This week’s Color Throwdown (#99) is the last one before the big 100th challenge celebration! Visit the Color Throwdown this Wednesday for the celebration’s kickoff…there are prizes up for grabs totalling more than $1600 from 31 fantastic companies! Click HERE for more details!

Here are the colors for Challenge #99:

The card base is Tempting Turquoise, which was embossed with a Big Shot. The gingham ribbon is by Making Memories. I used Bo Bunny Double Dot in Almond as a substitute for the cream color. I used Chocolate Chip cardstock and ink to stamp the image, which is part of a new Stampin’ Up hostess set named “Cute by the Inch.”

Thanks for looking, and I hope you’ll visit the Color Throwdown this week for the 100th Challenge Celebration…I definitely will!

This week’s Card Positioning Systems sketch (#174) was a fun one…it’s simple, but it got me thinking about different ways to position elements on my cards.

Here’s the sketch:

I’m a guest designer for this week’s Unscripted Sketch (#62)! My experience was wonderful, and I’d be honored if I was asked to guest design again in the future!

I had so much fun with this week’s Unscripted Sketch! I often use sketches like the ones at Unscripted to help me create my cards…when you have such great sketches like these, it’s much easier to create a beautiful card or project, because you’ve got one less thing to figure out!

Now, on to the sketch:

and here’s my card!

I used Elzybells Art Stamps for the images and sentiment. Everything is stamped in Stampin’ Up’s Basic Black ink. The paper is from American Crafts and SEI. I used Bazzill Swiss Dot for the card base and sentiment matting. I cut out a circle of vellum to make the large bubble in the background.

I made the soap brad using my i-Top and an Elzybells stamp and colored the image with a Glaze pen. I also used Glaze and Stardust pens and a colored pencil to color in the larger stamped image. I used a Copic marker to color in the skin areas and a colored pencil for the rosy cheeks!

The wave effect on the paper strips was created with an EK Success border punch.

To make the foamy bubbles in the tub, I used Frosted Lace Stickles, and I added some adhesive KaiserCraft pearls to make the other “bubbles” on the card.

Thanks so much for visiting, and a big THANK YOU to Unscripted Sketches for having me as a guest designer! Keep visiting Unscripted Sketches…their “Christmas in July” event lasts all month!

My final post in this batch of updates is for Unscripted Sketches #61. This card is one of my favorites! At first, I was wondering what I would do with this week’s sketch, but I was finally inspired by my love of…COFFEE! (I’m sure that has nothing to do with the fact that we live less than an hour away from Seattle.)

Here’s this week’s Unscripted Sketch:

Stampin’ Celebration is a relatively new weekly challenge blog, and I love playing along with their challenges! Each week, there is a different collage of photos for you to draw inspiration from. All you have to do is create a stamping project using the photos as your inspiration!

Here’s Challenge #8:

This week’s challenge is sponsored by Gina K Designs…one random participant will receive the “Fine Furnishings” stamp set! (You can find out more about the challenge and check out the prize by clicking HERE.) Here’s the sketch so you can play along, too!

This week’s CPS sketch (#173) was a challenge! I’m not used to putting a lot of little images on a card or making a narrow card, but I gave it a try!

Here’s the sketch in case you’d like to play along, too!