Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge - Sweet Pea

New Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge is available for you to play. 

It is called Sweet Pea. Here is the inspirational picture.

photo source: hgtv.com

We have an awesome new sponsor,  Sugar Pea Designs!  Sugar Pea provided each of the Curtain Call designers with a wonderful stamp set of their choice for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Sweet Pea!  The LEAD of this challenge will receive a gift certificate to the Sugar Pea Designs Store!

The SugarPea Designs boutique is a family owned and operated stamp company specializing in the sweetest, most unique and versatile images you’ll ever see! Our high quality photopolymer clear stamps are sure to bring a smile to your face! You can find us at www.sugarpeadesigns.com

I do not have a card for you for this challenge. But check out these fabulous designer. They have some beautiful and inspirational projects for you.

Sweet Pea Designers

Sugar Pea Designs Owner, Wendy Ramlakhan

Amber Kroening

Kim Singdahlsen

Lisa Henke

Sheri Gilson

Sarah Gough

Stacey Schafer

Tenia Nelson

Stop by the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Sweet Pea and play along with us!

A quick birthday card...

Happy Sunday! 

I am enjoying the beautiful winter sunshine today. The mornings are freezing but as soon as the sun comes out, it is warm and beautiful. It is going to last for another day before rain comes back. So making the fun use of the lovely weather. So a quick post sharing one of the birthday cards I made. This one came together very quick.

I have used pattern paper from Heidi Swapp and some extra diecuts from my collection. I love my box of extra die cut collection. I made a few cards using them. The only stamping I did was the Birthday. I love the pop of yellow on a pretty much pastel/neutral background. 

Well, have a great weekend. See you tomorrow :)

You are pretty amazing!

I am in the process of making some birthday card for an order that came earlier this week. I have been doing assorted cards. I have been picking up themes, sketches and colours from various challenges to make them. This one is from Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Stencil it.  

I have used Memory Box Butterfly Flutter stencil for my background. I have sponged some distress inks adding some tone on tone shading to the butterflies and dots. I trimmed the panel down and adhered to a scrap pink cardstock such that the pink card stock peeks on the top and bottom only. I then mounted this panel to the card front using foam adhesives. For the sentiment, I have white heat embossed the sentiment from MFT on black cardstock. Then layered it on bunched up thread before adhering to the stenciled panel using foam adhesives. Simple and easy to make but the shade sponging distress inks makes an impact.

I plan to share all my birthday cards on my blog. So you will be in for some card shares everyday this weekend and next week :) Hopefully I am overwhelming you.

Thanks for stopping by!

CAS(E) this Sketch #80

Second post for today. My CASE Study challenge post is HERE!

I am always excited to bring you a new sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge. Sketches are my favourite as they save me planning time. So I love sketches. This new sketch for this week is designed by Joni Andaya!

Here is my take on this fab sketch.

I have done a lot of sponging on this card. First I used the Memory Box Texture Shine stencil and sponged some distress inks. Then die cut three balloons from Simon Says Stamp. For the middle element, I used Pretty Pink Posh's stitched curved die from the Stitched Border die set to die cut. I sponged Crushed Olive distress ink on the top and bottom of the element. I sponged some Sea Glass dye ink form Simon Says Stamp on the card front. That is a lot of sponging right? I really don't know what I will do without distress ink. Seriously! I love them so much. I am sure you will agree with me. The happy birthday die is from Simon Says Stamp. I diecut three of them and stack glued them to give some dimension. Basically assembled all the elements as per sketch. Finally some enamel dots to finish the card. I really love the rays on the balloons.

Check out CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge Blog to see how the design team and guest designer interpreted this sketch. Come and play along with me.

I am also entering my card for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Stencil It!

Thanks for stopping by!

CASE Study #195

Hiya everybody!

 I am happy to play along and CASE the talented Pamela Ho's muse. CASE Study Challenge Blog brings you another card for you today to CASE. 

This is Pamela Ho's muse card for this challenge. You can find this card on her blog HERE. Love the organic feel in this card. The kraft, brown, white and green together = Organic to me. And I love masking technique Pamela has used to make space for the focal sentiment. I am inspired by that and so CASed it. Here is my CASE.

I wanted some colour on my card. I love colours. I have white heat embossed Mums flowers and leaves stamped from PTI after masking a strip for sentiment. I then coloured the flowers and leaves using distress markers. I then removed the mask and added some natural twine to add texture and organic feel to my card. For the sentiment, I have diecut five of the birthday die by PTI which I stacked and glued together to get some dimension. I stamped the happy in black then glued the stacked birthday sentiment in place. Finally I added some glitter using glitter pen. I love the muted look colouring on kraft cardstock gives. Just beautiful.

Check out the how the designers below interpreted Wida's muse or see them all at CASE Study Challenge blog.

Wida Miller, Amy Wanford, Anika Lerche, Anja Curvers, Anna Kossakovskaya (Umichka), Gayatri Murali (That's me!), Jill Foster, Jeanne Jachna, Julia Stainton, Michelle Williams, Silke Ledlow and Tasnim Ahmed.

Come and play along with us.