Scrapbook Steals Pearl 5 sketch and Authentique Color Challenge

When I saw that the color challenge over at Authentique for July/ August I thought it was the perfect excuse to buy some of the lovely paper from the Lively collection. Yeah. I love it. The color palate is a perfect combination of the bright hues I like to use. I also like the combination of botanical and graphic elements they have in the collection. I accented my page with a couple of different washi tapes, some pom pom trim (SU) and Stickles in paprika.  This sketch is by Kristy Lee at Scrapbook Steals. I love, love, love it! This page came together so quickly. I just wish I could find the charger to my "real" camera so that I could have shared a better photo of the page with you.

While I'm at it I think I will post the second lovely sketch that Kristy did for Pearl 5. I used the MME Indie Chic Ginger line. I LOVE this line. I have a hard time finding masculine prints that I like and this one fits the bill. There are some florals in this line but a lot of the b sides and accent papers in this set are plenty masculine. I used two of the washi tapes from the same line, some Amy Tangerine thickers and my postage stamp punch (SU) to cut the windows the robots (Sassafras Lass) are peeking out of. As a side note, the funny part about this picture is I found it randomly in the pictures file on my phone. I think Ian was trying to check to see what color his tongue was from possibly an Icee or some candy. LOL.

Paper Girls Challenge #13: Birthdays!

Confession time: I really am not attracted to stamps or papers that have anything to do with birthdays. I know, right?!?

So every time I need to make a birthday card they certainly are not going to have a cake, balloons, or anything of that sort on them because I don't have any of it. So Judy came up with the birthday challenge and I thought - Crap! This is going to be a real challenge for me. I decided to break out this Basic Grey 6 x 6 pad Life of the Party. I thought it was apt. I went for a masculine card since I was challenging myself might as well make it a little harder. The pinwheels evolved and I inked the edges with chalk ink. Stamped my sentiment with Whisper White craft ink. Done!  I hope you like it, and don't forget to check out the projects by our other team members at the Paper Girls Challenge Blog.