Tag: Twinkling H2Os

Birthday Greetings

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i designed this card for cuddly buddly and this cute little dog from the Birthday Wishes clear stamp set was just so much fun to colour;  i used twinkling H2Os. i love that the set includes numbers to stamp in the today circle, plus there are two sentiments and an adorable teddy image.

birthday card in bright colours featuring a dog with presents

i cut thin strips of card stock to make the banner.

Supplies used on this card available at Cuddly Buddly:

Cuddly Buddly Clear Stamps – Birthday Wishes CBS0014
Barbara Anne Williams Digi Papers – Wee Ones Brights Aqua & Lime

be sure to visit the blog for some very creative projects that feature some more Cuddly Buddly stamps and visit the Cuddly Buddly facebook page for more projects and news.

i’d like to submit this to seize the birthday challenge – anything goes with a topping option of party.

thanks for popping by.

Penny Black And More – January 2015

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it’s the first sunday of the month so it’s time for a new theme at the penny black and more challenge; this month, we’d like to see you create with stencils, masks and embossing folders.

for my DT card, i chose to emboss and distress some core’dinations paper for my background.

penny black hedgehogs

i coloured this cute hedgie image from using Penny Black wonderful 30-029 clear stamp set with twinkling h2os and since this is a masculine birthday card, i resisting adding my usual stickles.

i hope you’ll come and play along; remember, you can use any company’s stamped image for your focal point, just no digis please.  as always, there are some fabulous prizes to be won plus a chance of being a guest designer if you do use a PB image.

thanks for popping by.

Season’s Greetings

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this is my last post for this year and i’m taking a bit of a break until the new year to visit with my daughter and the bunnies, so hope you enjoy your holidays. i created a small round card using one of the images from the Cuddly Buddly Merry Little Christmas clear stamp set that i water coloured with twinkling H2Os and derwent inktense pencils.

Merry Little Christmas.Linda

i heat embossed the sentiment from the Poinsettia Collage clear stamp set onto vellum, cut it and attached it. the green mat is cut from Marianne Design 6″x6″ Paper Bloc – Classic Christmas PK9113.

check out the blog for some very creative projects that feature some more Cuddly Buddly stamps and the Cuddly Buddly facebook page for more projects and news. thanks for popping by.

Cuddly Buddly Snow Girl

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this is the last of the creations i made using adorable images from the Cuddly Buddly Snow Family clear stamp set and i had so much fun colouring them all. this cute image is also water coloured with twinkling H20s, fussy cut and popped on foam tape. i stamped and heat embossed one of the snowflakes from the Cuddly Christmas Buddies clear stamp set as a resist and washed with twins and distress inks.

cuddly buddly snow family tag

i used Kim’s Digi Papers – Silent Night, available at the Cuddly Buddly shop, for the pink at the top.

be sure to visit the blog for some very creative projects that feature some more Cuddly Buddly stamps and visit the Cuddly Buddly facebook page for more projects and news. thanks for popping by.

Cuddly Buddly Snow Boy

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just a quick post of another holiday card featuring a different image from the Cuddly Buddly Snow Family clear stamp set; this cute little guy is water coloured with twinkling H20s as usual and it was a lot of fun to colour.

cuddly buddly snow family boy

Supplies used on this card available at Cuddly Buddly:

Snow Family CBS0010
Kim’s Digi Papers – Silent Night
Kim’s Digi Papers – Pretty Frosty Christmas
Marianne Design Creatables Dies – Just for You/Thanks LR0224
Marianne Design Collectables Die & Clear Stamps – Eline’s Santa & Sleigh COL1340
cArt-Us journaling die

be sure to visit the blog for some very creative projects that feature some more Cuddly Buddly stamps and visit the Cuddly Buddly facebook page for more projects and news. thanks for popping by.

Penny Black And More mid December Caroling Mice

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this is my mid month reminder that you still have plenty of time to join the penny black and more challenge for the special occasions theme. for my DT card, i created another christmas card, this time using my all time favourite penny black christmas image – carolling trio. i had the smaller image in a clear set, but i had to have the larger cling image – more to watercolour. :)

penny black carolers

i started by painting the sky and then the mice, all with twinkling H2Os, added snow, a double bow and a treble clef die cut from my favourite  things.

visit the blog for some beautiful creations by my team mates and for all the fabulous prizes and rules and remember, playing along is easy – just make sure your focal point is a stamped image from any company, except no digs allowed.

thanks for popping by.

Striped Tag

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i managed to create one more tag for Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2014 Challenge! maybe next year i’ll be able to do all twelve, but for now i’m just happy i participated.

designer julie ebersole created a pink ombre tag on day 1, but deliberately painted stripes. i loved the look of the stripes so i was inspired to paint twinkling H2Os stripes in different colours on my tag; i also painted tiny stripes on the cuffs of the memory box die cut mittens, which are popped on foam tape.

striped tag with mittens

i added some tiny pink gems and i have another tag for my stash that was a lot of fun to make.

i’d also like to submit this to these challenges:

RRR Challenge #108 Tags Tags Tags (with Ribbon or Trim) Theme

thanks for popping by.

Jingle Bell Fun

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i found time to create another tag for Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2014 Challenge! i was inspired by Jill Foster’s Day 7 tag; her penny black images are always so colourful and vivid regardless of the medium she uses, but she used watercolour pencils on her tag. i painted this penny black image with: Albrecht Durer watercolour pencils, sennelier watercolour paints and my twinkling H20s. DSC01672 i’d also like to submit this to these challenges:

RRR Challenge #108 Tags Tags Tags (with Ribbon or Trim) Theme
The Cutie Pie Challenge #82 Lots of cuteness on anything but a card
Cute Card Thursday Challenge 351 – Bells and / or Bows!
One Crazy Stamper December Anything Goes

thanks for popping by.

From Our House

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the house of cards challenge is having an end of term blog hop and DT call; here’s the beautiful inspiration photo:

better homes chocolate and turquoise placesetting

i went with the colours and trees to create this scene. the house and trees are marianne design dies; i lightly sanded the card stock of the house, used marianne design snow paper for all the snow and popped everything on foam tape. i painted a wash of yellow twinkling H2Os to attach behind the windows and door.

marianne design house scene

i’d also like to submit this to the winter theme at marianne’s design divas challenge.

thanks for popping by.

Rudolph The Pink Nosed Reindeer

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i did it! i finally created a tag for Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2014 Challenge! i’ve been in awe of the creative talent of those designers showcasing their tags and my past efforts were all bin-worthy. but, i was determined to participate this year and i really stepped outside my comfort zone and managed to produce something worth keeping – ok, giving, since it’s for someone special.

christmas tag with turquoise, pink and rudolph the pink nosed reindeer

i was inspired  by the Day 4 tag by Kelly Alvarez; i love the colours and the sponged pink background, but since i love my twinkling H20s and painting watercolour washes, that’s how i created mine.

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Poppystamps Challenge #3 – Sparkle & Shine: you can never see the shimmer in the photo, but i water coloured poppy stamps rudolph and the pink background with twinkling H2Os as usual and added plenty of stickles for snow. i cut up individual branches of poppy stamps berry sprig die and attached to the turquoise base.

RRR Challenge #108 Tags Tags Tags (with Ribbon or Trim) Theme

thanks for popping by.

Mama Snow Woman

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i used my scor-pal to create this pocket card, another Cuddly Buddly DT card, this time using the mama from the Snow Family clear stamp set that i water coloured with twinkling H20s as usual; i used Kim’s Digi Papers – Silent Night and you might recognize my favourite poinsettia – Poinsettias Miniature LR0142.

mama snowwoman pocket card in pink and brown

pocket card insert

i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:

scor-pal #11 – Anything Goes with Your Scor-Pal and More Than One Score”
holly jolly -anything goes christmas
jingle belles – linkfest 2014 anything goes

be sure to visit the blog for some very creative projects that feature some more Cuddly Buddly stamps and visit the Cuddly Buddly facebook page for more projects and news. thanks for popping by.

Penny Black And More December – Special Occasions

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it’s time for a new theme at penny black and more challenge and this month we’d like to see creations for those special occasions; i’m sticking with christmas. i used Penny Black ‘Snowy‘ wood stamp 2521K to make another set of cards.

i kept the layout simple without any embellishments for mailing purposes – and for me too just because i don’t like mass producing cards, but i did them in stages so it worked out well.

penny black snowy

i water coloured with twinkling H2Os, added flower soft to the hat, black stickles to the buttons, glossy accents to the nose and a bit of snow.

visit the blog for some beautiful creations by my team mates and for all the fabulous prizes and rules and remember, playing along is easy – just make sure your focal point is a stamped image from any company, except no digs allowed.

i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:
sweet stampin christmas: snow people
mod squad challenge: frosty the snowman!
jingle belles: linkfest 2014 anything goes

thanks for popping by.

Papa Snowman

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this is a Cuddly Buddly DT card that i created for my husband. i used one of the images from the Cuddly Buddly Snow Family clear stamp set and water coloured with twinkling H20s as usual; the sentiment is from the Merry Little Christmas set. I’m in the process of colouring the whole snow family but papa is the first one that got made into a card; they’re all so cute.

Cuddly Buddly Snow Family

i found the perfect papers to match at the Cuddly Buddly shop:
Kim’s Digi Papers – A Portfolio of Papers – Ochre
Marianne Design – Christmas Wishes

along with the Marianne Design Creatables Die – Poinsettias Miniature LR0142; i love the smaller size for the card sizes I make, like this one that’s 4 and 1/2 inches.

i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:
sweet stampin christmas: snow people
mod squad challenge: frosty the snowman!
crafting for all seasons: ’tis the season
the male room: masculine ribbon
jingle belles: linkfest 2014 anything goes
ABC challenge: y is for yuletide

be sure to visit the blog for some very creative projects that feature some more Cuddly Buddly stamps and visit the Cuddly Buddly facebook page for more projects and news. thanks for popping by.

Criss Cross Christmas Card

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for this Cuddly Buddly DT card, i used images from the cuddly buddly winter wonderland clear set; i love that the scene makes for a quick card. i stamped the deer on watercolour paper, coloured with distress inks, fussy cut and attached to the front. for the inside pull out, i used one of the two sentiments included in the set and lightly sponged with distress ink.

cuddly buddly winter wonderland

Matching Tag:

i stamped two of the snowflake stamps from the winter wonderland with white ink, added some dots of snow and used the other sentiment included in the set. i watercoloured the deer with distress inks, fussy cut, attached them to some glitter paper and added raffia ribbon.

cuddly buddly winter wonderland tag

i’d like to submit this set to these challenges:
stamping sensations – christmas
monday morning challenge #1 – anything christmas or winter

visit the blog for some very creative projects that feature some more Cuddly Buddly stamps and visit the Cuddly Buddly facebook page for more projects and news. thanks for popping by.

Season’s Greetings

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my daughter requested cards for animal lovers and her bunnies’ vets so i created this card that is flat for mailing. i used three marianne design products: the snow paper for my snow, cut from my own template, the trees and the greeting; i stamped the poppy stamp rudolph, used the matching die to cut out and watercolour with twinkling H2Os.

marianne design scene

marianne design scene group

i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:

rudolph day: create two or more cards (sarn’s final challenge, but scrappymo will continue it)
marianne design divas: winter and use 3 MD products (tree die, sentiment die and snow paper)
the cutie pie challenge: festive furry friends
bunny zoe’s crafts: snow

thanks for popping by.

Penny Black And More Mid November

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this is my mid month DT card for the Penny Black and More challenge theme of anything goes!

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my daughter requested a thank you card for one of the vets who provides excellent care for her bunnies. i watercoloured this cute penny black bunny from the garden critters set with twinkling H2Os; the thank you is die cut with penny black wishes die.

visit the blog for some beautiful creations by my team mates and for all the fabulous prizes and rules and remember, playing along is easy – just make sure your focal point is a stamped image from any company, except no digs allowed. if you’d like to be considered as a guest designer for an upcoming challenge, just use a penny black image.

i’d like to submit this to the following challenges:

cute card thursday – red and green
one crazy stamper challenge – anything goes
hambo hoedown – thank you card
great impressions – thankful thoughts

thanks for popping by.

Cuddly Buddly Christmas Bear

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for this Cuddly Buddly DT card, i used this adorable bear from the Time for Giving Clear Stamp set, which was so much fun to colour with twinkling H2Os. i made this card more masculine because it’s going to a man, but it would work equally well in more feminine colours too.

Time for Giving.Linda

i used the sentiment from the Toby Tumble’s Snowy Day clear stamp set and the holly leaves were die cut from the Leane Creatief Holly Leaves & Pine Branches die set.

Matching Tag:
i used the sentiment from the Toby Tumble & Robins Sentiment and the same holly leaves die.

Toby Tumble & Robins.Linda

 

check out the blog for some very creative projects that feature some more Cuddly Buddly stamps and visit the Cuddly Buddly facebook page for more projects and news and enter a facebook giveaway here. thanks for popping by.

Merry Little Christmas

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for this Cuddly Buddly DT card, i used one of the cute images from the new clear stamp set – Merry Little Christmas CBS0007.

cuddly buddly merry little christmas

this adorable image was a lot of fun watercolouring with my twinkling H2Os. the sentiment is stamped with brilliance ink and heat embossed and the leane creatief embossing folder border snow was sanded to expose the white core. i used a couple of dies, all listed below with links to the cuddly buddly store: two poinsettias were cut from white card stock and one from vellum that i sponged with distress ink; the tiny solid snowflake was cut from marianne design ‘snow paper’ and attached to the bow; the other snowflake was used on the two corners. of course i had to add stickles to the stars on her hat, sentiment and ruffle trim. thanks for popping by and be sure to visit the Cuddly Buddly Blog for some very inspiring tutorials for holiday creations and check out the Cuddly Buddly facebook page for more projects and news.

i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:

stamping sensations – simply christmas
sweet stampin’ christmas – snowflakes
card mania – use your dies
one crazy stamper – anything goes
really reasonable ribbon – winter holiday with ribbon

Materials used from Cuddly Buddly:

Merry Little Christmas CBS0007.
Leane Creatief Embossing Folder – Border Snow 359982
Leane Creatief Cutting Dies – Branch 4 Seasons 458282
Marianne Design Creatables Die – Poinsettias Miniature LR0142
Marianne Design A5 Paper Bloc – Christmas Wishes PK9087

Penny Black And More November

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this is my DT card for the november Penny Black and More challenge and this month is an easy one for you – anything goes! i used an image from the Penny Black tiny wishes 30-026 clear stamp set and used the sentiment from the same set.

penny black tiny wishes

the heart border is a penny black die. as usual, i watercoloured with twinkling H2Os. visit the blog for some beautiful creations by my team mates and for all the fabulous prizes and rules, which are also easy – just make sure your focal point is a stamped image from any company, except no digis. if you’d like to be considered as a guest designer for an upcoming challenge, just use a penny black image.

i’d like to submit this to the november anything goes theme at one crazy stamper challenge. thanks for popping by.

Santa’s Almost On His Way!

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well he’s getting ready and he’ll be here before you know it. i think this Santa from the Cuddly Buddly Jolly Santa clear stamp set is the cutest.

cuddly buddly santa

This image was a lot of fun watercolouring with my twinkling H2Os. The sentiment is one of two that are included in the set and there are some smaller images that are perfect for backgrounds or tags. Visit the Cuddly Buddly Blog for some very inspiring tutorials for holiday creations and check out the Cuddly Buddly facebook page for more projects. thanks for popping by.

Cuddly Buddly Robin

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as you can see, i’m quickly adding to my stash of christmas cards. for this DT card, i’ve used this oh so cute robin from the Toby Tumble & Robins clear stamp set, just one of many adorable Cuddly Buddly christmas stamp sets. i watercoloured the image with twinkling H2Os, stamped and cut the leaves out, heat embossed them for shine and attached them back on to the card. the sentiment is in the same set and stamped in green. i added stickles to the hat, some snow and attached it to the green layer embossed with the Leane Creatief Embossing Folder – Background Snowflakes; it embosses beautifully.

cuddly buddly robin

check out the blog for some very creative projects that feature some more cute Cuddly Buddly stamps. thanks for popping by.

Penny Black And More October Candy Event

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as promised, it’s time to share the details about the exciting penny black and more challenge october candy event.    

There is one main Penny Black prize for one lucky winner but there are more prizes from some of our regular sponsors All Occasion Dies,  Crafty Ribbons and Stix2 and another prize from Penny Black on our challenge blog.

Prizes!

PB Christmas candy

We have some wonderful prizes to be won and entering couldn’t be easier; all you need to do is:

  • Be a follower of our Penny Black Challenge blog.
  • Add the candy logo above to your own blog with a link back to the Penny Black and More blog to help us spread the word.
  • Register for free with the Penny Black Club – essential for all us Penny Black fans as we are among the first to know about new releases, news from Penny Black and so much more.
  • Leave us a comment on the challenge post.
  • And to be eligible for a further bonus prize ‘Like’ Penny Black on Facebook  here  and leave a comment. And if you would like to share as well that would be wonderful, here is the bonus prize…….
  • In addition some of the Design Team have extra goodies to give away on their own blogs and a winning name will be selected from each on 26th October. Here are the links to their blogs so please do pop along to visit them to be in with a change of winning their prizes as well as those on this post. Plus they all have a card to share as well for this month’s challenge to ‘get ahead for christmas.’ 
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This is my giveaway to one commenter to help you get those christmas cards done; the winner will be selected at random from comments left on this post on October 26.
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This is my DT card; I watercoloured this cute image from the penny black holly day critters clear set, popped it on foam squares and added the memory box jingle bell die.
penny black caroling mice

to play along with our challenge, remember that you can use any company’s image for your focal point, just no digis. visit the blog for some inspiring christmas creations by my team mates and to join in the candy fun! thanks for popping by. This candy is now closed.

Penny Black And More October – Get Ahead For Christmas

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it’s the first sunday of october and time for a new theme at the penny black and more challenge. this month, we’d like to see you get ahead for christmas. we also have some exciting news!

PB candy 2

As well as our October challenge we are going to be having a fab candy giveaway later this month, in fact there will be quite a few prizes to be won, so we would love it if you can help us spread the word by sharing the logo above on your own blogs and linking it back to the challenge blog so everyone can join in the fun. Check the blog on October 12 for more news and how to enter.

penny black penguins

for my DT card, I stamped this cute image from the penny black cold nose warm heart 30-129 clear set, watercoloured with twinkling H2Os and popped it on foam squares onto the embossed snowflake background.

remember, that you can use any company’s image for your focal point, just no digis. for all the rules, the generous prizes and some inspiring christmas creations by my team mates, visit the blog and then come and play along! thanks for popping by.

Penny Black And More Mid September – Autumn Colours

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i don’t know where the time goes; it just flies by doesn’t it? the stores are full of halloween candy already!

penny black halloween

this is my mid-month reminder card for the penny black and more challenge; i watercoloured this image from the penny black ‘scary halloween’ clear set with twinkling H2Os, stamped the cobweb from the same set, and used letters die cut from impression obsession alphabet die. i’d also like to remind you that you can use any company’s image for your focal point, just no digis. for all the rules and some beautiful fall projects by my team mates, visit the blog. thanks for popping by.

Christmas Penguin

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i’m starting to make more christmas cards because in only three months they’ll need to be mailed out. i used this Pachela Studios Digital Stamp available at the Cuddly Buddly shop, but it’s also available in a clear stamp set.

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it was a lot of fun colouring this adorable image; i watercoloured the sky, penguin and tree with twinkling H2Os, added snow and popped it on foam tape. the snowflake border is a memory box die and the papers are from carta bella; i’m glad i bought two of those paper pads because i love the colours. thanks for popping by.

One Of A Kind

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i’m playing along with the 101 waterolour challenge; over the next couple of weeks we’ll be playing with masks, so this week’s assignment is to create watercolor backgrounds with the assistance of background stamps and embossing powder. i watched all three videos linked from class and i decided to use the technique from catherine pooler’s tutorial; since my painting is controlled, i liked the more controlled look of her sample.

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hero arts background

i bought this hero arts background stamp with my daughter in mind because i knew she’d love the pattern and shamefully, this is the first time i’ve used it. i heat embossed with white ep and i only used a yellow and a blue twinkling H2O and let them naturally turn into green in spots; it’s matted on green card stock because that’s my daughter’s favourite colour. i heat embossed the sentiment on vellum, attached die cut hearts out of the same painted paper and some gems. thanks for popping by.

Penny Black And More Mid August

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just to let you know that there is still plenty of time to play along with this month’s penny black and more challenge theme of anything goes to have a chance of winning some fabulous prizes!

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for my DT card i used another of the cute bunny images from the garden critters clear stamp set that i watercoloured with twinkling H2Os; the sentiment is from the micey day set. be sure to check out the challenge blog for the design team’s inspiring creations and remember you can use any company’s stamped image for your focal point, just no digis. thanks for popping by.

Bunny Thank You

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one of my daughter’s bunnies had a couple of teeth pulled so i made this card for her to give to one of the vets; he’s a specialist. the impression obsession challenge is clean and simple which is perfect – a masculine CAS card is all i needed. i coloured the background and the IO resting rabbit (D8380) with twinkling H2Os, traced over the grass with a derwent inktense pencil and added flower soft to his tail.

i’m also playing along with 101: watercolour and this week’s theme is fun time; i always enjoy losing myself in my watercolouring.

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Impression Obsession Resting Rabbit

thanks for popping by.

Salty Snow Globe

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this week’s 101:water-color assignment is to use the salt watercolour technique in an embellishment/focus point.

 

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memory box snow globe

i kind of jumped ahead last week when i used my salt watercolour leaves as my focal point, but luckily, i had leftover twinkling H2O bits so i used them to create the trees for the snow globe. this week i created the sky and woodgrain trim with my caran d’ache water-soluble wax-pastels and sea salt, both die cut with the memory box snow globe die and popped on foam squares; the stars were die cut from a twinks/salt wash. i added some details to the tiny snowmen, also a memory box die and i added the ribbon and MFT Die-namics snowflake. thanks for popping by.

 

Anything Goes At Penny Black And More – August

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it’s time for a new challenge theme at penny black and more and it’s a very easy one this month – anything goes! as always, you can use any company’s stamped image for your focal point, just no digis. visit the blog for some very creative creations by my teamies, the rules and to see what fabulous prizes we have. COPYRIGHT LINDA @ SNAILZPACE.WORDPRESS.COM i watercoloured this cute bunny from the penny black garden critters clear set with twinkling H2Os, sponged the edges with distress ink and popped it on foam squares. the sentiment is from the penny black every happiness cling set and stamped on a MFT Die-namics banner with a tiny butterfly from memory box. i hope you’ll play along. thanks for popping by.

A Dash Of Salt

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i’m excited about a brand new weekly challenge called 101: watercolor :102 that will focus on watercolor techniques with weekly assignments so you can practice and submit your outcome.

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although i watercolour my images, i don’t always use the techniques, so this week’s assignment to use salt was a refreshing change; i sprinkled fairly coarse sea salt on my wash of three different twinkling H2O greens, let it dry and then die cut the leaves with a memory box die. unfortunately, i need a sympathy card so i used a sentiment from an impression obsession clear stamp set. thanks for popping by.

Penny Black And More – July Mid Month Reminder

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we’re half way through july so you still have plenty of time to play along with the dies and punches theme this month at the penny black and more challenge. remember, you can use any company’s stamped image as your focal point, just no digis. visit the blog to view some beautiful creations by my team mates and to see the fabulous prizes on offer from some generous sponsors.

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i watercoloured this sweet image from the Penny Black tiny wishes clear stamp set with Twinkling H2Os, added yellow stickles to the flower centres and used a MS eyelet punch for the borders. the sentiment is die cut from the Penny Black wishes die set. thanks for popping by.

Colours of Summer

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i created this card for the impression obsession challenge – colours of summer and i was inspired by IO design team member kittie; she creates beautiful scenes with so much dimension and attention to detail.

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i painted the sky with twinkling H2Os and also painted some swatches of twinks to die cut the small bird set DIE154-A and the flowers and leaves using the petals from the hydrangea set DIE044-Y. i lightly sponged two of the bunnies from the rabbit set DIE168 and used some woodgrain paper to die cut the birdhouse set DIE156-H. i added colour to the bunnies with derwent inktense pencils, yellow stickles to the flower centres and strips of green corrugated paper. thanks for popping by.

Spontaneous Fun

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my colouring of images is usually controlled, but i was inspired by this week’s CASE Study challenge to play with my twinkling H2Os more spontaneously. i love the watercoloured panel of brightly coloured circles by muse shari carroll so i started by die cutting bubble wrap in three different circle sizes – not all of them popped through the big shot, which is how i ended up with solid and splotchy circles; besides, the plastic resisted the paint in spots. the circle edges were painted freehand.

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i die cut and shaped two spellbinders rose creations flowers and splattered them with the twinks and went back to my controlled painting to create the lavender wash and die cut a rectangle. the memory box hello and the flower centre were die cut with yellow designer paper and everything was matted and layered. for me, it was more about the process than the end result. thanks for popping by.