Clearly Delightful

Branch Birds - Just be yourself

Good morning!  Today I had  to create something with my Branch Birds image.

I finally got to use my Making Memories flower patch papers that I had picked up at Michaels last fall.  I have thumbed past them several times and they just didn't work for projects I was working on until now!

I printed the Branch Birds image on 90 lb. watercolor paper and used Tombow markers and a waterbrush to watercolor them.  The sentiment is also digital and I printed that the same way and punched out.

CLEARLY DELIGHTFUL RECIPE:

• Image and sentiment: Branch Birds can be found HERE, scroll down just a little
• CS/PAPERS: watercolor, melon berry, lemon tart, Making memories flower patch DP
• INK: guava for sponging around sentiment, Tombow markers 850, 062, 443, 026, 873, 947, 245
• ACCENTS/TOOLS: waterbrush, sponge, Su oval punches, Spellbinders Octagon dies, lemon tart and melon berry ribbon, white bitty brads, sewing machine, foam pop dots, glue dots

Thanks for visiting today!  I am truly blessed that anyone would stop in and visit me, just gives me a  grin each time!

I will be hosting a challenge over at AIF Challenge blog tonight at midnight EST, and will showcase a set of flower digi's.  Hope to see you then!

Clearly Delightful Monthly Challenge 3

I first need to tell you that if you participated last month and still don't recall getting your Fuzzy Ducky image, email me at [email protected]) from the SAME EMAIL that you used when making your comment on the post.  But before you do that, check your spam or junk folders. I used an email template and sometimes emailed 2 or 3 folks at a time the image, which sometimes prompt emails to think it is spam.

Monthly Challenge and Blog Candy for the one randomly selected participant!  This month we have a SPONSOR!

KLM Digital Designs 

Katy over at KLM will give the one randomly selected winner any 3 digital images from their store, PLUS I will throw in a few paper crafting goodies too. Scroll down to see the Blog Candy Prize that I will be sending one selected participant!

All general details can be found on this page on my Challenge Info page, and below the Mr. Linky in this post.

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CLEARLY DELIGHTFUL BLOG CHALLENGE #3

(use keyword CDBC3)

TO BE A PARTICIPANT do the following 4 things (super easy stuff!):

1. Follow the challenge theme with a project or card --The theme is A SKETCH!  Create any NEWLY posted card or project using THE SKETCH BELOW.
2. Post MUST be dated within the time frame of the challenge.  Please, no past creations, create something new 
3. Use Mr. Linky Widget to share your creation post (direct link to actual post)
4. YOU MUST Leave a comment on THIS challenge post.

• A panel can be divided by any means, sewing, embellishment, different papers... use your imagination!
• B panel can be anything... paper, ribbon, embellishments...
• C panel is where your focus image should be.
• D panels are either a sentiment or accent of sorts.
• Card base AND panel shapes can be ANY SHAPE!
• You may flip and/or rotate!

*****Entries due by March 19, 2010*****

Entries put into Mr. Linky must be direct links to the actual post of your duck project, thanks!  Any link in Mr. Linky that does not follow the challenge theme will be disqualified from the drawing. This includes home page links.

ALL participants will automatically be emailed the Digital Image(s) BELOW in a .png file format, unless your comment specifies you need another format.

• NOTE: my PNG files can be layered to create scenes! 
• PNG files do not have the white box around them.

 
Little Frog - set of 4 images and 2 sentiments

If you are new to Digital Images and how to use them, I created a beginners guide to them HERE if you want to check it out.

THIS CHALLENGE COMPLETE GUIDELINES FOR PARTICIPANTS

1. The challenge will be to create something NEW (card, scrap page, treat box, purse... anything!) using the CHALLENGE THEME.  Themes will vary each month... ANY company stamps can be used, ANY materials can be used!  You just have to follow the THEME.
2. Challenge is open for 2 weeks, and the last day for entries is the 19th.
3. EVERY participant will receive a FREE Clearly Delightful Digital image of the Month that I have drawn JUST for the participants of this challenge.  Once the challenge is over, this image will no longer be available through my blog….so if you want this adorable image for free…..enter quickly! **(please read the important copyright and security notice at the bottom of this post)**
4. You may enter twice, but you must create one item for each entry.  You may use the Bunny Wabbit free digital image for the second entry, if you wish, but it is not required.
5. There will be ONE randomly selected participant who will win a Blog Candy of at least $25 worth of NEW card making/scrapping supplies PLUS 3 free digital images from our sponsor KLM Digital Designs.  This month the product is valued at approximately $32 retail including the KLM Digital images!!!  Scroll to the bottom of the post to see the blog candy you could win.
   

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Winner notification:

• The one winner is announced on the 20th of each month.
• All participants will automatically be emailed the FREE digital image, along with a copyright notice.  I will check for participants every other day and email directly with a .png file format of the Clearly Delightful Digi Image of the Month.  If you need a different file format, let me know in your blog comment.

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The Blog Candy that ONE randomly selected participant will receive is pictured below.

Contents:

• 1 - DCWV Garden Party 8x8 stack
• 3 different sets of Spare parts designer brads, see photo
• (not pictured) 3 digital images of choice from KLM Digital Designs, our sponsor

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EXAMPLES OF THE SKETCH IN USE AND SOME INSPIRATION

I asked the Clearly Delightful Challenge Designers to do specific colors of frogs, as there are so many kinds and I wanted a nice variety of colors in the projects today.  See THIS LINK to get an idea of how many colors of frogs there really are in the world!

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MY CARD-sketch is rotated to the left 90 degrees.  I watercolored the "rock" he is sitting on by just drawing a gray line off to each side of him, and then a quick shadow of the gray under his feet, and then blending the gray downward with the waterbrush.

 
 
RECIPE:

• IMAGE: Little Frog by Clearly Delightful Designs for Blog Challenge #3
• CS/PAPER: Canson 90 lb watercolor paper, saffron, kiwi, olive, light  and dark gray
• INK: Su saffron, Tombow markers 133, 991, 946, N65, 491, 126
• ACCENTS/TOOLS: Waterbrush, Provocraft Birdcall embossing folder, Spellbinders nestabilities ovals, SU label punch, CTMH bitty brads, SU button bouquet Latte, Martha Stewart branch punch, SU gray taffeta ribbon, foam pop dots, glue dots, sewing machine

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MARY

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CARLA

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GEORGIA

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I look forward to seeing your creations. 

GOOD LUCK AND THANK YOU FOR VISITING!

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**By participating in this challenge and upon receiving the FREE image I send you, you agree to use it only for personal use, and not sell or freely redistribute it electronically, in printed form, or in the form of clear or rubber stamps.

You may sell your projects using a colored in Clearly Delightful Digital Image, as long as the signature initials are still with the image.

Thank you!**

Have a beautiful day and happy stamping!

Laurie Wilson

Sweet giraffe and Happy bird

Good evening!  I squeezed in a couple cards yesterday and today and saved them to post together.

The CDD Sweet Giraffe digital image (also found HERE)  is quite a bit detailed, but I just LOVE the result of coloring him in.  I used a little trick to color inbetween all the spots.... Since I knew the spots were to be darker, I simply ignored them while coloring and blending the yellow/marigold/orange colors, and then waited for about an hour before I colored the dark brown spots.  As long as the paper was dry, and I made sure to keep my marker tip and waterbrush tip inside each spot, the colors didn't run together.

Although, you can see that a few whisps of the mane did run into the sky color... I was getting impatient with the "waiting" part, LOL.

CLEARLY DELIGHTFUL RECIPE:

• Image: Sweet Giraffe digital image found HERE and ALSO HERE
• CS/paper: watercolor 90 lb for printing, ocean tides, marigold, Crate paper Baby Bee DP
• Ink: Tombow markers 228, 991, 947, 946, 491
• Accents/tools: Waterbrush, MS border punch, sewing machine, ribbon from Archivers 10 yard spool satin collections, miniature brads from CDS, foam pop up hexagons, glue dot

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This little Happy Bird (also found HERE) is a Freebie digital image.  His happy little face just makes me grin.

I saw a picture once of a green bird, not the green jay or parrot, but it was another kind and now I can't remember exactlly what kind it was. But I remember loving the bright cheerful lime/kiwi shade, and so I wanted to color this little guy those colors and whadya know, this My Minds Eye DP in my stash coordinated with him!  A happy little accident, gotta love those!

He is waterclored with Tombows on watercolor paper and a waterbrush.

CLEARLY DELIGHTFUL RECIPE:

• Image: Happy Bird freebie digital image found HERE and ALSO HERE
  
• Sentiment comes with the freebie bird image
• CS/paper: watercolor 90 lb for printing, kiwi kiss, orange zest, My minds Eye DP
  
• Ink: Tombow markers 990, 925, 126, 985, 098
  
• Accents/tools: Waterbrush, MS border punch, sewing machine, SU kiwi satin ribbon, Spellbinders Nestabilities labels 3, Su button, SU 3 flower punch (just used 1 punchout under the button), circle punches, Spellbinders Blossom dies, nestabilities scallop circle die, linen thread, foam pop up hexagons, glue dot

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Tomorrow, Sunday is the last day for previews of the March 1 releases at Clear Dollar Stamps!  I hope you can stop in again.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I truly appreciate the time you spend to visit and comment.  I am blessed beyond measure!

Wishing you a blessed weekend and happy stamping!

Laurie