Friend and Awesome

I am popping in quickly to post a couple of cards that have been sitting on my desk, patiently awaiting their turn to post--the challenge is ending for one of the cards, so I am posting tonight.

My first card is inspired by the lovely Muse card made by my friend Tracey for Muse Challenge #158.

I was inspired by Tracey's white embossing, water coloring, the shape of the petals/leaves of her stamp, and her CAS design.

I decided to use Mama Elephant Tree Friends because the tree top kind of reminded me of the flower cluster on Tracey's card.  I love how delicate this tree top is, and water colored it with a variety of pink Distress Inks.

 I am also entering this card at Addicted to CAS #84: Delicate.

This is the first time I am playing along with a yummy challenge...Cupcake Inspirations #352.   They are sponsored by Verve, so I decided to pull out some Verve stamps to play along.

The inspiration is a color challenge, and I have used Ripe Avocado paper for the 'awesome' die cut, which I stacked 4 high, and WPlus9 Mojito and Wild Mango inks.

I am also entering this card at Addicted to Stamps and More #186: Anything Goes.

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Happy Little Stampers July 2015 Sketch Challenge

Today is a very exciting day because it is my first month as a Designer on the Happy Little Stampers Sketch Team.  Take a look at our sketch for this month--so very simple and there are so many things you can do with this sketch.  

I am sure that I will be posting a few more inspirational projects using this sketch, as the challenge runs for the month of July.  For my first card, I went with a very straight forward take on the sketch. I used a stamp from Mama Elephant Tree Friends and water colored it using Distress Inks.  

That's it.  A very simple one layer card, but I think that the detail in the tree image keeps the card interesting.

I hope that you will join us and play along with our sketch this month.

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