower silhouettes and swirls images you’ve seen yesterday and today on the design team’s cards are all Jeanne’s original designs!

Here’s another sample using her Red Flowers stamp and also the White Flowers stamp. I’m a little disappointed in that you don’t really get a great view of them in my picture.

They are stamped in Adirondack Espresso on the alcohol ink background and embossed with clear EP. They add such beautiful texture and sparkle to the card in real life. You can see a little of that in the header photo for this post.

I’ve had the best time playing with these, and can’t wait to play some more.

So what are you waiting for???? Head on over to Rubbernecker right now and see what the Jeanne Streiff Collection is all about!!!

And check out the the blogs of the other designers (see links in the left-hand column) for more gorgeous samples using these wonderful new images!

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I’m headed to the coast for a long weekend so I’ll be absent for a few days. Hope to see you back here the first of next week though!

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Stamps: Red Flowers, White Flowers - Jeanne Streiff Collection; Colorful - Stamp Oasis Sentiments section - all from Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

Paper: glossy white, lavender lace, chocolate chip

Ink: Adirondack alcohol inks - stream, wild plum, pearl mixative; Adirondack Espresso

Accessories: alcohol ink applicator, blending solution, clear EP, heat gun, distressing tool, stapler, ribbon, Dew Drops - clear, circle Nestabilities dies, Cuttlebug, brown marker, Ranger Glossy Accents, 3M mounting tape

All items highlighted in purple are available at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.