Treausre Hunt Tuesday and Growing More Carrots

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It’s TREASURE HUNT TUESDAY @ RUBBERNECKER. The Treasure if you find it, will be a free image. However, to receive the Treasure a purchase of any size is required, and your treasure must be claimed between 5:00 am PST until 9:00 pm PST today (8:00 am EST – 12:00 am EST). Not only is today Treasure Hunt Day, but for every $50 in stamps purchased, you will receive one FREE stamp. You can check out more information on the

While you are on the Rubbernecker Homepage make sure and read about the Rubber Bucks Monthly Drawing AND the FREE stamp offer:

*** Each month you can qualify to win $100 coupon good for Rubbernecker or Stamp Oasis stamps! For every $20 you spend, your name is entered once into a drawing.

*** For every $50 you spend on Rubbernecker, Stamp Oasis or KK Originals stamps, you get to choose a FREE stamp!

Sherry will have the first clue for the treasure hunt on her blog Tuesday morning.

Do you want to try and win some blog candy? Go check out Jeanne’s, Shelly’s, Sherry’s and Candy’s blogs.

The challenge on Splitcoaststampers today was to make an Envelope Pouch.  What a fun little idea to make a pouch to put candy, pencils, crayons or anything else you can think of in. You can find the directions for the pouch at this link on post number 1.  I punched out the envelope with my tag punch, which I just now remembered that I didn’t get into the picture below of supplies used for this project. I decided to watercolor a little bunny and carrot garden scene on the front of the envelope.  I stamped the images with grey Stazon and used a grey artist pen to sketch out the little fence behind the garden.  I thought it would add some fun interest to the scene.  When watercoloring on paper other than watercolor paper it is hard to build up color.  The envelope is thinner than cardstock so I had to be very careful not to try and get my brush and reinker too wet. I was going to use Copic markers but decided the ink would go through to the back side of the envelope. I did continue the scene in a much more simple manner on the back of the envelope to keep interest going all the way around.  The front side is much more detailed. I overlapped the carrots several times to make a full garden for the bunny to sit in.  I only used the carrot image with the little bunny head on the back of the pouch and the tag.  He is so cute. I sketched in a few little added grass sprigs around the garden and then used a green marker to color. After painting the bunny with Latte Adirondack reinker I used a Salmon Pink Copic marker to add color to the ears and checks.  I wanted the pink to be more on the orange side.  I added texture to the grass, fence line and all around the handle border with my mini fern stamp using both green and Peach Bellini Adirondack ink.  I sponged the sky in Aqua Adirondack using a Cut & Dry foam piece.  I created a little tag from the piece cut out of the envelope and made it so it opens with the little bunny hiding inside and attached the tag with grosgrain.

Stamps:  Rubbernecker Easter Collection Everything’s coming up Carrots, Carrot Bunny, SU Watercolor Minis

Paper:  Envelope

Ink:  Grey Stazon, Adirondack Dye Peach, Aqua, Latte, Slate, Shell Pink Ink and Reinkers, Distress Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint Reinkers

Accessories:  Grosgrain, Cut & Dry Foam, Copic Marker, Faber-Castell Artist Pens, Watercolor Brushes, Tag Punch