Friday Mashup Challenge 40

I am spending a lot of my time on challenges these days and I hope I inspire you at a a little in my endeavors!  This week's Friday Mashup challenge is Birthday theme, or pastels...or both!  I love the options the Friday Mashup ladies give us!

I ended up making two cards, both using the Beau Chateau DSP, Paper Doily Die and the Elementary Elegance set from the upcoming SAB catalog.

When I am looking for a sketch as inspiration, I usually turn to Mojo Mondays.  This is a take on a sketch from a few weeks ago;  I rarely enter those challenges though...I am just too intimidated by the talent!

For the first card, I chose the color scheme Soft Suede and Pink Pirouette to pair with the Beau Chateau DSP.  The second card focuses on Marina Mist and Soft Suede.  Not really too pastel-ly....but definitely birthday cards!  I also used vellum as one of the layers, stamping the frame image from Elementary Elegance on vellum in Soft Suede.

So I am about the bite the bullet and invest in a new PC.  My laptop is going on four years old and is really not cooperating as of late.  I used to use Pinterest but cannot even pin stuff anymore!  My printer died as well.  While I am excited about new technology...not so excited about getting everything there and reinstalling stuff!

I am also taking the Clean and Simple Card class (ha!  already behind!) so I will be posting some of those cards soon!

stamps:  Elementary Elegance

cardstock:  Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Marina Mist, Vellum, Beau Chateau DSP

inks:  Marina Mist, Soft Suede

accessories:  Pearls, Paper Doily Die, Chantilly Crochet Trim, LInen Thread

~ Lauri