Happiness

This week 2 different sites have challenged us to use a sentiment as the focal point of a card: Sentimental Sunday Challenge #47 - Let's Get Sentimental! and Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #103 - Are You Talking To Me?  I found a bright and happy colour combo at The Colour Throwdown to work with and then went looking for the perfect sentiment.

Supplies: CS: SU Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Marina Mist; Stamp: JRL Designs; Ink: Memento Tuxedo black; Other: Woodware Punches,  Circle & Lacey Circle Nesties, Copics, Cuttlebug EF & Diamond Glaze

I thought this quote about happiness would pair well with the bright colours and was also strong enough to stand on it's own.

Must dash as Jem has just trotted by with my pajama bottoms in his mouth!!  Hope your day is happy!

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge 96 - Whateva!

A few of the girls at work have requested Valentine's Day cards for their guys.  One of them wanted "something cute and a bit silly" so I broke out my brand new Lawn Fawn stamps.  Their stamps definitely fit the cute part of the request and I figured I could provide the silly.  I really like their alphabet sets as I feel like they give me more freedom with my sentiments.  (I know I could create sentiments on the computer but the computer is in my apartment and the Craft Cave is upstairs in Mom's apartment - I'm too lazy to run up and down creating computer sentiments!)  So here's  my interpretation of a cute and silly Valentine:

Supplies:  Card Blank: Handy Hippo; Stamps: Rubber Stampede heart, Lawn Fawn crown & sentiment; Ink: SU Real Red, Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaFine Onyx Black; Other: Sakura Gelly Roll Metallic pens, Pop Dots

I'm going to enter this in this week's Stamptacular Sunday Challenge.  The theme is "Whateva!"  and I think this card fits nicely in the "Whateva" department!  :)  Have a great day!

Card Positioning Systems, Moxie Fab & Stamptacular Sunday

3rd Post of the Day! - Please scroll to end of this post for improved card photo!                                                                                                                              

I'm entering this card in 3 challenges: Card Positioning Systems #199, Moxie Fab's Tuesday Trigger , and Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #92.  SSC92 is a photo inspired challenge but I can't seem to get the photo to follow me home to my post!  You can check it out on the link above.  I turned the CPS sketch 90 degrees to the left.

Supplies:  Card Blank: Handy Hippo; Cardstock: Bazzill Basics, glitter vellum; Stamp: Rubber Stampede Scribble Heart; Punches: Woodware grass punch, Marianne Designs flower punch; Other: Martha Stewart glue pad & Crystal Fine glitter, Stickles Frosted Lace, Basic Grey gems, Nestabilities Lacey Circles, tulle, pearl button

I know it's stretching it a bit for the CPS sketch but that's half the fun isn't it?  ;)  I busted out all sorts of odds and ends for this one - shimmery paper, vellum, punches, a stamp, bling, glitter a button and some tulle.  I had the wreath idea when I started and was originally going to have some branches make the upper part of the shape from the CPS sketch.  Then I started playing with the tulle and thought it looked like a veil so I went with it.  I really had fun with this and am still rather glittery (as are the hounds - Jem's nose is particularly sparkly!).

P.S. Spent ages on Photoshop improving the quality of the picture.  Finally got a result I was pretty pleased with and blogger won't let me upload it!!  It keeps saying "Server Rejected".  What the heck is that all about??  Will have to use the dark and dingy pic I guess...

UPDATE!

Photoshop Success!