Birthday Peaches

I think this is the very first time I've done the Weekend Sketch Challenge. Just never has been enough time, but this sweet little sketch really got my attention and I made time to do it. This week's challenge was hosted by Laurie Schmidlin.

The focal image is a Karen Lockhart stamp called, well, Peaches, LOL. Peaches will be coming in here soon so I thought it was time to get this one out and dusted off. What a cute image this is--as are all Lockhart stamps. It was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Pure Luxury 80 lb paper by Gina K, and colored with Copic markers. Then cut/embossed with a classic oval Nestabilities die, matted, and popped up on 3M foam squares. My patterned paper is from the Nana's Kitchen mat stack by DCWV and my card stock is Wild Wasabi and Really Rust, along with a Whisper White base. The sentiment is from PTI's Mixed Messages set, stamped with Tuxedo Black on Whisper White, cut out with a Spellbinder's tag die, and tied on with Perle cotton. Some ribbon and some buttons and that's that!

I'm so glad you dropped in today! Be sure to come back tomorrow for the Color Throwdown Challenge!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Peaches (Karen Lockhart)
Paper: Whisper White, Wild Wasabi, Really Rust (SU!); Nana's Kitchen (DCWV); Pure Luxury 80lb (Gina K.)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Nestabilities/Spellbinders dies; 3M foam squares, Perle cotton (craft store); ribbon (SU!); buttons (stash); Copic markers

Buttons and Bows and WHAT???

This card is for SCS Inspiration Challenge #167. Inspiration was to come from this site: The Artful Bras Project. I chose the bra called Buttons and Bows and Boobs. All of the bras were very creative, to say the least! It's also for Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge. I think this is the first time I've done one of these. Different for me, but that's a good thing. It was fun and I really like this card.

My base card is Whisper White with layers of Old Olive and Pretty In Pink card stock. The next elements are first Old Olive, then DP from Basic Grey's Urban Prairie 6 x 6 pad, both layers of which were cut/embossed with circle Nestabilities dies. The focal image was stamped on Solar White card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic markers (see below for colors used). It was matted on Pretty In Pink then Old Olive, and is up on 3M foam squares. The sentiment was stamped on Solar White card stock with Pretty In Pink from the same set and punched out with my Word Window punch. It's matted with Old Olive that was cut/embossed with a Nestabilities label die. I sewed on a pink button and mounted it up on foam squares. Two more buttons accent the top right corner. I really am liking this card.

Thanks for dropping by!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Think Pink (MFT)
Paper: Whisper White, Old Olive, Pretty In Pink (SU!); Urban Prairie 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Pretty In Pink (SU!); Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug/circle Nestabilities; 3M foam squares, DMC emroidery floss (craft store); buttons (my stash), Copic markers