Splashes of Watercolor

Yay, it’s another Wacky Wednesday challenge!  Bev (dear, sweet, talented lady that she is) told us we had to cut something out this week.  I tried not to go overboard with it.  I have been known to cut out everything!

I love this Postage Heart (1679 SO) from Rubbernecker and just haven’t used it enough.  To me, it’s just one of those “perfect” vintage looking images.  I stamped it 5 times - once in each of these inks: Ranger Archival jet black, coffee, and sepia and SU dusty durango and more mustard.  Then I cut out several of the “stamps” and layered some on glue dots and some on foam tape, using the black stamped image as the base.

The center postage stamp and the Labels 4 cut sentiment tag were each painted with Ranger Distress Rock Candy crackle paint.  I LOVE that stuff!  Here are close ups (click on them to see them larger):

Just about every layer is sponged along the edges and/or distressed.  I gathered the lace by hand and hand-stitched it to the card.  And don’t you LOVE the Graphic 45 Transatlantique papers? ( eP has them on sale now!)

Thanks for stopping by for a look!  Please join us in the Wacky Wednesday challenge!  You could win a 40% off coupon for your next Rubbernecker purchase!  And you get 10% just for submitting!  Check out all the details on the Rubbernecker blog.  And here are links for even more inspiration on the “cutting” edge (tee hee):

Bev *  Joan * Juliana

Kittie * Linda * Shelly * Sherry

Please check back in a little while, as I’ll be posting my first ever Angels Landing card as a design team member!

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• Stamps: Postage Heart (1679 SO), Scuffs,Scraps & Stains (461)
  
• Paper: PTI vintage cream, black, Prism - Desert Coral Dark, Graphic 45 - Transatlantique collection - Around the World & Paris Post
  
• Ink: Ranger Archival - jet black, coffee, sepia; Ranger Distress - tea dye; SU  - dusty durango, more mustard, so saffron
• Other: sponge dabber, Labels 4 Nestabilities die, Wizard, Ranger Distress - Rock Candy crackle paint, lace, PTI - rustic cream twine, foam tape, copper brads

Our lovely and talented Candy is today’s hostess for the Wacky Wednesday challenge.  She’s asked us to use bling or anything that sparkles and shines.  I can do that!

I didn’t opt for the obvious rhinestones or big chunky glitter (although I was really tempted).  Instead I chose to use a Cloud 9 Design transparency that’s already “glitterfied”; and then I added Stickles to the flowers. The image is actually below the transparency and I popped the flowers up on top of it.  I also painted the water with Pool Smooch.

Here are a couple of close ups of the sparkly parts (click on them to see them larger):

It would really be great if you’d play along with us!  And just for playing and linking your card up to the Wacky Wednesday blog, you’ll get a special discount.  Check out the details HERE.

Then be sure to visit with all the design team members to check out their sparkly creations:

Bev * Candy * Joan * Juliana

Linda * Shelly * Sherry

I’m so glad you decided to stop by today!  I appreciate your visits so much!  Try to come back by on Friday…I have a bit of news!

Hugs for now~

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• Stamps: Pondering (1066 SO)
  
• Paper: Prism - simply smooth white, razzleberry dark
  
• Ink: Memento - tuxedo black
  
• Other: oval & scalloped Nestabilities, Copic markers, Copic air brush system, corner rounder punch, Smooch - pool, Cloud 9 Design transparency, May Arts ribbon, Basic Grey button, DMC floss - white, glue dots, pink Stickles

This week the Color Throwdown challenge is being sponsored by Rubbernecker Stamps!! So my Color Throwdown card is also my Wacky Wednesday challenge card.  Yeah, my head is spinning too!

Be sure to check out both blogs for all the details of the challenges….you could double your chances of winning great prizes by posting links to your creation in both places!  And there’s a special something extra just for you too!!

Here are the colors I’ve chosen to work with this week:

And here are the Prism alternates just in case you don’t have the new SU In Colors:

Bermuda Bay - Prism Vibrant Teal

Dusty Durango - Prism Desert Coral Dark

Soft Suede - Prism Suede Brown Medium

I LOVE this Small Sunrise Palm (1532 SO) and I loved coloring it with my Copic markers.  I didn’t, however, love cutting out the top of the palm to layer it!

Check out all the wonderful stamps at Rubbernecker Stamps….there’s definitely something for everyone.  You can find details of the challenge HERE and HERE and both have links to the super talented designers’ blogs.

Thanks so much for visiting me today!!  Now go forth and stamp!

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• Stamps: Small Sunrise Palm (1532 SO)
  
• Paper: Prism - simply smooth white, SU - Bermuda Bay, Dusty Durango, Soft Suede, Basic Grey - Marrakech
  
• Ink: Memento - tuxedo black
  
• Other: circle & labels four Nestabilities, ribbon, foam tape, button, hemp twine, Copic markers:

It’s Wednesday and I don’t know if it’s wacky yet (it’s a little early), but it’s definitely time for the Wacky Wednesday challenge at the Rubbernecker blog!

Joan is our hostess and she’s come up with a darn good challenge!  We’re supposed to take our inspiration from a past experience, memory, possession, style, etc.  Sounds like fun, huh?

At first I was a little apprehensive.  But I’ve got my high school reunion coming up in a couple of weeks, and I was asked if I had any photos I could contribute to a slide show.  I came across the photo that you see replicated below and thought it would serve to make a great altered piece of art.

The photo is of my best friend, Gloria, and myself on our very last day of high school.  I’ll be staying with Gloria the weekend of the reunion and will take this to her as a gift.  I used PSE to alter it a little and although its quality is really very poor, I think it still looks good enough in this content.

I started with an artist’s 5×7 canvas (thanks, Candy!) and painted the edges with charcoal black Studio Paint (from Claudine Hellmuth’s line).  I stamped the French Script background and the flower silhouette on the 7 Gypsies paper and then glued it to the canvas using Studio matte Multi-Medium (also from Claudine Hellmuth) and burnished it with a brayer.  Then I sanded the edges and sponged them with Ranger Distress black soot ink.  The entire canvas front was then painted with more of the Multi-Medium.  When this was all dry, I misted it with a mixture of water and bronze Perfect Pearls.

The blush colored Core’dinations cardstock was embossed with a CB Textile folder, sanded with a Tim Holtz sanding block, and sponged in Distress antique linen ink.

The flower is a piece of lace sewn into a circle (Thanks to Pam Hooten for the instructions!), and the button was a CHA freebie in a bag from Blumenthal Lansing.  Isn’t it gorgeous?

The sentiment from Flower Silhouettes (468) was stamped on a scrap of Core’dinations and glued to the Tim Holtz fragment using Ranger Glossy Accents.

I think the rest is self-explanatory.  Sorry for being so long-winded in this post!

Please head over to the Rubbernecker blog for more information on the challenge, and instructions on how you can play along.  We’d love to see how you “capture” your memories!!

Thanks for visiting today!  See you soon!

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• Stamps: Flower Silhouettes (468), French Script background (448)
  
• Paper: black, Core’dinations - Cauldron, 7 Gypsies - Gypsy Market Paper - Rye
• Ink: Ranger Distress - black soot, antique linen, Versafine - onyx black, Copic W7 marker
  
• Other: Studio paint (charcoal black), Studio artist brush and Studio matte Multi-Medium (Claudine Hellmuth), brayer, Tim Holtz sanding block, ink blending tool, Ranger Perfect Pearls, Ranger mini-mister, CB Textile folder, deckled rectangles Nestabilities, ribbon, May Arts ribbon, lace, vintage button, Tim Holtz fragment, Ranger Glossy Accents, EK Success morocco lace border punch, wonder tape, foam tape

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Strong coffee!  I can always use some of that!

Today is Wacky Wednesday!!  Yay!  The famous and famously talented Kittie is our hostess this week and her challenge is for us to use CIRCLES on our cards.  I’ve used several on my card below, starting with the Basic Grey Porcelain paper.

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The yummy latte (or coffee with Baileys!) was stamped in Ranger Clear Resist ink on watercolor paper and painted using Tombow markers and a water brush.  Then I cut it out and mounted it on 3 layers of circles cut with my circle Nestabilities.

The stitching was done by piercing first with my piercing tool/mat/template, then sewing with a needle and 2 strands of DMC floss #3862 (which is an incredibly close match to the new Soft Suede from SU).  I fell in love with how the hand stitching looks when I first discovered Peet Roeven’s blog - Peet’s Scrapalbum.  She’s has such amazing style and hand stitches on almost every one of her cards!  Here’s a link to her tutorial: Hand Stitching

You have to play along with us!  Come on!  Everyone can do circles!!  Check out the details of the challenge here: Rubbernecker Stamps blog.  And here’s some more inspiration for you:

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Bev * Candy * Joan * Juliana

Kittie * Linda * Shelly * Sherry

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Thanks for visiting today!  And I’d like to issue a little reminder that the 2009 edition of Dare to Get Dirty begins at Splitcoaststampers tomorrow (Thursday).  There’ll be challenges all day long for 3 days straight, so make sure you have lots of caffeine and adhesive, and join us there!

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• Stamps: Coffee Time Set (458), Grid background (451)
  
• Paper: watercolor paper, soft suede, dusty durango, Basic Grey - Porcelain 6×6 pad
  
• Ink: Ranger Clear Resist, Adirondack Espresso, Tombow markers
• Other: water brush, clear embossing powder, corner rounder punch, Martha Stewart arch lattice border punch, circle Nestabilities, piercer & mat & template, needle & DMC floss #3862, foam tape

It’s time for another Wacky Wednesday challenge!  Juliana is our incredibly talented hostess this week and we have an inspiration challenge.  We were to choose an item from an Etsy website with all kinds of super cool bags and totes.  Check the Rubbernecker blog  for the link and all the details.  This is the bag I chose to use as my inspiration:

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And here is my card:

So what do you think?

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I used one of my most favorite Rubbernecker Stamps images Chrysanthemum (340-10), and embossed it using Ranger Clear Resist ink and vanilla EP.  There are 3 layers to it, each popped up with foam tape.

We hope you’ll be able to join us this week for the challenge.  Please visit the Rubbernecker Blog, choose an inspiration piece, and start creating!  Here are links to the design team blogs, for even more inspiration:

Bev * Candy * Joan * Juliana

Kittie * Linda * Shelly * Sherry

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Thanks for visiting with me today!  Come back anytime (preferably often)!!

Hi y’all!  It’s time for another Wacky Wednesday challenge!  Sherry is our hostess this week and we’re doing a color challenge: Pink, Purple and Green.  Sounds like a winning combination to me!

I decided to go a little vintagy (is that a word?) this week.  I love this K & Company paper and it had just the right colors in it, so that set the theme.

I’ve used the 2 Sketches 4 You sketch for the week – Kazan Sketch 30, and decided to watercolor with my Tombow markers again.  (The purple is really not quite that bright in real life and matches the background paper better.)  Don’t you love that sentiment?  I know a lot of people like that!  (Not really!)

Please join us in this challenge!  Get the details at the Rubbernecker blog and you could win a 40% off coupon to use in the Rubbernecker Stamps store!

You can check out all the great cards by the design team here:

Happy, happy birthday to Candy and Juliana!!

Thanks for stopping back by!

• Stamps: Coffee Time set (458)
• Paper: watercolor paper, elegant eggplant, rich razzleberry, confetti white, Brenda Walton Madeline (K & Company)
• Ink: StazOn jet black & timber brown, Versafine onyx black, Tombow markers 
• Other: water brush, oval Nestabilities die, Martha Stewart doily lace border punch, foam tape, wonder tape 

It’s HOT outside!  I don’t know about where you are, but the temperatures here have been in the 90’s for a couple of weeks, with no relief in sight!  Thank goodness for pools, lakes, rivers, beaches, and beer!!

The hugely talented and effervescent Bev is hosting our Wacky Wednesday this week.  She’s come up with quite a title for this one: Hard & Soft.  Now get your mind out of the gutter…she’s referring to what you use on your card/project this week!!  She’s asked us to use metal and ribbon.  This is what I came up with:

I have to tell you that I am IN LOVE with the new In Color from Stampin’ Up – Soft Suede.  It works with everything!  And just look how perfectly the gorgeous May Arts ribbon matches both Soft Suede and the new Bermuda Bay (another new favorite for sure)!

My metal is the tiny seashell charm and of course the ribbon is pretty obvious.  The umbrellas are from the Kittie Kit Scene #6 set.  I liked the way the umbrellas looked so much, I decided to use this image as my summer blog banner.

Please join the Rubbernecker Red Hot Mommas for this week’s Wacky Wednesday challenge.  You can check out all the details at the Rubbernecker blog then be inspired by checking out all the wonderful creations of the design team members:

Thank you so much for visiting with me again this week!  I appreciate that you took the time to stop by!

• Stamps: Kittie Kits – Scene #6, It’s Summer text
• Paper: soft suede, bermuda bay, melon mambo, crushed curry (Stampin’ Up!); The Travel Stack (DCWV)
• Ink: tuxedo black – Memento, soft suede (Stampin’ Up!)
• Other: Prismacolor pencil – sienna brown, gamsol & stump, RoseArt silver pen, May Arts ribbon, seashell charm, linen thread, corner rounder punch, foam tape 

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamps.

Well, it’s time again for another Wacky Wednesday challenge!  This time it’s Shelly’s turn to host and I was so excited that she chose for us to use a tag on our project!  I’ve been wanting to play around again with Sherry’s “inky thing” and this was the perfect opportunity!

You can get all the details to the challenge on the Rubbernecker Blog.

On my card today, I’ve used a new stamp from a set (Flower Silhouettes – 468) that will be released tomorrow as a part of another Red Hot Mommas’ Blog Stroll!  These strolls are just the most fun, and you get to see some gorgeous examples of art from our talented design team!

As I said, I used Sherry’s  “inky thing” technique, but I added some Perfect Pearls to my water mister.  I know you can’t see it in the photo, but the tag really glimmers IRL!  My card is 5 x 5 and I cut the tag to a length of 4”.  I also outlined the flower, that was stamped in Ranger broken china ink, with a white gel pen to make it pop a little.  The flourishes around the edges are from the Flourish Set Large (463), which was recently released.  I sponged all the edges with Ranger walnut stain ink using my ink blending tool.

I also wanted to let you know how I added the jumbo eyelets to my card front without them showing through on the inside of the card.  I’m a little picky about that!!  I taped small squares of cardstock the same color as the card base (Island Mist Dark) to the 2 triangle pieces of cardstock before punching the holes with my Cropadile.  Here’s a visual:

Be sure to check out the challenge at the Rubbernecker Blog, and there you can get links to see all the sneak peeks from the Red Hot Mommas!  We would really love it if you would play along with us!  You have an excellent chance of winning a 40% off coupon on your next Rubbernecker Stamps purchase!

Don’t forget!!!  Come back tomorrow for the Red Hot Mommas’ Blog Stroll!  You won’t be sorry!!

• Stamps: Flower Silhouettes (468), Flourish Set Large (463)
• Paper: Prism - Island Mist Dark, Intense Teal, Intense Kiwi; Basic Grey Urban Garden - Hayfield
• Ink: Ranger Archival ink – jet black, Ranger Distress ink – peeled paint, broken china, walnut stain 
• Other: shipping tag, ink blending tool, Ranger mini mister, perfect pearls, white gel pen, sewing machine, jumbo eyelets, Cropadile, ribbon, foam tape 

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamps.

Today’s Wacky Wednesday challenge is brought to us by our fearless leader, Sherry!  She has asked us to use OVALS in our designs.

And the team is really excited about today’s challenge because we get to preview MORE new Rubbernecker releases for you!!  You’re gonna love them!

My card today is dedicated to my daughter, Gretchen, who is the Team Mom for her son’s soccer team.  I love that there’s finally an image and sentiment to use for expressing gratitude to this important person in every soccer player’s life!

And you know the best part??  You can use this for any sport!  Baseball, football, soccer, wrestling, t-ball….whatever you need it for!  Cool, huh?

Be sure to check out the entire challenge and get links to all the other great creations of the design team by heading over to the Rubbernecker blog.

Don’t forget….There’s another Red Hot Mommas Blog Stroll tomorrow!  Come back for the fun and a chance to win!

Thanks for coming by today.  See you tomorrow!

• Stamps: Soccer Sentiments (460)
• Paper: Prism – simply smooth white, papaya puree dark, mystic dark; 7 Gypsies - Notthinghill
• Ink: Memento – tuxedo black, Versafine – onyx black, Adirondack – meadow, Ranger Distress – frayed burlap
• Other: Nestabilities petite oval, ink blending tool, ribbon, rhinestone stickers, foam tape, Copic markers, SU Flower Layers die
  

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamps.