I made another card for a couple challenges. The themes for each of them, respectively, were “Music” and your “All-Star stamp”. I’m making the card for a couple of my boy’s friends (siblings) who are performing in “The King and I” in a couple weeks. He’s going to their dress rehearsal tomorrow, so I thought it would be nice for him to bring a little card for them. It was also the perfect occasion to use my new film strip punch by “ek”. I’ve never gotten one before because they’re so expensive, but I needed something to do with my last 40% off coupon at Michael’s (it would have been a crime to just waste it, right?) I love it because it has a guide that you can line up the already punched portion to keep the pattern going in as long a line as you want.
Here are the challenges I’m entering:
http://addictedtocas.blogspot.com/2013/08/atcas-challenge-21.html – This one is one of my favorite new challenges. I’ve struggled with the “Clean and Simple” style but it forces me to be really mindful. I especially liked this week’s theme, “Music”, and it was perfect for the purpose of the card. I used one of the Design Team’s ideas of putting sheet music behind a die cut shape. I can’t find the link to her post about the inspiration card, but here’s her blog: http://florenceandfreddiepart2.wordpress.com/. I really love her style. My first iteration of this card included a couple stickers on the front with a movie theme. I love the stickers, but the style didn’t really match and it took away from the CAS style (see, I’m learning). Luckily, I was able to peel them off and put them on the inside, instead. Without the stickers, I was left with a blank space next to the writing, so I cut out a little star out of a piece of the music and pasted it on.
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/challenge-stamping-all-stars/ – Another favorite challenge, and their design team usually goes in the totally opposite direction from CAS. But I love them!! They’re all about the layers and the dimension and they’re not all cards. One of the submissions is a bunch of multi-colored tea bags stapled to the back side of a wooden frame with chipping aged wood behind it. On the side of the frame, she stamped one of my favorite quotes from Marianne Williamson “We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.” Here’s the link to her piece: http://snappingmonsters.blogspot.com/2013/09/my-other-creations-artsy-tea.html I think it’s absolutely amazing. It didn’t inspire this card, but it definitely inspired me (and I Pinned it for later.)
The theme for this challenge is “My Stamping All-Star”. That would totally be my typewriter letter stamps from “Recollections”. I use them all the time, and I’ve gotten better at them. I’ve learned how to use a ruler to line them up if I want a straight line and I’ve learned that if I want the edges not to show I have to either wipe off the extra ink with a damp towel or stamp really carefully on a really hard surface. I didn’t do either of those things this time, but I like the way it turned out. I used a Craftsmart’s Brick Red ink pad for a little dash of color.
Here are the materials I used (my new paper punch and my “all-star” stamp (collection):
And my boy’s sweet message on the inside:
Great way to use the sheet music! Thank you for joining us at ATCAS.
Thanks so much! I loved that it was used that way in one of the Design Team’s submissions.
Fun card! Love the film ribbon punch! Thank you so much for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Hugs, Sandra
Thanks a lot.
Lovely!
Thank you.
Really cute card, well done!
Thanks so much!