Vibrant Remarkable Watercolor ~ CCMC442

Hey stampers!  It's Create with Connie and Mary challenge time again!  Look at the vibrant color trio we have for your challenge enjoyment!  I have to admit that I wasn't that excited about the color combo at first....but, once I started putting the ink to the paper I fell in love!!!!  I'm enamored with the way this came out!  It might be one of my all time faves....

It is so vibrant and fun in real life!  Once I had my flowers and leaves stamped with Stazon ink, I added the color challenge inks with my aqua painter.  I splattered the whole thing with black ink and then a little extra splattering with my gold Wink Of Stella pen.  I also went over some of the flower centers and leaves with my clear Wink of Stella.  

After stamping my sentiment in black, I added a thin Emerald Envy ribbon and a scattering of gold sequins.  

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Sparkly Winter Sky ~ FM224

Hey friends! Today's card is all about sparkle....and who doesn't LOVE sparkle?  I sure do!  The more sparkle the better is my motto!  LOL!  If you took a look at my closet you would confirm this to be true!

The Friday Mashup is all about glitter this week.  The challenge was to create a 3-D bag or project or something with glitter or mash the two up!  I chose to just go with a card and not a 3-D project.  I was browsing on Pinterest (which is another thing I love) and came across a really cool card using the Sleigh Ride Edgelits, made by Anna Smith.  She even has a great video showing how to do the technique.  Check it out!  Anyway, my card is based on hers.  Thanks for the inspiration Anna!

Here's a list of my supplies....

Stamps: none

Paper: watercolor, White, Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper, Blackberry Bliss, Perfect Plum

Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Perfect Plum, Blushing Bride

Accessories: Sleigh Ride Edgelits, Blackberry Bliss ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds glitter

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Vintage Watermelon Pleasant Poppies ~ FM211

Hello stampers!  This is my last Friday as a guest designer at the Friday Mashup.  What a wonderful group to be a part of!  I am so privileged to have gotten the opportunity to play along with these ladies!  This weeks challenge calls for us to mashup watercoloring with this sketch....

There's soooooo much potential with this sketch!  Soooooo many directions you can go in!  

My direction is vintage, which is one of my favorite styles.  I just love anything done with this {Postcard} stamp and am sorry to see it retire.  I've also been wanting to use my {Pleasant Poppies} again before they go out as well.  

I watercolored the poppies with one of the new In Colors for 2015-17, Watermelon Wonder.  I added in some Cajun Craze and then some Early Espresso for the middle of the poppies.  I also watercolored the background with another new color, Tip Top Taupe.  The basecard is the taupe and the second layer is Watermelon Wonder.  They are very pretty together.  

Check out the rest of the gals' work over at The Friday Mashup!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Dazzling Sweet Style - DD11, SSSC163, & HSS127

This card combines THREE challenges....I love it!  Dynamic Duos 11, Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 163, and Hand Stamped Sentiments 127.

 

I absolutely love the color combo from DD this week...so soft and pretty.  And the Technique Challenge from HHS was all about glitter and boy do I love glitter, so that was right up my alley.  Thow in the sketch from SSSC and poof, this pretty little number is born!  I am so pleased with the way this turned out.  I actually don't own any Pink Pirouette CS, but I do have some ribbon, so that's what I used for my pink element, as well as some ink for watercoloring.  I found this old piece of DP in my scrap pile and thought it blended nicely with this project.  It's from Le Jardin. 

Oh, the glitter put this card over the edge for me.  It'd be pretty without it, but, boy does it elevate it to another level!  Here's a closer pic of the glitter panel.

Here's the list of my supplies....

Stamps: Elements of Style, Fench Foliage, Tiny Tags

Paper: Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Vanilla, Le Jardin DP (retired)

Ink: Stazon Black, Pink Pirouette, Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Tag punch, Modern Label punch, Baja Breeze seam binding ribbon, Pink Pirouette 1 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, Antique brad, Irridescent Ice EP

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Color Throwdown 183

Here's my try for Color Throwdown 183 using Really Rust, Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze, and Certainly Celery. 

I thought this stamp from the Country Morning set would be the perfect fit for this challenge.  In fact, the inspiration picture kind of reminds me of this stamp a little.  I watercolored the image. When it comes to watercoloring, my go to is my watercolor pencils. I find it much easier to blend the colors with the pencils, rather than using ink from my ink pads.

Here's a list of supplies I used....

Stamps: Country Morning, French Foliage, Itty Bitty Backrounds

Paper: Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze, Really Rust, Fresh Vintage DP

Ink: Certainly Celery, Crumb Cake, Stazon Black,

Accessories: Antique brad, twine, soft suede ribbon, stripes EF, Blender Pen, Watercolor pencils. 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny