365 Cards White Space Challenge

Hello Wednesday and Hello friends!!  It's the middle of the week. A day when the recycling goes out, the school week is half over and I get to share with you a 365 Cards challenge! Wednesday's are glorious!  Today's challenge issued by Pam is a White Space Challenge. That is take the image below and keep the white space empty! Which means that only the embellishments/sentiments etc. can go in the black space. 

Here is what I did:
Happy Birthday Birdie! I pulled out the Pink Persimmon stamps. Ric Rac Circle for the background. Paper pieced cupcake and birdie (American Craft Papers) and a double layer banner. Pretty simple and straight forward.
Here's a little close-up for ya. I love these vintage-y funky stamps. They are so much fun to play with. If you don' t have this ric rac circle, I suggest you pick one up. It really is stunning when it's stamped out.

So that's all for my wednesday card. Last night school was canceled for the incoming snow storm, so the kids are home and hopefully we will be able to play in the snow today. I however, would prefer to stay in bed, but methinks a 5 and 3 yr. old will not be too happy if I suggest that as the activity for the day. We will see how things play out. Thanks for stopping in today. I hope you have a good one.

Love to you and yours.

k

Deets: All Pink Persimmon unless noted.

Stamps: Vintage Greetings, Vintage Cupcake, Ric Rac Circle

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red (SU!), Black Graphite (Brilliance)

Paper: Rustic Cream, Dark Chocolate (Papertrey Ink), Craft Fair Pattern Paper (AC)

Accessories: Pop Dots

Pink Persimmon Sketch Challenge!

Good Monday Morning to you all! We have a really fun challenge for you today. Over at the Pink Persimmon Blog there is a sketch challenge going on and ONE of you could win a really fabulous prize! So get on over there and join in the fun. Here is the sketch:

Here is my take:
All Pink Persimmon stamps... Vintage Cupcake and Sweet Greetings. I pulled out some sassy paper by K&Co. I thought that since I have been doing a lot of holiday stuff, I would switch it up a bit. You know, you can always use a cupcake right??

Ok, so now that you have seen the sketch, hop on over to Pink Persimmon to see the rest of the Creative Teams take on it AND be entered to win a prize! The contest will be open for two weeks with the random winner chosen Nov. 30th. Now how is that for a nice close to the month?!

Can't wait to see what you have up in your little noggins for this one. It's a great sketch with a lot of design possibilities so be sure to play along!

Thanks for checking in with me today. Have a great week!

k

Deets:

Stamps: Vintage Cupcake, Sweet Greetings (Pink Persimmon)

Ink: Black Graphite (Brilliance)... have I told you lately how much I LOVE this ink??)

Paper: Hibiscus Burst, Linen Vellum, Raspberry Fizz (Papertrey Ink), Citronella pattern paper (K&Co.)

Accessories: Hibiscus Burst Satin Ribbon, Vintage Button (Papertrey Ink), Classic Circle, Scallop Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders) Glitter (From Stash)

Cupcake!

Hey there Cupcake! This is a cute image from Pink Persimmon that I wanted to try out last night. I got to break out these Spellbinder tags which I have been wanting for ages. They are every bit as fabulous and useful as they seem. I need to get caught up on my Spellbinder buying. They come out with so many new things and I am barely getting around to affording the old stuff!

This poor little card... it started out WAY different than this. Sometimes things just don't work out the way you hoped. But I feel I salvaged it a bit. SOoooo, this is how we are starting out the week. Anyone else worried???

Ok. Today the kid is out of school so we are off to the park and probably will get icecream at some point. Of course that is more for me than for him ; )

Have a lovely day!

k

Deets:

Stamps: Vintage Cupcake and Sweet Greetings (Pink Persimmon) Vintage Labels (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Basic Black (SU!) Plum Pudding, Pure Poppy, Lemon Tart (Papertrey Ink)

Paper: Vintage Cream, Lavender Moon, Bitty Dot Paper (Papertrey Ink)

Accessories: Pure Poppy Twill, Vintage Button (Papertrey Ink), Classic Tag Die Cuts (Spellbinders) Glitter (from Stash) Old Olive Marker (SU!)