Clean and Simple “Just Because”

Happy Monday morning! I had a wonderful restful weekend and I hope you did too. I have a clean and simple card to share with you today.  One big blue hydrangea flower and a simple sentiment is all there is but I love how sweet and simple it is. I scored lines around the white …

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White Dogwood Inspiration

The Splitcoaststampers Inspiration Challenge this week provided Maggie Austin Cake as our site of inspiration.  What a fantastic artist this lady is.  I was inspired by the gorgeous all white cake in the photo shown below.    I have really been enjoying with all white projects lately and am surprised by how beautifully elegant they …

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Christmas In July

Hello everyone!  Happy Saturday morning. Today I am celebrating Christmas in July. I usually start in mid summer making Christmas cards and I couldn’t resist turning to one of the sweet Sarah Kay Christmas images by Stampavie called Noel Joy. I stamped the image on watercolor paper, painted with reinkers and cut out.  I created …

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Beach Scene Tutorial

  Supplies: Watercolor paper, acrylic blocks, stamp images, sponge or ink blending tool, cloud template,scrap paper for mask,  inks: light and medium brown, light aqua blue, dark green, black Note: I used Distress Inks-Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Tumbled Glass, Forest Moss, and Black Soot.  Cloud template is made with cardstock cut by hand using scalloped …

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Nosegay and Doily

The Splitcoaststampers Ways to Use It Challenge this week was to make a card using some kind of doily.  I have some dies that may have passed for a doily but decided to go straight to my kitchen and pull out a plain old kitchen type of doily that I use when making holiday fudge …

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