RI Sketch Challenge - Love

Happy Wednesday to you!  It’s WHAT IF? Wednesday again and time for a new sketch challenge!   For my card I used the Love Stencil image (1222-G).  I stamped the heart portion of the stamp first using a SU marker, then I stamped the 'LOVE' portion of the stamp on top of it (it's below the heart on the actual stamp) using Versamark and gold embossing powder.  I painted the edges of my Inchie Plus square with Sargent Liquid Metal gold paint.

The patterned paper strips are from Scenic Route and the pink panels are Coredinations card stock that I embossed using the Swiss Dots embossing folder and then sanded to reveal the lighter pink core.  I added some heart shaped rhinestones in the corners and called it done!  A nice, quick Valentine's Day card!

We'd love for you to play along with us!  All you have to do is create a card using this layout and post it over on The House That Stamps Built by February 5th.  The details and the sketch are over there on today's post, along with the sample cards the rest of the team made - be sure to check it out!

Hope your week is going well!  I'm gearing up to head out to CHA - let me know if any of you will be there!

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy the rest of your week!

Belli Challenge #85 - Round Two!

Happy Wednesday! Today I'm posting a second card using the QKR Stampede Tulip Border for our current Belli Challenge, which is to use butterflies or dragonflies. This time I colored the tulips with Copic markers to match the Heidi Grace Designs patterned papers.

My background panel was made using Core'dinations card stock and a Cuttlebug embossing folder. After I ran the folder through my Wizard, I sanded the paper while is still in the folder to bring out the lighter colored core.

The sketch I used is from my friend Sally over at Asleep on the Couch. She's having a Birthday Bash and is celebrating her birthday by giving away presents! How fun is that? You have until Sunday to enter her contest if you would like to play along. In addition to this sketch challenge, she's also got a color challenge.

For the inside of my card, I used a strip of the Core'dinations paper with a Cuttlebug border folder. The sentiment is also from QKR Stampede's Happy Birthday set.

Be sure to head over to the Belli Challenge and see what the rest of the Belli girls have done and if you want to play along with us this week, be sure to add a link to your card using Mr. Linky on last week's post. If you are posting your card to Splitcoast Stampers or Paper Craft Planet, use keyword CBC85.

Thanks for looking!