It is Thursday and time for a new Create with Connie & Mary Challenge.  This week we have a sketch challenge.

I just received my pre-order of Stampin' Up! goodies from the 2023-24 Annual Catalog.  Yes, that is one of the perks of being a demonstrator and I love it.  One of the items I pre-ordered is an adorable suite called Zoo Crew.  The DSP is so cute.  One side of the paper is all kinds of animals doing fun things and the flip side is black and white designs!  Be still my heart.  

I used the Zany Zoo dies to cut out the raccoon from the DSP.  There is a stamp for the raccoon but I was strategically cutting a strip of the paper for the top of the card (aren't the black and white stars fab?)and decided to cut him out from the DSP instead.  Something a little different about the Zoo Crew DSP is that the images are only partially colored.  It is cute just the way it is or you can do a little more coloring like I did with Pool Party and Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends.  For some reason I was very set on him having a Pool Party mask and belly.

I used Lemon Lime Twist for the outer circle and Pool Party for the inner circle.  Both circles are cut using the Stylish Shapes dies.  The Pool Party banner was also cut using the Stylish Shapes dies.  The narrow Lemon Lime Twist ribbon is part of the suite and combined with the sweetest Petal Pink ribbon,  together they are called the Ribbon Duo Combo Pack.

The Iridescent Rhinestones were added around the balloons and the sentiment.  I wanted to add just a little bit of sparkle.

Both sentiments used are from the Zany Zoo stamp set.  I added another little strip of the Zoo Crew DSP to finish the inside of the card.  

Thank you for stopping by and be sure to check out what the rest of the design team created for this sketch,