Color Throwdown #508

Hard to believe this is the last Color Throwdown Challenge in August! Lynn has chosen some bright, happy colors: purple, green, yellow and red! I was also inspired by this gorgeous photo of a flower garden, so Concord and 9th's Hello Lovely stamp set seemed the perfect choice. I gold embossed on Ranger's water color card stock and colored with Zig clear color brush markers.

The sentiment was stamped twice in Versafine Onyx Black ink using a MISTI and the die cut word has two layers of Altenew's Gold Mirror card stock.

For more inspiration from the rest of the design team, click on their blog links below:                 

•  Amy Rohl 
• Amy Rysavy 
• Barbara Anders
• Broni Holcombe
• Jodi Collin
• Lisa Henke
• Lori Tecler
• Lynn Put  
• Vickie Zimmer
• Wanda Cullen (you are here)

Color Throwdown #507

Another Wednesday has rolled around, so that means a new Color Throwdown Challenge is up and running! Lori has chosen the great combo of lime green, green, eggplant and aqua! My aqua turned out a little brighter than I first envisioned. I white embossed the leaves on Ranger watercolor card stock then used Zig clean color markers to color them.  I scribbled some of the markers onto acrylic blocks, sprayed with water then picked up color with a brush and had a splattering good time!  I heat dried between colors so it wouldn't get as muddied.

The sentiment die is by Concord and 9th and was cut twice from eggplant CS and once with a scrap of olive green CS.  The zigzag border is from Reverse Confetti's Edge Essentials die set and the stamps are from Simon Says Stamp's Fractile Leaves set.

For more inspiration from the rest of the design team, click on their blog links below:                   

•  Amy Rohl 
• Amy Rysavy 
• Barbara Anders
• Broni Holcombe
• Jodi Collin
• Lisa Henke
• Lori Tecler
• Lynn Put  
• Vickie Zimmer
• Wanda Cullen (you are here)  
• Joy Taylor - August Guest Designer 

Inspired By All The Little Things

 

Hello everyone! Hope you're having a super Saturday and will find some time to join us in the new Inspired By All The Little Things challenge! This line-up of glass jars with fresh flowers is such a great inspiration photo! I went with a single jar for my card and used Zig clean color brush markers to color up the images after stamping with Versamark ink and heat embossing with Altenew's Pure White opaque embossing powder.  It's my favorite white EP!

I used #222 Pink Flamingo, #021 Light Carmine and #202 Peach Pink for the flowers; #051 Lemon Yellow, #045 Pale Green, #041 Light Green and #047 May Green for the leaves.  I only used #302 Haze Blue for the jar and later wished I'd have used a little darker shade of blue since it's barely visible.  I wanted subtle and I definitely got subtle!  I used a tag punch by SU for the sentiment and layered it over a banner die. Here's what else I used...

STAMPS: Peonies on Parade and Just the Jar: Quart by Papertrey Ink; New Beginnings by Verve (sentiment).
PAPER: Lime Green (Reverse Confetti); White and Black by PTI; Ranger watercolor paper; Licorice patterned papers by Bazzill Basics Paper.
DIES: Noted: Scalloped A2 Vertical Die by PTI; Tag Sale: Quilted Die by PTI (banner); Peonies on Parade by PTI.

Quote from 365 Days of Wonder:

APR 7 - "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."

                 --Soren Kierkegaard  

SSS Wednesday Challenge

Yay, it's Friyay and I'm playing along with Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge which is asking us to create a thinking of you card.  Though my sentiment isn't those exact words, I thought sending love and hugs is the same thing.  After white embossing the sunflower image, I colored with Zig Clean Color brush markers which makes it so easy to blend and color in small spaces!  

What did I use?
STAMPS: Summer Flowers (SSS), Sending and Wishing (SSS).
PAPER: Ranger watercolor, Black Licorice (MFT), Bumblebee Yellow (Reverse Confetti).
DIES: Sending (SSS), Fishtail Flags Die-Namics (MFT).
ZIGS: 051, 050, 052 - flower; 053, 046, 043 - leaves; 061, 060, 065 - flower center; 302 - shadowing.

Another cloudy day here in VA but we are really needing rain, so no complaints here! Thanks so much for stopping by...

Color Throwdown #462

It's time for another Color Throwdown Challenge with Barbara Anders as our hostess. She's chosen rust, green, orange and aqua colors inspired by this gorgeous fall scene!

I took some artistic license with my floral colors and went with a sunflower in orange tones and used rust shades with the tropical bird of paradise (at least that's what I've always called that flower).  A quick check on Google shows it generally in multi-colored pinks/yellows/greens/reds.  On my card it's rust - lol!  The watercolor wash base panel was created with Peacock Feathers distress ink and the images were stamped in black, embossed with clear EP then colored with Zig Clean Color brush markers.   

STAMPS: Summer Flowers by Simon Says Stamp, Let Us Rejoice (sentiment) by Simon Says Stamp.

We'd love to have you join us in the challenge this week! For more details on how to play along, head over to the Color Throwdown Blog and you'll find the information on the right sidebar!  You can also visit the rest of the design team's creations for more inspiration by clicking on the links below:

Amy Rohl 
Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders  
Broni Holcombe
Jodi Collins 
Lisa Henke
Lori Tecler
Lynn Put  
Vickie Zimmer 
Wanda Cullen (you are here)   

Tammy Hershberger - September Guest Designer

Fusion Card Challenge

I created this card based on both the sketch and the colors in the inspiration photo for the current Fusion Card Challenge. I love this houndstooth patterned paper from Bazzill's Licorice 6x6 paper pad!  I paired it with a long neglected SU set called Fabulous Florets where I white embossed the images on Ranger watercolor CS then colored with Zig Clean Color brush markers and fussy cut.  A very quick and simple card to put together!

ZIGS: 052, 070, 051.

Hope you are having a terrific Tuesday!  Yesterday, we had all the hype of the solar eclipse...a rather underwhelming yet wonderful event for our area which only saw an 86% coverage of the sun.  The most surprising thing for me was that it didn't darken nearly as much as I expected.  I was at work when it peaked around 2:40 PM and it was fun to gather with hundreds of students and staff at the vocational rehabilitation center where I work.  NASA says we will experience another solar eclipse in 7 years, so here's to that countdown - lol!

Inspired By All The Little Things

Hey, hey, hey...it's Saturday and a new Inspired By All The Little Things challenge is up to get your mojo moving!

I was immediately inspired by the burst of brilliant blue color, the florals and the horizontal shutter detail!  I knew my Zig Clean Color brush marker pens would get the job done after white embossing the images on Ranger watercolor cardstock.

Here's my take on it...

I die cut all the flowers and leaves then had fun arranging them - some flush with the base and some popped with foam tape.  I deliberated over the sentiment color, but gold embossing ultimately won out!

STAMPS: Peony Scrolls (Altenew); Painted Greetings (Altenew).
PAPER: Pacific Point textured CS by SU; White (PTI); Ranger WC cardstock.
DIES: Striped Sentiment Strip Cover Plate Die-namic by MFT; Peony Scrolls by Altenew.
ZIGS:  032 Persian Blue, 037 Cornflour Blue, 045 Pale Green, 041 Light Green.

Here's hoping you will find some time to join us!  Would love to see your creation in the gallery!

Inspired By All The Little Things

Hope everyone is having a super Saturday! I'm in seventh heaven with our oldest son and his family here from Washington, DC to visit this weekend! Eight month old Matilda Mary is such a sweetie and I don't get to see her in person very often. Facetime helps but it's just not the same as kissing those little cheeks!  Anyway...earlier in the week I came up with this card for my take on the new Inspired By All The Little Things challenge.  I was drawn to the blue window frames against white and those gorgeous, multicolored blooms in the basket!  

It's been awhile since I've colored this image by Concord and 9th and this time, I went with my Zig Clean Color brush pens which I'm still very much a novice with.  I definitely need more practice!  The frame was diecut then popped with foam tape.  The grateful sentiment was cut twice from heavier weight cardstock.  I had it out on my desk following my Color Throwdown card on Wednesday, so I simply grabbed it again. 

STAMPS: Hello Lovely and Lace Leaf stamp sets by Concord and 9th.
DIES: Grateful Leaf by Concord and 9th; Mix and Mat: Scallops die by PTI; Stitched Rectangle die by Lil' Inker Designs.

Color Throwdown #440

Hi everyone! I'm the hostess for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge and was inspired with the colors - magenta, yellow and spring green - in this photo of one of my family's favorite side dishes! Here is my take on the color palette.

This was my first attempt at using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens - a birthday gift to myself thanks to some wonderful Amazon gift

cards from my two brothers!  I watched Jennifer McGuire's three Zig videos on You Tube and also went with her method of storage, color coding the marker ends and making a color chart (you can see a photo of the charts on my Mojo Monday post two days ago). These brush pens make it easy to watercolor in smaller spaces.

I started by white embossing the flower and leaf images on Ranger watercolor cardstock.  I then

watercolored everything before die cutting.  I've been waiting for some time for PTI to restock their stitched scalloped rectangle die and finally got it in the mail last week.  I sponged Daffodil Delight ink over Tim Holtz' mini stencil from Set 13.  The florals are all popped up with foam dots.  

STAMPS: Peony Scrolls, Painted Greetings - Altenew.
INK: Versafine Onyx Black (stamped twice using MISTI).
DIES: Peony Scrolls (Altenew); Mix and Mat: Scallops Die (PTI).

Our guest star stamper this week is Rosemary Dennis of Hey There... rosigrl!  Congratulations! 

For more details on how to play along, head over to the Color Throwdown Blog and you'll find the information on the right sidebar!  You can also visit the rest of the design team's creations for more inspiration by clicking on the links below:

Amy Rohl 
Amy Rysavy
Barbara Anders  
Broni Holcombe (sitting it out this month) 
Jodi Collins 
Lisa Henke
Lori Tecler
Lynn Put  
Vickie Zimmer 
Wanda Cullen (you are here)  
Jeanne Jachna - April Guest Designer

Stenciled Watercolor Background

I'm fortunate to be off work again today and my plans to work outdoors got thwarted once again with the constant rain. No problem here! It gives me an excuse to create in my stamp room, so I joined in the fun on Nichole Heady's blog for the Make It Monday Challenge! Betsy Veldman has a video to create stenciled watercolor backgrounds and it's easier than you think.  I feel like I cheated by using my Zig Clean Color brush pens yet it uses the same process with the exception of "loading" my brush.  :-)   After taping down a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" panel of Tim Holtz distress watercolor cardstock topped off with a Simon Says Stamp's Chevron Pattern stencil, it was watercoloring time.  I chose four Zig brush pens: Pale Green, Light Blue, Cobalt Blue and Turquoise Green.  I gold embossed a sentiment (love that font!) from PTI's newly released Pen and Ink set on heavy weight vellum.  I adhered it to the card base using a light spray of Elmer's Craft Bond spray adhesive.  I embellished with a circle scribble die and a couple of leaves from PTI's Delightful Dahlia Additions stamp set with matching die.  

Time to head out the door and brave the elements!  Thanks so much for stopping by...