WWC35 Marsha's "Anything Goes" Challenge

Marsha's "Anything Goes" Challenge works for everyone, so link a project that you are proud of!

Here is the second card I made with Sleigh Ride.

Stamps: Jingle all the Way

Paper: Pool Party, Whisper White, Island Indigo & Vellum CS

Ink: VersaMark

Misc: Sleigh Ride Thinlits, Circle Collection Framelits, White EP, Tea Lace Paper Doilies, Dazzling Diamonds & Dimensionals

Check out what the Watercooler Artist made and then go ahead make a project and link it to the challenge at http://watercoolerchallenges.blogspot.ca/

Sleigh Ride

Stamps: Jingle All the Way
Paper: Whisper White, Marina Mist & Night of Navy CS, Velum CS, Fancy Foil Designer Vellum, Red Foil Sheet.
Ink: Versa Mark & Red Sharpie
Misc: Cherry Cobbler EP with Dazzling Diamond added to it, Sleigh Ride Edgelits,Delicate Ornament Thinlits, Pearl Jewels 

Simple & Fast

Wacky Watercooler September Blog Hop

Welcome to another month of Wacky Watercooler Blog Hopping!  We are mixing it up! Using products from both the annual and holiday catalogs. Our hop is linked in a circle so by clicking next until you end up back where you started you will see all the blogs and lots of inspiration! If this isn't you first stop on the hop your probably can from my friend Jackie's blog. Welcome, I hope you enjoy my projects, please leave me a comment with your thoughts or questions.

First up is a Christmas card using product from both catalogs.

A single layer gate fold card.

Stamps: White Christmas & Sassy Salutations
Paper: Crumb Cake
Ink: Stazon, Craft White & Real Red pads & Real Red, Pumpkin Pie & Mossy Meadow Markers
Misc: Woodland Textured Embossing Folder, Dazzling Details, Curvy Corner Trio Punch & Whisper White Organza Ribbon

 I made a second card using a stamp set from the annual catalog & product from the holiday catalog.

Stamps: Sassy Salutations
Paper: Whisper White, Real Red & Mossy Meadow CS, Season of Cheer DSP(Iris Fold) & Glimmer Paper
Ink: Versamark
Misc: Curvy Corner Trio Punch, Project Life Corner Punch, Silver Embossing Powder & Delicate Ornament Thinlits

Last a card using only product from the annual catalog, it isn't even a Christmas card!

Stamps: From Land to Sea & Sprinkles of Life
Paper: Lost Lagoon and Basic Black CS & Watercolor Paper
Ink: Stazon, Craft White, Soft Sky, Pool Party, Lost Lagoon, Island Indigo. Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz, So Saffron & Mossy Meadow
Misc: Aqua Painter

Next up is my granddaughter Jaylin's blog, she is a budding crafter and I was pleased when I was asked to ask her if she would be interested in hopping with us.

WWC34 Jean's Colour Challenge

This week Jean gave us this challenge to work with.

Here is my card showing Ombre Effect.

Stamps: Wetlands & Something to Say

Paper: Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Island Indigo(Ombre Effect) & Shimmery White CS
Ink: Soft Sky, Pool Party, Bermuda Bay(Ombre Effect), Crumb Cake & Soft Suede

(My graddaughter's kitten stepped on the finished card with a wet paw, can you see it?)

Check out what the other Watercoolre Artists created and create your own ombre effect project and link it at http://watercoolerchallenges.blogspot.ca/

WWC33 Bev's Photo Inspiration

This week Bev gave us an inspiration photo for our challenge.  Check out what the Watercooler Artists did for this challenge at http://watercoolerchallenges.blogspot.ca. For me these seem to be the hardest of the challenges, but once in a while they are easy. Here is the inspiration photo.

At first I thought about using purple, black. white and rhinestones, but I went with white, purple and flowers instead.

Stamps: Remarkable You & Guy Greetings
Paper: Blackberry Bliss & Shimmery CS
Ink: Stazon, Blackberry Bliss, Mossy Meadow & Hello Honey

So now its your turn let the photo inspire you and then link your card at http://watercoolerchallenges.blogspot.ca

WWC32 Kath's Sketch

This week the Watercooler Artists decided to go with a weekly challenge starting every Wednesday and ending on Tuesday!   It was my turn to come up with a challenge.   My daughter Natalie. put this card base together and lucky for me I never stamped on it. So now it is a challenge for everyone.

I love the deep colors used on the sample with the crisp white but decided to go bright!

Stamp: Corner Garden
Paper: Marina Mist & Shimmery White CS, Watercolor Paper, and Color Me Irresistible DSP
Ink: Marina Mist, Watermelon Wonder, Daffodil Delight, Delightful Dijon, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Rich Razzleberry & Soft Suede
Misc: Bitty Butterfly Punch, Pearl Jewels, Dimensionals

Check out the cards that the other Watercooler Artists made using this sketch and then go on and create your own and make sure you link it to our post so that the rest of us can see it too.

WCC31 Heidi's Sketch Challenge

Challenge #31 is a sketch challenge brought to us by Heidi.

Here is the card I made with this sketch.

In real life the base and the squaer layer are closer in color.
Stamps: Remarkable You & Blended Bloom
Ink: Watermelon Wonder, Pink Pirouette, Mossy Meadow, Daffodil Delight & Stazon
Paper: Very Vanilla and Watermelon Wonder CS, Watercolor Paper, & Color Me Irresistible DSP
Misc: Bold Butterflies Framelits, Rhinestone Jewels & Dimensionals

Check out our challenge blog: http://watercoolerchallenges.blogspot.ca to see what the other designers have done, then get out your supplies and link your design so tht we can see what you have done.

Wacky Watercooler Blog Hop

Thanks for joining us on this month's hop! 

Our Blog Hop runs in a circular fashion.  No matter where you begin, you'll wind up back in the exact same place again if you keep going to the "next" blog.  It works the same way whether you do the usual forward through the blog posts or if you work your way through in reverse order. 

You may have hopped her from my granddaughter Jaylin's blog, she enjoys stamping and see things in a way different from my own, she keeps me on my toes.

This month we are highlighting the stamp set that is this years Ronald McDonald House set "Sprinkles of Life". The stamp set can be found on page 189 of the annual catalog. $3 of every set sold is donated to the Ronald McDonald House Charities. There is a punch "Tree Builder" that can be bought to go with this stamp set. 

This is the  first card I made with this set.

Stamps: Sprinkles of Life & Best Thoughts

Ink: Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry & Early Espresso

Paper: Pear Pizzazz & Whisper White CS & English Garden DSP

Misc: Tree Builder Punch, Dimensionals

The 2nd card was this one:

Stamp: Sprinkles of Life

Ink: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip & Mint Macron

Paper:Chocolate Chip, Mint Macron, Real Red & Whisper White CS

Misc: Tree Builder Punch, Polka dot Textured Embossing Folder, Dimensionals, Cupcake Builder Punch & Crystal Effects

Our bonus project is a catalog CASE

page 35 of the annual cataloge

I kept the layout & embossing folder the same but changes out the rest for items I have.

Stamp: Thoughts and Prayers

Ink: Crumb Cake & Pink Pirouette

Paper: Very Vanilla, So Saffron & Pink Pirouette CS & English Garden DSP

Misc: Petite Flower & Itty Bitty Punches, Pearl Jewels, Dimensionals & Honeycomb Textured Embossing Folder

So I hope you have some new ideas for this wonderful stamp set.

Hop on over to Priscilla's blog for more ideas.

Wacky Watercooler Christmas in July Blog Hop

Our Blog Hop runs in a circular fashion.  No matter where you begin, you'll wind up back in the exact same place again if you keep going to the "next" blog.  It works the same way whether you do the usual forward through the blog posts or if you work your way through in reverse order. 

If you arrived at my blog from Bev's blog, Welcome! I am sure you came away with plenty of ideas.

For this hop we were challenged to do 3 things, a Christmas card, a catalog CASE, and a card using one of the new punches. I made all three of the cards Christmas.

First up catalog CASE on page 8 is the card I CASEd.

For my CASE I turned the sketch upside down, I stamped it in Vesrsamark and embossed it with embossing powder using White Christmas stamp set.

Next a card using a new punch, well so far I have only bought two of them so I used the Banner Triple Punch. I used the new Every Blessing stamp set, stamped the image with Versamark and embossed with black embossing powder and the sentiment with gold embossing powder. I sponged the back ground.

For my last card I used White Christmas but the sentiment from Petite Pairs. I stamped on Watercolor Paper with Stazon and lightly watercolored it. I used lots of Dazzling Diamonds on the branches and snow banks.

Next up on our hop is my granddaughters blog, Jaylin is turning 11 on Saturday. Jaylin was invited to join our hop as a budding young stamper her blog is Crafting with Colors. 

WCC28

This week Buffy gave us a color challenge using these 5 colors.

Five colors! I do good using three ;).

Stamps: Best Thoughts
Paper: Whisper White, Pool Party, Rose Red CS & Watercolor Paper
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder, Melon Mambo, Rose Red & Stazon Jet Black

Check out our challenge site to see what the other Watercooler Artists have done with these colors. Go ahead and create a card using these colors and lick it on our site.

Iris Twist- Welcome Baby

I taught my granddaughter the Iris Twist and this is the card I made to show her the technique. You can see her card here.

Stamps:Petite Pairs
Paper: Whisper White CS & Go Wild DSP Stack
Ink: Tip Top Taupe
Misc: Baby's First Framelits, Boho Chic Textured Embossing Folder

Hello

Sometimes the ideas I see in my head do not work when I try to create them.  I really wanted to do a jelly fish card using from Land to Sea. I heat embossed that jellyfish on watercolor paper in white and in Pink Pirouette, I watercolored the sea around them...and hated how it turned out!  So those jellyfish became butterflies and this is the card I made with them

Stamps: From Land to Sea
Paper: Watercolor Paper, Whisper White, Blushing Bride & Pool Party CS
Ink: Versa Mark, Pool Party, Pink Pirouette, Lost Lagoon
Misc: Bold Butterfly Framelits, Butterflies Thinlits, Hello You Thinlits & Square Collections Framelits

So the you have it mistakes happen.

Iris Twist

I made a couple more cards with the Iris Twist that is the current challenge at the Watercooler Challenge Blog.

Here is a Patriotic card using Iris Twist.

Stamps: A Dozen Thoughts
Paper: Night of Navy & Cherry Cobbler CS & retired DSP
Ink: Night Of Navy
Misc: Stars Framelits

 I hope you have a chance to spend time with family and friends celebrating the 4th of July!