Celadon Creations: Keep tellin' yourself that!

Sooner or later everything has to start making sense. You know fall in to place so to speak. And sometimes you just need to hear words of encouragement for the millionth time before they sink in; and you start to hear them. Then they bounce off the empty walls of your skull like redundant echoes in a cavernous hole until you actually start to believe that what the voices are saying is real. No, I'm not at all crazy. Not much that is. Maybe you remember me briefly mentioning that I had a new job, a new house, and new this and that. Well, I did have these things until last week when I quit the new job. And it took hearing repeated logic from friends and family for weeks before I started to say these same words to myself. Then and only then was I able to do what I knew was right all along. QUIT!

And this scenerio also sparked my card for the sketch challenge for Creative Cuts & More Design Team.

Card Ingredients: A2 small circle window card in Java Bazzill Canvas from CC&M, Scallop Shaker Kit in Princess Bazzill Criss Cross from CC&M, Basic Grey Cherish 6x6 paper from CC&M, 1/4" Red Grosgrain Ribbon, 1/4" Killer Red Tacky Tape from CC&M, CC&M Crystal Bling Kit, Upsy Daisy Designs Little Lady Seals Rub Ons from The Bizzy Scrapper, Say it with Words! - Quotopia stamp set (inside of card) from The Bizzy Scrapper, Microbeadz from CC&M, Antique Brass Turn Style from DCWV from Your Scrapbook Destination.

I loved designing this card. When I came up with this challenge I had a shaker in mind. And the Circle Scallop Shaker Kit from Creative Cuts and More couldn't be any simpler to use if I tried. I have previosly posted a tutorial on the Straight Frame Shaker Kit; this is the same principal only using a circle instead. I believe this to be a brilliant concept. No need to piece together itty bitty pieces of tape and worry about gaps in the placement. You get the mat to stamp on, the double-sided foam tape circle frame, the acetate circle, a Killer tacky tape frame and the Scallop Circle Frame. For this card I used a second piece of acetate and Killer tacky tape frame instead of the cardstock mat, this allows the recipient to see straight through the window and right to the inside of the card.

On the inside of the card sits my favorite little bird and 2 1/2" card cut out of Aquamarine Stardream metallic card stock from CC&M upon which I have stamped "First, think. Second, believe. Third, dream. And finally, dare. " - Walt Disney - from the cutest saying set I have seen in a long time. The name of the stamp set is Quotopia and is from Say it with Words! and I got my set from the Bizzy Scrapper. The little blue card opens to allow one to write a nice little personal note on the inside of the card. And the rub on, that I mentioned in the indredients, well that is placed right on top of the acetate in the shaker!

The winner of this challenge is Carla Mayfield, whom also happened to do a shaker with her card. How ever her shaker differs in the fact that she used the card stock mat to stamp on. She did a wonderful job on her card as did all the runner ups!

These are all such cute cards. It was very hard for Terry to pick a winner. Which reminds me Lila Holgate won the previous Sketch Challenge using the antique label. Congratulations to all of these women and their great works!