Today I'm sharing a card for the current challenge over at Color Hues, that also uses the sketch layout over at Try A Sketch on Tuesday:

I was thrilled to be the winner of the last challenge over at Color Hues with my card featuring Autumn Beauty sunflowers (you can see that card here if you missed it) and in anticipation of guesting with the team on a future challenge, I thought I'd better try my hand again this week. These colours immediately gave me Halloween vibes, but I went in a completely different direction - take a look:

Here's the low-down on today's card:

I used some retired Stargazing designer series paper for a background night sky and another sheet to cut out a collection of orange and purple coloured planets and layered them, with the largest one with rings popped up at the front:

I added a sentiment from the retired 'Stepping Stones' stamp set and a few rhinestone 'stars' to complete my card. There is some poetic licence with my layout for sure, since it is more akin to the sketch rather than our solar system, but that's the joy of creativity, right? I'm also linking this card up over at The Alphabet Challenge where the challenge is 'N is for Night'.

As promised yesterday, I have another monochrome CAS card for the current challenge over at AAA Cards:

I remembered this sketch image in the Beautiful Gallery paper pack that stands alone as a monochromatic image:

I added a simple black border but no sentiment as there didn't seem a good place to put it and I think it works for an 'any occasion' note card, so I left it blank. There's lots of detail in the scene - I'm not sure if it's meant to be somewhere famous, but I don't recognise it - leave me a comment and let me know if you do!

Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:

You can see all of my 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

Finally a reminder that we are on day 2 of the current 3 day free shipping promotion - you can get a recap on the full details here in case you missed it.

Enjoy your day and I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

BEAUTIFUL GALLERY 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER (£11.75)

BASIC BEIGE A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)

BASIC BLACK A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)

Today it's Sunday and time for this week's new challenge over at The Paper Players! It's the turn of the fabulous Ann to host this week and she has a fun theme challenge for us to work with:

This was something of a challenge for me this week as I don't have any stamp sets that feature space images. I do have the fabulous space-inspired Stargazing designer series paper though so this is where I started for my card. I grabbed Karren's Freshly Made Sketches layout and set to work - take a look:

Here's the low-down on today's card:

I fussy cut one of the large ringed planets from one of the planet-covered designs (if you have the Reach For The Stars Dies they actually fit the paper but it was easy enough to do by hand) and popped this up on dimensionals on a base that featured one of the other space designs. I added a sentiment from the retired stamp set 'Stepping Stones' that I heat embossed in silver:

A sprinkling of rhinestone jewels to highlight some of the stars complete my card. This turned out to be rather simple in the end - the Stargazing paper really did do the heavy lifting. 

Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:

You can see all of my Product and 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

Before you reach for your ink and papers, check out what our amazing team has created to inspire you this week:

Enjoy your day; I am off to visit Rebecca at university today with a few home-cooked treats in hand and the promise of lunch out. She is perfectly able to look after herself but I think some home comforts will be appreciated! I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used: 

STARGAZING 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER (11.75)	BASIC BLACK A4 CARDSTOCK (9.50)	FRESH FREESIA A4 CARDSTOCK (9.50)	STARRY SKY A4 CARDSTOCK (9.50)	VERSAMARK PAD (9.00)	METALLICS EMBOSSING POWDERS (17.00)
RHINESTONE BASIC JEWELS (5.75)