Hello! This is Liberty Speaking

I was thrilled to see that my Season to be Jolly card made the Cream in my Coffee (honorable mention) at the Play Date Cafe last week.  

This week Julie Ranae (who is also our Guest-Designer at the Etsy Inspired Challenge for August) is taking us on a tour of Positano, Italy for our inspiration.  When I saw Sarah Anderson's card featuring the Graphic 45 Communique Line, I remembered that I still had some of those papers stashed away somewhere.  

While I was searching for those papers, I also found some neglected Jenni Bowlin Core'dinations Cardstock (which matched perfectly) and my Tim Holtz Nostalgic paper tape, which had yet to be opened (shame on me) ... and a card was born.

I used this week's Unscripted Sketch for my design.

I started by sanding the Core'dinations cardstock to bring out the embossed text.  Next I cut out Lady Liberty, the phone paper squares and the sentiment and mounted them all on black cardstock.  

The final step was incorporating the Paper Tape (which also works for this week's Res-Q Tape It Up Challenge).  A single layer of the tape was too translucent, so I added a second layer of gold Washi Paper Masking Tape, and then a third layer of Tim Holtz tape (leaving all of the torn edges messy) to finish my design.

I realized when I finished that my card is more France (with the Statue of Liberty them & the French text and postal markings on the paper tape) than Italy-inspired, but I still think I captured the overall feeling of the inspiration design.  Thanks ladies for another fun challenge.

Comments

[Agus Yornet]

oh great card! love the paper combination you had used!

[Lisa Somerville]

Lovely Steph! Great take on this weeks colors, the Tissue Tape works wonderfully here! Thanks for playing at the PDCC.

[michelle l]

Ooh, I love your tape! This card is fantastic. Thanks for playing in the Res-Q challenge this week! :)

[~Tammy~]

Oh my gosh I love it!

[E.T]

hahah i love this card!

[Linda Beeson]

I always love coming to see what you have created but today is WOW! That Core'dinations is perfect, LOVE the color combo and your use of the Unscripted sketch.

[Paul]

Beautiful card, love that red is the dominant colour. Wonderful asymmetrical design too. Px

[Susan (rainy)]

Oh I LOVE it, Stef! France, Italy... it's all Europe!

[Ruby 2 Shoes]

Such a fun card, love it!!!! Thanks for playing along with us this week at the PDCC! :o)

[Debbie Standard]

Fabulous and LOVE how you used the core'dination! Reported you to the team here! http://ingeniousinkling.typepad.com/ingenious_inkling/2010/08/hello-this-is-liberty-speaking.html

[stampersuzz]

Fabulous indeed! Love the design and the papers you used! Glad you joined us at the PDCC this week!

[lauren]

oh no...i totally see the influence of the inspo! and afterall, france and italy share a bit of border, so well done for fitting in a bit of geography lesson into this awesome card!!!!! :)