Sunshine, Freedom & A Little Flower...

Inspired by the colours from this fortnights floral CR84FN Challenge and this versatile sketch from The Paper Players, I christened my Gorjuss Little Foxes girl and flower in Stampin' Up Chocolate and paper pieced them using a mix of Authentique, Basic Grey and Studio Calico papers, with her hair coloured using Copic E59 Walnut. The sentiment sticker is also from Authentique Carefree, finished off with dark brown hemp cord from The Ribbon Carousel.

Hope you have a FABULOUSLY crafty weekend & don't forget to stop by 

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CR84FN with Retro Sketches...

Have you tried a Retro Sketch yet... this week is the first week of Retro Sketches, with this cool sketch - loving the retro look!!!  

I find it so much easier creating with bold colour combinations rather than muted neutrals - I guess that's why they call them Challenges!!!  I fell in love with this gorgeous alphabet panel, taken from Bo Bunny's Back to Basics, and it was perfect for this fortnights CR84FN Colour Challenge.  The "U" was originally in red, so I made one in grey and yellow to match the colour palette. Other papers are a combination of Echo Park Spots & Stripes and Little Yellow Bicycle Fresh Print.  I just love this sentiment from My Favourite Things, The Great Outdoors.

May all your storms have rainbows.

SHOUT OUT

Here is my rainbow

A Little Hummingbirdy Told Me...

Just LOVE the colours in Kaisercrafts Hummingbird Collectables - couldn't resist a play with the pink and yellow die cuts for this weeks CR84FN Colour Challenge.  Most of the die-cuts were used straight from the pack. I reduced the size of the sentiment by using my circle punch, and converted the double tab die cut into a circle using a smaller circle punch. Embossed the background using Couture Creations Swiss Dots folder and pop dotted the bird and branch, and the white swiss dot background.  I love an easy card - especially one as cute as this LOL!

Constructing cards...

Some cards origins are more obvious than others!  Believe it or not, this card was inspired by this weeks sketch at Deconstructing Jen - the sketch was rotated 90 degrees clockwise, and in the process the stars became embossed in the blue background.  Anyway, I LOVE this colour combo by CR84FN and couldn't resist playing along.  Sentiment was stamped and embossed with seafoam white - a favourite as it really pops on strong colour backgrounds.