Unscripted Sketches #104

Happy Saturday and welcome back for another Unscripted Sketches challenge! We've got another great sketch for you to play with this week:

and here's my card:

Supplies: stamps (Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps - Rainy Day Ruby), paper (SEI - Corinne collection), buttons, twine, cardstock (Stampin' Up!), embossing folder (Sizzix), markers (Copic), white gel pen, ink (Tsukineko Brilliance in Graphite Black)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

The rest of the Unscripted Sketches Team have some beautiful takes on this sketch to show you! You can check them out by visiting the Unscripted Sketches blog or by visiting their personal blogs: Arielle, Becky, CherylAnn, Debbie, Gardenia, Jenny, KathyJo, Linda, Loes, Mary, Monique, Regan, Rudlis, Sarah Kaye, Steph, Susan, and Val!

After you've gotten fully inspired, link your entry for this challenge at Unscripted Sketches! 

Some Odd Girl: Hot Mommas Challenge!

The latest challenge at Some Odd Girl Digital Stamps is to create something MOM-themed! And, Some Odd Girl Digital Stamps recently released a set of related digis featuring brides, new moms & babies!
My entry features one of my favorite SOG digis, "Garden Mae"! I chose her for my card because she reminds me of my mom, who loves gardening and working in her flower beds. I wish I had inherited her talents for working with plants and flowers...her knowledge and skill with gardening are amazing!

Here's my card:

Supplies: paper (Echo Park - For the Record, Basic Grey - Life of the Party), handmade flowers, typed sentiment, white gel pen, foam squares markers (Copic).

Thanks for stopping by! This challenge runs until May 3 at midnight EST.

The random winner will get 2 digis from the Some Odd Girl shop! Check out the Odd Girls' creations for this challenge at the Some Odd Girl Digital Stamps blog and see what others have entered! Then link up your entry!

CPS 215

Just a quick post with my card for this week's Card Positioning Systems (CPS) sketch challenge! This week's CPS challenge is sponsored by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Here's sketch #215:

and here's my card, featuring "Traveling Josh" by Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps and papers from Basic Grey's "Max & Whiskers" collection:

Other supplies: corner punch (Stampin' Up!), markers (Copic), cardstock, typed sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by!

Check out what the design team created with this sketch and what others have entered for this challenge at the CPS blog!

colourQ #82

Happy Tuesday and welcome back for another colourQ challenge (#82)!

Hope you all had a great Easter weekend! On Saturday, we went up to Seattle and had some delicious Latin & Cuban food out in the sunshine!

On to our challenge! Here are this week's colors:

This week's colors were a challenge for me! I normally don't use several shades of green in the same project, so it took me a while to figure out how to work them all in...but I'm happy with how my card came together!

Supplies: stamps (Crafty Secrets), sentiment sticker (SRM Stickers), embossing folder (Sizzix), cardstock (Stampin' Up!), markers (Copic), pearls (Prima E Line; recolored with Copic marker), paper (My Mind's Eye)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 The rest of the colourQ Royal Court have some gorgeous creations to show you! You can find their blog links to the left under the photo of this week's challenge colors, or by visiting the colourQ blog!

Don't forget to link up your entry at the colourQ blog! I can't wait to see what you'll create with this week's challenge colors!

Sparkle Creations Challenge #40

Welcome back for another Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps challenge (#40)!

This is my last SCRS challenge as the Guest Designer for April...I definitely enjoyed being part of the team this month...everyone is so talented and creates such fantastic cards! Thanks to the SCRS team for inviting me to create along with you this month!

For this week's challenge, we were all inspired by this photo of some sweet butterfly themed bedding:

So, for my card, I used the adorable Rollerblading Chloe:

Supplies: paper (Basic Grey), chipboard element (Maya Road), stamp (Rollerblading Chloe from Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps), markers (Copic), ribbon, Stickles, adhesive gems (Queen & Co.), sentiment stamp (Lawn Fawn).

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Make sure to visit the blogs of the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Design Team; they've created some amazing cards for you to see!

Alice Wertz

Kim Yu

Peggy Toole

Shaela Odd

Simonne Clay

Sparkle Smith

Stephanie Kraft

and

Suzanne Bier, April Guest Designer (you're here!)

After you've been thoroughly inspired, visit the Sparkle Creations blog for the contest details and to link your entry! Deadline for this week's challenge is Sunday, May 1st @ 9 PM PST...you could win Swimming Lucy!

Unscripted Sketches #103

Happy Saturday and welcome back for another Unscripted Sketches challenge!
Here's the sketch for this week:

and here's my card (I rotated the sketch):

Supplies: stamps (The Greeting Farm - Surfing Anya, sentiment - Stampin' Up!), paper (KaiserCraft), markers (Copic), metallic gel pens (Sakura), paper flowers, adhesive pearls, Stickles, ink (Tsukineko Brilliance)

Don't forget to visit the Unscripted Sketches Design Team's blogs! They've got some fantastic creations to show you: Arielle, Becky, CherylAnn, Debbie, Gardenia, Jenny, KathyJo, Linda, Loes, Mary, Monique, Regan, Rudlis, Sarah Kaye, Steph, Susan, and Val!

And once you're fully inspired, link up your creation at Unscripted Sketches!

We're finally having some gorgeous sunshine here in Washington state...it definitely feels like spring! Hope you all have a wonderful Easter weekend!

Sketch Saturday Sponsored by Sparkle Creations

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps is sponsoring this week's challenge at Sketch Saturday!  You can check out the challenge details here to play along and for your chance to win Cruisin' Chloe and Scooter Chloe!
Here's the sketch:

And here's my card, featuring Farming Oliver!

Supplies: paper (Basic Grey - Oliver, Max & Whiskers), markers (Copic), typed sentiment, buttons, twine, sewing machine.

Thanks for stopping by!

I'm so happy that I've been guest designing at Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps this month! The Design Team has some fun and fantastic creations to show you for this challege, too:

Alice Wertz

Kim Yu

Peggy Toole

Shaela Odd

Simonne Clay

Sparkle Smith

Stephanie Kraft

and

Suzanne Bier, April Guest Designer (you're here!)

 

Don't forget to link your entry at Sketch Saturday!

 

Also, Sparkle Creations is having a sale this weekend...all items in the store are 15% off with the code BUNNY15! The sale runs through Sunday, April 24!  

 

 

colourQ #81

Happy Tuesday and welcome back for another colourQ challenge!

Spring is slowly coming back to Washington...we had sunshine over the weekend, although it's still kind of chilly out there! I'm just happy to see some sun after all those months of rain!

Since Easter is a week away, and I'm sure you have some of your own Spring Fever, these colors will no doubt inspire you (not to mention those cute little bunnies in the photo):

Here's my card:

Supplies: onesie stamp (Studio G), snail stamp (Lawn Fawn, Critters in the 'Burbs), cardstock, typed sentiment, Copic markers, twine.

To make the clothespins, I drew a line on a scrap of kraft cardstock with a black pen, ran the scrap through my Xyron sticker maker, then cut fringe pieces into the cardstock to make the clothespins!

 I also have the wooden mini ones, but I like to make these for cards where I'm using a bunch of clothespins in the design.

The grass was cut freehand on a strip of Old Olive cardstock.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I can't wait to see what you'll create with this week's set of challenge colors!

For more colour-ful inspiration, visit the rest of the colourQ Royal Court Design Team! Their blog links can be found to the left under the thumbnail photo of this week's colors!

Don't forget to link your creation on the colourQ blog! See you there!

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps challenge #39

Hi and welcome back for another Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge (#39)!

 This week's challenge is to include a handmade embellishment on your entry!

This week's winner will receive the adorable Traveling Josh stamp!

For my card, I used Turntable Josh:

Supplies: ink (Tsukineko Brilliance - Graphite Black), paper (Basic Grey Oliver and scraps from Fancy Pants and My Mind's Eye), markers (Copic), metallic glitter brads, typed sentiment.

My handmade embellishment is the LP record. I made it by layering a green circle on top of a black circle and adding the detail with a white gel pen. To complete the record, I added a silver brad in the center to keep the circles together.

Thanks for stopping by!

To play along with this challenge, upload a photo of your project and provide a direct link in the linky widget at the bottom of the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps challenge post.

If you use an online gallery like Splitcoast, please also use the keywords SCRSC39 and SparkleCreations (no spaces). If you have a Facebook account and are a fan of Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps, you can also upload there.

Deadline for this week's challenge is Sunday, April 24th @ 9 PM PST.

For more inspiration, be sure to visit the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Design Team's blogs:

Alice Wertz

Kim Yu

Peggy Toole

Shaela Odd

Simonne Clay

Sparkle Smith

Stephanie Kraft

and

Suzanne Bier, April Guest Designer (you're here!)

Unscripted Sketches #102

Happy Saturday and welcome back for another Unscripted Sketches Challenge (#102)!

First, I'd like to thank everybody who stopped by to leave comments during our 100th sketch blogiversary celebration! Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and leave some love! Hope you all had fun!

If you’re just finding Unscripted Sketches, every Saturday morning we post a sketch for the week. Flip the sketch, rotate it…create a card, a scrapbook page, or anything your imagination comes up with! There’s no right or wrong way, as long as you’re using the Unscripted Sketch as the inspiration and basis of your creation!

This week's challenge also features an optional piggyback challenge, which is to recycle or reuse something on your card or project! Here's our sketch for this week:

My card unfortunately doesn't feature anything recycled on it because I made it before the piggyback challenge was announced. I could make up a story about re-using cotton balls for the bunny tails, but that wouldn't be true...they're little pom poms from the kids' craft section!

Other supplies: paper (We R Memory Keepers), ink (Tsukineko Brilliance), stamp (Four Bunnies by Rubbermoon), markers (Copic), rhinestones, typed sentiment, cardstock.

Thanks for hopping by to look at my card!

The rest of the design team have some innovative ways of re-using items on their projects...don't forget to check them out: Arielle, Becky, CherylAnn, Debbie, Gardenia, Jenny, KathyJo, Linda, Loes, Mary, Monique, Regan, Rudlis, Sarah Kaye, Steph, Susan, and Val!

And after you've been inspired, link your creation on the Unscripted Sketches blog!

CPS 213

Just a quick post to show you my entry for Card Positioning Systems (CPS) Sketch 213. Here's the sketch:

And here's my card!

Supplies: image stamp (Astronaut Ian, The Greeting Farm - retired), paper (Bo Bunny Blast Off), markers (Copic), embossing folders (Sizzix & QuickKutz), glitter (Stickles in Star Dust), cardstock (Stampin' Up!), typed sentiment, glitter pen (Sakura Stardust Clear), ink (Tsukineko Brilliance)

Thanks for stopping by! I'll have more posts & cards for you this weekend!

Cardabilities challenge -- sponsored by Sparkle Creations!

Since I'm the guest designer this month over at Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps, I had the pleasure of also being able to play along with the challenges they're sponsoring in April!
This week, Sparkle Creations is sponsoring the latest Cardabilities challenge, which is based on this sketch:

Here's my card, featuring the ever-popular and darling Cupcake Ruby:

Supplies: Paper (My Mind's Eye, Stella and Rose Collection), Stamp (Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps), markers (Copic), paper flowers, brads, typed sentiment, border punch (Martha Stewart Crafts), cardstock.

Cupcake Ruby is one of two stamps being awarded to one lucky challenge participant, along with the goodies in the picture below!

Link up your entry in this week's Cardabilities challenge at the Cardabilities blog!

Don't forget to visit the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps design team for more inspiration:

Alice Wertz

Kim Yu

Peggy Toole

Shaela Odd

Simonne Clay

Sparkle Smith

Stephanie Kraft

and

Suzanne Bier, April Guest Designer (you're here!)

One more thing...the SCRS BIRTHDAY SALE!
In honor of Sparkle's 29th birthday, all orders over $29 (before shipping) will receive FREE SHIPPING! As a bonus, everyone who qualified for free shipping will be entered to win a $29 store credit! The sale is on now through the end of Sunday, April 17, 2011. The winner of the store credit will be announced on the SCRS blog on April 18. There is no coupon code, but please note that shipping will still appear on your invoice. If your order is over $29, Sparkle will manually refund your cost for shipping.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge #38

Hi and welcome back for another Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge (#38)! This week's challenge is inspired by this fun sketch from Design Team Member Kim Yu!

For my card, I used darling "Suitcase Ruby"!

Don't forget to visit the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Design Team blogs to see what fantastic projects they've made to inspire you! I'm honored to be posting with them this month as the SCRS April Guest Designer!

Alice Wertz

Kim Yu

Peggy Toole

Shaela Odd

Simonne Clay

Sparkle Smith

Stephanie Kraft

and

Suzanne Bier, April Guest Designer (you're here!)

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to link your creation for this week's challenge on the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps blog! The deadline for this week's challenge is Sunday, April 17th @ 9 PM PST.

Also, Sparkle's birthday sale is still going on! One lucky qualifying customer will win a $29 store credit!

colourQ challenge #80

Happy Tuesday and welcome back for another colourQ challenge (#80)! Today's challenge colors were inspired by these cute reusable lunch bags:

Although I don't have kids yet, I thought these colors would work well for an end of the year teacher thank you card and bookmark:

Supplies: Cardstock (Stampin' Up!), image stamp (Lawn Fawn), ruler paper (Basic Grey Life of the Party mini pad), letter stickers (Cosmo Cricket), border punch (Fiskars), embossing folder (Sizzix), twine, Copic markers, sentiment (self-typed).

I have a hard time matching Copic colors to the Kiwi Kiss color. For some reason, what I think is Kiwi Kiss comes out more lime green. Anybody have a marker/color combo suggestion?

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 For more delicious inspiration, visit the colourQ Royal Court Design Team's blogs (links to each designer's blog can be found under the thumbnail of this week's challenge colors) and the colourQ blog!

This week's challenge runs until Sunday, April 17 at noon Central Time to be considered for colourQueen! All the details and the link widget can be found at the colourQ! I can't wait to see what you'll create with this week's challenge colors!

Some Odd Girl Digital Stamps: Clean & Simple Challenge!

I'm very excited about the latest challenge over at Some Odd Girl Digital Stamps! It's a "Clean & Simple" challenge, and that's definitely my style!

The first card was made with SOG's "Kody Rocks" digi:

Other supplies: Paper (Fancy Pants), Copic markers, deckle edge scissors, metal brads.

My second card was made with SOG's "Roller Mae":

Other supplies: Paper (My Mind's Eye), border punch (American Girl Crafts), Copic markers, Stickles.

The third card, made with "Garden Mae" is kind of a bonus card, because I made it for a different challenge, but I'm happy with how it came out...so I wanted to share it with you! I typed the sentiments for all three cards, which is something I've done a lot of lately!

Both Roller Mae and Garden Mae were flipped before they were printed so I could get them facing in the other direction.

Other supplies: Paper (SEI), buttons, twine, paper flower, adhesive pearl, Copic markers.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

If you'd like to play along with the Some Odd Girl "Clean and Simple" challenge, there's still time to get linked up! The contest runs until April 19 at midnight Eastern time. One lucky winner will receive 2 digis from the SOG shop!

Unscripted Sketches #101

Happy Saturday and welcome back for another Unscripted Sketch! Hope you had lots of fun with the blog hop and the games and the sketch for our blogiversary celebration!

Here's this week's sketch...I had fun with it!

For my card, I used some paper from SEI's Sunny Day collection with a digital stamp from Some Odd Girl Digital Stamps. The sentiment is one that I typed and printed, then die-cut with Spellbinders.

I colored the image with Copics and also colored the pearl in the center of the flower to match the background paper.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend! Today is my monthly stamping group meetup, and then a celebration for my friend Sparkle's birthday!

For more Unscripted inspiration, don't forget to visit the Design Team's blogs: Arielle, Becky, CherylAnn, Debbie, Gardenia, Jenny, KathyJo, Linda, Loes, Mary, Monique, Regan, Rudlis, Sarah Kaye, Steph, Susan, and Val!

Get your creation linked up at the Unscripted Sketches blog! I can't wait to see what you'll create with this week's sketch!

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps: Sneak Peek of Daffodil Charlotte!

Hi and welcome back for the second of two sneak peeks of this month's releases at Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps! Today's featured peek is Daffodil Charlotte...isn't she beautiful? She's available for sale today in the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps store!

Here's my card featuring Charlotte. I made the daffodils by reshaping some paper flowers that I had.

Be sure to visit all rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of Daffodil Charlotte. Sparkle will be giving away a Daffodil Charlotte to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer's blogs (list below). Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Charlotte post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced the following day!

Also, to celebrate her birthday, Sparkle is having a sale in her shop! All orders totalling more than $29 (before shipping costs) will receive FREE shipping! One lucky customer who qualifies for the free shipping offer will win a $29 store credit! (More info can be found below.)

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to visit the SCRS Design Team's blogs and comment for your chance to win Daffodil Charlotte!

Alice Wertz

Kim Yu

Peggy Toole

Shaela Odd

Simonne Clay

Sparkle Smith

Stephanie Kraft

and

Suzanne Bier, April Guest Designer (you're here!)

Sparkle Creations Sneak Peek: Rainy Day Ruby

As the Guest Designer this month for Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps, I was able to play with the two new releases for this month a little early! HOORAY!

The first sneak peek for this month's release is Rainy Day Ruby...here's the card I made with her!

I colored Ruby with Copics and added some Stickles to the raindrops to make them sparkle! The "wishing you sunshine" sentiment is also included when you buy the stamp!

Don't forget to stop by the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps design team's blogs for for more peeks of Rainy Day Ruby. One lucky person will win a Rainy Day Ruby!

For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer's blogs (list below). Then head back to the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps blog to comment on the Ruby post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced the following day!

Alice Wertz

Kim Yu

Peggy Toole

Shaela Odd

Simonne Clay

Sparkle Smith

Stephanie Kraft

and

Suzanne Bier, April Guest Designer (you're here!)

 Rainy Day Ruby will be making a splash in the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps store this Saturday, April 9!

I'll be back tomorrow with a sneak peek of the other stamp to be released this month! Thanks for stopping by!

colourQ #79

Happy Tuesday and welcome back for another colourQ challenge! We've got another stunning set of colors for you to play with this week!

Here's my card! The main image is from the "So Sweet" stamps from My Mind's Eye (Stella and Rose, Mabel collection).

I colored the lampshade with three of the challenge colors after stamping the image in black. I think the papers I used were from the various mini pads of the Stella and Rose collection.

Thanks for stopping by!

Don't forget to visit the rest of the colourQ Royal Court! You can find the links to their blogs on the left under the thumbnail of this week's colors or by visiting the colourQ blog! I can't wait to see what you'll create with this week's set of challenge colors!

SCRSC - Neutrals with a splash of color

Hi there! In case you're visiting from the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps blog, I'm Suzanne Bier and I'm excited to be Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps' guest designer for April!

I've been paper crafting for as long as I can remember, and I discovered Sparkle Creations stamps last year when I met Sparkle at my monthly stamping group!

I love her stamps, and she is someone I'm definitely glad to call my friend! I'll get to see her this weekend at our monthly meetup, and I think there's some fun planned for this weekend to celebrate her birthday!

This week's Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge is to use neutrals with a splash of color on your creation!

For my card, I used one of my favorite SCRS stamps, "Street Corner Josh." I think I've used him and Cafe' Lucy on more of my cards than any other! Maybe it's because I love coffee so much?

I decided to use kraft shades for the neutral and green as my splash of color:

Other supplies: Copic markers, Making Memories letter stickers, buttons, twine, paper from Bo Bunny's Vickie B and Basic Grey's Kraft Basics collection, cardstock.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I'm excited to watch Castle tonight on ABC with my husband! It's one of the shows I've gotten him hooked on, and it's another way for us to spend time together!

Oh, don't forget to get your entry linked up at the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps blog! The deadline for this week's challenge is Sunday, April 10th @ 9 PM PST!

To see the SCRS Design Team's spectacular creations for this challenge, visit their blogs!

 Alice Wertz

Kim Yu

Peggy Toole

Shaela Odd

Simonne Clay

Sparkle Smith

Stephanie Kraft

Suzanne Bier, April Guest Designer (you're here!)

Unscripted Sketches #100!!!!!!!!!

Happy Saturday and welcome back for another Unscripted Sketch! This week, we're celebrating our 100th sketch and 2-year blogiversary, complete with blog hop, RAKs (random acts of kindness) and stamp prizes from Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps!

You can qualify several different ways for several great prizes! If you've been following US, but haven't joined in the fun, this is the perfect time to come out of hiding and play along with us!

If you're just finding Unscripted Sketches, every Saturday morning we post a sketch for the week. Flip the sketch, rotate it… create a card, a scrapbook layout, a wall hanging, digital, paper, fabric, paint, anything your imagination comes up with! There's no right or wrong way as long as you're using the Unscripted Sketch as the inspiration for your creation!

Not only will there be several random drawings from everyone who posts a comment or a project, you can win one of two great rubber stamp prizes from our sponsor, Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps! If you're a winner, one of these stamps will be mailed to you! Check out their Web site to see all the adorable stamps they have for sale!

 

You can win one of these adorable rubber stamps from our sponsor by submitting a project based on Sketch #100 via Inlinkz on the Unscripted Sketches blog AND/OR e-mail the correct phrase for the word scramble game (details and e-mail address can be found on the Unscripted blog).

You can also win a RAK by posting a comment or project. If you post TWO projects, you could win another goodie!

*The deadline for all game entries, comments and links is midnight EST, Friday, April 8th.*

Ready to Play? Using this week’s sketch, upload your creation to your blog or gallery. When you add your link below, please be sure it is a direct link to your Unscripted Sketches project. Please give credit to Unscripted Sketches #100.

Here's the sketch for this week:

and here's my card (I rotated the sketch), featuring Sparkle Creations' "Celebrating Chloe"!

Since this is your first stop on the Unscripted Blog Hop, here's your first clue to unscramble the mystery phrase:

Thanks for stopping by! Your next stop on the blog hop is Stephanie!

If you get lost, here's the order of the hop, or you can go back to the Unscripted Sketches blog!

Suzanne (you're here!)

Stephanie

Sarah Kaye

Linda
Jenny

Gardenia

Debbie

CherylAnn

Becky
Arielle
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps

I can't wait to see what you'll create with this week's sketch! Thanks for celebrating with US!

Moxie Fab World's "In My Beautiful Balloon" Challenge!

Hot air balloons seem to be a popular trend...they've been appearing on jewelry, patterned paper, wall art, and, of course cards and craft projects!

About a month ago, I began experimenting with drawing my own digital stamps, and one of the first that I drew was a hot air balloon because I had noticed them in more and more papercrafting articles and other craft web sites.

The latest challenge over at the Moxie Fab World blog features these stylish soarers -- the "In My Beautiful Balloon" Challenge!

Cath, owner and author of Moxie Fab World and trends editor for Paper Crafts magazine, assembled some lofty examples of moxie fab balloon sightings as inspiration for the challenge! This one is my favorite...I love the simple, bright graphics on this card by Julie Campbell, which appears in the March/April issue of Paper Crafts magazine!

To see all of the inspiring photos that Cath chose for this challenge, visit the Moxie Fab World blog!

So, for my card, I drew the clouds and balloon seperately in a graphic design program. Then, I printed a bunch of the clouds, cut them out and arranged them on the background, which uses paper from My Mind's Eye.

Next, I printed and paper pieced the balloon and its basket with papers from We R Memory Keepers and Basic Grey. Then, I typed the sentiment, printed it, and completed the card by accenting the heart on the balloon with Stickles.

I'm hoping to draw more digis and eventually open my own web or Etsy store...hopefully by the end of the year! I still need to come up with a company name and figure out a few other things, but it's definitely in the works!

Thanks so much for stopping by to look at my card!

There's still time to play along with the "In My Beautiful Balloon" challenge, so visit the Moxie Fab World blog, get all the details, and get linked up with your entry before midnight on April 18!