A thousand sheets of paper: magical monday challenge

Friday, March 11, 2011

One card, two challenges!

TGIF everybody!

I've got a busy one ahead of me so I'm gonna get right to the card...

I started making my card using this week's Flutter By photo inspiration challenge as my jumping off point. I pulled my colors from the blue sky, white clouds and the daisy flowers. Then when I went to search for a stamp, little Anise Ketto was a natural fit with her daisies... talk about a perfect match! :)
The blue skies, white flowers, yellow sunshine and fresh, new, green grass all say spring to me so I am also throwing this into the Magical Monday challenge as well... good thing I used a fairy on this one! Making one card work for two challenges doesn't happen all that often for me, so I'm patting myself on the back for this. LOL!

Ok, I've got to jet... have a wonderful weekend everybody!

Supply list:

cardstock- Bazzill and PTI

paper- My Mind's Eye (Stella & Rose)

stamps- Stamping Bella (Anise Ketto), Technique Tuesday (sentiment)

ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox creamy brown

Martha Stewart border punch

Prima flowers

Kaiser Craft pearls

Sakura stardust glitter pen

Copic Spica glitter pen

Copic markers:

skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20

hair- BG01, BG07

clothes- Y15, Y17, Y26, YG03, YG63, E40, E41, 0, G0000, G00

sky- B000

Friday, February 25, 2011

Magical Monday on a Friday

Hello friends!

Well, the weather outside is still frightful (ie. covered in snow... blech) but inside it has been quite delightful with all sorts of fun things rockin' my world. Yesterday the 12 BRAND NEW Copic sketch colors arrived in stock at Oozak and I jumped all over that! They weren't due to arrive until March so I was shocked when I got an email notification so early. I've been totally geeking out over some of these new additions because it looks like they will help me better color match to some of my fave papers that have been quite tricky, especially the new blue greens! I've already gotten a shipping notice (LOVE how quick they are) so hopefully I'll have them in my hot little hands by Monday at the latest! It's ok, I admit it... I'm a complete marker nerd! ;)

Then if that wasn't enough excitement, I noticed that ATS is now carrying the Ketto stamps and some of the super cute pixies by Christy Croll from Stamping Bella! I've never seen these available anywhere but at SB before and I jumped on the chance to fill out some of my collection. So if you are here in the States and have wanted some of these cute stamps but the shipping from Canada was holding you up now you've got a whole new place to get your Ketto fix!

And in honor of this news I decided to use lovely little Madeline Ketto on my card today. I also made this for the Magical Monday challenge to use lace on a card. I thought this antiqued looking crochet lace was a nice match to the ever fabulous Stella and Rose papers that I still can't get enough of. I was even inspired by my bloggin' buddy, Lisa, to take some of the crochet lace and create a little flower out of it too... what a cool look!

Alrighty, one last bit of news before I head off to work... for this weekend only, Tickled Pink Stamps is giving away FREE Christmas Frankie digis to celebrate the kicking off of their monthly Christmas challenge! So if you don't have this cutie yet, get him quick because the giveaway ends this weekend! :)

TTYL!