Thank you for checking back with me. It's Wednesday, so it's a Challenge day! The wonderfully creative ladies over @ Stampin' Queens Sketch Challenge have a pretty neat sketch for us to use.
The little banner I made myself. (It's pretty cute how I did that.) I used a scrap piece of very vanilla cardstock. I stamped the word first. Then used the word window punch to create the top and bottom edges of the banner. I then took the photo corner punch and created the snipped part. Adhered that piece to a scrap piece of crumb cake cardstock and using the very vanilla piece as my guide, I hand-cut the trim. I thought it was pretty clever. All the edges of every piece is sponged in Sahara Sand classic ink. I wanted to add a little sparkle to my card, so I used the Silver Glitter paper to make the three butterflies. I also punched out 2 tiny circles to add some pizzazz to the two little lonely flowers.
When I first saw this sketch, I instantly thought of a snowman, or some snow flakes. But, I thought that, 'that was too obvious'. So, I decided to work with the shapes already there - flowers. I also wanted to make a card that wasn't Christmas/Winter themed. I imagine that we all can pretty much look outside to see those images. I also wanted to work with a stamp set that hasn't felt ink in awhile. We all have those stamp sets. When you first see them, you just gotta have 'em. Then after a few months, they get pushed back in the back, behind other 'forgotten' treasures.
Now, for a color scheme. Outside, its green, brown, and white. Not very pretty for flowers. So, I grabbed an old time favorite flower color scheme. Can you guess what that would be? I selected - Calypso Coral & Pretty in Pink. (if that was what you guessed, bravo!)
Maybe I'm right eyed, or something, but I didn't like the way my card looked with the matted/scallop piece looked on the right, so I flipped it. I know you aren't surprised that I used First Edition DSP, right? I'm also not a big fan of text paper with the wrong orientation. But this time, I kinda liked the look. So, my text paper runs along the side and not up and down. (sorry, if that bothers you.) To create the background 'paper' I first stamped the french script using the 'finger tap' method, so the whole script wouldn't stamp. I then stamped the french floral image in pink, using the same technique. I stamped the flowers onto very vanilla cardstock and then hand-cut each one out. And then gave each petal a little fold, to create a realistic petal. I stacked the flowers together, and gave each blossom a half faux-pearl center. The leaves were a second generation stamp in Old Olive classic ink. The 'No. 5' is a second generation stamp in Soft Suede classic ink. To give the eyelet border trim a little pizzazz, I scored the paper every 1/4" and then punched the edge.
The little banner I made myself. (It's pretty cute how I did that.) I used a scrap piece of very vanilla cardstock. I stamped the word first. Then used the word window punch to create the top and bottom edges of the banner. I then took the photo corner punch and created the snipped part. Adhered that piece to a scrap piece of crumb cake cardstock and using the very vanilla piece as my guide, I hand-cut the trim. I thought it was pretty clever. All the edges of every piece is sponged in Sahara Sand classic ink. I wanted to add a little sparkle to my card, so I used the Silver Glitter paper to make the three butterflies. I also punched out 2 tiny circles to add some pizzazz to the two little lonely flowers.
Lets see what beautifully-creative paper craft pieces you create for this challenge!
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