February Diva Sketch card

I made this card for the Divas of Stamping Designs sketch swap. The Divas are an on line group I belong to that swap cards, challenge each other, and most of all, love and support each other. What a wonderful group of ladies!! I am so glad to be a part of this group.
For our February sketch swap, I made this card using an image I received from my sparkle buddy from SCS, Ms. M, otherwise known as Stamp Muse. This sweet little girl is an image from Sarah Kay stamps and I colored her with Copic markers. I used Lovely Lilac card stock and Basic Gray Wisteria papers for some of the layering and the punched butterflies. The leaf ribbon is from May Arts. The main image panel is popped up on dimensionals. I added the flower from the collection of one of the girls who was stamping with me that day. Used a brad for the center and covered it with glitter. The butterflies got a coating of glitter, also.
Thanks for stopping in a taking a peek at what I've been up to!!

Sweet girl with teddy

Another one of those cards that took me a week to make! I started playing with this Tuesday evening and finally finished it last night just before bed. I am so hooked on these easel cards! I love the style and the dramatic presentation! This one is made using an amage by Sarah Kay that I received from my sparkle buddy StampMuse over on SCS. I love this little image....reminds me of Kyli! I used some more of the Blitzen collection papers from Basic Gray that were still out on my table. Here is a view of the open card.

The sentiment is from a  retired Stampin' Up! set. The green ribbon is by May Arts and is the prettiest apple green. I used some distress ink to tone it down a little. The trim on the right side of the card is some that I picked up at JoAnn's. I keep meaning to stop by and pick up some more of these pretty trims, but out JoAnn's is in a plaza that I don't get into very often. I definitely will over the Thanksgiving holiday!

I just have to include a close up of the cool piece of hardware that serves as the prop for the easel.

 

Isn't it cool?? I received this a couple of years ago from one of my Canadian stammping buddies over on SCS, Wenchie. It is made of aged metal and weighs a ton, but I love it!!

Well, I have a little bit of work to do for work tomorrow and then I hope to get back into the stamp room again for a while. I have another card planned using Willameana from Totally Stampalicious....that bad little girl makes me smile!