Sophisticats Launch Day

It's our big launch over at Sophisticats today - yippee - so hope you can hop over & join us in the fun!

We have a great sketch to follow for our first challenge, designed by our No. 1 Sophisticat (and all round good egg!) Lisa:

I spent ages fiddling around with this layout and finally got my card sorted, all those curved lines threw me a curve ball for sure - I must be a straight and angular kinda gal, but I'm sure for all your talented & creative wonders out there - it'll be a breeze! Remember you can turn the sketch around as long as we can see the original in your design & your entry can be anything, cards ATCs, scrap pages etc.

I've kept my card all Stampin' Up! The beautiful DSP's are retiring at the end of this month, as is the (main image) stamp set (Hostess gift, level 1) so if you would like to order either of these items, then just pop me an email.

Stamp - A Little Bit of Happiness, coloured with SU! markers

Sentiment - Fresh Cuts

DSPs - Sweet Always (so sad this is going, sob, sob)

Ribbon - Chocolate Chip

Cardstock - Chocolate Chip; Whisper White

Flowers, brads, pearls & button - all non SU! from my stash.

There's a wonderful prize up for grabs too, a whole load of goodies entitled Wedding Set, which works together beautifully on all your wedding projects, but fab for other things too.

Looking forward to seeing you all over at Sophisticats.

Little Paper Shop meets Tuesday Taggers

Comined another two challenges with this card, Little Paper Shop was the sketch and Tuesday Taggers were asking for Friendship & Sentiments on your projects. I always feel like I should make a tag for Tuesday Taggers, even though you can make anything, so I made the tag & then added it to a card! TT have a great prize this week, sponsored by:

Everything except the bling is Stampin' Up!

Cardstock - Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue

DSP - Bashful Blue set

Image - From the hostess level 1 set - "A Little Bit of Happiness"

Marker Pens - Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Mellow Moss, Perfect Plum, Creamy Caramel

Sentiment - From "Simply Said"

Ribbon - Whisper White

TFL x

Stampacular Sunday Challenge No. 5

A friend asked me make a card for her mum and I realised it would also work nicely for this week's challenge, which is to make a card for a mum.

The image is Stampin' Up! from the set "A Little Bit of Happiness" which is a Level 1 Hostess Gift and I've coloured it with SU Watercolour Crayons in Mellow Moss; Barely Banana; Pretty in Pink; Pale Plum and Perfect Plum.  The cardstock is matching SU in Mellow Moss & Pretty in Pink & the background papers & mum sentiment are from a FunkyHand CD.  The ribbon which you can just see under the sentiment & the flower are from my stash.

I apologise for the bad photo, I really need to sort out my picture taking, at the moment I'm doing it on my iPhone cos it's so easy to then post it onto my computer, but I've not been happy with the quality for a while, so I may need a re-think!

Stamp Something - Yellow, Green & Blue

This is my entry for this week's Stamp Something Challenge, to make a card using yellow, green & blue.

The gorgeous BP came from a free download I received from Kaboodle Doodles for a challenge entry, the set I chose is called Morris Dance, I fell in love with this paper and wanted to use it straight away and knew I could fit it in with this challenge. The stamp is from an SU Hostess Set called "A Little Bit of Happiness" & I've coloured it in with SU markers Not Quity Navy; Summer Sun; Old Olive & Garden Green and the cardstock is also SU in Whisper White, Not Quite Navy and Summer Sun.

I've used a Cuttlebug embossing folder on some Not Quite Navy cardstock to place behind the image and the buttons are from my stash.

I had a funny sort of weekend and a bit of a confidence crisis, just wasn't pleased with anything I was making and feeling completely uninspired, so it was really lovely to get an injection of inspiration & motivation from this gorgeous paper and I'm glad to say I'm really pleased with the finished card too - phew!!