have a nice 'brekkie' day

this week's Apr 13-19 Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge is a Picture Perfect challenge 

based on this inspirational photo

To re-create those whacky banners of colours, I decided to use all the cute little stamps from Paper Smooches - Wake Up stamp set - the 'sausages', 'bacon rashers', 'cups' were perfect and with a little masking work, I had my criss-crossing banners. After colouring, the glitter on the 'bacon rashers'  and liquid pearl dots on the 'cups' provided that extra zing.

The red-checked 'tablecloth' pattern below was stamped using Impression Obsession (IO) - Cover-A-Card Gingham background, and grounded my little red toaster.

PS Note (21 Apr 2014): Am giddy with delight that this card was selected as the PSS February Picture Perfect PRO winner!

and featured on the Paper Smooches blog on April 27!

let's do lunch

doggie lunch, a photo by eatzycath on Flickr.

outdid myself for this simple card .... how?

By using stamps from 4 different Paper Smooches stamp sets:

* cute doggie - from Santa Paws

* sausage - from Wake Up

* doggie bone - from Woofers & Tweeters

* sentiment - from Think Fast

The stamped images were affixed with foam tape onto vellum placed within a window cut-out on the front of the card.

Why vellum?.... because it's "Sheer and Clear" at Paper Smooches SPARKS - August 5-11 Trend Watch challenge!

with inspiration from this picture

The simple card design was inspired by CAS(E) this Sketch #40, which I flipped into a horizontal design.