Roses and Artichokes

Since the dogs decided to get me up at 3AM this morning, I needed a little project. This card was made by the time my husband got up for work.

I broke out one of the gorgeous Valentine's digis from PaperFacesDesigns and used a piece of embroidery for the color inspiration. Can you tell I got Copic markers for Christmas?! I'm in love.

I made the shapes and frames in SCAL, including the love border. Although I deviated in the shades, I was working with this week's SPCC's combo of artichoke, soft suede & river rock. The red elements arose from how I colored the roses. The card is 4.5x4.5, and has lots of shimmer!


Digi stamp: Roses Valentine by PaperFacesDesigns

Inspiration:
Color: SPCC #80: always artichoke, soft suede, river rock
Theme: The Character Cafe Feature Friday Challenge: Sparkle/Sparkle/Sparkle
Sketch: Cute Card Thursdays Challenge #144 (oops, missed the deadline!)

Supplies:
Best Creations Glitter Paper, Recollections & Staples cardstocks, Cricut personal cutter, SCAL2 software, Hoefler Text Black Italic, 09 KutUps dingbat font by Clever Someday, ZipDry glue, HP printer & ink, Copic Ciao B markers, Recollections gem brads, Fiskars papercutter & corner rounder

2 Challenges, 2 Birthday Cards

I recently joined Paper Craft Planet and couldn't wait to try their October sketch challenge. For a theme, I decided to make a birthday card for our niece who's birthday is during the Thanksgiving holiday. Since I was at it, I decided to try this week's Character Cafe challenge and make a "Happy Belated Birthday" card for her sister, whose birthday I can't remember. I put a lot of love and thought into these, and hope I don't chicken out and not bring them for our Thanksgiving visit! We'll put some cash in there; that always impresses a teenager.
Paper Craft Planet Sketch Challenge SK102310
Digi stamps: Pumpkin Blessings and Angel Stacie by Therese Travis / paperfacesdesign
Supplies: HP white cardstock, DCWV cardstock, ZipDry glue, Tim Holtz scissors, Fiskars Deckle scissors, HP printer & ink, Adobe InDesign, WalMart braiding thread & needle, silicon stamps from Target and Quick Cards Made Easy, StazOn ink, Sakura Gelly Roll pens, Elmer's CraftBond gel pens, Sharpies, Marvy LePlumeII pens, Copic E33, E35 & 0 (blender)

Character Cafe Feature Friday 1, 2, 3 Challenge: Orange, 1 Flower, 2 brads, 3 gems
Digi stamp: Angel Candace by Therese Travis / paperfacesdesign
Supplies: HP white cardstock, DCWV cardstock, ZipDry glue, Tim Holtz scissors, Fiskars Deckle scissors, HP printer & ink, Adobe InDesign and Photoshop, silicon stamps from Target and Quick Cards Made Easy, StazOn ink, Sakura Gelly Roll pens, Elmer's CraftBond gel pens, Sharpies, Copic E33, E35 & 0 (blender), stash brads, SHCP Crystal stickers