So many challenges, so little time…

I hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. I had hoped to play a little more over the weekend, but other things kept getting in the way! I finally sat down this afternoon while watching some John Wayne movies on TV and worked on this card. When it was done, it ended up fulfilling three different challenges, although I’m only going to officially enter it in one.

My niece is turning 11 in a couple of weeks, and I asked her if she wanted a cute card or a funky card. She said definitely funky! (I knew last year’s cute card was probably the last I could get away with!) Well, the planets were in perfect alignment for funky today, since my Stampotique Originals stamps arrived last week and were calling my name!!

I went looking for a “funky” sketch, and decided that the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge 55 fit the bill. (I’m not entering it in this challenge, because I deviated from the sketch a little.) The Stampotique Designers Challenge 8 is to use purple, and since that is one of my niece’s favorite colors, it was a no-brainer to use some Basic Grey papers from the Kioshi line. (Not entering this one, either, since I kind of CASE’d Monique, one of the DT members—loved the zig zag!) Finally, Gingersnap Challenge 54 is pencils, and I colored the image with watercolor pencils and a water brush. The background uses DI inks, and by process of elimination, this is the challenge I’m entering!

So—here’s my niece’s card in all its Moth Fab glory—let me know if you think it’s funky enough!!

I had hoped to finish the mini-album covers this weekend, but I’m still mulling that over. I’m thinking of metal but haven’t made up my mind yet.

A couple more valentines….

Before you ask—yes, I’m almost done! Maybe I’ll even spare you from the last two or three I’m going to make! I am going to make you suffer through the two I made this morning, though!!! Neither one is anything really special. It’s kind of hard to mess them up when you’re using Basic Grey papers!!!

Here’s the first one that uses Basic Grey Blush and Splitcoaststampers sketch SC243:

Here’s the second one that uses Basic Grey Porcelain and this week’s Splitcoaststampers sketch, SC266:

Now I need to find something to eat—I put some chicken curry in the crock pot this morning, and the smell is making me hungry!!!

Thinking of you…

Well—did everyone survive Christmas? We had a very nice time at my sister’s. I didn’t know how the weather would be, since it started out raining and the weatherman predicted temps would drop during the day. The roads were OK, though, so we got there and back just fine.

I decided to do a “Thinking of You” card today for a friend of mine. When ordering Christmas presents, I had to throw in something for myself, and ended up with this Stamping Bella cutie! She’s Gertie from the Lulu Collection. I also broke into the Basic Grey June Bug pad. What do you think?

Bye for now—I think I’ll go make something else!!! Have a great weekend.