This week's Etsy Inspired Challenge comes from the wonderful whimsical shop of BeiLeXian, which features her wonderful paintings & prints. She says that painting lets her take a little break from the real life and go into your own world ... and every time when a new idea comes into her my mind, it's a touch of happiness ... what a great thought.
I chose this fun little print called Afternoon Nap to inspire my design.
This week's Challenge Sponsor is Sweet & Sassy stamps. They provided the Design Team with several of their adorable digital images. I used Sleeping Kitty for my card.
I started by printing the image on my white cardstock base & then printed the image multiple times on purple, red, black & brown DP. The next step was cutting and piecing the image back together. My sister is a knitter who loves purple and has a black cat Oslo who loves to lounge about on whatever is comfortable, so I made this card for her. I used pink glitter pen on the kitty's nose & ears and a sentiment from Flourishes Seasonal Wreaths.
There will be two winners for this week's challenge. One will win a $18 print of their choice from BeiLeXian; another will receive a $15 gift voucher to Sweet & Sassy Stamps.
Make sure you stop by the other Design Team Member blogs to check out their inspired creations & use keyword EIC112 if you upload to a gallery:
Rebecca (October Guest Designer)
super cute Steff... love the colours you chose
Posted by: Dawn T | October 30, 2010 at 12:31 AM
Great job with this fabulous image by Sweet 'n Sassy! Pretty purple paper too!
Posted by: Kerry A | October 30, 2010 at 01:18 AM
such a FUN etsy shop! Love your take on the print...
Posted by: ~amy~ | October 30, 2010 at 07:22 AM
Adorable card Stephanie! Love the sleeping kitty and perfect for your inspiration piece! Love it!
Posted by: de | October 30, 2010 at 07:44 AM
CUTE kitty card! Fabulous job on your paper-piecing!!
Posted by: Virginia L. | October 30, 2010 at 09:34 AM
I am soooo happy that you used this adorable Sponsor image!! You did such a FABULOUS job on the paper piecing and using that terrific inspiration piece!
Posted by: Emily b | October 30, 2010 at 01:45 PM
Super sweet card! I love the background on this! It's fabulous!
Posted by: Ashley Nguyen Newell | October 30, 2010 at 05:22 PM
LOOOOOOOOOOVE it! You rocked this DIGI image!! LOVE LOVE LOVE how you found this print to match the stamp! I didn't have time to play with the images--but hopefully I will next time:) GREAT job!! LOVE visiting here!
Posted by: Sav O'Gwynn | October 30, 2010 at 05:56 PM
how puuuurfect ;)
Posted by: joy | October 30, 2010 at 11:08 PM
Stephanie, I just had to stop by and say how sweet your card looks. Your sister will surely enjoy all the fun elements just for her.
:)Peggyxo
Posted by: peggyelms | October 31, 2010 at 09:04 AM
This is adorable and just love this image. Your coloring is amazing.
Posted by: StampinCathy | October 31, 2010 at 09:34 AM
Darling card, Stephanie!
Posted by: Emily Niehaus | November 01, 2010 at 02:47 PM