Hamster Lovin' at The Outlawz!

Here's a quick Outlawz update... We're planning a celebration! We have some great sponsors and prizes lined up, so you should mosey on over there to be sure that you're in on all the action! And just in case you haven't seen the newest challenges, Sunday's CAS Challenge is Anything Goes, Monday's Birthday Challenge is Ribbons & Hearts, and Tuesday's Color challenge is Celadon, Lavender, White & Polka Dots.

Here is today's sketch:

And this is my card:

Those cute little hamsters came from Gurukitty.  I think these hamsters were for Christmas, but the little heart and gift are good for bdays and Valentine's too!  My buddy Jayleen needs to get back to drawing! Excuse me, I hope to see some new digis over there soon, Jayleen! :D The heart at the bottom are from a KI Memories set. I colored in the unstamped parts and added dots and stitching with a Sakura Gelly Roll pen.

Challenges: Little Red Wagon - #66 Kraft, Simon Says Stamp and Show - Love, Stamps R Us - #13 Animals , Paper Playtime - Anything Goes + Digi, Die Cut Dreams - #82 Lots of Hearts but No Sentiment, Tuesday Throwdown - #34 Stitching

Is it really almost Christmas?

First things first, I am really diggin' those weird Christmas songs that Target has on their commercials this year! I am seriously debating whether I'm going to the site to download the songs... Also, I want to say Thanks!! to my buddy Claire for giving me a Stylish Blogger Award. I just realized she gave it to me the other day!

So, I know I shouldn't post this card online until late next year. If you know why, just hush if you know the person I'm sending it to. If she happens to post it online or you know her personally, just act like you've never seen it before. If you don't know what I'm talking about, stick around until next October and all will be revealed...  :)

Anyway, I made this card with last week's Monday freebie from Marker Guru/Gurukity. She's been really sweet about giving cute digis on Mondays. The one this week is TOO adorable; you should go pick it up now then check out the goodies in the store...  Also, if you're into Copic coloring, she has some really neat tutorials including one on coloring darker skin tones. Trust me, it's way more than your usual E11/13/15 tutorial... I CASEd the card on the Repeat Impression's blog to come up with this little guy.  That paper is from DCWV, and the coloring is a mix of Copics, colored pencils, and pastels. Oh hey, I finally picked up some Stickles! (I used my coupon at Michael's...)

Challenges: Repeat Impressions - CASE #D8,  Stamp Something - Anything Goes (digi), 2 Sisters Challenge - Twas the Night Before Christmas (...not a creature was stirring...), Digis with Attitude! - Anything Goes (digi)