RS#1: Joyful Trees

I'm  so lucky to have fallen upon Retro Sketches challenges from their very beginning! They just started up recently and I really like what they have going on over there. Their sketch this week was a great one, check it out:

Such a cool layout, I had to give it a try! Here is what I came up with. I was in the mood to do something Christmas, probably because I had told myself I'd be making at least one Christmas card a week, but that doesn't seem feasible, so a Christmas one is long overdue.

Although this is an MDS card, I have plans to turn it into a hybrid by adding dazzling diamonds glitter to the word "JOY" and to add a little bow above the Cherry Cobbler panel. Then maybe a little of the Cherry Cobbler dazzling details to the little circle spots in my trees! Yay Glitter!

If you're wondering what colour those trees are, the first to the left is Certainly Celery, then Pool Party, then Sage Shadow. Interesting how that Sage Shadow looks almost grey against the other colours.

I'm sure you're beginning to wonder if I'm ever going to present another non-digital card again. Well, I promise my next post will be!

SSC 245: Retro Easter

Well, I had hoped to get my card done in time to submit it to the ColourQ challenge this week, which is using this funky colour combo.

But I left the house in a mad rush this morning and never got around to posting my card. How retro is that table setting? I really think we had something similar to this in our kitchen growing up. I distinctly remember the dishwasher being that sort of green. 

Regardless, I tried to put that out of my mind. I was in the Easter mood, so here is the card I made with this colour combo.

I did manage, however, to use the sketch from this week's Stampin 411 challenge. Yay! At least I managed to get it in somewhere.

I had fun making those easter eggs, I copied them into the inside of the card too. Not your usual Easter colours but I think it kinda works.

Have a Happy Wednesday!

cQc125, MOJO229, & PP83

I really enjoyed the ColourQ challenge colours this week, likely because they included the Dusty Durango which I hadn't seen in awhile. 

If I haven't seen a certain colour, or designer series paper in a long time, I want to use it over using the new stuff I have. It's almost as if it's new again to me, but has an edge over all the brand new stuff because it floated around inside my head once before.

Digital Stamps: Man's Best Friend, Big Bold Birthday, Delightful Dozen

"Ink": Dusty Durango, Basic Grey, Baja Breeze, Lime Limeade, Whisper White

Tools: Photo Corner punch, Oval Bubble punch, Square punch, Grass punch

Extras: Staples

When I saw the MojoMonday challenge, all I could see were the colours from the ColourQ challenge imprinted on the Mojo design. I chose to do a greeting card using My Digital Studio. I don't enjoy how fuzzy my card looks in small form on my blog. It looks way better in MDS. 

Now, The Paper Players presented a challenge requiring a Masculine project with Clean and Simple lines, which is great because these colours are perfect for a masculine card, and I really need to make some masculine cards!

I absolutely love the Man's Best Friend set that comes with My Digital Studio! I'm a dog lover, so it's a given.

I hope this card made you smile and want to pet a dog. Do it! It'll make you feel good inside :D