StampTV CSS Alumni Blog Hop

Hi there!  It's me again!  It's time for another StampTV Center Stage Alumni Blog Hop!  This time we have a sketch challenge with a fabulous sketch designed by our very own Melissa Cash!  If you arrived here from Brenda's blog, you are in the right place.  If not, you will want to head back to the StampTV forum and start from the beginning so you don't miss any of the amazing creations the team has to share.

Here is Melissa's sketch:

Here is my take on the sketch:

I started with a 5 x 7 card base of Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight White and layered with Pure Luxury Innocent Pink.  I embossed a layer of Layering Weight White with the Madison Cuttlebug folder.  I stamped the Hawthorn image from Melanie's new set, Stately Flowers 2 onto Cryogen White and colored it with Copics.   I matted it with Innocent Pink cut with the Spellbinders Lacey Squares die.   The sentiment is also from Stately Flowers 2.  It is matted with a tag from Spellbinders Parisian Accents. I added a flourish cut from Fresh Asparagus with the Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish die.  I tucked it around the image panel then added a double-loop satin bow with a Prima button in the center.  A few adhesive rhinestones finished my card.

Thanks for stopping by my blog!  Your next stop is the super-talented Cheri's blog.  Be sure to leave a comment on every blog as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (January 17), we will randomly choose one comment from all the blogs and the lucky commenter will win a huge grab bag of fabulous Gina K. Designs stamps!

Have a great weekend!