Stampin' Chez Moi

These challenges that I entered today were so much fun to play along with! First I found the sketch at Crazy4Challenge , then I knew I wanted to use the retired Forest Friends and join in the fun at Paper Players  and I was so pleasantly surprised when I found a subtle color challenge at CAS Colors  and knew it would work for 'baby' colors!  But how in the world was I going to get these colors to come together ~ then I found this technique as I was surfing around YouTube....well thank you SO much Tina Zinck  for the Rubber Band Technique!!! Do you ever catch yourself smiling while you create ~ well, that's the day I had creating this sweet card for my son ~ he needed a baby card along with some baby booties that I created as a gift for a client! So this little mess... became this ....  this is a picture of the sweet Loopy Boots that my son purchased from me as a gift  the little pink ones, got packed and sent off!  ...

I just loved this challenge and they both came from Stamping 411 ~ if you've never joined this challenge, you really should ~ I love playing along with this ~ So first I found the colors that I would be playing with and this was the Stamping 411 Color Inspiration #152  ~ and then the sketch at Stampin 411 Sketch #194 I knew exactly what I wanted to play with ~ so out with Forest Friends (this sketch was perfect)....incidentally....another stamp set that I had never played with...I think I'm on a roll here! ~ Here's the picture of my card ~ As I began to play with this, I thought I was really going to be able to keep my sponge away ~ but I just can't seem to do it ~ I LOVE TO SPONGE MY EDGES!!! So after I stamped my Pear Pizzazz with my Sanded Stamp ~ out with my sponge!  I put together each little frame as follows ~  Each little Forest Friend was punched out with my 1 1/4 Square Punch and then sponged (surprise!!!) ~  I then punched out a Scallop Square using C...