This is my first entry to a Clean & Simple Stamping challenge. This week’s challenge is based on FTL (Fall-to Layout) 86, which is:

Here’s the sketch for this week’s Card Positioning Systems challenge (#163):

I love this stamp set, and I’ve also been wanting to use the Pink Paislee mini-papers in a card. It’s the first time I’ve used a Sakura Glaze pen to do some embossing on a card. I used two layers of ink to emboss the chopsticks.

Thanks for looking!

I’ve been looking forward to using Bo Bunny’s Sophie line in a card challenge or other project, and today I got that chance!

The latest challenge on the Bo Bunny blog is to make a card using this sketch as inspiration:

This is the inspiration for the latest colourQ challenge (#28):

Update: I was one of the spotlighted designers in last week’s colourQ contest (#27)! Congratulations to Rochelle, who was last week’s winner and colourQueen! She made a very cute owl card, which you can see here along with the other entries and spotlighted designers.

Here’s the sketch for this week’s CPS sketch challenge:

Here’s the sketch for this week’s Get Sketchy Challenge:

To celebrate the release of Paper Crafts’ special issue, Go-To Sketches, Moxie Fab World is hosting a contest, where you use this sketch as inspiration:

The latest ColourQ challenge is based on the following photo & colors:

I love doing card challenges, and I was happy to find another challenge blog to submit my work to! This week’s Caardvarks challenge is to create a baby card. It was a challenge for me, but I’m very pleased with the result.

This is also the first picture I’ve taken using my new lightbox, which I made by following a Web tutorial.

Here’s the sketch for this week’s Card Positioning Systems challenge: