Splashes of Watercolor

This week’s Color Throwdown is being sponsored by Stamping Bella!!  And this is my first Ketto!  She’s just so sweet and sassy!!

The colors Danielle has chosen this week are just perfect for highlighting the Bellas:

I’ve used Suzette Ketto and framed her in a split Top Note die cut layer.  She’s colored with Prismacolor pencils (blended with Gamsol) and I’ve given her a whopping big layered flower embellishment to go with all her cute little flowers!

Check out that cool double loops border!  I was so thrilled to find that my local Michael’s actually had a new Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page set in stock!  Grabbed that baby up and ran to the checkout!!

And I used my new Tim Holtz tiny attacher to secure my ribbon loops before attaching it under the flower.

Here are photos of both:

Be sure to check out all the Color Throwdown challenge details at the blog.  You have a chance to win a cool prize or even be chosen as our Featured Stamper of the week!

For some wonderful inspiration to jump start your mojo, be sure to visit the design team blogs:

Barbara * Cathy *Danielle

LeAnne * Tammy * Lisa Kind (Guest Designer for October)

Thanks for stopping by!  I’m so glad you joined me today!

• Stamps: Suzette Ketto - Stamping Bella
  
• Paper: Neenah white, teal, celery, pomegranate, Lemonade - Basic Grey
  
• Ink: Memento - tuxedo black
  
• Other: Top Note die, prima flowers, velvet rick rack, Labels 8 Nestabilities, Prismacolor pencils, gamsol & stumps, Martha Stewart Double Loops border punch, ribbon, rhinestone brad, foam tape

This week the JUGS girls have issued a technique challenge - paper piecing.  I LOVE paper piecing!  So of course I decided to jump in and play.

I just got a bundle of new Stamping Bella images and they are just so perfect for paper piecing.  So I pulled out little miss Addy TUDE and got to work.   Her dress, scarf and shoes are all paper pieced using some yummy Basic Grey Indian Summer paper and some rose red cardstock.  The rest of her is colored with my Copic makers.

I did a little stitching around the edges, placed some sparkly Bella dots here and there, and glittered up her scarf and shoes with Stardust stickles.  Oh, and her glasses are covered with Ranger glossy accents.

Thanks for stopping by to visit!  Have a great day!

• Stamps: Addy TUDE and Dare to Be Different sentiment  - Stamping Bella
  
• Paper: Neenah white, rose red, rich razzleberry textured, Indian Summer - Basic Grey
  
• Ink: Memento - tuxedo black
  
• Other: stardust stickles, silver RoseArt pen, sewing machine, Labels 8 & oval Nestabilities, Prismacolor pencils, gamsol & stump, Bella dots, 3/4″ circle punch, Ranger Glossy Accents, foam tape, Copic markers:

This week Tammy is our hostess for the Color Throwdown challenge.  I knew she was basing her colors on the Basic Grey Wisteria papers, but I don’t have those (yet), so I found this to definitely be a challenge.

I pulled out my SU cardstock of these 3 colors and seeing them together, I was reminded of a night sky.  Immediately this little baby Bella bundle swinging on a star came to mind.  The result:

I did end up using some Basic Grey paper, but it was from Lilykate not Wisteria.  To create the illusion of tiny distant stars, I held just the brush tip of my Copic blender pen to the sky until some of the color had disappeared. 

The curved rectangle Nestabilities die that I used for the eggplant mat was just a little too large for this tent card design to be able to fit into a standard envelope.  But it was large enough so that if I removed some of it, the image would still be matted sufficiently.  So I just punched the bottom of it with my Fiskars threading water border punch.

You should definitely check out the fantastic creations that our talented design team has come up with.  I’m sure you’ll be inspired:

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And check out the details of the challenge over on the Color Throwdown  blog, so you can play along with us!

Thanks for checking in with me!  In a little bit I’ll be back with today’s Wacky Wednesday challenge and a peek at what’s to come in a new release tomorrow!!

• Stamps: Baby Bella Hanging Bundle - Stamping Bella
• Paper: Prism white, barely banana, elegant eggplant, bordering blue, Basic Grey Lilykate
• Ink: Memento - tuxedo black (image), Versafine - onyx black (sentiment)
• Other: white gel pen, yellow metallic gelly roll pen, curved rectangles Mega Nestabilities, Fiskars threading water punch, SU large & small oval punches, CB swiss dots folder, rick rack, rhinestone stickers, foam tape, Copic markers: