Splashes of Watercolor

Yay! 2 For You Tuesdays is back! I know I’m glad and I sure hope you are too. It seems like forever since I’ve stamped. I know that’s not true, but so many things have taken over
my life for the past couple of weeks, that it seems like years to me!

There isn’t a Rubbernecker challenge this week due to unforeseen circumstances, but I have a card for you anyway!

RUBBERNECKER

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You know if it’s Tuesday, it must be Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker! The first clue is on the Rubbernecker Home Page and when you find it and make a purchase, the treasure will be yours!! Hardy, har, har, mateys! Want some BLOG CANDY, too??? Well be sure to visit these lovely ladies’ blogs and leave them a comment so you have a chance to win some:

Linda

Sherry

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Yummy, BRIGHT and sparkly! That’s what I think of this card! This Nana’s Kids glittery paper is what I started with and kept adding to. I almost couldn’t stop myself! I used kaleidoscope EP, Ranger glossy accents, and Sakura gelly roll pens.

You know you can never get the full glittery effect from a photograph. So I tried to capture the shimmer better here:

Like I said, the patterned paper was already sparkly. I added a strip of adhesive to the pink cardstock pieces with my ATG tape gun, then embossed it with kaleidoscope EP. I smushed my Adirondack Purple Twilight ink pad onto the grungeboard letters (gosh, I love that stuff!) until they were coated really well then embossed them too.

I covered the entire glass with Ranger glossy accents and the flower, umbrella and straw were colored with the gelly roll pens.

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Stamps:Pina Colada – Rubbernecker Beach Party section, Happy Birthday – Rubbernecker Sentiments section

Paper: white, pink passion, Nana’s Kids – DCWV

Ink:Palette Hybrid Noir, Adirondack Purple Twilight

Accessories: Copic markers, kaleidoscope EP, Jim Holtz Idea-ology Grunge – mini set, flower brad, Ranger Glossy Accents, Sakura gelly roll pens, mounting tape

All items in purple are from Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

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JACKSONBELLE EMBELLISHMENTS – JBE013

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The challenge this week for the Jacksonbelle Embellishments team was just a free-for-all to use any Jacksonbelle products. Well, that’s easy….but not! I have so many items (and keep getting more) that it gets harder and harder to choose!

I had not used all the stamps in the Garden Delight clear Inkadinkado stamp set, so I chose the dragonfly and the flower branch silhouette to work with. I colored the branch stamp with my Stampin’ Up! markers, spritzed it with water and stamped off on scratch paper first, then stamped it on white cardstock.

The dragonfly is stamped in Lovely Lilac ink onto Lovely Lilac paper, then painted with Lilac Shimmerz. Wow that stuff is awesome! I also painted the Royal Red Shimmerz on the butterfly which was punched with a Martha Stewart punch from the new SU Riding Hood Red cardstock. Tied a bow through the image panel and around the edge of the card, added some rhinestones and the Happy Birthday stamped in Lovely Lilac, and that was it. And how about that yummy Basic Grey Euphoria paper! The red in it matches the Riding Hood Red perfectly!

So how about playing along in the challenge with us? Use Jacksonbelle Embellishments products and the keyword JBE013 when you upload your card to Splitcoast.

Here are links to the other designers blogs so you can see their beautiful creations:

• Amber Hight
• Beth Thomas
• Dee Jackson
• Elizebeth Neumann
• Erin McKinney
• Kisa Peters
• Lila Holgate
• Lindsey Botkin
• Lynda Benden
• Maren Benedict

Thanks for coming by to visit today. I so appreciate it! See you tomorrow with the Color Throwdown weekly challenge!

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Stamps: Garden Delight clear stamp set, Happy Birthday – Inkadinkado

Paper: white, Lovely Lilac, Elegant Eggplant, Riding Hood Red, Basic Grey Euphoria

Ink: Lovely Lilac, SU markers – Lovely Lilac, Sage Shadow, Ruby Red

Accessories: rhinestone stickers, 3/8″ white taffeta ribbon, mounting tape, horizontal slot punch, Shimmerz – Lilac & Royal Red

All items in this color are from Jacksonbelle Embellishments

All items in this color are from Stampin’ Up!