We are celebrating all things merry & bright at Jingle Belles by creating projects featuring BRIGHT colors. I broke out my Neon inks and Hero Arts Winter Trees to create my bright card.
I added a black frame to help ground the image and then mounted it on Raspberry Fizz cardstock. The sentiment is vintage Stampin' Up.
I hope you'll break out the brights and join us.
I really wanted to add some bling to this design, but I was determine to make a one layer card for the current challenge at The Paper Players ... so I had to just let it be.
I went with the Neon Hues with this week's Lightning Hot Play Date Cafe Colors. The layout is another attempt at this week's CAS{E} This Sketch.
I stamped a 2008 Limited Edition Studio Calico Stamp three times with Neon Yellow Ink. Next I added my sentiment from Hero Arts Glow Girl in Neon Pink and finished with a shadow colored arrow from Oh Snap. You'd think this simple design would have been quick to execute, but there were at least three (or maybe more) attempts that went into the trash before I got clean, lined-up images ... CAS isn't always easier.
I was blessed to receive a large bag filled with pages of vintage sheet music from a friend. As I went through my treasure trove, I discovered several drum line pieces that were sized for marching band ... absolutely perfect for the front of a card.
Hero Arts Leafy Vines is one of my favorite stamps right now ... no matter how I use it, it looks good (here stamped in Art Print Brown Memories ink ... I love how the ink just sinks into the vintage paper). I added a sentiment & flower embellishment using this week's Freshly Made Sketches ... and the Just For Her Challenge at Hero Arts.
This card is inspired by the fact that I've gone 5 days without caffeine ... and am still suffering the ill-effects of withdrawal. When I saw this week's Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger Wake-Up Call, I knew exactly which EAD Designs sticker I wanted to use as my focal image.
Then when I saw this week's Runway Inspired Challenge, I knew what I wanted to use as my background image (Hero Arts Dandelion Background) ... which is also perfect for the Background Challenge at the Simon Says Stamp & Show Blog.
I added a thin red frame inspired by the pop of red lipstick on the model.
And since the word of the day is Coffee (or in my case of caffeine addiction, Diet Dr. Pepper, although I do love the smell of coffee), I'm also joining the CASology Word Challenge.
Having a little fun with the Fusion Hypothesis #2 tonight ... for some reason when I saw the grey dots in the pillows ... I saw clouds ... and the lime chevrons were lighting strikes ... so that's where my Fusion Hypothesis began.
I stamped Hero Arts Clouds on a piece of stormy grey designer paper from Simple Stories Urban Traveler. Next I stamped the Hero Arts Chevron Background in Neon Green ink.
The sentiment from Glow Girl was stamped in Charcoal and again in Neon Green. I finished with a wrap of Grey Hemp Cord and a sentiment from Heydey Sentiments to add a bit of sunshine to this cloudy design.
When I saw this week's Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger ... Magical Magnolias ... I immediately thought of my favorite spring flower ... the Dogwood (the state tree of Missouri ... and harbinger of Spring).
I stamped Hero Arts Dogwood in Lime Pastel Chalk Ink and then again in Rouge Chalk Ink to fussy cut the flowers & blooms. I used pink shimmer chalk to shade the petals of the blooms & lime colored pencil on the centers.
I used this week's I {heart} sketches layout swapping the circles for my Die-Namics Fancy Flourishes. Since I'm still building my mother's day card stash, I used the *fabulous* sentiment from Hero Arts Live & Laugh ... perfect for the Just for Her Challenge at Hero Arts this month.
I'm joining in the fun at the new Fusion Card Challenge ... I chose the fusion of combining the sketch with the Inspiration Photo.
Instead of Chevrons, I stamped the Hero Arts Hexagon Background in the Dark Pink, Orange and Yellow of the inspiration photo, and trimmed at an angle to create the sketch element.
I layered a yellow silk flower with two punched paper flowers and a pearl to bring in the floral design from the picture ... and create the elements in the sketch. I finished with a sentiment from Hero Arts Thanks a Bunch.
I had a very enjoyable and productive day ... cleaning out the flower beds (and decimating a colony of box elder bugs ... hate those creepy creatures) ... bringing in Spring clothes and shoes & packing away Winter wear ... attempting to play a little Disc Golf with my husband, which involved lots of laughter and a great workout (I'll be feeling it in my shoulder tomorrow I think) ... and boxing-up two large Rubbermade Totes full of crafting supplies to get ready for the upcoming local Rubber Stamp Rummage Sale.
I'm ending my day with a little studio time as we get ready to watch The Mad Men season premier. I decided to give the April Stack-a-holic Template Challenge from DCWV a try and combined it with the colors from this week's Play Date Cafe Challenge (love those elegant neutral tones) using stamps from Hero Arts.
I used gorgeous papers from two DCWV Mat Stacks ... White Fern & Tattered Time
... and three Hero Arts sets ... Leafy Vines on the three panels, Find Joy for the Sentiment & a Tiny Butterfly from Antique Engravings. I added a punched tag & layered bloom to complete the design.
This design also works for the For Her Challenge at Hero Arts.
This week's Muse Challenge inspiration comes from this card by Laurie Willison.
I loved the contrast of the focal panel with the white cardstock base ... I also loved the wrap of twine & the label sentiment, so those are the elements I incorporated into my design.
I love my new brick washi tape from Paper Issues. I used a Hero Arts tag sentiment with a bit of bling and a glittery butterfly ... one more card for my Mother's Day stash, which is perfect for the March Just For Hero Challenge at Hero Arts.
Suzanne at The Card Yard suggested that we Celebrate our ... Ugliest Card Ever.
I had a fun time wandering through my blog history ... and honestly had quite a few finalists for my blog post ... but finally went with this beauty from December 2008 ... seriously what was I thinking.
When I showed my husband ... he said ... do you think it could be any busier? Apparently I had a serious case of pattern overload with this design. I mention in my original blog post that I really didn't do much planning as I worked through a Hero Arts sketch ... yeah, no surprise there. The good news is that with passion and practice ... I have improved ... although every once in a while a few still wind up in the trash.
So hop on through and enjoy it as everyone celebrates April Fool's Day with our Ugliest Card Ever.
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