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When I saw super-sweet Amy T was the Featured Artist at Tag You're It! I had to join the fun. Here is Amy's awesome tag.
I love how she used her tag as the focal point of a card. I incorporated similar colors and a colored image into my design from Essentials by Ellen.
I also added a gold glittery circle at the top of my tag ... and couldn't resist adding some gold sequins too.
We're still making awesome Merry Sketch-mas cards at Jingle Belles this week.
This week I started with a gold metallic doily and built my card from there.
I added a Christmas gift die cut embellishment, a strip of holly embossed paper, and a favorite sentiment from Catslife press. I finished with some golden sequins.
Hope you'll come join us.
Becca Cruger (aka The Damsel of Distressed) is celebrating her 30th Birthday with a Birthday Bash.
I took my inspiration from the top photo. I've had this piece of vintage clothing pattern that I painted with Color Burst just waiting for its time to shine. I cut it into 3/4" planks like the wood in the picture and attached them to a turquoise cardstock base.
Since Becca designs for STAMPlorations, I pulled out the Big Greetings stamp set I bought with my winnings last month and used the July Sketch Challenge for my layout.
I'm also joining the Virginia's View Summer Challenge that is All About Color
Another week of blogland discoveries:
Have a tremendous Thursday!
I picked-up a collection of paper and coordinating journaling cards from Hobby Lobby called 9th Street because they featured one of my favorite color combinations, and I thought they would make some quick cards.
This one uses this week's Mojo Monday Sketch together with a stamped sentiment and some sequins ... I do love those colors.
The theme at the Mod Squad Challenge was to create using the Distress Ink Lifting technique. I inked-up a vintage image from Denami Designs using White Craft ink and clear embossed on white cardstock.
Since the them at Seize the Birthday is Bold & Bright, I applied three different red/pink Distress inks over my image using a very messy direct to paper application. Next I sprayed my inks several times with water to blend them while using a paper towel to lift some of the color as I worked. Lastly, I splattered ink over the entire image to do more lifting of the color. I love the cool watercolory effect.
A black paper mat and a few sequins, and this card was finished.
I love the inspiration photo at the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge ... only one problem ... I have no Unicorns.
I considered a Yeti ... or perhaps the Kraken ... or another mythological creature ... but in the end, I decided to take my inspiration from the colors and other elements in the design.
My stamp is for the Itty Bitty Challenge at Unity Stamp Company with Hope Builds Courage. I stamped it once in orange and again in pink to piece in part of the text with foam tape dimension.
I pulled in the oranges, pinks, and the lines from the paneling in the background ... also the gold of the Unicorn's horn. Layout is this week's As You See It Sketch.
The current challenge them at CASology is Art ... and the most renowned Iowa Art is Grant Wood's American Gothic.
I just so happen to have a stamp of that classic image, so that's where I started my design.
Since the theme at The Paper Players is CAS Watercolor, I added a strip of Color Burst Watercolored paper to my card (stencil is Circles Circles by StencilGirl).
As I hunted through my collection for a sentiment, I giggled when I saw this sentiment from Paper Smooches Sweet Escape.
I love pineapples ... and pineapples are everywhere, so I have added quite a few to my stamp collection ... including this awesome Simply Stamped Pineapple from Taylored Expressions.
My inspiration came from this week's {Cupcake Inspiration Challenge}.
and the layout is this week's CAS(E) this Sketch.
I love texty stamps that make a card come together so easily ... like Taylored Expressions Graphic Greetings Thankful.
A few scraps of designer paper, a few scraps of cardstock, and a pretty champagne gem, and this card was done using this week's Share Joy Challenge Sketch.
