Splashes of Watercolor

I love inchies! I’ve been playing along in the Inchie Inkling monthly challenge, and this is my April entry for inchies focused on food.

The Lockhart Fruit Bowl stamp was perfect for this challenge and it pairs so well with the Stampin’ Up! Summer Picnic DSP which I love!

I actually only stamped and colored the fruit bowl once, then punched out the portion with the grapes. Well I couldn’t just toss out the rest of the image, so I punched out another portion and made a second card using the same elements and layout. I just switched up the colors and the placement of the focal image & sentiment.

The inchies were stamped on white cardstock and colored with Copic markers, then glued onto inchie chipboard squares. I glued tiny strips of the green striped paper around the edges of the chipboard. The frames were made by punching out a square with the 1-1/4″ square punch, then centering that in the scalloped square punch. The blue DSP background for each frame was punched with the 1-3/8″ square punch. The frames were attached using mounting foam tape to raise them up to the same level as the chipboard squares.

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Ahem! I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but my blog header is a little out of date since it says “spring”!! I’m up for suggestions on sites that have free packages to download for creating a new banner. Your help would be appreciated!

Thank you for visiting today. I look forward to seeing you next time!

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Stamps: Fruit Bowl - Lockhart Stamps, sentiment from Faux Ribbon - Papertrey Ink

Paper: white, bashful blue, Summer Picnic DSP

Ink: Palette Hybrid Noir for image, Versafine Onyx Black for sentiment

Accessories: Inchie chipboard, Copic markers, Ranger Glossy Accents, sanding stick, 1″ square punch, 1-3/8″ square punch, Giga scallop square punch, mounting tape

All items in orange can be found at Ellen Hutson’s store

All items in purple are from Stampin’ Up!

All items in green are from Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

I saw that AmyR filled in for Roxie yesterday to post the sketch challenge on Splitcoast. She can make the simplest sketches look fabulous! So I decided to try this one for myself. Besides, I needed a birthday card for a coworker!

Remember that I made a birthday card for my son-in-law earlier with the little dog from the CC Designs stamp set, It’s My Birthday? Well, I decided to go with the same theme here. The coworker is a young man also.

The card is pretty straightforward. The zig-zag lines are not actually stitching, but one of the stamps from a Technique Tuesday stamp set. The tiniest present is paper pieced with a scrap of the striped paper, and the faux brads are taken with teal cardstock punched with my 1/4″ circle punch. I also shaded the sentiment a little with a W1 Copic marker.

Thanks for coming by to visit today!

Oh and did you watch the American Idol elimination show last night? I definitely think the best 2 are in the finals - David and David. I vote for David, how about you?!! (Personally, I think David Cook has the most versatile style, but I love them both!)

AND…tonight’s another new episode of Grey’s Anatomy! Yum!

Have a wonderful day!

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Stamps: It’s My Birthday - CC Designs, Hanging By a Thread - Technique Tuesday

Paper: shimmery vanilla, cranberry crisp, taken with teal, My Mind’s Eye 12×12 slab

Inks: Palette Hybrid Burnt Umber

Accessories: Copic markers, 1/4″ circle punch, mounting tape

Copics used: Y21, Y26, YR16, YR68, BG15, BG09, YG03, G94, E09, E37, E31, E33, E13, W1

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After I’d posted the above card for yesterday’s challenge, I found out that today’s Ways to Use it Challenge at SCS is to use inchies. I LOVE INCHIES!!! I first learned about them on Ellen Hutson’s blog and have been fascinated with capturing as much art as possible on a 1″ square! The real experts are Sharon, Debbie, Ellen, Michelle, Trudee and Cindy. Check ‘em out! Ellen even has an entire blog devoted to them: Inchie Inklings.

So this is the mini-card that I made for Ellen’s March Inchie challenge.

Thanks again for stopping by!

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Stamps: Pencil cup - Lockhart Stamps

Paper: white, always artichoke, real red, Basic Grey cupcake 6×6 pad

Inks: Palette Hybrid Noir

Accessories: Copic markers, Prismacolor pencils, 1″ punch, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities rectangle dies

Today I wanted to share with you a gift I made for my daughter.  She’s a preschool teacher and will be receiving end-of-the-year gifts very soon from her students.  Consequently, she’ll need a few thank you cards.

I found this set of brightly colored/patterned note cards at Target on clearance for around $2.00!  I knew I could do something with them!  But they were such fun cards to start with, that I didn’t want to add too much or cover up too much of them.  So I just added 1 or 2 new elements to each.  Here is a group shot:

Aren’t they fun?  I almost didn’t want to give them up!

I pulled out several small stamps from different collections that I knew would look great using the fresh colors from the cards.

Gretchen’s favorite is the polka dot card with the pencil cup.  She’s already requested 2 more sets using this Lockhart image for her sons to give to their teachers.  And she wants them by next Wednesday!  Guess I know what I’ll be doing this weekend! 

Besides the image, which was colored with Prismacolor pencils and cut with a circle Nestabilities die, I only added the strip of ribbon.

This slice of lime card is one of my favorites.  I think I just love the freshness and the simplicity of it.  I stamped the lime from Stampin’ Up’s Tart & Tangy set in chalk ink and added the little thanks sentiment from Anna’s Posies for You stamp set from Whipper Snapper.

Here is an example of the third design of note card that I altered.  How about those big, beautiful flowers!  I didn’t want to overshadow them so I just used a piece of ribbon and the scalloped flower image from SU’s So Many Scallops stamped in chalk ink.  I topped it with a clear sticker.

The fourth design in the set of cards was so cute that it didn’t need any added stamped elements besides the thanks sentiment.  I did, however, decide to add a flower with a brad center over 1 of the flowers just for something a little different.

And here are some others, using the same lime and different images from Lockhart Stamps:

That’s it for today!  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and a fabulous Mother’s Day!!!

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I’m listing these ingredients strictly from memory, so please forgive me if I forget something or I’m not too specific~

Stamps: Garden Angel, Wildflowers, Pencil Cup - Lockhart Stamps; So Many Scallops, Tart & Tangy - Stampin’ Up; thanks! - Posies for You set from Whipper Snapper

Paper: white, note cards & envelopes - Target

Inks: Palette Hybrid Noir, various chalk inks

Accessories: Prismacolor pencils, Copic markers, ribbon, prima flower, brad, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, clear sticker, scallop punch

Good Sunday to everyone! I wanted to play along with today’s featured stamper challenge FS62 because I just love Jodi’s gallery! It was so hard to choose from among all her beautiful creations, but in the end I was drawn to the serene beauty of this card: IC113 Kind Thoughts

I love the soft colors, the fresh spring garden feel and Jodi’s use of dry embossing. I kept the basic colors and lightness, went with a garden theme also, and used my ribbon where she has her butterfly. I also added a little bling in the bottom right corner. Obviously, I used a different stamp set and dry embossing pattern.

I’m off to enjoy this sunshiny spring day! I hope you are able to do the same! Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Stamps: Adirondack Chair - Lockhart Stamps, A Muse sentiment

Paper: white, soft sky

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black

Accessories: Copic markers, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Traffic Jam folder, ribbon, cropadile, Dew Drops, mounting tape

Just a quick post with a card I created for today’s featured stamper challenge FS61. Today’s featured stamper is mommylvs2stamp. This was the first time I had visited Kristi’s gallery and what great cards she’s made! I just love being able to explore a gallery full of the surprise of fresh talent!

Here is her card that I chose to case: Watercolor fabulous

And here’s my card: Garden Angel

I kept Kristi’s layout and use of DP, but added sewing and eliminated the distressing.

Thanks for visiting today. I’ll be back tomorrow with another Rubbernecker color challenge card!

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Stamps: Garden Angel - Lockhart stamp from Ellen Hutson, If Friends were Flowers - Papertrey Ink

Paper: white, kraft, chocolate chip, Basic Grey Pheobe 6×6 pad

Inks: Versafine Onyx Black , chocolate chip

Accessories: Copic markers, Cuttlebug, D’vine Swirls folder, giga scallop circle punch, sewing machine, Tulip Slick paint - brown, mounting tape