Today well lived...

Another card using the fabulous stamp set given to me by Unity Stamps. I love this patterned square from the 'Folk Inspired' set. I've stamped it using Adirondack cranberry ink and then used the same colour of ink to paint the design. I've added some black pearls for interest.

The quote is a brilliant clear stamp by Clarity Stamps . I am totally obcessed with their designs at the moment and was lucky enough to see Barbara Gray, the creator of these stamps, at the Stamp Magic show in Doncaster last Sunday. She is so talented and I am so broke after visiting her stand!!!

The corner peel offs are some really useful ones I found on the Joanna Sheen website recently at a bargain price of around 50p. I especially like them as they are much smaller than the normal corners you find and just so useful. These were silver to begin with and I coloured them black with a permenant marker and added black pearls for oomp!

Naturally my card is for one or two challenges...

• Paper Blooms - 'something that inspires you'. I always find quotes like the one on this card very uplifting.
• ABC - Two tone (and base colour is allowed) - my colours are black and cranberry
• Stamp Something - black and white + one other colour.

Don't forget my Post Pals blog candy and Simon Says Stamp are also supporting Post Pals this week.

Pink Elephant Sketch Week...

This week we have a great sketch by Carol and we are being sponsored by the Unity Stamp Company. If you haven't seen the fabulous stamps sets by Unity do check them out. They have some amazing quote stamps and other really cool designs.

Unity Stamps not only provided a prize for our challenge, but also gave each member of the team a set of stamps to play with. Yeah how kind is that?

I got a really fabulous set called Folk Inspired and I'm sure I will be using it to make lots of cards over the coming weeks. Actually I quite fancy stamping on to material and doing some stitching too. Hmmm maybe something to take on holiday with me methinks.

On today's card I have used the heart scroll and a sentiment stamp from the set. I stamped them on to water colour card and then painted with Adirondack inks. To finish the design I added a couple of pearls and mounted the oval on to two shades of maroon card. The ribbon is dyed with Cranberry ink too (thanks again Ali) to match the image and papers.

If you would like to join in the challenge this week (don't forget we have a great prize up for grabs for some lucky person chosen by random org.) pop over to The Pink Elephant and check out Carol's great sketch for yourself. We would love to see your interpretations of the sketch.