Suzy Doodle Watercolor Cards

Hi Everyone!

I hope you're having a fabulous day so far! I'm here a little late in the afternoon, to share a couple of simple but fun cards I made using these fun Watercolor Paintable Prints from Suzy Plantamura. These doodle prints are so much fun to color. I keep mine pretty simple and just use my watercolor pencils and water brushes.  You should visit Suzy's blog at Suzy Doodle to see the artist in action!
I wish I could spend more time telling you about them; but there's really not a lot to say.. I colored them in and then trimmed them just a litle so there would be a border on the card front.  

Challenges:

Anything Goes:

1. Artistic Inspirations
2. Crafting from the Heart
3. Pammies Inky Pinkies: 
4. Come and Get It.
5. Little Patch of Crafty Friends:

I hope the rest of your day is great! I will see you all again tomorrow!

Coffee House Sunday

Hi Everyone!

I hope you all have had a great week! School is officially out for the summer and I have been busy trying to find ways to keep my children happily engaged and learning for the summer because, yes...I'm THAT mom!
Anyhow, I digress. Grab your coffee and let's see what interesting things caught my eye this week out there in the Interwebs!

• Apparently there is a peak age for everything you will do in your life. I read through this list... my prospects are not promising. I hope yours are better. 

• At no age, however, is it a good idea to make cookies that end up looking like penis cookies for your son's birthday celebration! (Go ahead...click the link, you know you want to!)

• We'll just continue with the sex theme for a moment and talk about this Sex Robot that the world is apparently racing to make. The things you didn't know, right?! 

• I have recently started using a calorie counter app. Not because I think that I need to lose a lot of weight but I wanted to be more conscious of what I'm eating. There's a whole list of reasons this is a bad idea, however.

• Maybe I should incorporate more coconut oil into my life 

• Of course, I could just throw all caution to the wind and start a mission to visit the best donut shops in America, since I totally missed Naional Donut day this past week. 

• I should be using more of these 100 greatest cooking tips of all time. Not to say that I'm not using any of them...but definitely not enough. 

• I read this article about a mom who can't stand her kids sometimes; and I just wanted to put my arms around her and say, I get it...I really do. Here's a donut and a glass of wine. 

• I'd also give her this list of 15 ways parents have trolled their children for both comic relief and future inspiration. 

• Sometimes, all you want is for your baby to fall asleep and it just seems so cute to let them lay on daddy's chest on the couch.  This is bad...very bad..I never knew there was a link between SIDS and Couches.

• This article in which Prince William talks about mental illness and his mother's death is powerful and inspiring. You should go read it...right now. 

I hope your Sunday is great!

Fun Fold Friday: Flip Card

Hi Everyone!

I have decided to restart Fun Fold Friday! I always think it's fun to add a little interest to cards by doing something easy and simple like using a different kind of fold.  I've done a few other posts with different types of folds as well, including this "Double Z" Fold card  and this Free Standing Pop Up card

For today, I decided to try this "new to me" fold and created a "Flip Card" There are many tutorials for this fold out there on Pinterest and in blog land. I decided to use this one from Stampin U

At first, it was a little confusing; but once I got going with it, it came together pretty easily. My base is Simon Says Stamp Blue Violet Card Stock. I also used PTI Autumn Rose, and Summer Sunrise along with Neenah Solar White. For stamp sets I used Verve's "Beautiful Kindess" and Clearly Besotted "Eastern Delights" Unfortunately, I don't think this particular set is available any longer. I stamped the border flower images in Fossilized Amber Distress Ink and the sentiment in Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink.  To make the flip part of the card, I used Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 11 Dies

I took a few pictures so you can see the different angles of the fold. Links to the products where available are included below.

Have a great day and I'll see you Sunday for Coffee House Sunday!

Challenges:

--Anything Goes--
1. Crafting with Friends
2. Polkadoodles
3. Simply Papercraft:

Other Challenges:
4. Cut it up: Use a die cut and follow a tutorial

Blue Violet Card Stock SSS	PTI Autumn Rose	PTI Summer Sunrise	Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets
Fiskars SureCut Personal 12	Martha Stewart Crafts Mini Scoring Board	Beautiful Kindness: Verve Stamps	Ranger DIS-27119 Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad, Chipped Sapphire
Distress Ink Fossilized Amber	Uni-Ball Pen Signo Gel WHITE UM-153

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Coloring Page and Prisma Color Combos

Hi Everyone!

I hope you're all doing well today. I am here to share a coloring page I recently completed. I love my "Calming Swirls" coloring book. It is so relaxing! Still, even though it's relaxing for me, I still spend some time coming up with color combos that I like and use those as I make my way through the page.
I have included the color combos I used for this page as well. I don't do a lot of fancy blending and techniques with my coloring pages...I just color! For me, that's what makes it relaxing!
I have also pinned the color combinations to my new "Prismacolor Pencil Combinations" Pinterest board if you would like to pin them for later as well!
That is all for me today, sorry for the late post. I hope you have a wonderful evening and I will see you all again soon!