Blogger's Challenge, Week 4

This week's challenge was to create a card based on the Sassy Stems card on page 97 of the new Stampin' Up! Catalog. This card features a peek-a-boo punch out with ribbon laced behind it. This was a blast to make...not only because I liked the layout, but because I had friends here - and I convinced them to join in, too! Dee Ruger from NY and Nancy Hill from CA both made cards (both are below). I liked the layout idea of this so much that I couldn't make just one challenge card, either -- I made two! The second futzes ( <---that is a technical term!) -- well, maybe STRETCHES would be a better word -- with the layout a bit, but I like how it turned out.

Here is my second card from the challenge:

All of the stamps on this one are from Stampin' Up!'s Fabulous Flowers Set. Too bad the background flowers (tone-on-tone) are lost in the picture : (

Now for Dee Ruger's Card... Two things you need to know about Dee. Well, three things...first, she is a great person. I just love her! Very creative, very inspiring. I cannot tell you how many ideas she has given me, and how much she has helped me. And she is my demo, too! So, a good friend AND an enabler, to boot....

Second, she is a dragonfly freak. Can you tell? Third, she is a Hero Arts lover. She made SU!'s stamps look like they came right out of the Hero Arts catalog!

Thanks for the playdate, Dee!

Okay, the final card was made by Nancy Hill from California. She is visiting Connecticut for a few weeks -- and she looked me up! We were able to arrange a date to meet, and she drove 1-1/2 hours yesterday to come stamp with me.

Thank you for the ideas, Nancy, and it was wonderful to meet you - I love your card! It's too bad the picture doesn't show this card's dimension -- Nancy popped the top layer of the card up and it is VERY pretty.

If anyone else is ever in the area, look me up!

Have a nice weekend...

Don't forget to check out the other Blogger's Challenge cards -- the other participants are listed in the left column...