Splashes of Watercolor

I’m just going to do some name (and photo) dropping now- with Heidi Blankenship (what a doll!) with Candy Williams and Kazan Clark (of 2 Sketches For You) – one of mine and Candy’s biggest idols Kittie and Sherry doing the 7 Gypsies make & take. with that gorgeous Jenn Balcer! Some of my favorite […]

Hi all!  It’s time for another Color Throwdown and this week LeAnne presented a REAL challenge.  At least for me. I had a hard time with these colors.  But, you know, I think it’s because my entire house was once decorated in these colors when I was going through a country phase, and now I […]

Kittie and I were in Tim’s 8:00 a.m. class this morning!  Ugh, we really had to get up early, but it was SO WORTH it!!!! More later!

to CHA!!  Yes, I’m a CHA virgin and in a couple of hours I’ll be on a flight to Orlando. I’ll be staying with Kittie, and so will Bev and Sherry!  Candy lives just a few minutes away, so I’ll get to spend a lot of time with her too!  YAY! Tomorrow, I have a […]

~ I was honored that Sharon asked me to make a sample for her Dare to Get Dirty challenge today.  Of course I said yes right away!  It’s a color challenge: use black and white and just a touch of red. I had no idea where this card was going to end up when I started, but […]

~ Strong coffee!  I can always use some of that! Today is Wacky Wednesday!!  Yay!  The famous and famously talented Kittie is our hostess this week and her challenge is for us to use CIRCLES on our cards.  I’ve used several on my card below, starting with the Basic Grey Porcelain paper. ~ ~ The […]

~ Woo hoo!  It’s time for the 52nd edition of the Color Throwdown challenge!  I can’t believe we’ve been doing this for a year already!  Fun, fun, fun! Here are this week’s colors as chosen by the fabulously talented Ms. Barbara: ~ ~ This week our sponsor is Clear & Simple Stamps!  Talk about some […]

It’s time for another Wacky Wednesday challenge!  Juliana is our incredibly talented hostess this week and we have an inspiration challenge.  We were to choose an item from an Etsy website with all kinds of super cool bags and totes.  Check the Rubbernecker blog  for the link and all the details.  This is the bag […]

Hi everyone!  We’ve started something new at the Color Throwdown blog – a sponsor program.  This week our sponsor is DRS Designs.  Please check out today’s Color Throwdown post and learn a little about this great company!  You have a chance to win a prize from our sponsor by linking your creation using our colors […]

I just love the color combination of this Stampin’ Up! Urban Oasis designer paper, so I chose to play off of that for an anniversary card for my DD and her husband. I also decided to try the ribbon rose that I had seen and was totally wowed by on Christine’s blog.  She has a […]