My card for this week's Splitcoast Stampers Inspiration Challenge was inspired by this Planes, Trains & Automobiles Rug from Rosenberry Rooms.
I started with a tan background and grey frame and added Basic Grey dimensional stickers.
I finished with a sentiment flag from Paper Smooches Perpetual Bliss.
I hope you find Inspiration.
Sometimes making a card in my studio feels like a big creative adventure ... I'm looking for one thing ... find something else ... and head off in a completely different direction.
I needed to make a masculine birthday card & was searching for some stamps when I stumbled upon some remaining guitar rub-ons. I used this black guitar as the starting point for my design with this week's CPS Sketch.
I pulled out a bin of my Basic Grey papers and pulled out several vintage patterns from the Obscure Collection. I wanted to add some music to the background, but my paper was taller than my Stampi' Up background stamp, so I inked it once and stamped over multiple times to get a grungy music feel.
I added an EAD Designs rub-on & sticker, together with a stamped & embossed sentiment from Stampers Anonymous by Wendy Vecchi. I added some adhesive black pearls to finish the design.
Our next prompt at Jingle Belles is to make a card inspired by our lovely new banner for 2012.
Our blog banner was made in PSE9 by the talented Lauren using paper, brushes and elements from an utterly gorgeous kit called artplay palette: retro holiday, by one of our favorite digital designers, anna aspnes, purchased at o'scraps; the fonts are deftone stylus, bohemian typewriter and impact--all free from dafont.com; and the divine sparkliness of the lettering is thanks to flergs' over the rainbow glitter layer style from scrapbook graphics, which Lauren learned how to use via this great tutorial (and I still need to learn how to use)!
For my first inspired card, I went with a slightly darker version of the color palette and some glittery jingle bells.
Papers are Basic Grey Jovial together with gold glitter Memory Box Jingle Bells. I added some EAD Designs Sweet Sweet Holiday Stickerz, a couple of punched flourishes & a gold brad to complete the design. The Sketch is this week's CardPatterns.
Rogue Redhead Designs is pleased to announce two new releases, Just Sayin' and Carnival Dreams, to brighten up your winter! Each is whimsical in its own way and sure to be a crowd pleaser.
Our Just Sayin' plate is a full-size rubber stamp plate with focal images, sentiments, decorative elements and a full-size background. Its quirky vintage charm lends itself to grace greetings to close friends and family. Order this new full-size plate before February 25, 2012 and get it for the introductory price of $17.60, a 20% savings over its regular retail price of $22.00.
I turned the fun little Odd Couple into a Valentine using this week's CPS Sketch, My Mind's Eye Love Me Papers, and a sentiment from Snow Hugs.
Our second new release is Carnival Dreams, a fabulous new mini featuring the art of New England artist K. Dunn. This newest addition to the Beautifully Dunn range comes just in time for Mardi Gras and Valentine's Day. It features beautiful-drawn free-flowing images of love and enchantment. Romance, mystery and a joyous spirit infuse this collection. Order this new mini collection before February 25, 2012 and get it for the introductory price of $6.00, a 20% savings over its regular retail price of $7.50.
I combined one of the couples with the heart balloon and sentiment from Candy Kisses for another Valentine design. Paper is from Basic Grey's Kissing Booth and layout January's Sketch For You To Try.
Want both our new releases? During our sale, get our January 2012 Release Bundle including both Just Sayin' and Carnival Dreams for the low price of $22.00! We are also offering our Rogue's Choice Bundle, which includes the popular Relish Reading and Milliner Misses collections, for the same low price of $22.00! For the romantics in the crowd, we have created a Beautifully DunnTrue Love Bundle including Snow Hugs, Candy Kisses and Carnival Dreams for the limited-time price of $33.00. Get in on these great deals now! They only last until February 25, 2012!
With the release of these new plates and bundles, Rogue Redhead Designs has also updated our website and added mounting and storage supplies to our product line. Purchase any of our unmounted rubber stamp plates by itself, with a sheet of EZ-Mount Cling Foam or with cling foam and a stamp storage panel - all with one click. Visit the individual pages of each plate for these additional choices. Just need to order EZ-Mount or stamp storage panels? Just visit our new mounting supplies section!
Frosty is the theme for this month's Rebel Challenge ... to use Vellum in your design. I embossed vellum for my background panels and stamped my sentiment on vellum too (clear embossing keeps it from smearing).
All stamps are from Rogue Redhead Designs Snow Hugs set. The Sketch is this week's Sketchbook Saturday Challenge. Papers are Basic Grey's Kissing Booth with a little colored pencil highlighting and the addition of a punched silvery moon.
Do you ever find that some of your best ideas come to you when you have a million other things you are "supposed" to be doing? That's how I felt about this card design.
I had been thinking for several days about what to make for the Square Punch Challenge at Cards Magazine. I love inchies and punches, but I wanted it to be something fun and different.
When I was wandering through blogland, I stumbled across this paper pieced heart quilt pattern ... and I saw squares. So this afternoon, instead of working on my long To Do List ... I created instead.
So I started punching 3/4" squares from scraps of my new Basic Grey Kissing Booth papers ... and my quilted paper heart came to life. The key to lining them up is to start with the "V" at the top and then work down from there.
What a fun way to use up scraps. I added a punched paper heart attached with foam for dimension and a flag sentiment from Kissing Booth to complete the design.
This card also works for the Favorite Things Challenge at the Basic Grey blog since punches, particularly square ones, are my favorites indeed.
I love these pretty hearts from the new Virginia's View Challenge at The Lily Pad.
I also love the idea for creating a Non-Traditional Valentine Project at The Sweet Stop this week (since most of my valentines go to my girlfriends and family).
So I combined this both (together with The Sweet Stop Sketch) for this non-traditional valentine design.
I love my new Kissing Booth paper from Basic Grey. I usually go with the 6" pads, but I loved all of the great solid color sheets in the 12" set, so I went with that size this time. The hearts are punched from one of the solid colors and attached with tiny squares of foam tape for dimension. I used a few wraps of yellow twine to pull out the yellow in the backgorund paper.
This little (4" square) Thank You card is for the Wee Memories Mini Challenge. I combined stamps from Rogue Redhead's Milliner Misses & Candy Kisses with Basic Grey's Out of Print Paper. The layout is this week's Sweet Stop Sketch.
I added an adhesive gem to her hat & used a pink glimmer pen on her lips, earring and hat. The sentiment is an EAD Designs Rub-on.
My final card of 2011 is a card of gratitude ... an appropriate way to end the year.
Sketch is Pretty Patterns Sketch from My Time Made Easy ... paper is from Basic Grey Jovial ... stamp is new Hero Arts Smiling Snowman ... sentiment is an EAD Rub-on.
Wishing you lots of things to be thankful for in 2012.
My youngest brother (I started to say little brother, but since he's over 6 feet tall, that didn't seem quite right) bought me some cool art supplies for Christmas, so I wanted to use some to make him a special Thank You card.
My design is inspired by Chupa ... this week's Featured Stamper at SplitCoast Stampers. I chose her Hello Friend card from March 2010 to inspire my design.
I wanted to stay with the dimensional frame & big bold letters, since some fun adhesive glitter letters were included in my holiday gift stash.
I went with black and gold, since Mizzou is one of my brother's favorite teams.
I used gold metallic paper for the frame (attached with foam tape for dimension) and a white EAD Designs rub-on sentiment to complete the sentiment. I finished with a snowflake & black adhesive gem. The background paper is from Basic Grey's Little Black Dress Collection.
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