Welcome back! If you missed yesterday’s post, I created 6 cards in support of a Children’s Hospital in Utah and sent them to Dustin Pike.  He’s offering fabulous blog candy to anyone that sends him the cards by October 31 so he can deliver the cards on November 2.  You can check this post for more details.  I showcased 3 cards yesterday so that leaves 3 more for today. Since my goal was to create a set of cards that could be used for a variety of occasions, I followed this week’s sketch over at ICS in some form for the entire set.  Like the previous cards, I used Lindsay’s All Around Phrases for each card’s sentiment, but for these cards, I added adorable images from Dustin Pike to the centers. This Wedding card is my first “shaped” card and it counts for this week’s All Sorts Challenge.  The Congratulations sentiment is from Lindsay’s All Around Phrases; the bears are Dustin Pike’s Wedding Bears.  I used a fabulous digital paper from Designs by Kristine (her new kit is coming soon – check her blog for details) and a pearl style from Bannerwoman on the dots.  Then I printed the image and colored the bears with my Copic markers and Sakura pens.  The scallop DP is from DCWV – I have a stash of several of their mat stacks that I pull from.  I added some glitter stickles to the scallop for extra dimension and bling.  The card base is also DCWV that I trimmed with the largest of the Wizard Mega Nestabilities Labels 8 dies.  The pink CS is from SU; it is also trimmed with one of the Labels 8 dies and then embossed with the Divine Swirl Cuttlebug folder.  The organdy ribbon is from my stash. I’m not usually a pink and brown kind of girl, but when I found the DCWV DP, I knew what color scheme I had to use.    For this fun celebration card, I used Dustin’s Party Elephant combined with another of the fabulous sentiments in Lindsay’s All Around Phrases. For the sentiment, I applied a gradient fill and then masked it to the text (watch for  a tutorial on this soon).  I applied the same gradient to the cupcake wrapper and the party hat (I also used a Mosaic pattern on the hat).  I colored and textured the elephant body in Photoshop and then printed him out.  I used copics and Sakura pens for his tummy, tusks, the cupcake frosting, candle, and party hat ball.  The glittered scallop DP, the fun flower DP, and the card base are all DCWV.  The pink and blue ribbons are Offray and the white scallop edge was created with an EK Success border punch. My last card of the set is another fun birthday card.  I used Dustin’s Cupcake Monkey paired with another sentiment from Lindsay’s All Around Phrases digital stamp set.  The sentiment and the cupcake wrapper had Glitter styles applied to them in Photoshop prior to being printed. The monkey and cupcake were colored with Copics and Sakura glitter pens.  I added some Diamond  Glaze to the cherry for additional shine and dimension.  The scallop DP, sweet treat DP, white glitter DP and card base are all DCWV.  I used a Sizzix Sizzlit die to create the scallop edge.  The organdy ribbon is from my stash and the Skittles are from my friend Suzanne at Crafting-Connection.

That’s all for now.  I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend! Don’t forget about Lindsay’s stamp sale – 10% off at her original store plus a free $1 stamp with every $5 purchase or 30% off at MyGrafico – only until October 31.  Kristine has a fabulous freebie up as well – so stop by and leave her some love too.