I made a quick challenge card for today’s layout challenge. I am usually not really keen to have three images in a row. But that’s why it’s called a challenge, right?

I decided on using the Heart from the Doodle That set and a saying from Curvy Verses. I used some paper from the Love Me designer paperand ribbon from the Flirty ribbon pack.

The hearts were colored with Taken with Teal, Cool Caribbean, Regal Rose and Rose Red Classic ink and aqua painter and adhered to the card with dimensionals.

I can’t upload to my gallery on splitcoast right now, so I guess this challenge card will only be shown here.

I will send this card out with my next blog candy when I hit 10,000 visits! Thank you so much for visiting my blog!!!

I got lots to do today….so off I go for now. Have a great Tuesday! Don’t forget. It’s the last day get your Free Sell-A-Bration sets, if you don’t have them yet! Don’t miss out on that wonderful Special!!!

It took me a while today to finish this card. I knew I wanted to use the colors of the color challenge today which are Eggplant Envy, Certainly Celery and Cool Caribbean. I also knew I wanted to use Kim McNutt’s great take on layout challenge SC112. What I didn’t know was what set to use with it. I basically had everything but the center image done. I played first with Big Blooms, then with Mixed Bouquet and finally ended up with Swell news. The solid images just didn’t seem right with the rest of the card.

Stamps: Paisley, Swell News

Paper: Certainly Celery, Eggplant Envy, Cool Caribbean and Whisper White Cardstock, Petals & Paisleys designer paper

Ink: Basic Black, Certainly Celery, Cool Caribbean, Blush Blossoms, Summer Sun, More mustard and a touch of Chocolate chip classic ink

Acc.: aqua painter, 3/4″ and 1 1/4″  circle punch, black journaling marker, White and celery grosgrain.

I am so excited about today’s technique challenge. I have never done this style of watercoloring before. It’s so easy and fun! Stamp your image in classic ink and trace the lines with your aqua painter so they bleed. I love it! I will be doing more of that!!!!

I picked the teddy from Bundle of Joy to try the technique. I stamped it in chocolate, because, well….I love chocolate chip. A year or so ago, I had to use black in each of my cards. Now it’s chocolate chip. I went over the lines with my aqua painter and added just a tad more color from the ink pad. I added doodle lines matching the border stamp from that set with the chocolate chip marker. Next I punched it out this sweetie out with the big circle punch from Marvy Urchida and layered it on the matching Scallop circle punch from MU.

For the certainly celery strip I stamped the border stamp twice in chocolate chip.Julie Buhler has created the cutest border with this set. She highlighted the stars with the white gel pen. I thought that was the cutest thing. I went a little nuts with the gel pen, but I thought it still worked.

On another blog someone mentioned that they used the small corner rounder to make scallop edges. I had completely forgotten about that. I really like the way it looks. All you have to do is take the corner guard of the punch, and punch one scallop next to the other.

I love the Petals & Paisleys Designer paper from the Spring mini catalog. I can’t help myself. I had to use it again. It’s sooo pretty.

For the saying I used the watercoloring technique again and added a touch of Cool Carribean ink in the heart.

I am having so much fun stamping and blogging! Thanks for hanging out with me!

Whenever I look through the Creative Keepsake magazine, the Fancypantsdesign ads really jump out for me. I love the romantic doodled look. If I wasn’t a Stampin’ Up! demo I would have some of their products for sure. Here is the ad that inspired my the layout for my Inspiration challenge card:

 I just got my Marvy Urchida oval scallop punch in the mail from Ellen Hutson. It was on backorder for about 3 month. So there was no question about me using it. I started with a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of chocolate chip cardstock folded in half. I rounded the corners. Then I took a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Kraft cardstock, rounded two of the corners and stamped it with white craft ink and the Flannel Plaid Background stamp. I distressed the edges with white craft ink just a bit. Once it was dry I added the flourish stamp from the new stamp set Doodle This and the outline flower from Polka Dots & Petals. I let that dry and taped my beautiful new scallop oval on the card. I added chocolate flourishes  and solid flowers from Polka Dots & Petals as well as Office Accoutrement to the card, making sure some of the images would overlap my focal point.

The oval was still too white and stuck out like a sore thumb (that is an American expression, right? Sometimes I get my German and American sayings mixed up). I also felt like I didn’t have enough cool caribbean color on the card to tie the flowers in. I used the aqua painter to add a hue of cool caribbean around the image.

White organdy ribbon and chocolate chip grosgrain through an antique copper buckle were supposed to finish the card off. I took a picture and thought….that’s a little bland. I send a quick instant message to my sweet friend Cami and we discussed my dilemma. She agreed that it was too blahhhh and she said to add chocolate centers to the flowers. She also gave me some other ideas to play with. I kinda knew before I talked to her that I should freehand doodle a border around the cool caribbean coloring and maybe some doodle circles in the scallops. Well…..I really stress out about free hand doodling because I am not that good at it. I wish I could doodle like Anna. That girl is simply amazing. I jumped over my shadow and added the doodles and some white gel pen accents.

 I wish I had wide white grosgrain instead of the organdy. That might finish it off better. But this is how it’s going to be.

Off I got to drive over the toll bridge here to eat lunch with my family and do a little shopping. I think I might stop by at Michaels and get the cuddlebug and find the Adobe Photoshop element program.

Have a wonderful Sunday! Hugs!!!