Do You Believe in Fairies?

I do! This is my brand new Fairy Charlotte stamp from Whiff of Joy. Isn't she the sweetest thing? I got the perfect opportunity to use her for this week's Cute Card Thursday and the current Sketch and Stash Challenge. I will say, as much as I love her, I'm not sure how often she'll get inked up. Charlotte is one heck of a hard image to stamp for some reason.

The Cute Card Thursday challenge this week is Floral Fantasy. The only requirement is to use one or more flowers on your card. In addition to the flower in the image, I also made a little flower embellishment by stacking some Primas and putting a flower gem in the center. I guess I also went with the "fantasy" part with Charlotte the Fairy, but that wasn't required - just a little bonus. :)

The Sketch and Stash challenge runs for two weeks at a time and is a two-part challenge. The first part is the sketch, which you are allowed to rotate, resize, etc. They also always allow you to put your sentiments and embellishments anywhere you like, which is something I really like about their sketches.

The second part of the Sketch and Stash challenge is to use at least one new item from your stash. You can also use something that has been neglected (i.e. you have had for awhile but never or rarely used). My card has lots of new stuff. The image stamp and the sentiment stamp, the Primas and flower gem, all the DP and the Label Nestabilities that I used to cut the image and mat are all new. The only things not new are the green cardstock, the ribbon and the Prismas I used to color.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope to see you again soon!

Supplies
Stamps: Fairy Charlotte (Whiff of Joy); Believe (Studio G)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Paper: Green cardstock (unknown); DP - Two Scoops (Basic Grey)
Embellishments: ribbon (unknown); Label Nestabilities (Spellbinders); flowers (Prima); flower gem (Making Memories)
Technique: Prismacolor pencils blended with turpenoid
Finished Card Size: 6" x 6"

Cute Card Thursday and Sketch and Stash Challenges

Here I am combining challenges again. Anytime I can find a sketch challenge to combine with a non-sketch challenge - as Martha would say - it's a good thing. Even though I'm a professional Web designer, when it comes to cards, the layout is one of my biggest challenges. Anyway - here is my card that combines these two fun challenges - Cute Card Thursday and Sketch and Stash.

The Cute Card Thursday challenge this week was a recipe challenge. When I first saw it, I thought it was going to be for a cooking recipe. Silly me. :o) The recipe was the "ingredients" that you were to use on the card. They are: 1) Something ripped; 2) two papers and 3) four embellishments. With the embellishments we could use ONLY four total. So a flower with two layers and a brad would be considered three of the four. My four are the yellow flower, the blue brad, the red button and the fabric piece tied through the button. The fabric piece is also my something ripped. The first thing I thought of was to tear some of my paper, but I have done that soooo many times. I really wanted to do something a little different, so I ripped a strip of fabric and used it like a ribbon.

My friend Susan pointed me toward the Sketch and Stash challenge. This is my first time to try that one. With this challenge you are provided a sketch and you are supposed to use something new, forgotten or neglected from your stash. There are no restrictions on what types of stamps you can use or other vendors. For this one, I used some new paper and one of my new border punches. I don't have a company for the paper. It was a giant package of double-sided cardstock I bought at Costco. I think it was "memories-something-or-other". Not a company I am familiar with at all. But it's cool paper and it was a great price for a whole bunch of double-sided cardstock. :o)

I always enjoy the Cute Card Thursday challenges and I think I will continue to check out the Sketch and Stash as well. I hope you will check them out too. There are some really great cards to look at. Thanks for stopping by and checking mine out!

Supplies
Stamps: Two Part Harmony (House Mouse - Stampabilities); Sentiment (Club Scrap)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine); Pastel Blue Chalk (ColorBox)
Paper: Blue and yellow cardstock (Archivers); DP (Costco)
Embellishments: Flower (Prima); Brad (unknown); button; fabric
Technique: Prismacolor Pencils blended with turpenoid