Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Busy, Busy, Busy!

I can't believe how busy I was today making cards for the sketch challenge at SCS. I loved the sketch so much that I made 4 cards! I also added my card for yesterday's color challenge which had to use the In-colors from Stampin' Up. This is the last week before the new colors are available.
This is my all time favorite lighthouse set;a retired SU set called Coast to Coast. I've watercolored it with WWC and an aqua painter. I used banana paper for the background and colored the cuttlebug plate with banana ink before putting paper through the machine. I love this layout so much I made 4 of these at the same time. Thanks for the wonderful layout. Large eyelets complete the card.

This is an old favorite of mine as well which was watercolored with WWC and an aqua painter. I used pale plum on the cuttlebug folder before I put it through the machine. The paper is pale plum, banana, bashful blue, white and black.

This is my favorite lighthouse set, a retired set from SU called Coast to Coast. It was watercolored with WWC and an aqua painter. I put banana ink on the cuttlebug folder before running it through the machine.

This is such a fun sketch that I made 4 cards with it. This flower was watercolored with WWC and an aqua painter. I used banana ink on the cuttlebug folder before it went through the machine.

This is my card for CC178 good-bye to the in-colors challenge. Here I used my all-time favorite, Pomegranate. Floral background with always stamps as well. Two of the sides of the floral piece were put through the scallop punch.

I guess you can see that I love to watercolor. I hope to get better as time goes by. I am enjoying my last few weeks of vacation before going back to work. I start year 30 as a teacher. I will be praying about what to do after this year.........work or retire. I want to do what God wants me to do. I'd love to be home full-time, but I know I need to do what God's will is not mine. Do you ever struggle with that? I sure do!
Thanks for stopping by.
Oh by the way, I now have a Stampin' UP website, take a took and let me know what you think.
http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/suecraig/

6 comments:

~ j said...

i love coast to coast too. the coloring on your cards is fantastic. :)

Cris A said...

Wow, you were busy! Nice job!

Anonymous said...

This is such a beauty and I love your blog! Blessings, Diane

CathyRose said...

Wow, you have been busy! Wonderful cards. Great job on the challenge.

Unknown said...

Beautiful cards, beautiful coloring. I really like how you used the cuttlebug embossing folders. I always forget about mine, I think I need to pull them out.

Elizabeth said...

Your cards for the sketch challenge turned out beautifully!

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