Fresh & Bold: A Flowery Birthday Card

I'm jumping right into my first 2017 entry for card challenges with a fresh and bold birthday card! 
Three card challenges inspired me to make this card.

I love using card sketches and Mojo Monday never disappoints! This week's sketch is a simple yet layered sketch:

The colours I used for this card were inspired by the inspiration photo challenge over at The Card Concept. This photo is clean & fresh with a pop of bright pink and orange. 

And finally, Paper Players has a Clean-and-Simple challenge this week with a twist: Flowers. I love using flowers on my cards. My latest favourite is the Botanical Builder framelits from Stampin Up. There are multiple flowers in this set, with options to be creative and layer the flowers. 

Now to finally show you the end result in combining all three of these challenges...

I added a little texture in the background, as well as a strip of striped designer paper in bright pink. A few of the flowers are popped up to give the card some dimension. Rhinestones are added in the center of each flower for some bling! 

Inspired By... Polka Dots and Stripes!

I'm starting to get SO excited for our upcoming road trip - it's only one week away! I'll be spending most of my weekend getting things ready... packing, groceries, cleaning... There is still lots to do before we leave!

Time for a new card challenge!

This week it was my turn to pick an inspirational photo. I often turn to Etsy for inspiration. There are so many crafty and creative shops! For today, I chose a fun photo with lots of patterns:

This comes from a shop called Winterpeach Patterns. Someday I would love to sew and make cute little shoes like these!

I was inspired to use these different patterns in my card and I came across a fantastic card sketch for my design from Paper Players.

This sketch gives the perfect opportunity to use different patterned designer paper. I chose similar colours to what's in the inspirational photo and created a fun birthday card:

 

The swirl on the sketch reminded me of the swirl stamp in Everything Eleanor. I embellished the card with small rhinestones, satin Pool Party ribbon and a Pool Party button with bakers twine to complete the design of the card.

 

 

Thanks for visiting! Make sure to stop by Karly's Creations to see how she was inspired by this photo!

 

Come back on Monday for a new blog post!

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Made for You, Everything Eleanor

Paper: Basic Gray, Whisper White, Patio Party DSP, 2011-2013 In-Colour DSP, Tea Party DSP

Ink: Pool Party, Basic Gray

Accessories: Rhinestones (Michael's), Pool Party satin ribbon (Sale-a-Bration 2013), Button (Sale-a-Bration 2013), Pool Party bakers twine

Inspired By... a Fabulous Outfit!

Welcome to a new challenge with:

For today's inspirational photo, Karly chose a photo of a fabulous outfit - a fun fashionable dress with matching shoes, purses, and cherry jewelry - love it!

It took me a bit to figure out how I would use this picture as inspiration for a card. I knew for sure that I would use Real Red as the main colour and I wanted to somehow incorporate the cherries in my card. I decided to create a really girly birthday card using punch art. Here's what I came up with:

 

I created a dress using Scallop Circle nestabilities, layering polka dot designer paper on top of the white. The scalloped edges are sponged with Real Red ink to make it stand out against the white background.  I wrapped red satin ribbon around the waist -- I thought the ribbon slider would be a perfect resemblance of a belt buckle (I've been meaning to use these for a while now!). The small purse is created using the Tab punch and the smallest oval nestability for the handle (a small oval punch would work as well). The sentiment is stamped and cut into a flag shape. The card front is embossed with Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder.

 

 





Thanks for visiting! Make sure to hop on over to Karly's Creations to see how this photo inspired her!

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Made For You, Create a Cupcake
Paper: Real Red, Whisper White, Brights DSP
Ink: Real Red
Tools: Scallop Circles nestabilities, Tab punch (ret.), Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder
Accessories: Ribbon Slider

Happy Birthday to a Golfer!

Monday was kind of a blur. I had a busy, productive day at work and it was go-go-go after that. I did some groceries, washed a pile of dishes (we NEED a dishwasher!), ate a quick dinner, and stood in line for an hour (in the freezing cold!) to sign up for a new session of Zumba classes. After that, I finally had time to relax and do what I love to do to wind down from a busy day - papercrafting :)

Today is our brother-in-law's birthday! Mark loves to golf, so I thought, what a perfect theme for a birthday card! I searched pinterest for golf punch art ideas and came across Tawnya Bonnell's blog. It was perfect and looked so easy to make! I added my own creative touch to my card and this is the end result:

 

I made it into a simple landscape of a golf course. The sky is created by simply sponging Bashful Blue ink on Whisper White cardstock and punching out clouds from the Cupcake Builder punch. The hills are were cut free-hand. I used the Extra-Large Oval punch and polka dot Old Olive designer paper for the green. It's hard to see, but the golf ball has indented polka dots on it (using the opposite side of the Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder). I then used the Pennant Builder punch for the flag.

 



 

Thanks for stopping by! Make sure to visit tomorrow for my take on the Mojo Monday sketch this week :)

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Made for You

Paper: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Brights DSP

Ink: Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Basic Black

Tools: Petite Pennant Builder punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, 1/4" Circle Punch, Extra Large Oval punch, Cupcake Builder Punch, Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder