3, 3, 3 challenges in one

This week at Corrosive Challenges by Janet, we are working with this sketch:

Here's my card -

I am also entering this at two other challenge spots - PaperTrey PaperDolls - their challenge is to create a non-standard sized card and this card is 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 and it will also be entered at PaperTrey Posse where they are looking for information on how I first learned about PaperTrey Ink and what the 1st stamp set I owned was. So here's my story for that:

I am not entirely sure how I was introduced to PTI but it may have been through Splitcoaststampers about 2 years ago. I do know that my first PTI stamp set was Butterfly Kisses, which I no longer own. So I pulled out the "oldest" set of PTI stamps I have (Guidelines) and used it on this card along with the newest set of PTI stamps I own (Friendship Jar Fillers).

The background paper is also from PTI and I hand wrote the names of some of the other sets of PTI stamps I am now the proud owner of. And yes, my collection has certainly grown over the last 2 years! How can anyone resist with such adorable images and fabulous artwork from the design team, like the posts of the soon-to-be-released products that Nicole is showing on her blog?? Be still my heart! If I only had half her talent!

Here's a couple of Big Ideas for you to consider from this week's card:

* Incorporate your own handwriting for a personal, "handmade" feel on cards as well as scrapbook layouts.
* Don't be afraid to cut off part of an image to fit your space - the paintbrushes are actaully longer than this (and meant to sit in a jar) but I needed a shorter image so I cropped them off at the bottom to fit.

Ok so that's it for me today - I hope you will play along with the sketch this week and check out what the rest of the team created at the Corrosive blog. See you again soon!