Sketch 121

More cards inspired by the Rebel Blog Hop.  These four fill two challenges - use a die cut and paper piece a card for a child.  Paper piecing is the easy way for those of us still coloring challenged.  I used a stamp from the Kanban Fairy Cakes set.  I have a few of their sets and every single one gives a beautiful image.  This one Is tamped on white and used a Sizzix die to cut that fluffy frame.  Then, I used the same stamp again on some pretty My Mind's eye polk a dot paper.  I cut out just the wrapper of the cupcake and colored the ribbon - I can handle that much.  I popped it on dimensional. 
Next I wanted to make that pretty swirly frosting look yummy.  I covered it with Stickles.  Usually, it doesn't flake off the glitter, but this time it really looked like it would.  When we make cards for our heros we do not - EVER use glitter.  Glitter that flakes can be caught on their uniform and picked up by night vision goggles.  There is no card cute enough to risk their safety.  So, I covered the stickles with Glossy Accents.  Then end effect is really dimensional and looks like you could eat it.
This sketch #121 was a nice fit for the color pallet I used here.  Since this is a darker card base the inside is finished off with a white insert where I stamped a tiny cupcake in the corner.

I CASED the Boss... uh oh

  She isn't my boss for real.  But Sandy Allnock is the president and force behind Operation Write Home.  We have all kinds of challenges and blog hops or skips on the Stars and Stamps blog  (Where yours truly is a Featured Card Maker this week - wahoo).  This past weekend was National Scrapbooking Weekend (There really is a day for everything)  We were Rebels and made cards for heros to send home to their loved ones instead.  Actually, I went to a birthday party, had a mini weekend away with that current distraction ;)  and helped host a baby shower for brother and sister in law.  Seems, I just couldn't fit in a challenge blog hop.

However, the challenges are still up and I am still making cards.  This one was a sketch challenge.  I have such a crush on owls when I saw Sandy used an owl in hers, I was inspired to make my own owl card.

You can see here I have used the striped paper that is on the reverse of that great Paris ticket paper in the G45 Curtian Call stack.  Another of the challenges was to use something you hoard.  I think we all hoard that G45 paper.  Two challenges and 4 more cards for the box.