May the 4th Be With You!

 Today I'm sharing my Creative Team project for the May Challenge at A Cut Above, Die Cut Challenge Blog.  May is the month that shares the ever popular, "Intergalatic Star Wars Day", and today is that day, so, I went with the Star Wars theme for my May card.

 

"May the 4th be with you!" 

 

STAR WARS

 

This five inch square design came together pretty quickly.  The blue metallic background is matted with black glitter cardstock adhered to a gray base.  I die cut the star from the same gray as the base.  The Star Wars with Darth Vadar focal sentiment is a cut file.  I'm pretty sure this is going to a family member that is a huge fan of the Star Wars franchise.

 

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Have the best day!

 

Have A Lovely Day

Welcome crafty friends!

A new challenge is posted today at the Double D Challenge Blog.  The theme is Tea or Coffee for the next two weeks.  There's a mood board for inspiration and a prize to one lucky winner.  Check out the  details HERE.

 

Elizabeth's Crafts Designs Foil Stickers 

Here's my inspiration....

HAVE A LOVELY DAY 

I chose the teapot as the focal point on my card.  The pretty floral paper reminded me of an antique chintz design.  It sits on a doily covered metallic tray with some added foliage tucked in behind it.  I adhered a strip of semi opaque lace trim tape under the tray to act as a table runner.

From my stash...

CTMH Garden Green Ink

Diamond Press Lace & Grace Paper Tape 

Memory Box OrnateTeapot 

Neenah Solar White CS

Paper Rose Candy Kisses Collection 

Paper Studio Matte Gold Metallic CS

Pinkfresh Around the Arches Stamp 

Pinkfresh Matte Gold Metallic Pearls 

 Sizzix/49 & Mkt. Thinlits Fine Stems

Spellbinders Labels Ten Nestabilities

 Tsukineko Galaxy Gold Pigment, Tuxedo Black Ink

 

Sharing with these challenges:

 The Paper Funday Challenge #86 - AG with Die Cut, Punch/5-3-26

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog.

Have the best day.

Sound the alarm!

 Today I'm sharing a card I made for a special person's retirement.  We celebrated him this past weekend with a dinner and lots of surprises.  It was a fun, emotional time for him and everyone in attendance.

 

ENJOY THE NEXT CHAPTER

 

This customized card was fun to create.  The quote and firefighter image are printed on vellum. The flame is on white cardstock with both the vellum and white cardstock cut using the same die. Hiding glue on vellum is tricky so I used mini glue dots and adhered yellow enamel dots over the area to hide them. 

 

 Hear that?

I personalized the inside of the card also with a fun quote.  The fire alarm was printed twice, cut and adhered together for dimension. 

 

From my stash...

Bazzill Cardstock

Olympio Vellum

Spellbinders Standard Circles Small 

Spellbinders Labels 25 Nestabilities 

 

 

Sharing with these challenges:

The Paper Funday Challenge #86 - AG with Die Cut, Punch/5-3-26 

 

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Have the best day!

 

 

Beauty and Joy!

Hi Crafty friends! 

 

There's a new challenge up at A Cut Above Challenge Blog.  The theme is always "Anything Goes With A Die Cut" according to the required guidelines.  April also has an optional twist of pastel colors in addition to using die cuts on the project.  

I created this card using the twist of pastels... 

BEAUTY & JOY

There are lots of layers and dimension on this card design.  The background patterned paper is matted twice and adhered to a white card base.  I used a doily die cut as the focal point and embellished it with a foliage die cut and coordinating ephemera.  The sentiment is stamped and die cut with matting in two colors.  I adhered tiny pearls on the doily and flower centers.
 

 From my stash...

Bazzill CS - Kraft, Mint, Pale Rose

Kaisercraft Chino Pearls

Memory Box Blooming Vine Die 

Mintay Spring Is Here DP

Mintay Spring Is Here Ephemera

Neenah CS - Solar White 

Pinkfresh Keepsakes of the Heart Stamp/Die Set 

 Sizzix Mandela Doily Die

 

 Sharing with these challenges:

The Paper Funday Challenge 86 - AG with Die Cut, Punch/5-3-26

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Have the best day!

 

 

Sharing Humor!

 Hey crafty friends!

It's time for a new challenge at the Double D Challenge Blog.  No foolin'!

 

Today's theme is "Humor", anything humorous.  

This was a tough one for me, once again, as I don't have any funny image stamps or dies in my stash.  But, never fear... I came up with a card that I find humorous.

 

You're not old...You're retro!

 

I purchased this fun die set last year and this is the first time I'm sharing a card that I made using it.  When I saw the release, I was with my sister and we both decided it was a must have.  So many childhood memories of those Tupperware bowls in our mom's kitchen cupboards.  I found scraps of cardstock that matched the colors on the insert and made eight sets of bowls.  This past November, I shared them with four of my friends at a scrapbooking crop. I had four remaining sets and used one of them for this card and have three more to use.

 

The utensil DP is from a kitchen collection that I have and worked perfectly as the background for this stack of bowls.  The fun sentiment is computer generated and speaks for itself.  Retro...when I think retro, I think nostalgia. You know what I mean?  A throwback to years ago when these bowls were stylish and trendy.  Aged, like me!!

 

From my stash...

Bo Bunny Turquoise Dots CS

Carta Bella Homemade With Love, Baking Stripes

Hero Arts Classic Casserole Die Set

Penny Black Ribbon Stackers Die Set

Other: Misc. scraps of cardstock 

 

Sharing with these challenges:

The Paper Funday #86 - AG with Die Cuts, Punches/5-3-26 

  

Stop on over at the Double D Challenge Blog and play along.

You could be a winner. 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Have the best day.