Cute as A button!!

I've quickly whipped this little card up for a special little 4 year old that I know, using the below sketch from Clean and Simple as inspiration.

My creation isn't exactly like the sketch but all the elements are there.

2 in 1!

It's been a while...but I've finally got around to participating in a couple of challenges. First I took the colours from Makeesha's Inspiration Challenge. Then I used this layout from Friday Sketchers. To create this card for one of my two lots of friends who became engaged on the weekend (more excuses to buy pretty dresses...engagment parties and weddding!). It's not a typical Engagement card but I think it serves the purpose well. Again I had a play with watercolouring using my stampin write markers and ink pads. To add a bit of depth I also covered the word love in Crysal Effects. I'm no sure what Stampin Up stamp set the word Love comes from as I stamped it ages ago at a Stampin Night. I finally got to use the 5th Avenue Floral set to create the background paper and grabbed the little heart from the Cheep Talk set. The cute polka dots come from the So Saffron Pattern Design Series Paper Pack.

A special Card for A Special Little Boy......My Boy!

This week I had so much fun with Makeesha's Sketch Challenge. It was the perfect layout for a layered 3 part window slide card (that's a mouthful!!!). And it just happened to be the week of my little boy, Emerson's first birthday.









At first you just see this......











Then this...








And finally, this!
I'm really happy with how it turned out (I should be... I worked on it for 2 nights into the wee hours of the morning. All that layering and positioning takes time).


My Recipe:
Paper: East Coast Prep DSP, Always Artichoke and Whisper White.
Stamps: SU Wild About You and SU Good Times (2003)
Extras: Wild Wasabi Double Stitched Ribbon, Mini White Brads and a green rectangular label holder.

Check back at my blog to see how my little boy enjoyed his big day!!