BBTB2 Doodlecharms Sun cut and Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

This week at BBTB2 we have a fabulous new sponsor, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and the Design Team was given a choice of a number of their adorable digi stamps to use in conjunction with the sun from Doodlecharms. I chose to use the sun as a frame for Milton Reading and did a shaped card. Isn't he cute? He's colored with Copics and I printed the image twice so I could cut the top petals of the flower and the leaf and add them for more dimension. The sentiment is done with tiny clear acrylic letters I got a J's and I added a few Primas for good measure.

Here you can see that the regular sun cut is popped and a little doodling is done for detail. You can also see how the petals and leaf are curled a bit. I really love how just that little extra step made the image pop.

I used the cut out from the front to mat the inside and added a happy sentiment because the weekend weather has been just GORGEOUS! I thought this would make a fun little thinking of you kind of card. Be sure to stop by BBTB2 to view the other fabulous creations from my DT sisters and keep checking back because there will be a new contest starting soon involving Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. WooHoo!

I also found a new (to me) challenge blog, Stamp Something and this week it's a Digi challenge so WooHoo again! I'm sooo there.

Stamp Something Challenge

Don't faint, I know 2 posts in one day is not something I do on a regular basis, but I'm trying to follow my New Year's Craft Resolutions of Stamping more AND participating in more of the fab challenges that are out there so here goes. I noticed on the Wags 'n Whiskers blog that they are sponsoring the challenge at Stamp Something this week. It is a sketch challenge (which generally makes me run and hide LOL) but this sketch looked like something I could manage so I decided to try it. I was dying to use some of my new SEI paper so I colored my stamp (oh LOOK! it's a Wags 'n Whiskers Stamp called Zoe's and Gemma's Snow Fun, wink wink, although it didn't HAVE to be) with my Copics and this is what I came up with. Have to post now so I don't miss the deadline like I did on the previous post.