Splashes of Watercolor

It’s Tuesday again, mateys! You know what that means…a Treasure Hunt and 2 new cards for your viewing pleasure!

Let’s start with…

RUBBERNECKER TUESDAY TREASURE HUNT

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Stop by the Rubbernecker Home Page for your first clue to find the treasure. When you find it (and don’t worry, it’s very easy!) and make a purchase, you get the treasure FREE! The treasure must be claimed between 4 am PST and 9 pm PST (that’s 7 am – 12 midnight on the East coast). All the details can be found at the Rubbernecker Home Page.

And while you’re there, you’ll definitely want to check out the specials of the week! The Mini Score-It is on sale for the next 2 weeks and this is the last week for the sale on the Colorbox Fluid Chalk full size ink pads . This is a really great deal, you guys!

***Edited: This week’s sale is on Spellbinders individual and group Nestabilities and it’s a FANTASTIC sale! This is the second week that the Mini Scor-Its are on sale.

And did you know that if you purchase $25 or more of product (not including stamps or cushion), you receive 10% off your entire order??!! Isn’t that cool??!!

Sherry has BLOG CANDY today, so be sure to leave check out her blog for your chance to win.

And speaking of Sherry, I believe I was channeling her when I created this tag:

I wanted to try distressing a tag and had watched a video on the Hero Arts blog, but then I deviated a little from the instructions. I crumpled the tag then straightened it back out. I rubbed over it with several different Ranger Distress ink pads and spritzed it with water, then ironed it between 2 sheets of copy paper. It seemed to fade the color more than I wanted, so I used my ink blending tool and my tea dye and old paper pads to blend more color all over the tag. Then I stamped my mesh background in brushed corduroy randomly. I also distressed the edges of the tag with my Tim Holtz scissors and inked them with the brushed corduroy. Sherry would’ve been proud of my completely inky fingers!!

The letters and vine are both Idea-ology grungeboard mini pieces that were coated with Colorbox chalk inks then embossed with clear EP several times to get the high gloss effect.

I stamped the pumpkin in Memento Rich Cocoa on shimmery vanilla cardstock then painted it with a waterbrush and Distress reinkers. I glued the cardstock to a piece of cardboard (cereal box weight) then cut it out to give it a little more substance.

It’s hard to see, but I stamped a Wheat Border in both creamy brown and olive pastel Colorbox chalk inks along the left length of the tag. The hardware tab tied with ribbons and the brads (another “Sherry” thing) finish off the tag.

That’s it! Please stop by to see the other Rubbernecker designers creations today:

• Bev Gerard (Tex)
• Candy Williams
• Juliana Swanson
• Kittie Caracciolo
• Linda Duke
• Shelly Kuck
• Sherry Cheever
• Tami Mayberry

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Stamps: Petite Pumpkin, Wheat Border, Happy from Happy Thanksgiving – Rubbernecker new Fall section, Mesh Background – Rubbernecker

Paper: Shimmery vanilla

Ink: Ranger Clear Resist Pad, Memento Rich Cocoa, Ranger Distress pads: old paper, tea dye, frayed burlap, brushed corduroy, Ranger Distress reinkers: peeled paint, dried marigold, spiced marmalade, scattered straw, aged magogany, Colorbox Fluid chalk ink: chestnut roan, olive pastel, creamy brown

Accessories: Idea-ology grungeboard minis, buff shipping tag, cardboard, clear EP, heat gun, antique brass hardware, ribbon, glue dots, mounting tape

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JACKSONBELLE EMBELLISHMENTS – JBE018

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Oh, look! Another pumpkin! And no, I’m not trying to hurry fall. In fact, I want summer to stay around a lot longer. But I am just loving the new fall stamps.

This pumpkin card is for today’s Jacksonbelle Embellishments challenge. It’s a sketch and if you read on, you can see how you can enter Lindsey’s new contest to win big prizes….

Starting Tuesday, September 2nd, and every Tuesday in September, the Design Team and I will be posting a new Sketch! We’d LOVE for you to all join us! Wanna know what you can win

The grand prize winner will receive a $50.00 Gift Certificate to Lindsey’s store! 2nd Place, $30.00 and 3rd place $15.00! There will be a goodie package going out to ALL winners!! If you decide to play each week, creating a card based on all 4 sketches, your name will be entered into a random drawing and THAT person will also win a goodie bag!

SO, you are probably wondering what do you have to do!? You have to use Inkadinkado Stamps (newer…from this Spring-until now) as well as use one of our sketches that I will post here each Tuesday! You can enter as many times as you’d like! You are also free to post anywhere you’d like! We will post coordinating Keywords for the sketches if you are posting on Splitcoaststampers.com, we will all be able to see your card(s)! You MUST however email every card to Lynda at [email protected]. She would really hate to miss any of your gorgeous cards and this will enable her to have all of them!

Following the last Tuesday challenge, (Sept. 29th), you will have until Wednesday, Sept. 30th at midnight (EST) to get your cards in to Lindsey. After that, the Design Team and Lindsey will need a few days to decide on the winners! Be sure to check the Design Team’s blog each week for LOTS of inspiration using the weekly sketch!!! We hope you will have time to play with us and if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask!!!!

Here is this week’s sketch ~

And here is my pumpkin card ~

This wonderful Inkadinkado pumpkin was watercolored with SU inks on watercolor paper, then the pumpkin and flowers were painted with Shimmerz in Golden Wheat. The patterned paper is from the new Basic Grey Offbeat 6×6 pad and the hardware is We R Memory Keepers. I used an Ornare template for the piercing.

It’s a simple card, but I really love this sketch and these colors together. Please be sure to visit the other designers’ blogs for their beautiful creations:

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

Thanks for visiting me today. Tomorrow I’m the hostess at the Color Throwdown blog and I got to pick the colors this week! I can’t wait to see if you like them together!

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Stamps: Autumn Foliage clear stamp set – Inkadinkado (Jacksonbelle Embellishments), autumn greetings – Rubbernecker

Paper: watercolor paper, soft sky, tangerine tango, Basic Grey Offbeat 6×6 pad

Ink: black StazOn, apricot appeal, pumpkin pie, really rust, so saffron, kiwi kiss, soft sky

Accessories: waterbrush, Ornare piercing template, piercing tool & mat, We R Memory Keepers hardware, Shimmerz – Golden Wheat, ticket corner punch, yellow gelly roll pen, mounting tape