A Just Because Card...

I got this cutie stamp by The Greetings Farm at the beginning of the month, and finally I had a chance to ink her up and use her last night. It was such a lovely change to just make a card and not do it for a DT, challenge...but just for me because I wanted to do it...my way.

Along with "Princess Ava" by The Greeting Farm I used DCWV "Be Mine" stack layered with some Bazzill cardstock...which I distressed. Added some lace, flowers by Tabby Crafts & Wild Orchid Crafts to which I added some DecoArt "Glamour Dust", plus some pins which are by Fancy Pants and Heidi Grace, and then finally added some pearl bling.....I think this is a "congratulations you kissed enough frogs and found your prince" card....LOL.

So tomorrow is my first card on the Lili of the Valley Challenge DT.....and of course me Cute Card Thursday card...so please come back and check them both out.

Sketch Saturday #68

Here is a card I made last night using my new Dreams2Stamp DT parcel and also the sketch over on Sketch Saturday. This stamps is called "Lucky Cat" and is one of my favourites of the new fall release. It reminds me of some plush toys I have from Japan (Pooh dressed in a Lucky Cat costume....I think I have about four or five of them in different colours). I have coloured the cat with my Copics using the following colours...
C1/C3/C5/R00/Y21/Y17
The papers are all Dream Street "Forget-Me-Not", and I have added some lush velvet ribbon and a Stampin' Up sentiment from the "Cute & Curly" set with the matching punch. On top of that I have added the "Congratulations" sentiment by Craftwork Cards which I inked the edges of to match, and I mounted it onto 3D foam....as is the main image part. The only other thing I have used on this simple card is a Doodlebug sugar coated brad. The sketch had some embellishments going up the left hand side, but as my papers have flowers going up there, I decided to leave them off.

Thanks to the ladies over on Sketch Saturday for another fab sketch and more amazing inspiration.

Be sure to also check out all the new releases over on Dreams2Stamp.

Sketch Saturday - Sketch #53

Here is my card using this weeks sketch over on the Sketch Saturday challenge blog. For my main image I have used one of my DT stamps from www.dream2stamp.de and I have coloured it with Copics using the following colours...
Birdhouse - E43/E49
Branch - E47/BG18
Ribbon - YG23
Birds - E43/E21
The papers are DCWV "The Green Stack" and are made from 70% recycled paper. I have layer the main image with Coredinations cardstock cut with my Nestabilities, and added a sentiment by Craftwork Cards layered using my Stampin' Up punches (scallop & scalloped oval), some pearl bling and some Prima blossoms attached with a Doodlebug sugar coated brad and spacer.

I have also decorated the inside using the leftover scraps and another few Prima blossoms.

It's Sketch Saturdays Blogs first birthday, and if you take part there are lots of lovely prizes to be won.