Winter Wonderland

Yay! I finally got a chance to play along with a Lawnscaping challenge! I have been in love with Lawn Fawn stamps ever since I discovered them while bloghopping. (Bloghopping it so dangerous to my finances, lol!) This week's challenge was "Winter Wonderland", which is a pretty fitting challenge right now. After an usually warm winter, we are finally getting a real taste of winter. (I will gladly take those 50 and 60 degree days back in exchange for the freezing temps we're getting now, thank you very much!)

Isn't this Winter Fox stamp just too cute? This was my first time inking her up. It's also the first time I used this cool swirly Sizzix Sizzlet die. I am loving my clean craft room. I have rediscovered so many goodies! :)

I'm also entering my card into the following challenges:
The Sweetest Thing- sketch (I love this sketch!!)
Paper Sundaes - choose your favorite challenge*
*I chose the "Out with the Old, In with the New" challenge. My papers are old leftovers from my time on the PaperWorks design team. The sweet Winter Fox stamp is new.

See you later this weekend. I am on a cardmaking streak and loving every minute of it! :)
Lisa

A Sketch For You To Try

Not only is Jen del Muro a very talented stamper, she also has great sketch challenges on her blog! I used the February sketch to create this week's DigiStamp Boutique card.

 Today's card features Barney and present from the February release. I just *love* him! The papers I used are from long ago discontinued "stack" that I bought at Hobby Lobby. I love using stacks because they make matching so-o-o-o much easier! And see the fun little ribbon and button embellishment? I made that for the "Fun with Buttons" challenge over on the 365cards blog. Those ladies have such great challenges! I always find at least one challenge I want to participate in.

And be sure to come back and visit me on Tuesday to see the new March release from DSB. There are some new images that are so adorable I may just have a card or two ready to show them off! See you then. :)

Lisa

A Passion for Pink

I have made a few uncharacteristically bright cards lately, and I was just dying to get back to my favorite color - calm, cuddly, soft pink. I chose these papers from my scrap pile for this first card because they seemed to go well with the image. This card is for the sketch challenge over on the Penny Black blog. It uses the adorable kitty image from the Party Critters set. The two butterflies on the top of the image are actually separate stamps (separate from the main image). I really like that the set includes butterflies that face in opposite directions. Sometimes I want an image that faces one direction but the stamp faces another. This way, you've got the "right" butterfly either way.

I didn't have a set color scheme in mind when I started on this card, which I made for this week's Sketch Saturday challenge. I decided to use the same papers because I liked them and it made it easier to whittle down my scrap pile by using more of my existing scraps. This card uses one of the adorable Kettos from Stamping Bella. (I received her in an image swap, so I'm not sure which Ketto she is.) It doesn't show up well in the photo, but I used some pink ultrafine glitter on her wings to make them extra sparkly.