Pink Flamingo for the Clearly Inspired Challenge

Hello, I would say good morning but I guess I'm getting my post in a little late for that! I was up a little late getting this done and it's taking me awhile to get around today, how many of you have done that?! LOL! I had a nap with the little ones after getting the oldest to school. This is my sample card for this weeks Clearly Inspired Challenge. This week is a sketch, remember every entry is put in the drawing for a stamp set of your choice! If you decide to play please use keywords
CIC5.I decided to use this cute new stamp from a set called Critter Tales designed by Laurie Wilson, she does come up with some of the cutest critters. This set of 11 is just adorable and is great for any occasion! The narrow panel in the back was made to match my bg paper by embossing the leaves with a cb folder, alot of sponged layers and I added the tiny flowers with aa set called Sassy Scallops also from CDS. The Flamingo is stamped and embossed on watercolor paper and watercolored using my SU markers. The leaves that frame out the oval I handmade on watercolor paper and used a gorgeous Prima daisy in the center given to me a while back by Priscilla while I was still on the MMSC DT.

Winter Fairytale

Happy Friday guys! I guess alot of you will spend some time doing some Christmas shopping this weekend, most of mine has been done through the computer this year, and I gotta say it's alot easier than dragging 4 children around the stores! If you do have some time this week though I would love to have you play along with me at the Clearly Inspired Challenge. It's happening right now over at Lori's blog so you can click on the badge to come see what it's all about. It took me awhile to get mine posted because after I had I went back and tried to do more picture's. These aren't real great, as alot of you know it can be a pain and hard to capture the real demention and sparkle in a photograph, but my second attemp at pictures looked worse. Oh well. If you click and enlarge you can tell better. The theme this week is winter. Pretty simple right? And you can knock any last Christmas cards off of you to do list! If you don't have any Clear Dollar Stamps that's ok you can still play, maybe you'll win some to use in the next challenge! ;)
So for my card I used one of the pixie/fairies in my Playful Pixies set. It wasn't made to be a Christmas set but I thought this mouse would be perfect, so I typed up the sentiment on my computer. Sorry, wish I had thought to put it in the set! The only thing I debated was to do the dress in red and used traditional Christmas colors or to go with the icy blue colors. I decided the icy blue to me would look more magical, so blue it was. To get the different shades in the same tone I used only bashful blue paper and sponged the different panels going from very heavy to light. Then they were all embossed in the same folder. I also heat embossed the all of the edges in silver. The back ground piece isn't sponged but just stamped in the sparkle stamp that comes in the set. I don't usually show the inside of my cars but because this stamp was so fun to use I wanted to show it. Silly I know, the things that we sometimes find joy in, LOL! This could be why my oldest thinks I'm such a dork! :)