Weekend Fun

This week's Simon Says Challenge is named Steampunk and I knew just which image I wanted to use on my card! “It’s Tea Time” from The Paper Shelter features a beautiful steampunk image. I appreciate that most of The Paper Shelter digi sets include a background. For this one, I printed it off in shades of grey so that the steampunk beauty would stand out when colored in shades of rose, burgundy, teal, and aqua, with silver accents. I tried to add a vintage look to the card by adding a lacy square paper doily on its base. A few gears, cut from metallic silver paper add to the steampunk theme.

Supplies: 

·   Digi- The Paper Shelter (It’s Tea Time)

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers, Sakura Gelly Roll white & silver gel pens

·   Sentiment labels from my scrapbook stash

·   Assorted background papers, metallic silver cardstock, and a square doily from my stash

·   Gears- Darice Embossing Essentials Dies Gears

Entered into:  TPS Its Tea Time

Simon Says Monday Challenge- Steampunk 

The Paper Shelter- #442 Blast From the Past

Besties Challenge- September Anything Goes

Outlawz Challenge- Twisted Thursday Anything Goes

Outlawz Challenge- Inlinks Challenge

Last month I made 30 baby announcements for a couple of dear friends who just had a baby this week.  They knew they were having a baby (so bring on the PINK) and their theme was elephants, so I used this cute elephant digi from Little Scraps of Heaven (LSOH) on two of the card designs for their announcements. I shared one design a few weeks ago. Here is the second one. (I’m glad I remembered to take photos of the cards before I sent them on!) To simplify the process of making 30 cards, I appreciated that the LSOH digi is pre-colored. I just added a bit more contrast with a light grey marker for shading, a bit more pink on the ears, and a white gel pen for highlights. I’m entering this card into several challenges including Incy Wincy Designs “Let’s Celebrate” (I love celebrating new babies!)

Supplies: 

·   Pre-colored Digi- Little Scraps of Heaven (Easter Elephant Egg)-retired

·   Enhanced with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Circle template, assorted background papers, and silver photo corners from my stash

Entered into:  

Little Scraps of Heaven- Anything Goes Challenge  (FB)    

Incy Wincy Designs- Funny or Let’s Celebrate

Lemon Shortbread Challenge- Anything Goes #129

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Animal Antics

Day of the Month Challenge- Elephant Appreciation Day

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- September            

 
This month's challenge at the wecraftcards challenge has been based on movie themes. The current challenge is named “27 Dresses” and just required us to have a dress featured on our card. (BTW- 27 Dresses is a fun movie!) I love paper folding so found a favorite template I’ve used in the past and got to work. This sweet card is the result! I used a scrap of old vinyl wallpaper to make the dress, loving how the stripes look on the skirt, and on the peplum that I added with an additional scrap of the wallpaper. I wanted to keep the background simple, so that the dress got all of the focus, and remembered a box of brown notecards with an aqua line along the edge that I recently picked up at Goodwill. They were perfect! Added a pretty ribbon bow at the waist, and an upcycled greeting to finish off my card.

Supplies: 
·   Folded Dress Template can be found HERE
·   Brown notecard, a scrap of vinyl wallpaper, and a strip of ribbon papers from my stash
·   Front Sentiment-Upcycled from an old card
Entered into: 
We Craft Cards Monday Challenge- 27 Dresses
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends- #142 Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #458-459 Anything Goes                   
Cute Card Thursday- Challenge #653 Folds
Pixie's Snippets-Week #387