Hello and welcome back! Today's card is for the sketch challenge over at Create with Connie and Mary.
As you can see, it's a pretty simple sketch, so I tried to stay true to that. Here's my card:
I'm not sure what happened to the color in this photo - the others I took at the same time are much more true -- but you can get the idea.
The card was created with just two colors, Whisper White and Pacific Point. The Whisper White layer was stamped with the star from You're So Sweet, and the die cut is the star from the Mini Treat Bag framelits set. I backed it with a piece of the Brights Backgrounds Designer Series Paper, and added the Pacific Point stitched satin ribbon to hold the tag. A very quick and easy card!
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!
--Cindi
Hello and welcome back! Today's card is inspired by the color challenge at TGIF Challenges and the sketch challenge at Create with Connie and Mary.
Here's today's card:
This card was created on a Very Vanilla base. I added a layer that was embossed with the Honeycomb embossing folder, then wrapped with Old Olive Bakers Twine. The three hexagons were stamped in three different colors, then attached to the card front with dimensionals, as was the circle punched sentiment. Quick and easy!
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!
--Cindi
Hello and welcome back! Today's card is a combo challenge card (again!) for the Tic Tac Toe Challenge at Paper Craft Crew and the color challenge at Create with Connie and Mary.
For my tic tac toe, I decided to go right down the middle, with birthday, embossing, and ribbon. You can never have too many birthday cards, and I rarely make a card without embossing and/or ribbon! So here's today's card:
For this card, I cut my card base the long way (4-1/4 in x 11 in) and scored it in the middle. That way, I could wrap the ribbon around the base to tie it. A sponge dauber dipped in Blushing Bride ink helps bring out the texture from the "vintage" Elegant Bouquet embossing folder, and a bit of piercing on the scallop circle surrounding the stamped sentiment from the "vintage" Happiest Birthday Wishes stamp set helps to emphasize that as well. The finishing touch comes from the dotted lace trim tied in a simple square knot.
This card was pretty quick and easy - I may have to make a bunch of these for my stash!
I hope you like this card!
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!
--Cindi
Hello and welcome back! Today's card is for two challenges - the sketch challenge at Create with Connie and Mary, and the birthday challenge at TGIF.
And here is my card:
I had originally planned to make this card for a third challenge, but I just couldn't work with the color combination for that one. I pulled out my trusty Color Coach (I really miss having that in the current catalog!) and chose a card blindly to determine my combo. I really like this combination, because these colors remind me of fall, and today is the first day of autumn.
I pulled items from my retired stash for this card - the Brights DSP and the Brights Glimmer Brads. This stamp set is one of my favorites, partly because of this large sentiment, which is great for card fronts, and can be stamped easily in two different colors because the words are two separate stamps and they are photopolymer.
Once again, there is no ribbon on this card, which is very unusual for me. I added a bit of interest with the layered punch flower by snipping into the center to create the petals. (I wasn't sure how I wanted to layer the colors, so I punched all three colors in all three sizes and played with them until I got the combo that I liked best. Now I can make two more cards, since I have two more flowers!)
That's all for today. I hope you like this one!
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!
--Cindi
