CR84FN40-Week 2: Take Time to Celebrate

Happy Sunday! It's Week 2 of the CR84FN40 Color Challenge, so you've still got time to play along with us using these lucious colors. Doesn't that fruit look delicious? How could you not be inspired! ;)

I went in a little different direction with this week's card, making it just a tad masculine. I suppose it could be argued that the Minnie Mouse-ish red and white polka dot paper, twine bow, and red flower keep this from being a card that a male could appreciate, but I think the copper gear, rough twine, metal studs, and postage stamp border (not to mention all that nice brown and kraft color) balance out the other fun elements.

For the layout, I used sketch SSSC137 from the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge, adding the sentiment, gear, diagional wrapped twine, rose, and metal studs. Speaking of that gear, it was a tough decision as to whether or not I would use it. I like it, but all I could think of when I looked at it was Mercedes Benz, then my 7-year old daughter saw it and told me she liked the peace sign on the card. It really is a strange looking gear to me, but in the end, I decided it looked better on the card than not. The kraft border on the right side was embossed with the Clockworks embossing folder, then edged with a postage stamp edger. All the edges on the card were inked with either Walnut Stain or Tea Dye Distress Ink.

I embossed the clockface with a chocolate colored embossing powder and added a metal stud to the center. To give the card a more masculine look, I also placed metal studs in the left upper and lower corners. Before adding the paper flower, I spritzed it fairly heavily with Perfect Pearls Mist to give it an aged look.

On the inside, I tried something new (for me, anyway). I inked up the inside of the Clockworks embossing folder with Walnut Stain Distress Ink, then ran it through the Big Shot with a piece of kraft cardstock inside. I love how it turned out, and will be using that technique again. To tie in with the front of the card, I punched the top and bottom of the paper with the Postage Stamper edge punch and inked all four edges.

Be sure to head over to the CR84FN Color Challenge blog and check out the fabulous samples from the Design Team, then show us how you were inspired by linking up your own project.

Thanks for visiting my blog today! And, have yourself a colorful, crafty day!

 

Stamps: Moments in Time (Flourishes); Make a Wish Quotes (Fiskars)

Paper: This & That (Lilybee Design); The Paper Studio

Ink: Staz-On; Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Dies: Std Circles Lg, Curved Rectangles, Large Labels (Spellbinders)

Accessories: Postage Stamp Edge Punch (EK Success); Clockworks embossing folder (Cuttlebug); embossing powder (Zing); Corner Chomper; Sprocket Gear (Tim Holtz); Metal Studs (Flora & Fauna K&Co); household twine; flower (Recollections) Perfect Pearls Mist
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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Best friends

I hope you all had a great day today. School starts back tomorrow around here, so we've been busy making sure everything is ready for what is sure to be a hectic morning tomorrow--last minute shopping, packing the backpack, filling out forms, choosing the all-important first day of school outfit...you probably know the drill. But, now that that's done, I have a few minutes to share a card I was able to squeeze in today.

I used the Week 1 August Viva la Verve challenge sketch for this card, substituting a butterfly for the heart. Rather than use a stamp on the outside of the card, I cut the patterned paper so that the words "best friends" are in a prominent position. The butterfly, cut from a Cheery Lynn Designs die, was cut out in very pale pink paper, but I inked the die with a periwinkle color ink before cutting, to give it more detail.

On the inside, for the sentiment panel, I used two Spellbinders Floral Doily accent corners, inked the edges of the panel with Wild Honey Distress Ink, and finished it off with a few dots of Liquid Pearls.

And, that'll do it for me tonight. Thanks for stopping by. I'll be back tomorrow...hope you will, too! 

 

Stamps: Friends Forever Quotes (Fiskars) 

Paper: So-So-Sweet (Paper Studio); Coredinations; Recollections; Paper Studio Textured Solids

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink; Colorbox

Accessories: Dies: Floral Doily Accent (Spellbinders); Dimensional Butterfly (Cheery Lynn Designs); Embossing folders: Polka Dots, Script Texture (Cuttlebug); ribbon (Offray); button; twine (Twinery); Liquid Pearls; dimensionals

Size: 4.25" sq.

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Snips & snails

Hi there! I've got a cute baby boy card for you today. I don't often have an occasion to make a baby card--especially a boy one--so I was glad to see the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 127. It's perfect for a baby card, which I need for a shower next weekend.

Remember the nursery rhyme about what little boys and little girls are made of? Well, I could--sort of. So, I looked it up to be sure. It used to be "snips and snails and puppy dog tails" for the boys, but according to Wikipedia, the modern version is "frogs and snails...." If I'd wanted to use a frog stamp, I may have gone with the modern version, but luckily, I had a snail stamp because I prefer the alliteration in the original version best. I printed the rhyme on a transparency, then rubbed it onto the cardstock. I love being able to do that!

It's hard to see in the photo, but the blue panel is embossed with the Critters embossing plate from Fiskars--lots of insects and amphibians.

I just love that little smiling snail. Although, he does make me feel a little twinge of guilt for the way I treated his distant relatives when I was young (:-\

Thanks for stopping in for a visit. Have a joy-filled week, and come back soon!

 

Stamps: Don't Bug Me (Recollections)
Paper: Colorbok Pattern Pack; So-So-Sweet Pack (Paper Studio); Coredinations; The Paper Co.
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Tumbled Glass; Copics: 0, Y21, YG03, G21, B00, BG34
Accessories: Critters embossing plate (Fiskars); twine (Twinery); Scallop Dot Edge Punch (Martha Stewart); buttons; rhinestones; adhesive dots; dimensionals; transparency film (for computer-generated sentiment)
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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