Paper Pumpkin Alternative April 2024 Delicate Wings and TSOT Challenge:

I'm quite liking this sketch challenge by the gals at Try Stamping on Tuesday (TSOT), so have decided to give it a go.  This is a three week challenge and doesn't end until May 5th so, why not play along with me.  

Here is the sketch:

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Here's My First Sketch Attempt:

I thought this sketch would work perfectly for another of my Paper Pumpkin April 2024 card alternatives and I was not disappointed.  I'd never worked with this type of sketch before, so when I compared the layout of my card to the sketch, I could see that my positioning of the half circle skewed the placement of the other elements on the card, so back to the drawing board. 

Here's My Second Attempt at this Sketch: 

The card base for this card is Night of Navy and the vibrant Honey Bee yellow star DSP, real red banner and Night of Navy masks and chest padding all came together quite nicely with this sketch.

One of my male cousins loves baseball and since I was making a baseball themed birthday card, I decided this sketch would be perfect.  I used a retired designer paper from Stampin' Up called Hey Sports Fan for the front of the card.  I used the same dsp for a mat on the inside of the card and added some retired baseball and birthday sentiments to finish it off.  

Well that's it for this week's challenge.  I hope you enjoyed both cards, but I'd be happy to hear which one is your favorite.  Drop me a comment, would love to hear from you.  

HAPPY STAMPING!
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Note:  I received some wonderful comments from Kat on this TSOT challenge suggesting I enter these cards on her Kats Scrapiness Blog Challenges so I did.  What an easy challenge.  Thanks Kat! 

Butterfly Sympathy Card - AHSC#574

It's been raining cats and dogs for the past week, so the good news is I didn't have to go out a lot, however I've been stuck at my computer most days trying to finish up Council business and my own paperwork.

So today it was a nice change getting together with my stamping bestie, Sheri, and tackle some card challenges.  Even though it was wet, dark and gloomy outside we had such a good time in my craft room.  Just being able to sit for a few hours, having a laugh and giggle at the week's silly stuff and being creative together was just the best medicine to help me forget about all the work still on my desk.   

We decided to tackle some challenges that are coming to an end this weekend, so began with a simple sketch challenge from the Atlantic Hearts. Challenge. 

HERE'S MY CARD: 

Unfortunately I need another sympathy card, and decided to use the Atlantic Hearts sketch and paper supplies from Stampin' Ups@ April Paper Pumpkin Kit called Delicate Wings.  This kit really keeps on giving as this is the 18th card I've made with it so far and I know I still have enough supplies to make at least ten more. 

Apologies for the poor quality of the photos.  The very shiny basic gray and gold metallic design on the top layer of the card really casts a reflection.  

In this closeup you can   see the beautiful two layer butterfly and the gold threads that are behind the hexagon.  You can also see the lovely butterflies that are embossed on the hexagon focal point. 

The inside of the card is very plain with the sentiment and lovely butterflies stamped in Moody Mauve ink directly to the card base.  

• This card began with an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of Sahara Sand cardstock scored at 4 1/4".
• For the foil layer I cut one of the basic gray cards in the kit in half and then cut one piece into a 4" x 5 1/4" mat.
• For my focal point I replaced the banner with a Moody Mauve hexagon that was embossed with the now retired Fluttering Textures Embossing folder. The hexagon was easy to cut out with the Delicate Wings dies which were an add-on to the April Paper Pumpkin kit.
• Before adhering the hexagon to the card face I made a figure eight with some gold thread and attached it to the back of the hexagon with glue dots.
• The sentiment banner is from the kit and was added with dimensionals.
• To finish the card I added three 2023-2025 In Color Dots in Moody Mauve and a 2-layer butterfly that I stamped in Moody Mauve ink onto Sahara Sand cardstock and layered the dies in the kit to cut out with the butterfly.

I hope you like this week's challenge card and will drop by to leave me a comment.  Thanks again for stopping by.  

Happy Stamping!
Penny Tokens Stampin' Spot

Penny Hanuszak, CDN Independent Stampin' Up! Demo

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NOTE:  I've also added this card to to Kats Scrapiness Blog Challenge following a comment by Buffy Kramer on my card.  Thanks so much!