You're My Type...

Hello, again!!  Well.. our grey, rainy weather was replaced with snow!! Yep... woke up this morning to a nice little dusting of snow on the ground!  Thank goodness it didn't stick on the roads and it was mostly gone by mid-afternoon!   Another good day to stay inside and make a card... so I did!!

I made this card for several challenges... one of which is the current Catered Crop challenge to use ribbon.  Last week I popped a card into the Catered Crop "Seeing Red" challenge and on Monday morning I found a lovely email from Linda (the owner of Catered Crop) telling me I had been chosen as a one of two winners and that I could have my card featured in their "Quickfire" round as a guest designer!  How fun is that??  Of course I said "yes"!   Coincidentally, the card that won me the "Quickfire" spot was also made for I Spy Sketch challenge #4.  And what do you know... the card was chosen as one of their top 2!!  Yay me!!!  So, I only thought it fitting that I use I Spy Sketch #5 for my Catered Crop card!  Finally... I'm popping this card into the Taylored Expressions February Key Ingredients Challenge.   I recently started getting the TE KI kits and I have to say I'm really happy I did.   One of the perks that came with getting a KI subscription was the ability to buy a special TE stamp set that was designed to coordinate with the February kit.  I used that stamp set for my card.   The papers are from the My Mind's Eye Lost & Found 2 Rosy collection.  The card stock, ribbon and roses are also from the kit.

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Supplies:  Card stock:  Bazzill; PP:  My Mind's Eye; Stamps:  TE Vintage Dreamer; Inks:  SU! More Mustard & Riding Hood Red; Memento Tuxedo Black; Prima flowers; Ribbon; Spellbinders dies

Seeing Red...

Hey there!!  No... I'm not mad... just the card I have to share was made for the current Catered Crop challenge:  Seeing Red!   When I saw the challenge I just had to give it a try... especially since the other day I got my new SU! Rose Red ink pad.  I had used it on another card and so it was still sitting out.  I grabbed my favorite SU! red, Cherry Cobbler, and the SU! hostess set "Simply Soft" and got to work.

Initially I had planned to use some Cherry Cobbler cardstock that I had run through the Big Shot in an embossing folder, but I fiddled around with it too much and kinda ruined it.  So... I went to a back up... some lovely patterned paper from the Scrap Cake 6x6 Cozy Xmas pad.  I love the Scrap Cake papers and CAN.NOT.WAIT. to get the two brand new 6x6 pads from the Scrap Cake.  I just ordered them from the Flying Unicorn and so should have them in my hot little hands really soon!  Anyway... back to my card!   I stamped the outline image in Cherry Cobbler and then the solid image using Rose Red.  The piece was inked with Old Paper Distress ink and then some Cherry Cobbler seam binding was tied around it.  The piece was matted with Rose Red cardstock that had been inked, as well.  I distressed the background paper with my distressing tool.  The layout for the card is from a fairly new sketch challenge blog, I Spy Sketches.  My card is a very straightforward interpretation of the sketch... nothing fancy, but I really like it.  

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI cream; SU! Rose Red; PP:  Scrap Cake Cozy Xmax; Ink;  SU! Cherry Cobbler & Rose Red; Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding; SU! Scallop Border punch; Ranger Distress Ink