Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Rain or shine... (and a winner!)


It's another Sketch Tuesday challenge at Skipping Stones Design. I'm still loving my spot as one of the guest designers for SSD for April. I will be so sad when my term ends next week. Of course, I'll still be playing along for sure!

For this card, I used the new Uplifting stamp set. I just love how easy it is to use paper piercing with the larger hot air balloon stamp. And I used the kissing technique on the smaller balloon so that the red ink would have texture and not just be flat on the background paper.


The background paper is American Crafts and the turtle, sentiment and balloon are Nikki Sivils, in case you were wondering. :)

I also have a winner to announce today! If you left a comment on last Tuesday's post or played along with last week's SSD challenge and let me know that you played along, you were eligible for the Margarita Birthday set. The winner is ... Crafty Math Chick!


Congrats!! Send an e-mail with your shipping address to me at dianadesigns [at] rochester.rr.com and I'll get that set on its way to you this week. Enjoy!!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! :) Hope your week is going fabulously so far.

18 comments:

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

ahem.... that one's coming to my inbox, right??? :):):):):) I sooooooooooooo love love love it...and how ironic??? I posted one with him on it today too! LOL! I loveeeeeeeeeee the balloons!! And CONGRATS to your winner! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Jingle said...

This is so amazingly adorable!!!! I love it!!!

Wendy said...

I am so happy for Meredith!! Diana, your card is fabulous!! Thanks you so much for hanging out with the Design Team this month!! I hope you have a fabulous week and a Happy Easter!!

Tamra said...

This is amazing....what a wonderful take on the sketch...LOVE the papers! Have a wonderful week!

Just Jaime said...

Congrats Crafty Math Chick! Love the hot air balloon!

Becky said...

I love the hot air balloons! Really need to pick up some of those!

Handmade Hannah said...

A lovely card - I really like the balloons. Thanks for sharing your beautiful work today :)

scrappymo! said...

Such a cute card.

Mona Pendleton said...

So cute Diana! Love the color combo and paper pieced hot air balloon!

Tammy said...

Cute card! I love the balloons. The turtle is really cute too! :)

Kendall said...

OMG That card is so cute!!!!

Brenda said...

such a fun card! Love the turtle! :)

Crafty Math Chick said...

Thanks so much Diana!! I am so excited!! I love playing in the SSD sketch challenges so it is awesome to have another SSD to play with for them. I just emailed you my snail mail address. Thanks again! I am so happy!! :D
(Oh yeah, LOL, I love your take on this week's sketch, the turtle is adorable!)

Rebecca Keppel said...

super cute! love the hot air balloons :)

smdluxe said...

aww this is soo cute. I love that little turtle. He is adorable.

~amy~ said...

Such a fabbie card!!!

Tracy said...

Your card is so pretty. I love the bright colours and how you popped up the balloon.

EverydayMe said...

love the card... that turtle... is adorable... and congrats to your winner!!! {{hugs}} Michelle