This week the Diedrach Dare is an inspiration challenge. Check out these mugs:
Isn't that one that says Rise and Whine funny?
I love these cups. Would completely enjoy a cup of coffee out of one. The colors are right up my alley. I love the flourishes, the swirly handles and their big size!
I knew right away I wanted to use a new stamp I got a few weeks ago - Cocoa Girl from Gurlee Girl stamps. Have you seen them? They are A-DOR-ABLE!! Such sweet faces and the cards and scrapbook pages posted on the blog are out of this world. Those yummy, layered, detailed, full of stuff cards that I love to admire but never seem to be able to accomplish.
I used the sketch for CLP9 to layout my card - you can see it at the Crafting Lifes Pieces blog - there's a sketch a week and at the end, if you do all four, you have a chance at a prize! Pretty nifty! I colored my image with my prismacolor pencils mostly - and my skin colored copic. Here's a close-up shot:
Take a spin over to the Diedrich Dare blog to see the featured team member this week. And check out the rest of the team members too!

