Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Sketchy Colored Plaid Cats in a Basket

What a day I had! First - I worked 8:30 - 2:30 - I left early because I had a dentist appointment - got done with that (just a cleaning and check up luckily!) - drove home in time to change and go off to Bible Study - that was starting early (6 pm) so that we could go to the Ash Wednesday service that started at 7 pm (Bible study usually goes 6:30-8). After church I just had to stop by Michaels with my 40% off coupon to pick up one of the new punches by EK Success that I've heard everyone blogging about! (and it does work SUPER on the thicker card stock!) THEN I was able to start my card around 9 pm (and you may notice I'm finally getting it loaded here at 11:30 PM!)


I didn't get to stamp yesterday (because I was just too tired!) so I had to make up for it today even though I had a late start. Plus - I just LOVE to do the SCS sketch challenge every week!


So I did use today's SCS sketch. I also got my colors from this weeks Color Throwdown #31 (Bashful Blue, Kiwi Kiss, Night of Navy). And I used a basket stamp and plaid designer paper for our Doubledog Dare Challenge from this week's hostess, Joan Ervin.

We'd love to have you join in on our Doubledog Dare Challenge this week - just make a card with a basket and plaid - post it to your SCS gallery and use the keyword DDC so we can come and see your creation! You can see the DDC gallery here.

All the stamps on this card are from the H&M Stamp set called The Cat's Meow. (sorry - just found out this set has sold out and is now retired)

BUT - all the H&M Design Team members are going to be doing Sneak Peeks on Friday and Saturday for 3 new H&M releases available to purchase on Sunday March 1! So be sure to check back to see the new sets! Plus - we will all be doing a Blog Hop on Sunday showing you some fun spring crafts to help get rid of the winter blues!! You won't want to miss that!


Ok - so now I'm off to bed! thanks so much for coming by today!!

Stamps: The Cats Meow: H&M Stamps
Paper: white: PTI, kiwi kiss, bashful blue, night of navy: SU, DP Art Impressions - pool plaid
Ink: onyx black versafine
Accessories: prismacolor markers, circle punches, Kiwi grosgrain ribbon: SU, foam dimensionals, dew drops, glue dots

18 comments:

~amy~ said...

super cute Julia...I love those images!!

Michelle Woerner said...

Soooo cute Julia! I love those cats and the color combo is really cute! Great job!

Melissa Sauls said...

What a CUTE card!! Bummer it has sold out but I can see why! :) Hey, what punch did you get? I can't wait to see what you do with it.

Lauri said...

Oh what a day you had!!!! I finally sat down on the sofa at 8 to relax for a few minutes and promptly fell asleep! Until 4 this morning!!

Which punch did you get???

dpkennedy said...

This is super cute! Those kitties are adorable and I love them colored blue! Great dp on this card too! Thanks for playing the color throwdown!

Anonymous said...

How sweet!! Love the kitties and that plaid BG!! :) TFS!

Etha said...

that is so cute, what a great take on the sketch!! love the circles :)

Bev J. said...

Love that cute basket and the pretty plaid paper. tfs

debb said...

Such a cute card! What a lot of challenges- I am off to look some up! debb

Carla said...

This is so cute-great stamps! Every time I visit your blog, I just have to stare at the banner for a while. I love that picture, and I always want to be in it!

Tracy said...

How sweet. Love the card, you are very talented

Shelly Koskinen said...

This card is adorable!

Joan Ervin said...

What a fabuulous DDC card, Julia!!! I LOVE the beautiful plaid and the images are adorable!!! I sure hope you got some rest today after such a wild day yesterday....life sure does get in the way of stamping sometimes!!!

Lisa Foster said...

Oh my goodness what a cutie! Love your colors! You are SO good at (well actaully everything...but especially :) Kitty cards! I LOVE them!

Denise Marzec said...

Oh how CUTE! I love that sentiment...a friend of mine is SUCH a fan of cats. I could use a sentiment like this for her.

Marlou McAlees said...

this is totally cute ♥

Renee said...

So cute Julia....love the images :)

Barbara said...

Oh, WOW! How stinkin' cute!!! Love the kitties and the sentiment and the basket!! Thanks for playing the Throwdown--hope to see you again next time.