Hogs and Kisses

Boy, between the new release at Kitchen Sink Stamps (see below) and all the excitement over at Paper Craft Planet, it's been a busy day! I'm looking forward to having the day off from work tomorrow to vote and to catch up a little. That won't stop me from doing some stamping, though.

Starving Artistamps is the sponsor for this week's sketch challenge at Card Positioning Systems. I wanted to make sure I played along, too.

Here's my card for the challenge. It uses some of the DoodleFactory images and a matching sentiment. I created a small scene for the main image panel using the pig pair from the DoodleFactory Valentine set and some grass from the DoodleDads set. The pigs are actually stamped in pink pigment ink, then cut out and added to the scene with dimensionals.

The scene is set against a monochromatic pink background. I embossed one of the background panels using the Cuttlebug Heart Blocks folder and stamped the pretty background (also from Starving Artistamps) on the other panel. The sentiment is stamped in pigment ink so it will stand out. I love the DoodleFactory sentiments--they're some of the best, most creative ones you'll find anywhere.

Be sure to stop by the CPS blog to see the cards created by their DT for this sketch and the Starving Artistamps Gallery blog to see the cards created by our DT. And, if you like these DoodleFactory images as much as I do, you definitely want to stop by CPS to find out about a special, limited time offer from Starving Artistamps. . .

Materials Used:

DoodleFactory Valentine set and Fresh and Funky Farm Sentiments, pretty background (Starving Artistamps); Pretty in Pink and Soft Sky Classic inks, Regal Rose and Old Olive Craft inks, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette, and Soft Sky cardstock, sponge, dimensionals (Stampin' Up!); pink satin ribbon (Michaels); heart brad (Making Memories); Cotton Candy Stickles (Ranger); rectangle and scalloped rectangle dies (Nestabilities); Heart Blocks embossing folder (Cuttlebug)