Splashes of Watercolor

It’s Tuesday again! Here we go with 2 more cards for 2 more challenges and a Treasure Hunt for you too!

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Rubbernecker – RBC13

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I shouldn’t have to say this anymore; you should know the drill by heart by now!

It’s Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker Stamp Co. Here’s your chance to win a free image and all you have to do is follow the clues beginning with the first one on the Rubbernecker Home Page. When you find the treasure and make a purchase, you get the image for free!

Today you have a chance to win blog candy from Sherry and Leigh!

As you may know, we’ve moved the Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge to Tuesdays. So along with a chance to win the Treasure today, you also have a chance to play along with the challenge. You’ll need to link your card to Jeanne’s post for today and if you use a Rubbernecker, Stamp Oasis, or KK Original image on your challenge card, you’ll be entered into our monthly drawing for even more free rubber!! For all the rules and details, please see this post on Jeanne’s blog.

Today’s challenge is to use PAINT. Now how hard can that be? You could use acrylic pain, crackle paint, puffy paint, or even watercolor paint. I chose to use acrylic paint and puffy paint on my card today.

I used one of the new images from Jeanne’s collection at Rubbernecker. It’s called Swirl Flourish and it’s gorgeous! I stamped the image on textured soft sky cardstock using 3 different colors of ink (aqua, stream and white) and clear embossed each time. Then I stamped it again using aqua with no embossing. I painted below the swirls with acrylic paint. Then I stamped the sailboat in stream ink on shimmery white and highlighted it with Copic markers. I cut this out using a small long rectangle Nestabilties die and my Cuttlebug. The corners of the “ocean” layer and the white mat and teal card base are all rounded. I mounted the sailboat on the waves with foam tape. The sentiment is stamped in stream ink onto the acrylic paint. I added white puffy paint to the clouds and some of the waves and let it dry overnight. Then I heated it until it puffed just a little and added the peart accents.

Be sure to check out these DT members’ blogs for their samples of a painted card:

• Candy
• Jeanne
• Kittie
• Leigh– blog candy
• Linda
• Shelly
• Sherry– blog candy
• Tami

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Stamps: Swirl Flourish – Jeanne Streiff Collection, Sailboat – Rubbernecker Beach Party section, I Miss You – Stamp Oasis #1728SO ~ all from Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

Paper: white, shimmery white, soft sky textured, taken with teal

Ink: Adirondack – aqua, stream; craft white

Accessories: clear EP, heat gun, log rectangle Nestabilities dies, Cuttlebug, acrylic paint – Robin’s Egg Blue, paintbrush, Tulip Puffy Paint – white, corner rounder punch, decorative pearls (Ellen Hutson), mounting tape

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Jacksonbelle Embellishments – JBE 006

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Today’s challenge for the Jacksonbelle Embellishments design team is a sketch challenge. And if I could figure out how to get a decent size picture of the sketch in this post it would be posted right here! I’ll edit in a link later! You’re invited to play along too!

ETA: Here’s the link to the challenge and here’s the sketch:

My card today uses Birds Galore by Inkadinkado again! I just LOVE this stamp set!!!

I also wanted to try my new 7 Gypsies ATC transparencies out but not on an ATC! I used one as the layer behind the oval. They come preprinted and there are 2 each of 10 different designs! So cool!

The birds in flight were stamped on the black card base with Versamark and clear embossed. I inked the edges of the pomegranate pieces of cardstock and of the Fleuriste (Cosmo Cricket) DP too. The bird was stamped directly onto the DP twice. I cut the second one out, clear embossed it, and layered it on top of the other one. I added dots of Black Diamond Stickles on the 2 pomegranate pieces.

Please play along with us! And check out the other examples here:

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

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Stamps: Birds Galore – Inkadinkado

Paper: black, purely pomegranate, Fleuriste – Cosmo Cricket

Ink: Versamark, Versafine Onyx Black, purely pomegranate

Accessories: 7 Gypsies ATC transparency, clear EP, heat gun, petite oval Nestabilities dies, Cuttlebug, sponge dauber, Prima Artful Collage Flowers, Black Diamond Stickles, black brad

All items listed in this color are available from Jacksonbelle Embellishments.

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PS– I just noticed that I’ve made it to the 25,000 mark for hits! Woo hoo for little old me!

I’ve been picking up items to offer for blog candy for a while now, so I’ll be getting it together and offering it to you for being so kind and visiting me when you can! Thanks to all of you so much!