Watercolor Rose

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I couldn't resist the gorgeous color palette for today's CAS challenge on Splitcoaststampers!  There was a single bloom photo for inspiration, so I dusted off a fave SU rose from the Fifth Avenue Floral set and set to work with some watercoloring.   I stamped the bloom with Black Licorice hybrid ink then embossed with clear EP.  I wet the bloom lightly with a wash of water then picked up distress ink (Squeezed Lemonade and Dried Marigold) that I squished on a large acrylic block.  The leaves (from WPlus9 "Coming Up Roses") were stamped on Shabby Shutters distress ink then spritzed lightly one time with a mister before stamping on the paper.  Splatters were applied by wetting an orange watercolor pencil and taking a wet brush to pick up the color from the tip then tapped it against the pencil to splatter the paper.  These were 3 different techniques that I learned from the online watercolor class offered this past spring.

Thanks for stopping by...now it's time to get ready for work. :-(  Sad to say the weekend is over!

Mojo Monday

Happy Monday everyone! I had a lot of fun creating this card for Julee's new Mojo Monday Challenge! I just love the grunge style of the heart and the vertical stamp elements!  Hard to see, but I added some clear shimmer to the center of the heart using a Wink of Stella brush marker.  I combined 3 different Verve sets for this belated anniversary card to our one son and DIL.

 STAMPS: More Than Love (heart), Better Together (arrow and dotted vertical borders), Small Phrases (sentiment) - all by Verve.
PAPER: Cut and Paste "Flair" pad by MME, Bermuda Bay by SU, White by PTI.
INK: Bermuda Bay (SU), Crisp Cantaloupe (SU), Black Licorice hybrid ink by MFT.
ACCESSORIES: Bermuda Bay grosgrain ribbon (SU), Martha Stewart circle tag, Avery Elle Winter Blend sequins, Wavy Hearts and Flag It die sets by Verve.

For more inspiration, you'll want to visit the other mojomakers' blogs below...OR...you can go to the Mojo Monday blog and check out the first 7 thumbnails.

Debbie Carriere

Julee Tilman (Owner)

Marisa Ritzen 

Mary Fish

Sarah Biglow

Teresa Kline

Color Throwdown

Check out these great summertime colors chosen by our talented hostess - Vickie Zimmer!  The ship on the shelf, the stripes and the clean and crisp room design inspired me to create a nautical themed card for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge #300!

I used stamps and dies from Reverse Confetti to create this little nautical collage and based it on the

July Sketch For You To Try.  Here's a clue for you: When you work with navy ink and white cardstock...beware!  I had to add the tiny orange flag thanks to my smudging! :-(  Actually, I rather liked the balance it gave to the card, so it was all good in the end! I used varying sizes of SU rhinestones to create the fish bubbles.  

Play along with us this week and you just might be in the spotlight next week by being our guest star stamper!  You don't have to have exact colors to play along, but you do need to have a close resemblance.  Be sure and link your creation to the linky tool at the bottom of the current challenge post on the Color Throwdown Challenge blog.
 

Want some more inspiration from the rest of the design team?  Check them out below...

Barbara Anders
Broni Holcombe   
Cindy Lawrence  
Joan Ervin  
Lori Tecler 
 Monika Davis  
Tammy Hershberger  
Vickie Zimmer  
Wanda Cullen (you are here)
Diane Jaquay (July Guest Designer) 

STAMPS: Happy Harbor, Whole Lotta Dots, Arrows and Elements - all by Reverse Confetti.

PAPER: White (PTI), Baja Breeze, Night of Navy, Pumpkin Pie - by SU.

INK: Night of Navy, Baja Breeze, Pumpkin Pie.

ACCESSORIES: Tag Me die set by Reverse Confetti, Blue Hawk twisted mason line, Doin' the Wave die set by Reverse Confetti.

Tag, You're It!

I decided to combine two challenges by combining the colors for SCS Color Challenge (Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight) with the first Tag, You're It Challenge with Virginia Lu as the guest designer. I was thrilled to be named the winner of their mini tag challenge last week during their kickoff of the new challenge blog...thanks ladies! You can click on the winner tag icon in the right side bar to see my winning entry. Back to the current tag... I was inspired by Virginia's vivid colors, floral backgrounds and rainbow colored sentiments in her tags. Loved playing with this new (to me) set from WPlus9 called Coming Up Roses.  I wet the tip of a black watercolor pencil then swiped a brush over the tip. After getting the brush loaded with color, I tapped it against the pencil and splattered tiny dots over the tag background.  Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting!  I always enjoy your visits!

STAMPS: Coming Up Roses (WPlus9)
PAPER: Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, White
INK: Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight
ACCESSORIES: Traditional Tags STAX Die-Namics by MFT, Small hello die by Simon Says Stamp, Burlap ribbon by SU, Jute twine, Black watercolor pencil, Brush.

Mojo Monday

 Good Monday everyone! Hope you're ready for another month of fabulous sketches for the Mojo Monday Challenge, because Julee has some great ones lined up!  I'm a bit jet lagged from a beach vacation last week, but found some reserve mojo for this birthday card!  I gold embossed some leaves from Verve's Bloom and Grow stamp set, then die cut with the Elegant Leaves die.  The vellum leaves were cut using Verve's Sprightly Sprigs die set.  The flower was stamped twice with black ink on some of the matching designer paper, embossed with clear EP, then fussy cut and popped with a foam dot.  A black pearl was added to the center.


For more inspiration, you'll want to visit the other mojomakers' blogs below...OR...you can go to the Mojo Monday blog and check out the first 7 thumbnails.  Remember...it's contest week and you could win some new Verve if you play along!

Debbie Carriere

Julee Tilman (Owner)

Marisa Ritzen 

Mary Fish

Sarah Biglow

Teresa Kline

STAMPS: Bloom and Grow (leaves), Button Bits (flower), Better Together (sentiment) - all by Verve.
PAPER: Time Traveler's Memories by Prima, Vintage Cream by PTI, Always Artichoke by SU, Vellum.
INK: Versamark, Black Licorice hybrid ink by MFT.
ACCESSORIES: Gold sequins by Avery Elle, Border Die-Namics by MFT, Corner chomper, Elegant Leaves and Sprightly Sprigs dies by Verve, Black pearl, Clear embossing powder, Glossy Accents to adhere the sequins to the card.

Hope to see you in the gallery!

Color Throwdown

Hey, hey, hey...it's another Color Throwdown Challenge day!  How about this cool color combo by our hostess, Tammy, this week?!  Those cookies look like the perfect dessert for a 4th of July picnic!
Since it's a new month, we are welcoming a new guest designer for the month!  Welcome to Diane Jaquay and be sure to visit her at her Peaceful Lane blog!  I love her design style and can't wait to see what she creates as our guestie!

I went with a CAS design using a fave layout with an angled panel.  I stamped a canvas BG stamp in Strawberry Slush ink over Strawberry Slush cardstock then layered the die cut flower using foam dots.  The leafy die was cut with both Vintage Cream and Bermuda Bay CS then offset slightly for a shadow effect.  I tucked this wooden pick into the foam dot behind the flower and scattered a few wooden veneer stars for embellishments.  Easy peasy!

Play along with us this week and you just might be in the spotlight next week by being our guest star stamper!  You don't have to have exact colors to play along, but you do need to have a close resemblance.  Be sure and link your creation to the linky tool at the bottom of the current challenge post on the Color Throwdown blog.

Want some more inspiration from the rest of the design team?  Check them out below...

Barbara Anders
Broni Holcombe   
Cindy Lawrence  
Joan Ervin  
Lori Tecler 
 Monika Davis  
Tammy Hershberger  
Vickie Zimmer  
Wanda Cullen (you are here)
Diane Jaquay (July Guest Designer)

STAMPS: Canvas BG by SU

PAPER: Vintage Bliss 6x6 pad by Simple Stories, Bermuda Bay, Vintage Cream, Strawberry Slush

INK: Strawberry Slush

ACCESSORIES: Medium leafy flourish Die-Namics by MFT, Flower dies by Lil Inker Designs, Stitched rectangle die by Lil Inker Designs, Wooden pick by Little Yellow Bicycle.

ODBD July Release Time

It's July 1, so that means it's time for a new release at ODBD! This month it's a banner themed group of stamps and dies and I can envision all kinds of fun projects with this theme! If my mother were still living, her birthday would be in July.  She was always my biggest fan of my card creations and would proudly send them out to her friends and family.  I made this pennant card with mom in mind...

 The newly released items are the Pennants dies and the Pennant Alphabet Solid stamp set.  I decided to use a small circle punch to punch out the letters.  There was a tiny bit of vanilla cardstock that wasn't fully covered

with the stamped image, so I filled it in using a black Copic marker.  There are many other ODBD elements used on this card: Fancy Foliage die, Ornate Hearts die, key from the Angel Wings die set.  The designer papers are from ODBD Blushing Rose Collection.

 For my second project, I went with some patriotic colors and created a navy on vintage cream banner so you can see what the banner stamps look like without the circle punching (same stamp set and same dies as in the first card). I'm also using the two other banner flags dies in varying lengths and paired it up with a shaker apothecary jar.  The sentiment is from the Quote Collection 4 and the jar (from the Apothecary Bottles stamp set) was stamped in Night of Navy and colored lightly with Copic marker B0000; E53 and E55 used for the cork.  I took a matching Apothecary Bottles die - cut out twice, so I'd have a second jar for the base of the shaker.  I again used the Fancy Foliage die with flowers cut using Spellbinders' Rose Creations die set.  Some navy pearls were used for the centers.  I nearly covered up the flag pole, but it was cut from metallic silver card stock.  Whew!  Are you still with me? LOL!  

There are many more gorgeous pennant creations by the rest of the breadsticks!  You can click on the links below for their individual blogs or go to the ODBD website to see ALL of the new release. 
 Julie * Grace * Chris * Lori * Cathy * Sandy * Dawn * Angie * Lisa * Wanda * Audrey * Sabrina

We're also thrilled to announce we have a talented new design team member at ODBD...drum roll please...Paula Bigelow!  Welcome, Paula!

Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting!