Paper DragonFleur

My husband and I spent the last few days at the mercy of a very nasty flu and so this week I decided to closely follow the super cute sketch from AHSC . I really don't have much creative mojo in me and I am so thankful that they always give us a really good designs to build on. For this card I used Gypsy Cardstock which I sanded heavily with my sanding block, the patterned paper is from the Wanderful Paper Packet, White and black Shimmer Trim and my sentiment is a sneak peek of the August Stamp of the Month which I stamped in Gypsy and Black ink. The black line on my blue dot paper I hand drew using a journalling pen. I frequently see this freehand technique on projects and really like the look of it. I have now tried it several on several of my own projects and love the whimsy.  Thank you for stopping by, I truly appreciate your comments. Please follow the link to check out all the great artwork submitted to the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge . I hope you get inspired an

Welcome to our July Blog Hop featuring the current Operation Smile Stamp Set, Happy Everything.  When you purchase this stamp set, Close To My Heart donates $3 to Operation Smile, a non-profit organization that performs life-altering surgeries that will give children confidence for a lifetime.  They have performed over 220,000 surgeries since being founded in 1982. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order. We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers... whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do... by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you... now on to our hop! If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and

For this weeks challenge at Atlantic Hearts I decide to try to create a card using only stamps and no patterned paper but I also wanted it to be "clean" and follow the sketch...  Using the Dizzy Circles (C1610) stamp set I layered stamped three of the spiral images in Canary, Lagoon and Hollyhock ink . The sentiment is from the Finding the Words (D1616)  stamp set, I REALLY like this set as you can customize so many sentiments with it. I then added a few pieces of Lagoon Heart Washi Tape , some clear sparkles and one lone little white sequin from the Coral Reef Sequins and a mini staple for some added dimension and I like it!  Thank you for stopping by, I truly appreciate your comments. Please follow the link to check out all the great artwork submitted to the  Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge . I hope you get inspired and decide to come play along. We love to see what you create and you might get voted as one of the top 3 cards of the week. Happy Crafting!