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What do you get when you combine the Dynamic Duos Challenge to combine Red with one other color ... and the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger Soup to Nuts (inspiring me to go with a letter & number design) ... and the Just Us Girls Challenge to Use Numbers ... you get this:
I combined red with grey (a favorite color combination) and used my new Memory Box Parker Lower Case & Number Die cuts ... and a Martha Stewart party hat.
This week's challenge at CAS-ual Fridays is to make a card inspired by your own Blog Header ... which made me realize my blog design recently turned five years old. I still remember how fun it was working with the designer to make this blog my own ... and I am happy to say that for me, the design has stood the test of time.
I still love the color combination ... the floral elements ... flourishes ... and the clean design ... and I incorporated all of those into my card design. It's comprised of a lot of different die cuts together with an EAD Designs Stickerz sentiment which I captures my blogging experience ... to embrace life and enjoy the creative process.
My sister got me some fun mustache duck tape, which I used to create my background panel for this week's Unscripted Sketch Card.
I added a fun stamped sentiment & die cut mustache from The Cats Pajamas to complete the design.
I was thrilled to have the chance to eat lunch with my stamping friend Kirsty this week ... always awesome to meet my long-distance friends in person.
I learned the lyrics to New York, New York in sixth grade, and can still remember all of the words (together with Oklahoma! & the Missouri Waltz ... why-oh-why are those the things that choose to remain forever lodged in my memory ... oh yeah, and I can sing the names of all fifty state in alphabetical order).
Since then, New York has become one of my favorite places to visit ... especially when the adventure includes my dear friend Lauren ... so when I saw this great Subway Art from Empirical Style (this week's SCS Inspiration Site), I couldn't resist making a New York themed design.
The first step was to create a worn brick wall. I inked my brick embossing folder with white ink and empressed it into red Core'dinations textured cardstock. Next I added a bit of sanding and followed with some Mahogany Distress ink until I got the variation in color I was looking for ... perfect for the Embossing! Challenge at Frosted Designs & the Red Challenge at Moving Along with the Times.
I stamped Penny Black's New York Cling stamp in India ink on watercolor paper. I used a variety of water color pencils to scribble over the image, blending each color with water as I went along for an abstract art graffiti sort of feel.
I finished with a few stickers in the top right corner of the image to evoke a bit more of the subway sign, an artistic fortune cookie sticker, and a spray of Old Lace Glimmer Mist for a bit of shimmer.
I hope you find inspiration.
This week at Jingle Belles we're still Dashing Through the Snow. I decided to make a peaceful snowflake card using Hero Arts Stamps, Glimmer Mists, and emboss resist.
I stamped my favorite Stunning Snowflakes in Manganese Blue Archival ink on white cardstock & clear embossed (I adore that blue, but for the life of me can't find coordinating cardstock ... anyone?)
Next I sprayed Blue Skies & Old Lace Glimmer mists until saturated and allowed the paper to dry (spraying extra around the image, so I could use it later for my sentment). I stamped Peace from the new Lower Case Greetings set on a piece of sprayed paper and matted both in cardstock.
I attached my pennant sentiment with two staples and added a tiny punch snowflake and pearl to finish my snowy design using this week's Retro Sketch (again) ... such a versatile layout.
This week the designers from EAD Designs are joining the talented team at The Play Date Cafe for this week's color story.
I used stickers from EAD Designs' Just Chicken In together with this week's I Spy Sketch.
More from finds from the land of blogs:
Happy Thursday.
When I saw the theme at the CAS-ology this week was SHOE ... I knew I had to join the fun. See ... I have a serious love of shoes ... in all shapes and colors ... the more fun the better. These Allegria Snakeskin shoes were the latest addition to my fall wardrobe.
For my card, I decided to go with some fun Witchy-Poo Shoes from EAD Designs Monster Feet Stickerz and this week's Retro Sketch
The sentiment is a $1 bin stamp from Michael's that I've had for years ... always perfect for the season ... and speaking of the season, I'm also joining the Autumn-inspired challenge at CAS-ual Friday.
Love these fun new stamp sets by Teri Anderson for Technique Tuesday.
I used this week's Sweet Stop Sketch together with Basic Grey Picadilly papers, which is perfect for Shopping Our Stash whose challenge this week is Fur or Feathers. The Sticker Sentiment is from SRM Stickers. I'm also joining the Harvest Time fun at the Basic Grey Challenge Blog.
Just having some fun with EAD Designs Halloween Spooks Stickerz and designer paper from DCWV Bewitched.
Boo! to you
