Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #56

Just sneaking in a card at the last minute for the April 22nd Sketchbook Saturday sketch challenge.  I was inspired to use my new Baby Jane papers by Cosmo Cricket, here's what I made this evening:

Patterned papers are Baby Jane Mini Deck by Cosmo Cricket; Cardstock is Tulip & Kraft, CTMH; Stamp set is State of Mind, CTMH; Inks are Crystal Blue & Desert Sand, CTMH; Tag is Key Ingredients April Kit; Paper Flower is Sassafrass.

Play Date Cafe Challenge #81

This week's Play Date Cafe colour combo was a bit off-beat for me!  But it's a gloomy, rainy day here, so it fit my off-beat mood perfectly :o)  I didn't have the perfect patterned paper for this one... so I made my own with the Wings Workshop on the Go stamp set as my background.  Making this card has cheered me up considerably (or maybe it's the fruity rum drink that my husband brought me while I was working!)  either way, I love the outcome:

Stamp sets are Wings, WOTG & State of Mind; Cardstock is Grey Wool, Pansy Purple & White Daisy; Inks are Grey Wool & Kiwi; Pansy Purple Just Blooms paper flowers; Key Lim Bigger brads; Rhinestones, Michaels. 

Mojo Monday!

The idea for this week's Mojo Monday sketch was to use up scraps... so I dug out some bits and pieces and came up with:

(I photographed it in the sunlight so that the glimmer mist would show up on the wings!)

Patterned papers are Cosmo Cricket, Everafter; Cardstock is Cocoa & Colonial White; Stamp Sets are State of Mind & Butterfly Kiss; Inks are Cocoa & Sorbet; Opaque Pearl (all CTMH).  Here is the sketch:

Play Date Cafe Challenge #46

Whoa!  This week's Play Date Cafe Challenge started out as a simple card idea and morphed into something completely different!  Our inspiration was black, white & a pop of colour - so I chose pink.  I definitely wanted to do a wallpaper background, and after changing my sentiment a couple of times, out came the flowers and it turned out much more 'bridal' looking than I intended (I blame all the PDCC designers who had a bit of a bridal thing going on this week...)  As always, I'm very happy to have come up with something that is outside of the box for me.  So here is our jumpstart photo, and what I created:

Pink flowers are Prima, ribbon Michaels, everything else is CTMH: Stamp sets are State of Mind & Damask Tiles; Cardstock is White Daisy & Black; Ink is Black; Opaque Pearls; Just Blooms Paper Flowers.

Color Throwdown Challenge #103

This week's Color Throwdown challenge incorporated these colours:

I loved what Tracey Mason did with the Damask Tiles stamp set (here), so she was my inspiration this week.  This is my first attempt at ribbon pleating!  The ribbon is cream organdy, and shows up better in real life:

All supplies are CTMH: Stamp sets are Damask Tiles, State of Mind; Cardstock is Tulip, Sweet Leaf, Colonial White; Inks are Sweet Leaf & Bamboo - edge distressed in Desert Sand; Flower is Just Blooms; Bamboo button; Garden Green Waxy Flax; Colonial White Organdy