A Splitcoast Challenge

Do you ever need inspiration? Splitcoaststampers challenges can be a great starting point. And I particularly love the Wednesday Sketch challenges! So to end my week of challenges I thought thats where I would start.

This week's sketch challenge features this sketch:

And since I am focusing on clean and simple creations this entire month, I came up with this:

This card is also a first! I have been HOARDING BasicGrey'sWisteria paper, afraid to use because it would then be gone. I am trying hard to get over this phobia and so I dug into this stash. I love the spring feel of this paper. Now if only the weather would cooperate and turn to spring as well!

I'm taking the weekend off from blogging. Lots to do, including spending time with my 10 week old granddaughter! If any of you are planning on going to the Heirloom Rubber Stamp Convention, remember to drop by the Stampin Cat Studio Make-n-Take table. I'll be there Saturday afternoon and Sunday working with Dreamweaver stencils, Hero Arts and Impression Obsession stamps.

Until Monday, have a great, colorful and creative weekend.

Three at Once!

So I really was having a hard time getting inspired this morning. Everything seemed like a lot of work, which is not how I usually feel about creating.

So I headed over to Splitcoaststampers to check out some challenges for this week. That usually does it for me. Instant inspiration.

So today I share with you a card I made that qualifies for 2 challenges. Add that as a blog posting and I've killed 3 birds with just one stone!

So here is my White Island Pool meets Sketch Challenge 370 card. First the outside:

 And now the inside:

Not bad for a quick Friday morning card! The white cardstock is edged with Ranger Pool and the Tim Holtz Floral Fantasy stamp in Versamagic Turquoise Gem. The butterfly is Outlines and colored with Prismacolors and blended with Gamsol. (You can't tell from the photo but there is Stickles on the Butterfly to give it some life and it is raised with 3-D tape.)

I have the whole weekend set aside for nothing but creating. Who knows, maybe I'll come up with something really cool to share with all of you next week.

Until then, happy creating and love, live and laugh each day!!!