Good Monday morning! I had a very restful weekend and I hope you did as well. I drive 70 miles round trip to work each day during the week so I always look forward to being home and not having to go far on weekends. 
I also look forward to the SCS weekend challenges and being able to play without the time restraints I feel on work nights.
The inspiration for Saturday’s Inspiration Challenge was a site called Design Dazzle, a site for decorating ideas and design inspiration. I was inspired by the pink western theme of the bedroom set in the picture below. I added lots of green to the pink and created fun pink horses and horseshoes and a green lasso.
I stamped the images on watercolor paper, colored and cut out with my snips and craft knife. I embossed the pink horse border on white cardstock using Regal Rose craft ink and clear embossing powder. All the images were popped up over the main layer with glue dots and dimensionals.
Stamps: Rubbernecker Little Lovins Kelley, KK Original Cowboy Collection Paper: SU DP, Wasabi, White, Watercolor Ink: Black Craft, Wasabi, Regal Rose, Blush Blossom, Saffron Accessories: Craft Knife, Snips, Brushes, Clear Embossing Powder
The Featured Stamper Challenge on Sunday featured Kisamari. I was inspired to do a beach scene with the main focus on palm trees. I always enjoy doing doing beach scenes especially if the water, sand and sky plays the role of the backdrop for the focal image.
I stamped the front palm tree, masked and stamped the others for the groupings and painted with a brush and reinkers, I sponged on the sand area and used a sand dune image to fill in the ground texture. I sketched the sea grass around the base of the trees with a marker. I used a circle mask to create the bold part of the sun and them removed it and sponged in the blue clouds. I sponged on more yellow to carry the sunlight across the sky area so the sun wouldn’t look like a cartoon sun.
Stamps: Rubbernecker KK Trees Collection, Kittie Kits Outdoor Master Paper: Soft Sky, Wasabi, Watercolor Ink: Black Craft, Soft Sky, Baja Blue, Banana, Caramel Accessories: Color Box Stylus and Sponge, Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool, Brushes, Marker, Circle Punch
Cute take on the challenge-love the pink and green western theme. tfs
Kittie, those cards are definitely fun.
Seventy miles round trip? Oh, I feel bad for you. I guess if there is not tons of traffic where you are that’s no so bad. But if you live in a big metro area it must get old doing that. Keep up your spirits, you seem like such an optimistic person.