A Little Birdie Told Me...

I recently started following the blog of Claire Brennen, owner of Waltzingmouse Stamps. I've know of Waltzingmouse Stamps pretty much since the beginning, thanks to my buddy Julie who is always in the know! However, I had never used a set until the Stamping Around NH event earlier this year. The result? I love them!! We used the Sewing Box Hugs set at the SA event and I was fortunate enough to have received one of the sets that Claire generously donated for the class. Thank you Claire!! I used the bird and sentiment from that set for today's card... Turns out that this week Claire launched a sketch challenge blog...And what do we know about me and sketches? Right...I love them! Since I managed to get a lot of this week's design stamping work done early, I had time to play a bit last night and this is the card I came up with for the first challenge. The designer paper used on the card is from Jillibean Soup and it's a farm-themed paper, perfect for my farm fresh birdie (who I'd like to say is really a chicken). Did I tell you about our chickens? Ah, that's for another post. :-) I embossed the frame with the Swiss Dot embossing folder and used the tolle technique for my bird, ahem, chicken. A little rhinestone eye and lovely green button from Papertreyink were the finishing pieces. Head on over to the new challenge blog and check it out...You can use any stamps and sometimes there are prizes... Enjoy!