Happy Sunday!!

     I hope everyone is having a nice day and for those of your here in the US, I hope you have a nice Labor Day Weekend.   We had a chance to head off to a cookout today, but I'm really not feeling my best, so I decided it would be best to stay home and catch up more on rest and relaxation.

   I'm also finishing up some cards I had started and also have a new card to share today for the weekly Sketch Challenge over at the Stars & Stamps Blog.   I really loved the new sketch and have copied it here to share with you.  This week we are working on Sketch # 85, which I really think is a nice classic design.

Sketch 85

My Card

    I also used the sketch along with these ideas to make my card work out to fit into each of these challenges and I hope you'll also stop by and play too! 

• Operation Write Home - Stars & Stamps Blog - Sunday Sketch
• Aly's Sunday Challenge - September - Add a Bow
• Crafting When We Can - Challenge # 1 - Do it Your Way
• The Outlawz - CAS Style - Favorite Subject In School (Art)

   My next card is another that I created based on the wonderful inking techniques I have learned from taking Jennifer McGuire's classes.   I will also be adding this card to my collection on the Hero Arts site, as this features one on my favorite new HA Background Stamp (Classic Fabric Design).    A few weeks back, I used combination of Distress Inks, Distress Stains and Perfect Pearls mist along with this stamp to create several card backgrounds in a variety of colors.   All were created on watercolor paper and I cut each down to card size and put them in my stash.  Today, I decided to use these colors, which I thought would be fun for all and also work out well with this design.   Having the backgrounds created in advance, makes it really easy to make a fun card and I'm happy I had these done.

   If you LOVE to work with inks and/or want to learn how to use inks in a variety of techniques, I highly suggest you sign up to take Jennifer's Inspiraton Showcase online class, which starts on September 12th.  I signed up the first day and can't wait to start!   It's a fantastic prize and you can find all the details HERE!!  If you do join, let me know, so I can find in you there !   

    I'm so excited that class is now only a week away and I know that many of the gals that took the Summer Card Camp, will be back for this class too.    There is also going to be a Holiday Card Class, coming up a bit later this Fall and that one will be taught by Jennifer along with Kristina Werner!   WOOHOO!!

  And now back to my cards, this next one was created for a variety of challenges and was first inspired by this week's Copic/Promarker Color Challenge at The Outlawz.  Their them this week was to create a project that incorporated 'feathers' and this is my take on that them with another cute Fall image from Bugaboo.

   This card is also being submitted to each of these challenges and I invite you ALL to play along:

• Color Me Creative  - Copic Coloring # 26 - Fall/Halloween Theme
• Through the Craftroom Door - TTCRD # 9 - Fun With Textures
• The Outlawz - Copic Coloring Challenge - Feathers
• Catch the Bug Challenge Blog - September - Anything Goes

  And that's it for now!   I am working on a card now for a Design Team project and totally happy with how it's coming along!   Don't you just love it, when a idea works out, exactly like you hoped!  :)   You'll have to wait a bit to see this card, but I think you'll like it too!