365 Cards - Day 57

Today's challenge:  Ad Inspired.  

DT Gloria picked selected this pic as her challenge.  Such a striking photo - and so much inspiration (plaid, colour, baby, turtles, monograms).  

  

I was inspired by two things... the white cribs and the fact that I had a Silhouette cutting pattern of a crib that I was dying to try out!   Score!  Perfect excuse to pull out the Silhouette SD.  It did a bang-up job cutting out the layers of the crib (I could never even dream of being so precise - I think I need stronger glasses) and it was fun to layer the pieces to make 3D cribs... so fun, in fact, that I made two.  :D

I tried to Picnik my photos to make the colours true-to-life, but I just couldn't get it right.  Lighting in my craft room is terrible...  That'll be the next upgrade.


My wonderful hubby just put shelving up and I'm ridiculously organized (we'll see how long that lasts!)

Cheers!

Carolyn

365 Cards - Day 31: All Mixed Up

Here's the challenge:   Take an image (digi, stamp, etc.) and break it down into thirds - 1/3 no color, 1/3 patterned paper, 1/3 hand colored (markers, colored pencils, chalks, paint, etc.).It doesn't have to be in perfect thirds, just broken down into three parts.

This one was certainly a challenge, but I had the luxury of finishing my card late, so I could glean some ideas and inspiration from the other participants.  Wow, there are some talented ladies out there in the blogosphere, not the least of which was the 365 Cards Design Team member, Kim.  Her card's a real stunner.  Check it out.


My card started with a cute little 'Stampin' Up' image, stamped on white card stock and again on DP (for her dress).  I coloured her hat and skin - and it was very hard not to watercolour the sky and grass, but I restrained myself in the spirit of the challenge!  I did, however, have to add a bit of FlowerSoft for effect.  Ribbon, twine, funky purple paper, and a wonderful birds on a wire stamp from Artistic Outpost.


I also spent a bit of time making a couple of baby cards for a colleague and his wife who have a brand new baby boy.  No, he doesn't need two, I just kept cutting and pasting until I had two cards.  I'll use one now, and save the other for the next baby.  :)




Thanks for poppin' by.
      -Carolyn

365 Cards - Challenges 185 & 186

What a great vacation!! So Grand Rapids isn't exactly Maui, but as both my daughters were there, I wouldn't have wanted to be anywhere else! The hugfest was completely rejuvenating (I've missed them both so much!!) and I feel great. :D

I've been busy catching up at work, and today I did a bit of catching up on card challenges, too. OK, just two of them - but it felt so good to play with glue again!

Challenge 185 at 365 Cards - Feeling Blue

The specific challenge was to have at least 3 shades of blue on our card. DT Tammy gave us yet another inspiring example with her lovely ice blue card with a glorious bow (I am bow-challenged, so I can only aspire to have a glorious bow... alas, the best I can offer is a passable bow LOL)

I am in need of some baby cards, so I chose to make a baby blue boy card in response to the challenge.

Cardstock - Bazzill; Design Paper - Rocking Horses by Karen Foster & Blue Dots by BoBunny; Ink - VersaFine Majestic Blue; Fabric Brads - Dollar Store; Alpha Stamps - CTMH;






Challenge 186 - Ad Inspired

I love the Ad Inspired challenges at 365 Cards. We are given a picture and told to go for it! The entries are so unique and varied, because each designer takes inspiration from a different part of the picture (colour, subject, mood) It's so much fun to create... and it's so much fun to feast your eyes on what others have created! Today's pic was chosen by Kristie (sexy heels, tea set & rose in a glass) and her example card is a real knockout! Love the houndstooth background and how the rose pops off the card. :D

The picture inspired for me a fantasy of music, romance and whimsy - and so my card has elements of all three.

The sentiment reads "Learn to pause... or nothing worthwhile will catch up to you."


Design Paper - unknown from stash; Black & Red cardstock - Bazzill; Flowers - Prima; Brads dipped in glue & Martha Stewart Onyx glitter; Ribbon - Rusty Pickle (black lace from the Boo collection & oversized red rickrack from the WhipperSnapper collection); Sentiment - Stampers Anonymous (Just Thoughts by Tim Holtz); Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black;

I hope y'all are havin' a great day! Blessings...

365 Cards - Challenge 138

Today's challenge: "She Said, and I quote" Using a quotation or poem on your card. Here's my submission (gotta make it quick, because I'm leaving for work).

The quote is computer generated on vellum. The image is Penny Black, coloured with CTMH watercolour pencils. The essential 3 were also used: Cuttlebug (love those swiss dots!), Nesties and Stickles.

I'm outta here - thanks for stopping by the madhouse! :P