ICRC28 - Card with Speech bubble and witty/pun Sentiment

Hello Friends, April 1st - not a time for prank but pun. Yup. that is the theme along with Speech bubble for our April Challenge - ICRC28

Here is the storyboard,

And here is my card,

I kept my card quite simple and used the colors of brown and blue along with some pink. The Pun Sentiment is a freebie on ICR this month and I used it along with this coffee mug stamp from Market Street's Daily Grind Stamp set. I paper pierced the cup and the heart.

I also used the Case This Sketch #21 for this card.

Here is the sketch,

I hope you will stop by ICR forum to check out the freebie and play along with us.

Thanks for Stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Market Street Stamps Daily Grind
Paper - PTI Kraft and Vanilla CS, SU Text Pattern Paper, Blue Pattern Paper from Stash/
Ink - Memento Black
Other - None

CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge #12

Hi Friends, Happy Monday. I am back with a quick hybrid card that I did for the CASE This Sketch Challenge #12. I just loved this sketch. I did the People image and the sending love sentiment digitally and then printed it out and then added the punched out order and pink chevron paper.

The People Clip art were part of PSE10. The Sending Love your way and the heart are part of Studio Calico Darling Dear Digital Stamps. I loved how this card turned out. I was totally inspired by Chrissy Larson's card for this sketch and how she used the Neon Colors.

here is the sketch,

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Studio Calico Digital Stamps
Paper - PTI White, Autumn Rose and Raspberry Fizz and Pink Chevron Patterned paper
Ink - Memento black, Copics
Other - MS Lace Heart Border Punch

Diwali Cards

2nd Post of the day. Please scroll down or click here to see the Appreciate You post.

Diwali is the Festival of Lights celebrated through India. The festival is celebrated by lighting lamps all around and outside the homes and with plethora of sweet and savory dishes. I love this festival as it feels so bright to be sorrounded by lights and where families & friends get together and have a good time. So, when I saw that a few Indian stampers had joined together for a Diwali blog hop, I had to create a few cards. You can start the blog hop at Chaitali's blog (She even has some Silhouette cut files for you) and get all the details there.

Warning - Picture Heavy Post as I ended up creating three cards :)

1) I used the PDCC 155 colors (mint, gold and leather) for this card. I also used Retro Sketches #34. 

The lamp (diya) image is from about.com - a free clip art. I printed it and colored it with copics. The sentiment is in Samarkan Font.

Here are PDCC Challenge panel and Retro Sketch,

2) I did this second card again using PDCC 155 colors (mint, gold and leather) and this time I used the CASE this sketch #3 for this card.

I used the same lamp clip art and sentiment. :) Just a variation in the sketch. I used gold bling for the gold color.

Here is the CASE Sketch #3,

3) Last but not the least, I used Lawn Fawn's Lunar Lights stamp set to create this card. During Diwali we hang these lanterns in our homes and you get the most amazing and beautiful lanterns and this stamp set reminds me of those lanterns. I paper pierced the lanterns in bright patterned papers and kept it simple.

Thanks for Stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Lawn Fawn Lunar Lights
Paper - PTI Enchanted Eventing and White CS, PTI Aqua Mist and Dark Chocolate Patterned Paper, Bo Bunny Patterned Papers, GKD Mint Card Stock, Gold Glittered Paper from Hobby Lobby
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Other - Gem Stones, Circle Punches, PTI Scallop Border Die

Case A Sketch Challenge #1

I wanted to share this quick card that I made for the CASE a sketch challenge #1 - which I was late for...LOL. I am also entering this for the Unity WCMD challenge of stamping a border with a non border stamp. I used this harlequin circle stamp from Unity Time For Travel Stamp set. The Sentiment is from July 2009 KOTM Perfect in Every way.

Here is the Sketch,

Thanks for Stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Unity Time For Travel Stamp set, July 2009 KOTM
Paper - PTI White and Orange Card stock
Ink - Memento Black, Memento Morrocco
Other - None