SDC190: Stitches

Coby vanWilligenburg is our hostess this week at Stampotique Designer's Challenge and she has us in stitches:

I love stitches in my creations, sometimes stamped sometimes made by hand and sometimes with the sewing machine.  I challenge you to use stitching in your creations this week.

Our neighbors just had a baby boy a few weeks ago and so perfect time for me to break out some stitches on my card.

I had a little help from my friend Kristen as I've been in quite a creative slump lately so she made the suggestion on the stamp to use and I went with it.

I watercolored my bunny and balloon and added some Crystal Lacquer on the balloon to give it a shiny surface.  I decided to add the banner by stamping it onto some patterned paper and then coloring it a bit.

I also the Always Playing with Paper sketch challenge #29

Hope you will join us this week over at Stampotique Designer's Challenge for your chance to win a $30 gift certificate for stamps (does not include shipping).

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Card details:

Stamps: 9008 Congratulations, 10001 Banner, and 7310 Upward Bound from Stampotique Originals

Cardstock: Marina Mist, So Saffron, Confetti White and Day Dreamer by Dear Lizzy

Inks: Archival Ink Jet Black, watercolor

Embellishments: twine and button, Cyrstal Lacquer

SDC183: Happy Unbirthday!

France Papillion is our hostess this week at Stampotique Designer's Challenge and here's what she has to say about her challenge:

We often expect cards on our birthday.  How about surprising someone with an unbirthday card?  With our without Alice in Wonderland inspiration, make a happy unbirthday card.

For my card I went with a layout that was a little different for me with lots of angels.  I'm  usually a straight and narrow cardmaker.

I kept this pretty simple in terms of no texture on my solid cardstock and decided not to color the full hours but instead just add the party had which I paper pieced and then a few candy dots.

Hope you will join us for the challenge this week and your chance to win a $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps.

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Card details:

Stamps: 3036 Happy Unbirthday and 2408 Horse from Stampotique Originals

Cardstock: Real Red, Night of Navy, Crushed Curry, Soft Sky, Rustic White, Carta Bella Boy oh Boy

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, copic markers

Embellishments: Clear & Simple Stamps candy dots