Cool Cat Challenge

I made this card (very last minute) for a challenge on the Hambo Stamps blog. The digital image was a free download to be used in the challenge.

Paper: SU - Pumpkin Pie & Brilliant Blue
Stamps: Hambo - Cool Cat (digital), SU - A Little Love (sentiment)
Patterned Paper: Hobby Lobby
Ink: Distressing Ink

They have some cute stamps over at Hambo. Quite a selection too. I was glad I came across this blog. It was a fun project and it pulled double duty for the NSBD03 VSBN challenge on SCS. You know me, the more bang for the buck the better!! :)

Challenge cards

I want to share two challenge cards I made recently. One is for The Greeting Farm blog and the other is for the weekly CAS challenge on SCS.

The TGF challenge was to case this card. I will have to be honest. This challenge was tough for me!! I am still having a hard time getting used to this new style of multi layered mats. I am used to 1 mat and then on with the show! :) Here's what I finally came up with:

The image is Grad Anya and I was lucky enough to win her and Ian during the blog hop a few weeks ago. That was the main reason I chose this image for my case. The patterned papers are from DCWV. The solid cardstock is Only Orange and Tempting Turquoise from SU. I colored Anya with my Bics. The sentiment is from a SU graduation stamp set. I can't think of the name for some reason. I cut the star from the patterned paper and wrote the '09.

The second card was much easier for me! I am pretty happy with how this card turned out.

The cute, little monkey is from "All That Scraps" CC Designs. The paper is SU. I drew the leaves and cut them out.

The challenge here was to use kids bedding from JCPenney for inspiration. Here is the bedding I chose: http://www5.jcpenney.com/jcp/X6.aspx...infant+bedding.

I love doing challenges because I really think that it "stretches your creative muscles". The only problem I am having is I feel like I am kind of losing my personal style a little. I used to be a very clean & simple type crafter. Now that I've had to do a lot more "embellished" work I am sort of hovering in the middle. It's good though, I think, because it helps me to try things I would normally never do. Maybe in doing that I can find a new personal style! :)