Splashes of Watercolor

This week’s featured stamper on SCS is KathyC.  Woo Hoo and congratulations, Kathy!  She has the greatest gallery and I had a hard time deciding which card to case.  I finally chose her Easter Wishes cards because of their sweet simplicity and I love the look of only black ink on the colored cardstock.  Like Kathy, […]

The Splitcoaststampers dirty girls – past and present – have started a monthly challenge.  The first was in November and was to complete a card using the newly released Elzybell stamp called “A Winter Song” and the color pretty in pink.  For December, the challenge was to use a penguin as a focus and something […]

In the last month or so I’ve been trying to browse the Featured Stamper’s gallery each week and attempt to CASE one of the cards.  This week the stamper that Beth chose is Veronica (I’mVeronica on SCS).  Here is her card that inspired me: Rhinestone Snow Burst. My inspiration started with a single image, ribbon […]

It’s Sherry and Candy’s fault that I made an Easter card today. Did you see their carrots and bunny butts?? So cute! This is just a simple card for today’s color challenge to use rose red, apricot appeal, and sage shadow. It’s 3 simple layers, 2 of which were sewn together. I cut the vanilla […]

Woo hoo!  I finally used my Ranger Alcohol inks, blending solution, and applicator after owning them for …oh, let’s just say months! I created my version of Cindy Lyle’s alcohol ink tutorial on SCS with Butterscotch, Stream and Wild Plum – the Nature Walk color palette – and another with just the Butterscotch on glossy white […]

I’ve always meant to try one of Beate’s weekend sketches and have never seemed to find the time.  This weekend I made the time to make a card using her sketch WSC30. This was really a cool sketch and the first thing that came to my mind was a bird on branches.  I searched through […]

You should check out Sherry’s blog Walking on the Bad Side today.  She’s giving away some treats and all you have to do is leave her a comment telling her about the most memorable Valentine’s gift you’ve ever received. Oh, and don’t forget that Rubbernecker is running a special – for every $50 spent on […]

I had not tried a “kick stand” card before, so when I saw that it was the sketch challenge this week I decided it was time.  This is a fairly new layout developed by Kirsten (KED on SCS). I stamped this Hearty Vase image from the Stamp Oasis – Heart section of Rubbernecker on watercolor […]

Not really, but I certainly wish I was! The Ways to Use It Challenge on Splitcoast this week was to use leather – real or faux.  I searched and searched but couldn’t find any real leather suitable to use on a card.  So the alternative was to try to replicate it. As I’m in a […]

Every Wednesday night is grandchildren night for me. I travel about 30 miles after work to my oldest daughter Gretchen’s house to play with Hunter, who’s 7, and Will, who’s 5. They both love stuffed animals, and in particular teddy bears. That’s why I love this precious little bear from Rubbernecker’s Baby section. He’s just […]