Pink Cat Studio Sponsors EtsyInspired Challenge #95

Pink Cat Studio is sponsoring this week's Etsy Inspired Challenge #95 which starts today and runs through July 9th, Noon PST! Just visit Kimmiprout's Etsy Shop to find inspiration (and trust me, you will), create something and link it up to the EIC95 post here. You'll have a chance to win five digi stamps from Pink Cat Studio or a $15 gift certificate and free shipping for some of the amazing polymer clay embellies in the Kimmiprout shop! It's all cute this week. Even I would love to win these awesome buttons!!

True Friend

I hope you all had a great weekend! I wanted to craft yesterday but it was dreary and rainy so we ran all our errands and I didn't have any time for myself. This morning was quite the opposite and my husband took our son for a bike ride so I was able to get some crafting done. :D

This card is for Etsy Inspired Challenge #94 which is to be inspired by the Etsy shop Sand Box Studio. Last night I was staring at my "E" sticky note pad and wondering if a card made with those colours would look good. They seemed a little extreme. Then I saw this bag in the Sand Box Studio shop and BAM! that was all the inspiration I needed. What an awesome bag!

I love bags, especially reusable ones for shopping, and I can never have enough of them. ;) I only used a teeny bit of purple (unlike the note pad), and added bright yellow and dark brown just like on the bag. The dark brown is most likely black but I decided on dark brown to keep it earthy. Since there was an owl, I just had to use my new Unity set again. See? Endless inspiration!

There is a tiny bit of purple in the dp and that moon is my way of dragging myself out of a dp rut. LOL The larger owl's pink heart wing is popped as are the owls themselves. I used a spooky Halloween tree die to create the branch the owls are standing on. I just cut some of the branches off and turned it 90 degrees. I'm not sure why I never thought to try that before! Since I love that little row of leaves from Fly Free, I had to use it at the bottom of this card to complete the scene. This may be another one of those cards I can't bear to give away... but I will... to a really awesome friend. ;)

Sources: SU Ruby Red cardstock; AC textured cardstock; Basic Grey Indian Summer Acorn dp; Unity June 2010 Kit of the Month - Fly Free; Memento Rich Cocoa ink; QuicKutz house & tree die; QuicKutz Epic Six; SU 1-3/8" circle punch; Forever in Time pop-dots

Etsy Inspired Birthday

My mojo needed a bit of a spark so I decided to participate in Etsy Inspired Challenge #86 to make this card for my darling hubby whose birthday is today! I love the soothing earthy colours of Isabell's Umbrella, whose shop is the inspirational subject for this week's challenge. I was easily inspired by what I saw! I quickly thought of Pink Cat Studio's Cuddles which I hadn't used yet. I coloured the little guy and then picked my papers. I used the owl sentiment from Tiny Treats: Valentine to create a light scripted background on the side and Birthday Basics for the main sentiment. I used a very simple layout to keep the card cool and masculine but I know hubby will love it no matter what. :)

Sources: SU Naturals Ivory & Chocolate Chip cardstock; Paper Reflections yellow cardstock; Basic Grey Nook & Pantry Beaters dp; Pink Cat Studio Cuddles; PTI Tiny Treats: Valentine; PTI Birthday Basics; Versafine Smokey Gray ink; Memories Rich Cocoa ink; Copics; Forever in Time Pop-Dots