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It's time for another challenge at Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog where challenges are always Anything Goes and prizes are awarded from one or more sponsors.  Stop by the blog to check it out!
For this challenge, my DT card features a Beautiful digi from My Besties. A sheet of gold foiled scrapbook paper from my stash provides a gorgeous background, especially when I colored the Fairy Geisha to compliment the colors in the paper. I fussy-cut the Geisha many of the extra flowers and leaves to build up a frame around the little beauty. A bit of vellum helped mute the background a bit so that the Geisha could really stand out! Some extra bits and pieces of scrapbook paper also helps frame the inside sentiment.

I’m entering this card into several challenges including four with the theme “Something New" (the Digi is new for me), and the Outlawz Festive Friday challenge (my card features pretty florals inside and out!) 

Supplies: 

·   Digi- My Besties (Fairy Geisha & the Fox Doll 12)

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Inside Sentiment- Eureka Digital Stamp (Wonderful Day)

·   DCWV Far East 12x12 Paper Stack-JoAnn Fabric And Craft Store

·   All other items from my stash.

Entered into:

Simon Says Monday Challenge- Something New
Polkadoodles Challenge- Week #1 Anything Goes                        
Ching-Chou Kuik's Digital Stamps Inspiration & Challenge- “Something New
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Something New
Outlawz Challenge- Festive Friday  
Outlawz Challenge- Inlinks Challenge

I’m getting low on baby cards, so decided to cut out a few of the BABY templates I created several years ago. Made up one quick card using some items I had on hand. Easy Peasy and Cute to Boot! (Ha… I just rhymed twice!!)  I included a copy of the A2-sized template for your use if desired. Just right-click the image to save it to your computer. Then paste into a Word document and print onto any colored or patterned paper you prefer, fussy-cut, and embellish as desired. (I added stitch marks with a standard yellow pencil!) Or, use the template to create a stencil on acetate or cardboard. 

    The cute little balloons are created with a scraps of plastic index divider sheets. (These wonderful items- sometimes called document file folders- come in a pack of assorted colors and can be found in the office supply section of most stores. They're cheaper than colored vellum and more translucent. Punches and dies don’t work on these sheets, but they are easy to fussy-cut with a sharp pair of scissors. And you can draw shapes onto them with a permanent fine-line marker, which Is how I created this balloon. The elephant digi is holding balloons, so I traced them separately onto the colorful scraps, fussy-cut, overlapped and adhered them with small bits of double stick tape. When everything was placed where desired, I used the fine-line permanent black marker to add strings to the balloons.)

Supplies: 

·   Elephant with balloons digi- Freebie from Tiddly Inks (No Longer Available)

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers, Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen and Sharpie black fine-line pen 

·   BABY lettering- hand-sketched, fussy-cut and pencil stitching added  

·   Patterned paper- Hobby Lobby

·   Cardstock, scraps of plastic index divider sheets, and other items from my stash.

Entered into:  
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends- #173 Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #525-526 Anything Goes                   
Gem of a Challenge- Week #1 Anything Goes                                
Cute As A Button- January: CH #76 Anything Goes 

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- January 
Outlawz Challenge- Saturday Paper Ala Mode- Pretty In Pink