Today the city shut down again for snow, even though we got nowhere near the amount predicted and despite gusty winds, the roads are quite manageable. I guess people are paranoid by now about snow fall. Things were shut yesterday as well, but the snow, while falling all day, didn't start sticking until overnight! As a former Minnesotan, I must say I'm flummoxed by this city's inability to deal with snowfall. I realize that getting 80 inches of snow over the winter months in a city where the all-time record was formerly 48 inches would put a monkey wrench in anyone's plans, but still.Enough weather talk. I was so unmotivated to stamp this morning after going out to the library, but after having a bit of a lie-down around noon, I started thinking about the various sketch/color challenges floating around this week and came up with this card:
I used the Just Us Girls Challenge (a new one to me!) and combined it with the Hand Stamped Sentiments sketch challenge that used the ala-card sketch from the latest issue of Stampin' Success, the magazine that Stampin' Up! sends all of us demonstrators every month. I always mean to try the ala-card sketch in the magazine but never quite get around to it, so it was fun to have motivation to do that one. Plus it is a nice simple sketch. I also decided to incorporate the Paper Pals Arts challenge for this week, which was to use a bird. I initially wasn't going to play PPA because I couldn't think of any birds in my stamp collection, but the more I thought about it, I realized I actually have 3 sets that have birds! Then it was just a matter of picking a set to use. I love this hostess set--it has so many lovely images.Supplies:
Chocolate Chip, Ivory Naturals, Cameo Coral, Rich Razzleberry cs
Of the Earth, Razzle Dazzle stamps
Chocolate Chip, Cameo Coral, Rich Razzleberry ink
Blender pen
Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon
dimensionals
1 1/2" scallop square, 1 1/4" square, modern label punches
sponge
Love the colors that you used with this card! Very pretty! Thanks for playing @ PPA!
ReplyDeleteThis worked perfectly for the challenge - thanks for playing @PPA!
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ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous! I would have never thought to combine Rich Razzleberry and Cameo Coral. I love it. The Chocolate Chip grosgrain is one of my favorite ribbons. Great job. Glad you're nap re-motivated you:) I know how had it os especially with a little one and one on the way. Thanks for taking the time to play with us at Hand Stamped Sentiments.
I love the colors! The bird image in the scallop square is perfect. I also have this stamp set and you have inspired me to use it. Thank you for playing at Hand Stamped Sentiments.
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