Enjoy!

I haven't been a very regular blogger of late... I'm working on some swap items, and prepping for a class... and Home Staging has kicked into high gear this month, so I'm working a little more than usual (not a bad thing!).  But I'm also suffering withdrawal from not participating in very many challenges... and I hate it when a good sketch passes me by!  Here is another card for my April class... I love doing rock & roll stamping with blues & greens:

Patterned papers are Veranda & Wings; Cardstock is Kraft, Sweet Leaf & Colonial White; Stamp set is Bohemian Alphabet; Inks are Sweet Leaf & Juniper, Bamboo button - all CTMH; Cuttlebug flower dies; Mini Monarch Border die, My Favorite Things.

Color Throwdown Challenge #126 & Waltzingmouse Sketch #32

For this week's Color Throwdown Challenge, I tried something similar to my "bloom" card from a few weeks ago, using the new Bohemian Alphabet and some hand stitching.  I used this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch.  Here is the sketch and our colours for the challenge:

Cardstock is Garden Green, Crystal Blue, Cocoa & Colonial White; Stamp sets are Bohemian Alphabet & Thoughts of You; Inks are Garden Green, Crystal Blue & Chocolate - all CTMH. Spellbinders Nestabilities die.

Another H2H card

Okay, okay... I'm on the design team so I can't officially enter the challenge!  This is the card that was floating around in my head all of last week - but my Bohemian Alphabet stamp set hadn't arrived yet!  I struggled for a few days to get past it, and finally worked out my other paper pieced card.  Sigh.  The original was probably going to have a row of pleated paper instead of the scallop, but I'm very happy with how this turned out.  So here goes:

and here's a close up of the stem - I free handed the design, poked holes and then stitched it with our embroidery floss:

All supplies are CTMH: Stamp sets are Bohemian Alphabet & Thoughts of You; Cardstock is Chocolate, Pear, Sky Blue & Colonial White; Inks are Pear, Sky Blue & Chocolate; Chocolate Ribbon Rounds; Green Embroidery Floss; Corner Rounder.