Sketchbook Saturday 15 and Creative Sketches 36

I'm kind of new to the Creative Sketches challenge blog but I liked these colors and thought I'd give their latest challenge a try.

With colors like these I should really use the opportunity to get a head start on my Christmas cards, but I ended up going in a different direction.  I paired the colors with the cute square Sketchbook Saturday sketch.

I love making square cards, I just wish that the post office didn't charge extra postage when you mail something square.  I don't really know what the point of that is, but I usually make cards like these 4 1/4 inches so they fit in an A2 envelope.  And that size is super cute to boot!

I know that you're shocked to see these faux-mother-of-pearl flowers, but I can't seem to help myself.  I'm fast dwindling my supply of glossy card stock because I keep making these, too!  I actually end up wasting a bit of the cardstock, because it's very slippery when you try to stamp on it with an inked-up stamp.  You have to be very careful that the stamp doesn't slide around and leave a bad impression.  That's the voice of experience there!

The weather here this weekend has been absolutely terrible.  We went from sunny, 90+ degree weather a few short days ago to wet, soggy 50-degree weather.  It's been a good opportunity to stay in the house and get some cleaning done, but I've had enough.  Why is it that we get all the good weather during the week when I'm at work and can't enjoy it and the lousy weather comes when I'm home on the weekend?  Grrrrr!

Thanks for stopping by today!

UDI Sketch Challenge and Creative Sketch 23

I recently discovered the Utah Divas International and the Creative Sketches challenge blogs.  Today I combined their latest challenges.

What an interesting color combo!  And it's a real change from what we've been seeing lately.  I love it!!  It seems like recently I've been making cards with colors that are all about bright, springy colors.  As much as I want spring to make it's presence known, it was a real treat to make a card with these colors.

 

But since I've had a second look here and I see those nice Baja Breeze and Bashful Blue flowers, I've decided that these are nice springy colors! And it's been a while since I've used the Greenhouse Garden stamp set, which I think was just the thing for this card.  Spring has got nothing on these colors!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have time to stamp today!