Happy World Card Making Day!

That's right, it's...

so I couldn't let the day go by without making a card.  But I was ambitious, and made a set of three :-)

Last week I made a set of cards for the Paper Smooches Sparks challenge (you can visit that post here).  On one of the cards I made, I put a ruffle of ribbon down the side.  I really liked it and decided to do it again for this set.  I used a thinner ribbon this time and it gives it a different look.

 

Challenges I'll be playing along with:

LilyPad's Bling Challenge

--Angie

SUPPLIES - 

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Marvelous Masking, part 1

A friend and co-worker of mine was a victim of some flash flooding we had in our area in the last week or so.  You can see a video here of the some of the rescue efforts that were going on.  If you watch the video close enough, you can see how the water level on the legs of the men standing in the pickup truck (as well as one of the cars completely disappearing under water!).  She has a split level home and the water was up to the top of her garage door.  Needless to say, she has a lot of work ahead of her.

I wanted to make a thinking of you card that was sort of related to floods.  I had this big scheme worked out in my head and try as I might, I just couldn't get it to work out on paper.  So I finally abandoned that plan and opted for something else - besides, I couldn't find a really good flood-y sentiment to go with it.

I remembered Wee Memories was having a one layered challenge so I thought I'd make a one layer thinking of you card.  I got it all done and realized, I had missed the deadline!  But no worries, because my final card still fits with their current challenge (got lucky with that one!!)

So here it is:

I used the Hero Arts Sketch from Lily Pad.  I masked out the three columns and masked a scalloped along with them.  I stamped my background then removed all of the maskes.  Then I put a circle mask in the middle of the scallop and added some ink to define the scallop.  Then I stamped the adorable little owl in the center and colored him in.  I added the sentiment to the bottom right, rounded the corners, then applied some glossy accents to his nose and beak.  All done!

It's no flood card, but hopefully the little owl will make her smile.

Challenges - 

   

--Angie

P.S.  Did you see I was an Honorable Gnome at the Lawnscaping Challenge #17 for this card?  :-D


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Other items used - sticky back paper for masking

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Different Looks with Same Concept

I'm playing along with a few challenges today and decided to keep the layout and basic idea the same but change the colors up.

Using the sketch from CPS as my layout and the colors from two color challenges, I came up with -

I started with the ColorQ colors - I like how the bright colors look against the black tickets - 

Then I changed the colors to match those of the Color Throwdown and ended up with this more masculine looking version - 

Since I didn't frame the front of this card with different papers, I round three of the four corners to add a little interest.

And here are the challenges I played along with - 

CPS #230

Color Throwdown #154

 

--Angie

SUPPLIES

Stamps - Stampin' Up! Triple treat Flower; Lawn Fawn Sophie's Sentiments

Ink - all from Stampin' Up! - Pool Party, Old Olive, So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Pink Passion

Other - White embossing powder, 5 Petal Flower Punch (by SU!), Flower Punch (by SU!), Ticket Punch from EK Success

Brown Hair

I decided to play along with the iCopic Weekly Challenge this week.  The challenge was brown hair.  I'm new to copics, but am having so much fun using them.  Here is the card I created with brown hair.

I can see the highlights, but I can definitely use some more practice ;-)

SUPPLIES - 

Basic Gray Kioshi Paper Pack

Stampin' Up Sizzix Top Note Die

Lawn Fawn Sophie's Sentiments

C.C. Designs Swiss Pixies - Heidi Among the Flower

Lilac Twine from the Twinery

Copics - E35, E29, E37, E50, E51, YR00, R32, V12, V06, and Y38