Happy Monday

Independence Day was celebrated a few days ago here in the States and I made a few cards for various challenges. This one was made with a large solid heart stamp from Posh Impressions. Back in the ’90s, I saw Dee Gruenig, an amazing stamp artist, demonstrate at a convention. She showed how to create a heart shaped flag image. Since I’ve done this many times, I actually drew the flag image on the stamp with a ballpoint pen (reverse image) so that I could more easily fill in the sections with large Marvy red and blue brush markers.  In place of a sentiment, I added a USA stamp that was upcycled from a letter. 

 

Entered into: 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Stars and/or Stripes                            

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays [National Flag]                                     

Bugaboo Stamps- Anything Goes             

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- July                                        

Last weeks challenge at wecraftcards was to make a Shape Card. I made this flip flop card because I could also enter it into a few other challenges. I used a template found HERE, tracing the smaller flip flop image from tropical patterned paper, changing the heel shape a bit. Punched three holes into this template and used the instructions to add the straps onto this template, taping the ends to the underside of the template. I created the flower embellishment with a paper punch and a few scraps of paper plus a heart-shaped button. When finished, I laid this flip flop atop a white A2 sized folded card and positioned it so that there would be a fold across the top that would allow it to stand. Adhered it and then carefully cut around the image. The sentiments are computer generated.

 

Entered into: 

Outlawz Challenges- Songs and Rhymes- Summer Holiday

Double D’s Challenge- Tropical [photo]                      

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #394-#395 Anything Goes                    

Fabrika Fantasy Challenge- #32 Summer

I wanted to make one more card for the current Paper Shelter and their sweet digi named My Fantasy Pet. I framed the adorable girl and her friend with a red foil frame that I upcycled from an old Christmas card. Added a rectangle of vellum to help showcase the pair and layered them atop a few layers of rich colored papers, one from the Die Cuts with a View - Far East Collection - Foil Paper Stack has a fun wave design. The Hello sentiment is from Desert Diva. You can find it HERE. Am including this card into several challenges including Outlaws Tuesday Color Challenge [my card includes pink, golden yellow, green and a flower in her hair.]

 

Entered into: 

The Paper Shelter- #389 Digital Image

Outlawz Challenges- Tuesday Color Challenge 

Polkadoodles Challenge Week 27-Anything Goes                                          

The last card for this posting uses an adorable surfing penguin digi that is available HERE. I was inspired to create this card after seeing the image on a card entered into another challenge. [You can see that card HERE.] I printed the cute little surfer onto white cardstock, fussy cut the image, then colored it with Spectrum Noir markers and a Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen. The white pen smudged a bit, but I decided to leave it because it adds a bit of "movement" to the card. Used another piece of the wave design paper form the Die Cuts with a View - Far East Collection - Foil Paper Stack to create the background. Used an Exacto knife to cut a few of the waves so that the surfboard could be slid beneath the wave. Added some "foam" to the waves by coloring a small number of them with the white gel pen and then softening them with a light grey Spectrum Noir marker. The sentiment is computer generated. Am entering this card into several challenges including Do-Al[l] Creative's "On the Wave" where the challenge is to create anything about the beach, sea and water.

Entered into: 

Simon Says Monday Challenge- Life on the Ocean Waves

Do-Al[l] Creative- On the Wave                                                                            

2craftycrittercrazies Challenge- #28                                                                    

Cute Card Thursday- #589 Anything Goes