Golden Happy Birdie

Whipped this card up in a FLASH when I saw that I had only 2 hrs. and 34 min. left to enter a card for the Play Date Cafe Challenge...I just LOVE it when I'm able to make a great card in only a few minutes, I think that only happens when I try not to think so hard about making something fabulous, hehe!

this week we have to design a card using black and white as the base and adding a touch of one of the following three colors: pink, copper or gold

I don't have copper embossing powder so whipped out my gold and got right to work...first I cut my base and attached a scrap of designer paper I had used on another card. It seemed to shout at me from under the PILES on my desk cause it was...BLACK & WHITE! (YES, LOVE it when that happens!!) Then on to picking out my stamp set...it looked like everyone had already made good use of the Medallion and Eiffel Tower stamps, so what else could be gold but a BIRD CAGE!! :) I used the Happy Birthday saying from Well Scripted & the sweet little bird cage is from Chic Boutique. I looked around for other GOLD items to pull my card together and came up with gold card stock, a bit of BLING & some gold twine. Ta Daaaa...

(The photos aren't the best since I don't have any natural light to shoot in, being 9:40 at night, Ahem...hi ho hi ho, off to bed I go!!)

Pretty in Pearls-PPA58

Pals Paper Arts has again inspired me to create something beautiful and this week, the challenge is PRETTY IN PEARLS. Another baby gift for our little wee one came in the mail the other day and the white bag that held 3 onesies I put in my ever growing pile of STUFF to use on my cards. When I saw the PPA challenge, I knew I just HAD to use it since it reminds me of a bridal veil, classic & chic, just like pearls!

I cut a piece of the bag and layered it behind 3 silhouetted dress maker forms from Chic Boutique. A bit of Pretty in Pink ribbon, a phrase from Teeny Tiny Wishes & of course PEARLS from my Pretties Kit to complete the card.

Chic Boutique

LOVE LOVE LOVE this stamp set CHIC BOUTIQUE (from SU! of course)...I've always wanted to try this scrap paper technique using the Big Shot and voila, here it is!