I'm Not Lion...

This card I made using Sketch Saturday's sketch challenge this week:

I hope it's okay I used an oval shape instead of a circle for the sentiment!

The second challenge I chose today is over at High Hopes Rubber Stamps blog, "Let's Go Green" where you have to use something recycled. That little charm on my card came from my 4-year-old daughter's necklace - she accidentally broke it last week. And, of course, I used Leo, a High Hopes stamp, as my main feature!

Over at Stamp Something they're having a challenge, "Brown Plus Something". I hope coloring Leo with some yellow didn't disqualify me! A lion without any shade of yellow just wouldn't seem right! I chose pink to go with my brown. I love pink and brown together! Plus, I thought it would go well with the little heart charm theme!

My Fourth challenge met today is "Buttons & Stitching" from Cupcake Craft Challenges. I love both buttons and machine stitching, so I was glad to have an excuse to do both on this card! :)

What do you think? Did it all combine well? :o)

Just a Note... For You!

Here's a cute little card I made for my mom today. I used the pink and green colors to qualify for the Strawberry Mint Julep challenge over at Cute Card Thursday! :o)

Back to School

To make this card I followed the Lili of the Valley challenge #35; this sketch:

I really enjoyed this sketch! I definitely wouldn't have come up with this exact layout without the sketch.

I also participated in the recipe challenge they have at Cupcake Craft Challenge this week. They wanted everyone to use 3 buttons, 2 papers (I used two patterned pieces in my card), and 1 ribbon. That was a lot of fun. I don't think I would have added the 3rd button near the sentiment without this challenge!

The 3rd challenge I participated in was over at Cute Card Thursday. Their challenge of the week was the "Back to School" theme. I was glad to have the motivation to try a "Back to School" card. Without the challenge I may have never made a card for that! It caused me to use paper I may never have used otherwise, too, which was fun. :)

A Spoon Full of Sugar blog is hosting a "distressing" challenge this week, so I inked the edges of all the papers except the black to participate in this challenge! It's a lot of fun challenging myself to incorporate so many challenge into one card! :)

Thanks for looking!

Fisher Boy Birthday

Once again I made a card for two challenges: Farm Fresh Fridays (stitching) and Cute Card Thursday (challenge #74 - something summery). For Farm Fresh Fridays I added stitching to my card design, used one of my favorite brands of stamps (The Greeting Farm stamps), and used the sketch FFF provided - "Sketch by Jessica".

I actually was going to make two of the very same card, but then I accidentally adhered everything together on the first card before doing the intended machine stitching, so I did what is called "faux stitching". I used a black pen and made stitch-like marks as you can see below:

I got around to doing the machine stitching I had originally wanted to do on the second card and I think I like that best, although I was nearly equally happy with the faux!

Well, that's all I have for today. Thank for looking!