This one's for the girls!

Happy Tuesday everyone!
Wow another baking hot weekend and yesterday was the hottest day of the year so far, I'd be happy with a day that didn't reach 100F! LOL
I've been busy piling challenge upon challenge and todays card covers 8 (I'm determined to break past that 8 barrier soon though ;))
This one is entered into the following:
Friday Sketchers - The sketch
Dare U2 Digi - Color challenge, Pink, Black and White.
Paper Play - Fashion
Simon Says Stamp - Paper Piecing
Creative Inspirations - Gems and Pearls
Use It - 2 punches (I used a border punch and corner rounder punch), texture (I embossed the back panel with my cuttlebug), favorite paper (I'm so fickle it changes every week but I love this paper from Dovecraft that I got for winning blog candy at Suzannes blog), bonus items was pearls.
Digital Tuesday - 1, 2, 3 recipe, 1 digital image, 2 dp (one inside and one outside for me) and 3 different embellishments (for me gems, pearls and flowers)
and finally
Stamp With Fun - Punches
Now that was a long list and now you get to see the card.....




Please meet Lola Rose, she is a fantastic digital image that I got at Pink Petticoat and I just love her! I paper pieced her dress which is so easy with digital stamps, you simply flip the original image and print on the back of your dp and cut it out, perfect and no lines! I used a Martha Stewart border punch on the back mat and embossed it with a Quickutz folder (BTW I spotted them on sale at Remember When and they work just the same as Cuttlebug). The cardstock is Coredinations and after embossing I sanded it lightly for the white core to show through. The dp is Dovecraft courtesy of the wonderful blog candy I won from Suzanne at Scrap Bitz. The pearls are Martha Stewart Wedding and the gems from the $1 spot at Michaels.




The inside is just more dp from the same collection and a little more ribbon to coordinate with the front.




I just thought she was so cute and wanted to give you another look.
I colored her skin and hair with Copic's and added Diamond Stickles to her dress, bag and shoes.

I hope you like her and have a great rest of your day!
Katie

Bugs and Kisses to all!

Happy Sunday!
I hope you all had a wonderful and safe 4th of July.
It was very quiet here, just a bit of sunning, a bit of swimming, a bit of BBQ and watching the fireworks from the front porch.
I have a cute card for you today that I wnat to share.
This is a super cute digi image from Pink Petticoat that I have been wanting to use since the moment I downloaded it :)
I only saw the sketch at The Next Level a couple of hours ago and the deadline is this afternoon so I had to get working quickly, good job I have a TV in my room so I could watch the tennis at the same time :)
I also included two more challenges;
Pile It On - Use 3 different embellishments
Dare U2 Digi - Embossing



As I said before the image is from Pink Petticoat, the dp are Nana's Nursery Baby Girl from DCWV, the embossing border is Cuttlebug and the flowers are Paper Studio



The inside is simple I just wanted to showcase the cute "Hey Diddle Diddle" dp :)
Have a wonderful rest of your Sunday, we've off to the new Lego store and my oldest ds is so excited he can't speak (which is a bonus, hee hee!)
Katie

5 new cards for the Verve Stamps release giveaway

Happy Thursday Everyone!
Verve Stamps are releasing new stamps this week and are having a week long party to celebrate.
You can read all about the fun at Split Coast Stampers Verve Forum and see the great sketch they gave everyone to work with.
If you did all 5 sketches you would be entered into a draw for all the new stamps!
Of course I had to have a try :)
The sketch #1 is also the challenge at Mojo Monday



For this sketch I rotated the sketch and made a square card instead of a rectangle.
I used a digital image from Pink Petticoat In My Garden collection
I colored it with Copic's, the flowers are Prima and the leaf punch and border punch are Martha Stewart. The dp is DCWV. Also I colored the bow with my Copic's to match the flowers.



For this sketch I used an image from Digi Stamp boutique called Ruby. Again I colored her with Copic's, added Prima flowers, Paper Studio fabric brads and dp from DCWV The Garden Party stack.



More DCWV paper, this time from Nana's Kithcen stack. The digi image is by Dustin Pike and I just love how cute it is!
The sentiment is a Studio G $1 stamp from Michaels.



The image this time is another from Digi Stamp Boutique, this time from the Lizzie Collection. After coloring her I added Diamond Stickles to her wings and star on her wand.
The dp are from a pack by Best Occasions that I got from Walmart.
The flowers are from the Fairytale collection by Prima and the pearls are Martha Stewart wedding collection. The sentiment is Melissa Frances. I used my scalloped circle Nesties on both the image and the sentiment.



The final image is another Digi Stamp Boutique from the same Lizzie collection as above. I had to use my Diamond Stickles again as her wings, wand and crown just cried out for it! LOL
The papers are from the Nana's Nursery Baby Girl stack from DCWV. The flowers are from the Bridal dept and the border punch is Fiskars.

I hope you enjoyed all the cards today, I feel tired just making this post!
Katie

Friday Sketchers #57 and another digi stamp

Happy Wednesday Everyone!
You know how I said I was reluctant to try digital stamps and then jumped in and loved them? well today's card features another digi design from my online shopping this weekend! Instant gratification and much cheaper than the rubber version (but too easy to buy as well, hee, hee!)
This one I used for the sketch over at Friday Sketchers that this week was designed by Beatrix.



The image was from Pink Petticoat In My Garden Collection and it is a great little collection of imges. I love the fact that they come as a plain image and then the same image with a sentiment so you can print out both together and get a card made super quick! And of course you can resize to whatever you want.
I colored the image with my Copic's and the dp is from DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Boy stack. I also colored the light blue flowers with my Copic's to match the theme as I didn't have any the right shade. The paper roses are from Prima, the leaf punch is Martha Stewart and the border punch is Fiskars.



As the outside hints towards an announcement (a little birdie told me) I added two journaling spots inside the card for extra messages and used my Nesties label to match the mat on the image on the front of the card.

I really love thr blues of this card and using digital images is getting to be a habit with me (be sure to check back tomorrow to see 5 (yes 5) new cards all made with digis for the Verve new release giveaway).
I know I won't ever give up on rubber and clear stamps but I find myself "window shopping" and wishing that all the stamps were available in downloadable versions too so I could get my hands on them in just a moment :)
See ya tomorrow!
Katie