Phew! After the whirlwind of the holidays and traveling, things are finally getting back to normal around here.I had some time today to play along with a couple challenges, and one of them was this week’s great sketch from Retro Sketches.

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Since this was such a big birthday for Arielle, I made a card for her as well. She is a fabulous stamper, and I love all of the challenge blogs that she is associated with. Both the striped piece and the dotted piece are from the Simply Scrappin’ Kit, Bandstand. In fact, the button is one of the stickers in that kit as well, I just put a clear button over it to make it pop more.

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Stamps: Moving Forward
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, So Saffron, Pool Party, Old Olive
Paper: Pool Party, Whisper White
Other: Bandstand Simply Scrappin’ Kit, Bitty Buttons, Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Stampin’ Up’s Spring Catalog starts today, which includes the fabulous new embossing folder that you see above! You can find more info on it here. There are also two great Valentine Specials starting today.