Doesn’t that sound like fun?

I’m teaming up with several awesome designers/bloggers and beginning Wednesday, July 9, and each week after, we will bring you color inspiration!! We’d love for you to play along as well, so if you are inspired by the colors we provide each week, be sure to post a comment on the Color Throwdown blog with a link to your creation so we can all check it out!!!

These are the other paper artists that I’m honored to be working with:

Cathy Indelicato - Crafty Thoughts

Kisa Peters - Kisa’s Paper Cuts

LeAnne Pugliese - Wee Inklings

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Tracy Durcan - Durcan Designs

So don’t forget!  Next Wednesday!!  See you then!

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Hey!  Don’t miss Lindsey’s big Fourth of July Sale at Jacksonbelle Embellishments!  Everything is 20% off - even clearance items!!

Another Tuesday! Yay! I have 2 more cards for you today.

But before we get to those, I’d just like to share a couple of photos with you. I know you’ve probably already seen a very similar one on Sherry’s, Jeanne’s and Kittie’s blogs, but I just had to have one on mine too! These are the best girls in the world! I had a blast with them, even if it did rain practically the whole time we were in Florida! They are the most gracious and welcoming people I know and I’m just so happy to call them my friends! I miss you guys so much!!!!

And here is one of Pat and Dave, the Rubbernecker owners, who are also such wonderful people and so much fun! They’re relaxing after the first day of the show.

Ok, sniff, sniff. I guess we should get on with the post. Ready?

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RUBBERNECKER - RBC16, CPS71

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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 Tami Mayberry has some BLOG CANDY for you! Check out her blog for a chance to win!

Today is also Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge day! The challenge is to use chipboard and I’ve combined it with the CPS sketch for this week - CPS71 - because Rubbernecker is sponsoring this week’s sketch! You can find the Rubbernecker challenge HERE and all the details for all the blogger challenges on Jeanne’s blog on this page.

I just love this Stamp Oasis image. These island women are absolutely wonderful to watercolor!

The challenge was to use chipboard so my glittery star is a piece of Tim Holtz mini Grunge, painted with a Copic marker and then covered with Icicle Stickles. I used my Janome sewing machine to make the wonky (ok, extra-wonky) stitching around the edges.

Check out the other DT member’s blogs for more challenge cards. You can find the links in the left had column.

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Stamps: Island Girl - Stamp Oasis people section at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

Paper: watercolor paper, taken with teal, textured green, textured blue, Prismatics - Frosted Kiwi

Ink: StazOn black, SU inks: blush, guava, pumpkin, soft sky, blue bayou, wasabi, river rock, olive, celery, saffron, cocoa, amethyst, caribbean

Accessories: paintbrush, Tim Holtz Grunge mini set, sewing machine, corner rounder, Ranger glossy accents, Icicle Stickles, craft knife, velvet ric rac (from Jacksonbelle Embellishments), brown marker

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

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JACKSONBELLE EMBELLISHMENTS - JBE009

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The Jacksonbelle Embellishments challenge today is a color challenge - use bashful blue, real red, and basic black.  Easy!

I KNEW I would use this cat from the Inkadinkado Cats collection of clear stamps.  I’m a cat person, but I did get the Dogs collection too!

This is really a simple card.  I’ve been leaning towards those a little more lately.  It may have something to do with having limited time!

Please play along with us!  Use keyword JBE009 when you upload to SCS so we can find your cards!  Be sure to check out the challenge cards made by the other design team members too.  Their links are in the left hand column.

I love this fresh, crisp color combination!  The black really makes everything pop!  And what a fun stamp set to play with.  I love all of the images.

Thanks for visiting today!  I’ll see you next time!

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Stamps: Cats - Inkadinkado

Paper: bashful blue, basic black, Basic Grey Cupcake 6 x 6 pad

Ink: Ranger Distress Black Soot, Versamark

Accessories: black detail EP, heat gun, rectangle Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, ribbon, black diamond stickles, slot punch, mounting tape

All items in red are available from Jacksonbelle Embellishments.

I just couldn’t resist this stamp when I found it at Hobby Lobby for 50% off! And it’s perfect for the birthday card I needed for my friend, Bubbles, who just turned 50 years young!!

She’s a bright and cheerful person, so I wanted the card to be that way too!

I chose paper from the Pocket Full of Posies Matstack by DCWV and then picked papers and inks to coordinate.

I used Almost Amethyst as the card base and cut the patterned piece into 4 pieces, spacing them evenly on the front of the base.

The image is stamped in Versafine Onyx Black ink on watercolor paper and painted with Stampin’ Up! markers and a waterbrush.

I added Stardust Stickles to the photo corners and the orange flower, but in this picture you can’t see the sparkle because I had to take the picture before they dried!

She loved her card….and the hot pink crocs and cell phone croc that went along with it!

Thanks so much for stopping by! See you next time! Have a great day!

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Stamps: Know Too Much - Stampabilities

Paper: watercolor paper, almost amethyst, Pocket Full of Posies Matstack - DCWV

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black

Accessories: waterbrush, photo corner punch, piercing tool & mat, horizontal slot punch, ribbon, mounting tape, Stardust Stickles

All items in green are from Stampin’ Up!

SU Markers used: banana, saffron, caramel, cocoa, celery, garden green, pumpkin, blush, rust, amethyst, lavender, going gray

All items in orange are from Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

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.

Congratulations, Wendy!  I hope you enjoy spending your Rubbernecker Bucks!!!

Sherry, Jeanne and I are having a blast!  We spent a little time in Savannah, GA on the way down yesterday…lunch by the river and a very short tour around the city.  We’ve been hanging out at Kittie’s house today.  We’ll be setting up for the show tomorrow and working the Rubbernecker booth Friday and Saturday.

I sure hope I get to meet a few of my SCS and blogger friends at the show!  Are you coming?  If so, please stop by to see us!

Kittie will be demonstrating her new Kittie Kits!  Have you seen them????

Be sure to check back later.  I’ll pick a blog candy winner either tonight or tomorrow morning - depending on when I can get to a computer!

HEAD OVER TO SHERRY, JEANNE, OR KITTIE’S BLOGS TODAY FOR A VERY, VERY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT AND REVEAL!!!!!

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

Well, another month has passed since the last design challenge for the present and past Dirty Dozen girls. Hard to believe!

This month Diane Zechman was our challenge hostess with the mostess and she issued a real doozie of a challenge:

It’s called “Inside & Out”….meaning we had to stamp and decorate both the inside of our card and the outside of the envelope.

Our required element was to make it “patriotic” (interpreted any way we like)

Our restricted element - NO RIBBON

I can still hear the echoes of all the dirty girls saying “OH NO - NO RIBBON????!!!”

Now she gave us all the criteria immediately after our last challenge so I’ve had this information for a month, but do you think I started on it early? Heck no! I just started last night. I did however know ahead of time which stamps I would use.

I chose this really cool stamp called Sam’s Hat, and Celebrate America for the card and the Grand & Petite Flag Stars for the inside of the card and the envelope. They’re all from the Patriotic section at Rubbernecker. I also used the Stars wheel from Stampin’ Up! rolled in silver ink onto the red strip and the envelope (kind of hard to see).

And here’s the inside and the envelope:

So what do you think? Patriotic enough? We also have the option to send our card to the troops and Beate has graciously agreed to accept them and send them to her husband to distribute.

If you’d like to see the designs of all the Dirty Girls, just click on this link: DCIO608

Thanks so much for visiting! I won’t be around for about a week. I’m being kidnapped (willingly of course) by a motley crew (Sherry and Jeanne) next Tuesday, and we’re headed down to Orlando for StampFest. We’ll be hanging out with Kittie and Candy and Jerri Kay will be visiting too! How cool is that??

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Stamps: Sam’s Hat, Celebrate America, Grand & Petite Flag Stars - all from Rubbernecker’s Patriotic section; Star wheel - Stampin’ Up!

Paper: white, real red, blue textured, vellum

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black & Platinum Planet

Accessories: Copic markers, SU markers, red spica glitter pen, silver stickles, brads, Krylon silver leafing pen, mounting tape

All items in red are from Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

Copic markers used: R05, R24, R29, C1, C3, B21, B24, B29, 0

I couldn’t wait to get home from work today to make a beachy card with today’s color challenge colors! I love this combination! Here’s a link to the challenge: CC171

I don’t have time for much of an explanation, but I really don’t think it’s needed. It’s a simple card. The image squares are inchies. The black squares are punched with a 1-1/4″ square punch. The soft sky textured layer and the sentiment layer were attached with mounting tape.

All images and ink are from Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

Thanks for stopping by to look!!

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Stamps: all from Rubbernecker Beach Party 2 section

Paper: shimmery white, kraft, soft sky textured, black textured

Ink: Palette Hybrid Ink

Accessories: Copic markers - B000, C7; 1″ and 1-1/4″ square punches, rectangle Nestabilties, Cuttlebug, ribbon, linen thread

I’d like to thank you all again for participating in my blog candy giveaway. (I’ve got to think of a more distinct name for that. Any suggestions?) I wish I could have sent you all a goody!

Let’s get started!

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You know…sometimes I just like living in a fantasy world! It never hurts to dream of princesses, dragons and castles does it? How about pirates too?

Today (4am -9pm PST) is Tuesday Treasure Hunt day at Rubbernecker Stamp Co! For Treasure Hunt details and the first clue —-> Click HERE to go the Rubbernecker Home Page. Treasure Hunt Blog Candy is being offered by Candy and Shelly.

Today’s Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge (RBC14) is to make a card using BLACK AND WHITE WITH JUST A POP OF COLOR.

Please link your card or project back to Jeanne’s challenge post using at least one Rubbernecker (or Stamp Oasis, KK Originals or Jeanne Streiff Collection image) to be entered in a random monthly prize drawing.

For more Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge deets go —> HERE

Check out the Rubbernecker DT’s challenge cards!

• Kittie
• Candy
• Shelly
• Linda
• Leigh
• Tami

Like I mentioned above, my card is all about a fantasy world. I believe!

I’ve used all black and white with celery green being my only color. The castle is colored in with Copic markers in shades of gray, then the dragon and other highlights were colored with green markers. I also added lots of Stardust Stickles to the towers, the water and to the sentiment. I punched 3 holes in the image layer and added the rhinestone stickers inside the holes onto the black layer.

Do you believe??

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Stamps: Castle - Rubbernecker in the Stamp Oasis Fantasy section, Believe - KK Originals sentiments section

Paper: shimmery white, black, certainly celery DSP

Ink: Ranger Distress Black Soot, certainly celery

Accessories: Copic markers (C1, C3, C7, G40, YG03, 0), sponge dauber, Inkssentials white pen, Sakura silver metallic gelly roll pen, Stardust Stickles, 1/4″ circle punch, rhinestone stickers, oval Nestabilities, Cuttlebug

All items in green are from Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

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This is my card for the Jacksonbelle Embellishments challenge JBE007.

Lindsey got in this beautiful new Chloe Marie paper from Daisy D and sent us all some to play with. Just look at how beautifully textured it appears. I chose to make a simple card with it and just let the paper take center stage.

Isn’t it just scrumptious?? I used a sentiment from the Inkadinkado Chelsea Sentiments collection and a tiny butterfly form the Basic Grey Grow A Garden stamp set. A little wonky stitching in 2 of the corners, a scalloped circle raised on mounting tape for the sentiment and a Making Memories Cheeky Board Clip, and that’s it!

Please be sure to stop by the other Design Team members’ blogs to check out their cards:

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

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Stamps: Chelsea Sentiments - Inkadinkado, Butterfly from Grow A Garden - Basic Grey

Paper: very vanilla, basic black, blue bayou, Chloe Marie - Daisy D

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black

Accessories: circle & scallop circle Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, MM Cheeky Board Clip, sewing machine

All items in pink are from Jacksonbelle Embellishments

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Thank you all for stopping by today! I hope you have a wonderful week!