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 I chose to use as my inspiration:

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And here is my card:

So what do you think?

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I used one of my most favorite Rubbernecker Stamps images Chrysanthemum (340-10), and embossed it using Ranger Clear Resist ink and vanilla EP.  There are 3 layers to it, each popped up with foam tape.

We hope you’ll be able to join us this week for the challenge.  Please visit the Rubbernecker Blog, choose an inspiration piece, and start creating!  Here are links to the design team blogs, for even more inspiration:

Bev * Candy * Joan * Juliana

Kittie * Linda * Shelly * Sherry

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Thanks for visiting with me today!  Come back anytime (preferably often)!!

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 to today’s CTD post.  But there are a few rules to follow, so be sure to read all the instructions !  We’ll randomly choose a winner from all the submissions!

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Here are this week’s colors:

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I couldn’t wait to use this adorable Ladybug Flower (G953) for my card today and I complemented it with the Sending You a Smile (D289) sentiment.  I had a lot of fun coloring and piecing this image!

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Please play along in the Color Throwdown with us!  We enjoy seeing your creations so much!

The design team has put together some awesome samples using DRS Designs stamps.  You can check them out here:

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Barbara * Cathy * Danielle * LeAnne * Tammy * Juliana (Guest Designer/July)

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Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you’ll stop back by for the Wacky Wednesday post in just a little bit.

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 great tutorial HERE.

The paper rose is done in 3 layers (of course!), and shaded a little with a Copic marker.  I also thought there should be 3 ribbon roses as well.

A simple card really, but I just love the visual impact of the kiwi on the basic gray!

Hey!  I just realized this is an SU only card!  I don’t know when the last time I did that was!  So simple and coordinated!

Thanks for another visit!  I really appreciate your visits and comments, and I sure hope you’ll keep coming back!

• Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Congrats - Stampin’ Up!
• Paper: kiwi kiss, Urban Oasis DSP
  
• Ink: Versafine - onyx black
  
• Other: ribbon, N1 Copic marker, corner rounder, wonder tape, foam tape

Hi y’all!  It’s time for another Wacky Wednesday challenge!  Sherry is our hostess this week and we’re doing a color challenge: Pink, Purple and Green.  Sounds like a winning combination to me!

I decided to go a little vintagy (is that a word?) this week.  I love this K & Company paper and it had just the right colors in it, so that set the theme.

I’ve used the 2 Sketches 4 You sketch for the week – Kazan Sketch 30, and decided to watercolor with my Tombow markers again.  (The purple is really not quite that bright in real life and matches the background paper better.)  Don’t you love that sentiment?  I know a lot of people like that!  (Not really!)

Please join us in this challenge!  Get the details at the Rubbernecker blog and you could win a 40% off coupon to use in the Rubbernecker Stamps store!

You can check out all the great cards by the design team here:

Happy, happy birthday to Candy and Juliana!!

Thanks for stopping back by!

• Stamps: Coffee Time set (458)
• Paper: watercolor paper, elegant eggplant, rich razzleberry, confetti white, Brenda Walton Madeline (K & Company)
• Ink: StazOn jet black & timber brown, Versafine onyx black, Tombow markers 
• Other: water brush, oval Nestabilities die, Martha Stewart doily lace border punch, foam tape, wonder tape 

I’m hosting the Color Throwdown challenge this week!  Can you believe we’re already at #50?  Time sure does fly!

The colors I chose are:

Great summer colors, huh?

I chose to use my Butterfly Inchies (427) set from Rubbernecker for my card.  I misted the stamps with water after applying the ink, then stamped them on watercolor paper (after stamping off on scratch paper first) to create the dreamy effect.  I cut out and popped up another butterfly and used Stardust Stickles for all the butterflies’ bodies and the dots under the sentiment oval.

The “inky” panel is a leftover piece of the tag I used on this card.

We’d really love for you to play along with us!  You can get all the details of the challenge on the Color Throwdown blog and get even more inspiration here:

Happy birthday, Juliana!!

Please come back in just a little while for this week’s Wacky Wednesday challenge!  Sherry is hosting and it’s a color challenge too!

I got some new toys!!  A full set of Tombow markers…and I couldn’t wait to play!

Lucky for me, the Featured Stamper at Splitcoaststampers this week is (Sandra McLean (B-gin-r) who is a super-talented watercolorer.

I chose to use THIS CARD as my inspiration.  Of course mine is the little girl version of it!!   Sandra’s is just incredible!

I love using the Tombows!  And there are so many colors!   Basically I just watercolored with them by wetting the paper first, laying the color where I wanted it to be the darkest, then spreading it with my water brush.  (I decided to use patriotic colors too in celebration of the 4th!)

Thanks for visiting today!

• Stamps: Untamed - Gorjuss Girl from Sugar Nellie
• Paper: watercolor paper (hot pressed), vanilla, real red, pacific point, Daisy D 8×8 winter fun pad
• Ink: StazOn jet black, Tombow markers, Ranger Distress - antique linen
• Other: water brush, curved rectangle Nestabilities, Martha Stewart arch lattice border punch, May Arts ribbon, button, crochet thread, ink blending tool, corner rounder punch, foam tape, rhinestone stickers, lace, wonder tape
  

It’s HOT outside!  I don’t know about where you are, but the temperatures here have been in the 90’s for a couple of weeks, with no relief in sight!  Thank goodness for pools, lakes, rivers, beaches, and beer!!

The hugely talented and effervescent Bev is hosting our Wacky Wednesday this week.  She’s come up with quite a title for this one: Hard & Soft.  Now get your mind out of the gutter…she’s referring to what you use on your card/project this week!!  She’s asked us to use metal and ribbon.  This is what I came up with:

I have to tell you that I am IN LOVE with the new In Color from Stampin’ Up – Soft Suede.  It works with everything!  And just look how perfectly the gorgeous May Arts ribbon matches both Soft Suede and the new Bermuda Bay (another new favorite for sure)!

My metal is the tiny seashell charm and of course the ribbon is pretty obvious.  The umbrellas are from the Kittie Kit Scene #6 set.  I liked the way the umbrellas looked so much, I decided to use this image as my summer blog banner.

Please join the Rubbernecker Red Hot Mommas for this week’s Wacky Wednesday challenge.  You can check out all the details at the Rubbernecker blog then be inspired by checking out all the wonderful creations of the design team members:

Thank you so much for visiting with me again this week!  I appreciate that you took the time to stop by!

• Stamps: Kittie Kits – Scene #6, It’s Summer text
• Paper: soft suede, bermuda bay, melon mambo, crushed curry (Stampin’ Up!); The Travel Stack (DCWV)
• Ink: tuxedo black – Memento, soft suede (Stampin’ Up!)
• Other: Prismacolor pencil – sienna brown, gamsol & stump, RoseArt silver pen, May Arts ribbon, seashell charm, linen thread, corner rounder punch, foam tape 

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamps.

I hope all you blogland people had a wonderful weekend!  I sure did!  I spent all day Saturday at the pool with my family who gathered from several cities to visit with my Mom.  Then Sunday I was able to go kayaking at a local river for the first time in a couple of years!  The water has been so low due to the drought, making it very hard to paddle.  But now the levels are normalizing, so I’m looking forward to lots of paddling in the weeks to come!

Our Color Throwdown this week is hosted by the immensely talented Tammy Hershberger!  The colors she’s chosen are so yummy together!  AND we have a very special designer joining us for the month of July!  Please help us welcome one of the sweetest, funniest and most talented people that I know…Juliana Swanson (julesiana on SCS).  Her blog is Stamping With Inky Fingers and if you haven’t visited there before, you are really in for a special treat!

My card today features an adorable little girl from the Sugar n’ Spice collection from Whipper Snapper.  And I just love this patterned paper from Sassafras.  It’s perfect for this week’s color combo!

This card is already in the mail to a very special friend who’s birthday is today!  Happy birthday, Kittie!

Please join us in this week’s challenge!  You don’t have to have the exact colors; anything close will do!  Check out all the details at the Color Throwdown blog and then “mosey” on over to the design teams’ blogs:

Please stop back by in a little bit for this week’s Wacky Wednesday challenge from Rubbernecker.  Miss Bev (TexasGrammy) is our hostess with the mostess!

• Stamps: Sugar n’ Spice (Whipper Snapper), Blooming Expressions by Anna Wight (Whipper Snapper)
• Paper: Simply Smooth white (Prism), soft sky, groovy guava, chocolate chip, Sunshine Lollipops (Sassafras)
• Ink: tuxedo black (Memento), Versafine onyx black
• Other: Spellbinders ribbon tags trio dies, Nestabilities circle dies, swiss dots folder (Cuttlebug), May Arts ribbon, SU scallop border punch, Copic markers:

Yay!  It’s time for yet another Blog Stroll with the Rubbernecker Red Hot Mommas!!  Are you ready?  And if the Blog Stroll isn’t enough excitement, this time we also have the designers at Charisma Cardz joining us!  Please be sure to check out their creations as well!

Well, Rubbernecker Stamps is just HOT, HOT, HOT!  This week we have 3 new releases: 2 stamp sets and a background stamp.  Check this out:

Pretty darn cool, huh?

My tag card yesterday featured an image from the Flower Silhouettes set (468).  Today I’m using the adorable Teddy Inchies (426).

I’ve used the Color Challenge combo CC224 from Splitcoaststampers – Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango, and Summer Sun.  And my sketch is from the Clean & Simple blog – Fall-to Layout 27.

Ok, here’s your Blog Stroll information for today:

If you haven’t arrived here from the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog , you should go there now so you won’t miss anything!  In order to be entered to win one of the free sets, please leave a comment on this post.  Winners will be randomly drawn from the comments left on the design team members’ blogs and from those emails with the completed, correct phrase sent to Sherry per the instructions on the Rubbernecker Blog.

My phrase clue for today is STAMPS?  (includes the question mark)  To find the next clue, stroll on over to Joan’s blog.  The Blog Stroll will end at 12:00 noon on Friday, June 26, and winners will be announced on the Rubbernecker Blog.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a wonderful day!  Stroll on!!

• Stamps: Teddy Inchies (426)
• Paper: Prism – simply smooth white; pacific point, tangerine tango; DCWV – Pocket Full of Posies matstack
• Ink: Memento - tuxedo black, Ranger Distress – antique linen
• Other: Sizzix Flower Layers Die, Heidi Swapp Flower, corner rounder punch, 1 1/4” & 3/4” circle punches, scallop circle Nestabilities die, CB embossing border – Just My Type, chipboard stickers, sponge dabber, sewing machine, foam tape, Copic markers:

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamps.

Well, it’s time again for another Wacky Wednesday challenge!  This time it’s Shelly’s turn to host and I was so excited that she chose for us to use a tag on our project!  I’ve been wanting to play around again with Sherry’s “inky thing” and this was the perfect opportunity!

You can get all the details to the challenge on the Rubbernecker Blog.

On my card today, I’ve used a new stamp from a set (Flower Silhouettes – 468) that will be released tomorrow as a part of another Red Hot Mommas’ Blog Stroll!  These strolls are just the most fun, and you get to see some gorgeous examples of art from our talented design team!

As I said, I used Sherry’s  “inky thing” technique, but I added some Perfect Pearls to my water mister.  I know you can’t see it in the photo, but the tag really glimmers IRL!  My card is 5 x 5 and I cut the tag to a length of 4”.  I also outlined the flower, that was stamped in Ranger broken china ink, with a white gel pen to make it pop a little.  The flourishes around the edges are from the Flourish Set Large (463), which was recently released.  I sponged all the edges with Ranger walnut stain ink using my ink blending tool.

I also wanted to let you know how I added the jumbo eyelets to my card front without them showing through on the inside of the card.  I’m a little picky about that!!  I taped small squares of cardstock the same color as the card base (Island Mist Dark) to the 2 triangle pieces of cardstock before punching the holes with my Cropadile.  Here’s a visual:

Be sure to check out the challenge at the Rubbernecker Blog, and there you can get links to see all the sneak peeks from the Red Hot Mommas!  We would really love it if you would play along with us!  You have an excellent chance of winning a 40% off coupon on your next Rubbernecker Stamps purchase!

Don’t forget!!!  Come back tomorrow for the Red Hot Mommas’ Blog Stroll!  You won’t be sorry!!

• Stamps: Flower Silhouettes (468), Flourish Set Large (463)
• Paper: Prism - Island Mist Dark, Intense Teal, Intense Kiwi; Basic Grey Urban Garden - Hayfield
• Ink: Ranger Archival ink – jet black, Ranger Distress ink – peeled paint, broken china, walnut stain 
• Other: shipping tag, ink blending tool, Ranger mini mister, perfect pearls, white gel pen, sewing machine, jumbo eyelets, Cropadile, ribbon, foam tape 

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamps.