Perfect Princess and Birthday Shout-Out

While yesterday was a long and somewhat frustrating day at work, on the up side I found out I was one of the chosen winners at Freshly Made Sketches!! This made my day :D

Click here to see my original post and interpretation of this great sketch! Also check out the other top winners at Freshly Made Sketches. There are some beautiful entries!

Now for a birthday shout-out to my nephew, Ryan! He is turning 8 years old today!

I can't believe how grown-up he is! Unfortunately, we don't get to see him often since we live in BC and him and his family are in Ontario. We are sad to miss out on his special day, but we are sending our love!

He is a big Star Wars fan and I wanted to create a card with that theme in mind. I found the perfect card idea on Pinterest and decided to CASE it. Here is my version:

Isn't it great? I'm thinking he's going to love it! To see the original card idea visit Stamped Treasures. I changed mine a bit, but kept the same idea for the Yoda character. I wanted to make the character stand out against the Crumb Cake card base, so I added a Very Vanilla circle behind it. And I love the sentiment stamp from "You're Amazing" stamp set! I thought it fit perfectly with this card.

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: You're Amazing
Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Basic Gray, Early Espresso, Whisper White
Ink: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake
Tools: Extra-Large Oval punch, Large Oval punch, Word Window punch, Bird Builder punch, Boho Blossom punch, 1/2" circle punch, Crop-a-dile, Circles Nestabilities

Thanks for stopping by!

FM92 Colours & Patterns

It's the weekend! This week felt like it would never come to an end. I always find it a challenge to come back to work after the holidays. This year we were in Alberta for Christmas holidays visiting family. It was a great time! So nice to have some time off! But so hard to return to work the following day... By Friday, I finally felt like I was getting back into the routine of things again. However, my Christmas decorations are still up... On my to-do list for this weekend :)

Last night I tried my take at the Friday Mashup Challenge. I just love this blog. Each week they present not just one challenge, but two, giving the choice of either picking one challenge or mashing them up and doing both!

This week it's a colour challenge with the extra challenge of using a combination of different patterns.

 

I love this challenge! I found an older sketch from Deconstructed Sketch and decided to make a Birthday card using a combination of colours and patterns. Here's my card:



The new Sycamore Street DSP from Stampin Up's Sale-a-Bration collection has already become one of my favourites. The colours coordinate so well together and they are just so vibrant! (Sale-a-bration is coming soon, starting on January 22nd! A great opportunity to get free stamps, paper, buttons, ribbon, and more!)



  

I used a combination of patterns on this card, as well as 3 of the colours listed in the challenge (Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango, and Sahara Sand). Sahara Sand is not a colour I normally turn to, but it coordinates so well with this designer paper and I'm quite happy with the results!

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: You're Amazing

Paper: Island Indigo, Pool Party, Sahara Sand, Sycamore Street DSP

Embellishments: Buttons (Sale-a-Bration), Pool Party Bakers Twine

Thanks for looking!