Cupcakes and sketches

Okay, so I am out of witty titles. Come on, give a girl a break, ha!

Today was, in a word....rough. Not the worst ever, but filled with unexplainable tantrums and tudes from the 2.5 year old in the house hold. If he wasn't so cute he would have been in trouble LONG ago, ha! There is a reason God makes kids cute!!

I did, however, manage to steal a few minutes out for myself to get a few challenges done.

The first card was for Cupcake Craft Challenges. It was a double challenge, really. A sketch as well as a color challenge. Blue, cream, brown...beautiful! But I was having trouble mainly with the shape of the sentiment. It was a toughie for me, but I didn't want to give up. Leave it to the power of clear stamps and flexability! Woot! The image is from Sarah Kay. My friend Jenny visited last week and she let me stamp as many of her stamps as I could ink up! It was great! All of this paper was scrap from my stash. Woot!

The last card, this evening was made for ICS. Their sketch was pretty so I got to work. It was a bit of a challenge because I really have been SO antsy to do a fall card, and the images I wanted to use just didn't work with the circle shape. ::sigh:: So I went with this cute lil critter. I believe...( and I could be terribly mistaken) that this is a clear dollar image. If not then its from TAC....Huh....ANYwho, I have been hoarding this paper for about a year. Got it on clearance for 2 something at Target. It is from Marcella Kay. The red (not sure if you can tell) is red with embossed leaves on it. I love it! Anyway, thanks for checking in! Happy almost weekend! Ha!

Here goes Nothin!

Alright, so I was cruising around this weekend and through Heather's blog happened to check out the Cupcake Craft Challenges blog and fell in love with thier challenges and the ladies are all super talented! I liked the variety of skills and levels.

I really liked this weeks challenge, so I started thinking. They ALSO are looking for a new DT...something I am not sure that I am even qualified for, but eh, its worth a shot!! I think it would be fun!

So, here is the picture that we were to draw inspiration from this week on the Cupcake Craft Challenges blog:

What a FAB picture right? SOOO cheery. So...relaxing and non-cluttered...(too bad I didn't think of the cluttered part BEFORE I made my card, lol) I was inspired by the lines on the vase and the table, and of course, the colors and flowers. I couldn't get away from them no matter how hard I tried. So here is my submission/entry:

The image was Stampin Up, I like your style. One of my all time fave sets! I thought the shapes and lines on the forms were perfect, as well as the shape of the forms themselves really leant themselves to this picture. The paper is from K and company and...I just liked the look of it. I DO kind of wish I had used a more cheery background, but I still like the way this turned out. The flowers are from American Craft. I used Stickles in the centers as well as on the forms to make it more...summery and fun. And, of course, I used my watercolor pencils on the image...

Incidentally, this ALSO (I think) qualifies for Mojo Monday! Yay for two-fers!!! So its also submitted over at mojo monday!

Well, there you have it! My entry/submission! I hope you like!!!