Sketched Trees and Watercolor Sky

The Limited Supply Challenge on SCS was to use green and limit embellishments and layers. I had a Nestabilities negative left over from a previous project and thought I would create a little scene to fit perfectly inside it. I used a wide brush to apply plain water on my watercolor paper to prepare it …

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Watercolor and Paper Piecing

The Way to Use It Challenge on SCS today was to use stripes. As I was looking through all my different designer papers for something fun with stripes I ran across Papertrey’s Everyday Blessings Designer Paper with it’s gorgeous aqua and green and knew that was the one for me to work with.  I was …

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Red Rooster

It’s been a few days since I have been able to play with my brushes and stamps and upload to my blog.  I got home a little late tonight but I really wanted to try out the Sketch Challenge on SCS.  The layout was fun and interesting and I took the opportunity to create a …

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Inspired by Artful Bras Project

The Splitcoaststampers Inspiration Challenge chose the Artful Bras Project by the Quilters of South Carolina who made one-of-a-kind bras for breast cancer awareness. Click on the link to read more about the inspiring exhibit. I was inspired by many of the bras in the exhibit and loved the ones with flowers and especially the bra covered …

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Stretch Yourself

The Limited Supply Challenge on Splitcoaststampers was to “Stretch Yourself”.  The point of the challenge was to use two or more things that stretch us out of our comfort zone. It was not meant to be hard but a couple of simple things out of our ordinary style of stamping. It could be using a technique that …

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