Enjoy The Journey

Good Morning. Today is the start of another challenge at Charisma Cardz and this week our theme is

Travel

Our two fab sponsors this week are.... Simon Says Stamp
Who are offering one lucky winner a $20 voucher to their online shop!! Wow!
and Pink Cat Studio
Who are offering one lucky winner 5 digi's of their choice!

I have a colleague who is retiring soon and I thought that I could use this theme to make a card for her as that is what she is hoping to do. I have chosen to use this great Suitcase Ruby image from Sparkle Creations that had not yet been inked up. I have coloured her to match some papers from MME and used this great sketch as a plan for my layout keeping the card rather simple so as to allow the image to be the main focus.

I hope that you will join us this week. I look forward to seeing your lovely creations.

Stamp Something to Say Goodbye

The time has come to say goodbye. I have had a great time being part of the Stamp Something team and will miss these weekly challenges. I want to thank Erin and Denise for having me as part of the team and wish both of them all the best.

In keeping with our challenge name, our theme this week is

Stamp Something

That's right, pull out the rubber and ink it up.

We have several great sponsors this week and that means multiple prizes to be won.

For my card this week I have used this gorgeous Rin stamp from Sparkle Creations. I have coloured here with copics and then paper pieced her robe with origami paper (a task that was a challenge in itself as it was not easy to see where I stamped on that bold print).

The background of the card is also origami paper I have paired it with both red and black cardstock and then added a gold ribbon band to pick up on the paper. I added flowers from Wild Orchid and a sparkly butterfly to finish it all off.

I hope that you will join us for our last challenge. I look forward to seeing all of your stamped creations.

I will return later to link with the challenges that I plan to enter. Have a great day.

Sun Bathing Beauty

Just before I left for vacation, my new stamps arrived from Sparkle Creations. Of course that means that now that I am back home, I needed to have a play with them this weekend. Over on the Sparkle Creations blog there is a challenge running that uses the following inspiration photo.

I was inspired by all the pinks and purples to create the following card.

All of the papers are from a K and Company pad that I picked up at Michael's the other day. I love the bright colours in these papers, perfect for summery cards. The flowers are Prima Hydrangeas and the sentiments are from Hero Arts.

Below is a picture of the inside of the card. I used scraps left over from the front of the card to trim it up.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges;

Sparkle Creations - Inspiration Photo

Hanna and Friends - Sketch

Cute Card Thursday - Use any Current Sketch

Scrap Creations - Flowers

Crafter's Companion - Girl's Birthday