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Pretty straight forward card here. I used the Viva La Verve February week 1 sketch, the Clearly Inspired Challenge #45 to use pink, green, purple and white, and the Make it Monday challenge" double-sided stamped die cut. I used an image by Maille Belles (a designer for Papertrey Ink) that she created as part of their 5th anniversary festivites. I also used the mat stack 2 die and a leaf die, both from PTI and a Martha Stewart butterfly punch. Papers are Hot Off the Press.

Case study

This week's Our Daily Bread Designs challenge was to CASE a crafter that inspires you. Nicole Heady from Papertrey Ink is my all-time favorite stamper. She is amazing. I chose to CASE her card below as I loved it the minute I saw it. Hers is so perfect, I wouldn't change a thing except I don't have any of the products she used. : ) But as you can see it is the same idea. Papertrey is also celebrating their 5th anniversary this month and they are having challenges and prizes every day from now until the 15th. Today's challenge is to use one of the designers favorite color combo. I chose Dawn McVey and her color combo is raspberry fizz, berry sorbet, and ripe avacado.

Dies: labels 4 spellbinders

Stamps: Hero Arts French Script; PTI Guide Lines 2 and Mehndi Medallion; Rubbernecker sentiment

LOVE

What a fun color combo for the Pretty Palette #46 challenge this week: teal/lemon/cherry. I wasn't actually too excited about it until I found this image that was part of a free download from Papertrey Ink for their 5th anniversary festivites this month. Then it all fell together. I'm also entering the Sweet n' Sassy Digi challenge #39 to use create a valentine project (must use a digital image) and the Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge to show love: either in word or heart image. I used a Hero Arts French script stamp on the teal and medallions from Mehndi Medallion by PTI on the cherry. A Fleur de lis square die from spellbinders and some lemon polka dotted ribbon finished it off.

Baby love

Isn't this image gorgeous!? It is from A Day For Daisies and they are offering it as a freebie for use in their challenge this week which is love & hugs: have a heart. I am also entering the Last But Not Least challenge to use stripes & flowers, the Sweet Stop Sketches #144 sketch, and the Delightful Sketches challenge to use punches & dies (I used the Fleur de lis squares from spellbinders, the daisy die from PTI and the oval & label die from Verve).

Harley Birthday

My dad is a big fan of Harley Davidson motorcycles (even though he does not have one), so this image from Bird's blog (sorry, I can't seem to find it on the site.) was just perfect for him. The For Fun challenge this week is to create a masculine birthday card; another perfect fit. The sketch is Skipping Stones Design #114. It's hard to see, but I embossed the black and orange layers with a circle impressabilities from spellbinders.

Beee Mine

This month, PTI is celebrating it's 5th anniversary. As part of the celebration there are challenges everyday between now and the 15th. Today's challenge is to use one of the free digital images that the stamp designers put together and create a project. Check out all the fun on Nicole Heady's blog. The focal image I used on this card is one of the freebies (designed by Beth Silaika). The sketch is this week's JUGS challenge and I used the Flourishes Release week challenge to create a project using black & white +1 other color. I used a Martha Stewart border punch, and a bee from SU!'s Definitely Decorative Daisy set to which I added yellow and a bit of glitter pen on the wings. On the inside I stamped the same bee again in grey (stamping off once first), lightly colored the yellow body and added just a touch of glitter pen to the wings. Then I overstamped the "I Love You" sentiment from PTI's Damask Design and a random valentine sentiment.

Just a note

I just love this Mehndi Medallion set from PTI, and for only $5 it really can't be beat. I think I used every stamp in the set on this card. The sketch is from Skipping Stones Design and it's nice a simple which I love. And the Pixie Cottage #106 was perfect because the challenge is "Clean and Simple". The green paper is also from PTI and the sentiment is from Verve's "Celebrating You" set. It's hard to see in this photo and I forgot to take a second one, but the center medallion is popped up on foam tape and the two smaller ones in the center are also popped up. I also added a bit of glitter glue to the centers of each medallion for a little bit of sparkle.