Another It Zips card!

I posted a couple of cards made with Art Impression's If It Zips Set (Sku #4669) a few weeks ago, and loved her so much that I made two more cards :o)  And our current challenge on the Ai blog is "Paper Piecing Party" so I'm going to enter her over there as well (I'm on the Design Team, so I can't win!):

Patterned papers are Caprice, CTMH; Cardstock is Chocolate & White Daisy; Ink is Tuxedo Black, Memento; Flowers are Cuttlebug dies; Speech bubble is from the Cricut Artiste cartridge, CTMH: Mocha Opaque Pearls, CTMH.

Color Throwdown Challenge #127 & Waltzingmouse Sketch #33

This is a different card for me, because I used (gasp) stickers!  They were sitting in with these pretty patterned papers, and I thought, why not?  I used this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch, paired with the colours from the Color Throwdown Challenge... and here's what I put together:

Patterned papers & stickers are Caprice; Cardstock is Chocolate; Ink is Chocolate; Kraft Color-Ready Borders; Bamboo & Chocolate brads; - all CTMH; Prima flowers. 

Heart2Heart Challenge

"Fun Folds" is this week's Heart2Heart Challenge, so it was a good excuse to finally try a tri-fold card. I'd always thought that these were too 'labour-intensive' to be worth it - but that's not it at all!  Yes, it was a fair bit of cutting, and yes I used my sponge dauber to ink all the edges... but it went together really quickly.  And cards like this are where coordinating paper packs really come in handy (you barely have to think :o).  The finished/folded size is 4" x 6".  This was a tough one to photograph - so I took a bunch!

Prima flower, everything else is CTMH: Patterned Paper is Caprice; Cardstock is Chocolate, Colonial White & Honey; Chocolate ink; Basic buttons; Stamp set is Follow Your Dreams.

Heart2Heart Challenge

This week's H2H challenge was a sketch - "City Scape" from CTMH's most recent card pattern idea book, "Wishes" (which I love).  I chose both a stamp set and paper pack that I've had for a while - this is my current trend, to use up what's sittin' around!  This card is typical Karen style - clean lines, simple design, not too fussy :o)  If you haven't checked out the H2H blog yet, just click on the link above, and see what everyone's up to!

All supplies CTMH, except the ribbon (recycled!); Stamp set - Goodness of Life; Paper pack - Caprice; Cardstock - Chocolate; Ink - Chocolate;  Bigger Brads - Chocolate; Buttons - Neutral and Winter Assortments.  Card is 5"x6 1/2".