Happy 5th Year Anniversary Color Throwdown!!

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YES, that's correct- it is the Color Throwdown's 5th Year Annivaersary!! Whoo Hoo!! That's a long time for a challenge blog, IMHO,  and they are celebrating!!

As part of the celebration previous DT members and Guest Designers were invited to join in. I was a Guest Designer last year [and had a fabulous time BTW} so of course, I wanted to join the fun!!

This week's colors were picked by Lori and it is a summertime theme.

When I first saw the colors and image.... I soooo wished I had some flip flop stamps/dies {I'll be rectifying that soon, LOL} Not just for the image but, I AM a summer flip flop kinda girl!!

What I do have are these fabulous stamps by Waltzingmouse-- My Island. .

How perfect are these stamps.... screams summer!! I stamped the solid image and sun image with melon mambo and so saffron- cut them out to make corners behind the focal image. Aren't those palm trees wonderful and the font on the sentiment- to die for!! Distressed some edges, added a few buttons and some twine. Fun!!

Okay- now to the nitty gritty- there are prizes, I believe, lots of prizes to be given away this week!!Check out all the details on the Color Throwdown blog!!

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Serendipity Stamps Challenge # 15

Serendipity hosts a challenge every two weeks....

Today is the start of the next challenge. This time we are taking our inspiration from stamps. You can check the link here for ideas or search the web and find your own!!

I went with the first stamp/s I saw at the link- LOVE me some orange and green. There is  yellow and red in there but, these were the colors that jumped out at me!!

I stamped the seed packet image with memento tuxedo black onto XPress It Blending cardstock and colored with copics. Added some black rhinestones to the center of the marigolds. The spellbinders wonky rectangle was embossed with swiss dots {never get tired of dots} and layered with foam dots onto a panel of patterned paper. Added a ruffled ribbon in green and orange seam binding with bow.

Finished off the inside with a fabulous Serendipity sentiment- perfect at my house right now!! We have had a bumper crop of squash, zucchini, and cukes- sharing with my daughter/her family as well as several neighbors!!

Hope you find time to join us, and...

The rules are simple... play along using at least one Serendipity Stamps image on your submission and link it below. You don't have to have a blog to play along - you can link your designs to any on line gallery.

Click Here for all the details

For extra inspiration there are samples from the design team on the challenge blog or you can visit them directly and get all the details by clicking on their names below.

Jeanne Jachna

Pauline Pollington

Anya Shrier
Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier
Jenny Gropp 

Here's the link to Serendipity Stamps since you may feel the need to go looking and shopping :))

And from now through 7-31 there is free shipping on continental US orders $20 and up!!

Hoping you'll play along and can't wait to see all the creations.

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Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Stacey and Congrats to MOJO Monday!! We're talking 300 sketches... WOW!!Honestly, I think that MOJO Monday and Stacey's original challenge blog {curtain call color challenge} were the first blog challenges I ever played in!! And they're both celebrating so....

 

The MOJO has been on vacation {wish I had been too, LOL. at the beach to be specific!} but, I did some layering-stitching-die cutting- and came up with this. There's some of my favorite Verve on this card! Well. honestly I have a bunch of favorite Verve.

 

Stamps- leaves Dream Big, flowers Lean On Me, sentiment Small Celebrations and dies-Banner Bundle, Flag It, and Pointed Flowers.

 

There are prizes to be had-- MOJO Monday closes tonight and Stacey's B-Day party is until the 10th!!

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Had a wonderful long WE- wish I could say we were out cruising the lake but, 26 of the last 30 days here there has been rain- we were wondering if we moved to Seattle and missed it!!

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You're a Doll

My new Waltzingmouse goodies arrived. Yippee!! It's always a good day when new stamps arrive.

 

I inked up one of the Russian nesting dolls from "You're a Doll" and colored with copics. You need to check out this set- the image I used was a "complete" doll but, there are all kinds of images in this set to create your own unique nesting dolls. It was adhered with foam dots onto a background that was made with the "Crackle background". Sentiment is from You're a Doll. 

 

 

Used this week's Retrosketch...

 

We're still getting a lot of rain with little bursts of sunshine. Although, I would like more sunshine- it's doing wonders for the veges!!

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God Bless....

America.... well, actually God Bless Us All!! {Ha- does that sound like Tiny Tim in the Christmas Story :-) Anywho- I played with some new Waltzingmouse Stamps Claire designed in honor of those of us in North America (below the Canucks) as this is our Independence Day!! My Canadian friends celebrated on Monday and today is our turn.

 

Used the Color Throwdown colors for a trendy Independence Day Card. All those fireworks are images included in this set - several sizes and if you look closely the Bermuda Bay firework in the  background is actually tiny stars-- OH MY WORD- tiny but, perfect image- the detail is amazing! Added a little bling, stitching, tag banners, and heat embossed the sentiment over Lady Liberty who was stamped and fussy cut.

 

  

Used the SCS sketch but, rotated to the left.

Wishing you a wonderful July 4th!! We are in the throes of lots of rain {wishing I could send it out west for the wildfire} and wondering if the day will be spent inside celebrating- either way- it's all good- time with family and friends!

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