Friday, January 19, 2018

Happy [craft room] Camper 2

The Day 3 challenge at Bugaboo Stamps for their 8th Birthday celebration is to make anything but a card. I used an image that I won in a recent Bugaboo challenge. I love this sweet little cowboy which I added to a gift tag. 
When I was looking for items to help add a country feeling to the card, I had such fun digging through my stash. Found the wonderful fabric that I used on the tag and also to attach it to the accordion-fold topped bag.  (The fabric was from my mom's stash. She was a quilter and so she left her crafty daughters boxes full of scraps. I love finding uses for them... and she would have LOVED this tag because of the cute little guy. I also found a bit of tan cord that looks like rope. Wrapped it around the top of my glue bottle a few times then secured the loops with a knot to make the buckaroo a little lasso rope. The final touch was that I added a bit of pattern to his neck scarf with my white gel pen to make it look more "authentic." So cute... um... I mean so tough and masculine! 
Entered into: 
Bugaboo Stamps-  Anything But a Card                        (catchthebugblog.blogspot.com)
QKR Stampede- #279 Anything Goes                            (qkrstampede.blogspot.com)
Di’s Digi Stamps- Birthdays                                             (disdigidesignschallenge.blogspot.co.uk)
Artistic Inspirations Challenge-Challenge #192          (artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.com.au)

A new friend gave me a gift certificate for Whimsy Stamps for Christmas. This is one of the images that I picked and was so fun to make my first card with the sweet little penguin. This was my first ever "Floating split front card" using a tutorial found here www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zQqLRFqZb4. Was actually pretty easy to make… and I love the results!
Also, the balloons are drawn with a fine-line permanent marker on clear document folders that come in a pack of assorted colors. You can find them in office supply stores. They are often cheaper than colored vellum and are more translucent.  They are also easy to fussy-cut with a nice, sharp pair of scissors. (It took a little experimentation to find a way to adhere the balloons to the card since double-sided tape and other adhesives will show through. I learned that, when I cut out the balloons, I can cut small flaps on the top and side of the balloons to help adhere them. I then lay the balloons on the card front, lightly sketch and then cut small slits on the card front, slide the flaps through there slits and then tape them down on the back of the card.  A little bit of work, but I like that the balloons look real with a translucent sheen.)
Entered into:
Whimsy Inspirations- #103 Anything Goes                       (whimsyinspires.blogspot.com)
Penny's Challenge- #363 Anything Goes                            (pennyschallenges.blogspot.com.au)
Simon Says Monday Challenge- Birds of a Feather          (simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge)
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Add a Sentiment      (simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge)
Deep Ocean Challenge- Something New                             (deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.com.au)
Cute Card Thursday- #512- Something New                      (cutecardthursday.blogspot.com) 
A2zscrapbooking Monthly Challenge- New To Me           (a2zscrapbookingblog.com) 
Calling All Sista’s- Color Challenge                                      (callingallsistahs.blogspot.com)
Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge                    (craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com)
     

18 comments:

  1. Kathy, that tag is adorable. Perfect western paper to go with it. Thanks for joining in the Bugaboo 8th Birthday Anything but a card Challenge, Lisa Lynn DT.

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  2. I love you tip on the clear folders-thanks for that! And what a creative way to adhere to the card. Your background paper really matches our photo plus that sweet image flying had been coloured beautifully. Thanks for joining us at Calling All Sistahs and we hope you join us again....18th of each month!

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  3. aww the penguin is so stricking cute!!!! I am obsessed !!
    THank you for playing along with us over Simon Says Stamp monday challenge! We all hope to see you again soon! xx Zoey

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  4. What a super sweet project you have for us today, so well thought out and put together a fabulous Creation Beautiful in every way, we are so lucky you have entered our WHIMSY STAMPS challenge blog so beautiful to look at good luck hugs Tracy x

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  5. A beautiful tag. I love the colours used. Thank you for sharing your work with us at QKR Stampede.
    Mary

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  6. Perfect for our Challenge at Whimsy, so glad you shared this great card with us! Jackie DT xx

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  7. Love your cute penguin card
    Thank you for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge this week.

    Jo x

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  8. I love the colored balloons. Great tip on the folders. Such a cute penguin and great sky background. So glad you joined us at A2Z Scrapbooking.

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  9. Hi Kathy
    All 3 of your entries are fantastic, as usual! Your balloons on this card are WONDERFUL!!! And I love the sentiment on your owl card. Loving all your creations!! Thanks for entering the challenge at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges!
    Linda

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  10. Thanks for participating in the #363 for PPCCB! Becca=DT

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  11. Such a sweet card and design. This is just perfect for our 'Anything Goes (103)’ challenge this month. Thank you for sharing and joining in with the fun in our Whimsy Stamps Challenge this month, and good luck. Hugs Janine DT xx

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  12. Love the adorable penguin hanging on to the balloons! So cute! Thanks for joining in the fun with us at a2z.

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  13. Super cute projects
    Thanks for joining us at Crafty Hazelnut's Pattern Paper Challenge
    Julie T

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  14. Fabulous cute birthday tag.....Thanks for joining us at Di’s Digi Challenge :)
    Wendy xx

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  15. love the balloons and cute penguin! thanks for entering it at a2z!

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  16. This is just lovely thank you for joining into our challenge at Whimsy Stamps challenge blog

    Michelle DT

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  17. Super cute, thanks for joining us at Whimsy Stamps Challenge Blog

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  18. Your penguin card is just as cute as can be! I love how he is floating around with those balloons! Thanks for joining us at the Calling All Sistahs Challenge!!

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