Another Card for Pink Week

I feel so bad because I told my friend Holly that I would definitely play along with her Pink Week challenge and this week just hasnt cooperated with me. I have physical therapy 3x a week, then have to come home, do household chores, the kids come home from school, the husband comes home, we eat, I go to work and on and on it goes. I know that most of you out there know what I mean! We need more hours in the day.

I dont have physical therapy on Thursdays so today I spent my afternoon doing nothing but stamping and got 2 cards finished! A card for Pink Week was at the top of my list and I also wanted to be able to play along with this weeks sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches so I combined the 2 challenges for this card.

I used some retired DSP, Candy Lane, and brought in some Close To Cocoa to balance out the pink. The stamp set Strength and Hope went along perfectly with this sketch!

This card will be going to my step mom, a breast cancer survivor!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: Strength and Hope
Paper: Pink Pirouette, Close to Cocoa, Very Vanilla, Rose Red, Candy Lane DSP
Ink: Regal Rose
Accessories: Beautiful Wings Embosslits, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Paper Piercing Tool, 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punch, dimensionals, pearls

The Letter 'S'....

I'm playing catch-up , and once again its for Holly's Monday Stamps challenge on her blog Inka Dinka Doodle. Last week the letter was 'S' and so I chose the stamp set Scene In A Garden, a set I just had to have but hadnt touched since I got it, oops :(

Supplies used(all Stampin'Up! unless otherwise noted):

Stamp sets: Scene In A Garden,Happy Harmony; Paper:Crushed Curry,Dusty Durango,Soft Suede,Autumn Vine, Watercolor Paper;Ink:Black StazOn,Real Red,Brilliant Blue, Yoyo Yellow,Crushed Curry,Dusty Durango;Accessories:SU Markers and watercolor crayons, aquapainter,Chocolate Chip ribbon,photo corner punch

Sunday Stamps at Inka Dinka Doodle

We all have one of those friends that is super creative and whips things up in no time,leaving us gawking and wondering how the heck they do it! For me that would definitely be my friend Holly. We met when our families were both stationed in Silverdale WA and she got me back into stamping,something I hadnt done for yrs at the time we met. She has a great website called Inka Dinka Doodle and I highly recommend it. She makes the most beautiful cards and I wish we still lived one street apart! I miss going over to her place for inspiration, which it seems I am always in need of. My mind isnt as creative as hers,LOL :)

On her website she holds a weekly challenge called "Sunday Stamps". Each Sunday she posts a letter from the alphabet and you have to make a card with a stamp set by that name. I'm severely behind on her challenges, so even though this week its the letter 'N' I went back a few letters and did the 'L' challenge. I used the SU set 'Lovely As A Tree'. I absolutely adore this set and just got it a few months ago. I wanted to create a nice simple card(lol, my favorite kind to make), where the picture and a small sentiment said all that needed to be said. This is the card I came up with:

Supplies used(all StampinUp products unless otherwise noted:Stamps- Lovely As A Tree and Small Script; Paper-Watercolor paper,Old Olive, Chocolate Chip,More Mustard; Ink-Old Olive, Close to Cocoa, Garden Green;Old Olive ribbon,Pewter Hodgepodge,Aquapainter