parade of rejects: quince hues (CFC)

Back to the rejects.

So, there was this submission call to create cards using Design Seeds color palettes.  Love those.  But to create a card based purely on a color palette (no white or black allowed!) is truly challenging for me.  So many possibilities and that makes my life SOOO difficult.  I cannot wait to see the cards selected for that issue!

I went with a design I had used earlier and made a baby card cuz I thought the colors would work.

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Some misting, some PP circles, some stitching and sequins.  A less-than-perfectly-aligned stamped sentiment... was that the kicker?  Or too many colors in the PPs.  Don't know.  Never will.  That's OK.  It's been used already :)

I'm joining the challenge at CASual Fridays #109 cuz I've got dots even if they're not doing the polka.

Thanks for watching.  More from this series to come.

Supplies welcome baby:

Paper: CS Papermania, PP October Afternoon

Stamps: Paper Smooches

Ink: Glimmer Mists spray ink, Versamagic

Tools: punch EKS, sewing machine

Other: sequins

i was born a chevron (Moxie Fab, PDCC, Passion for Papertrey)

It's been ages since I played at the Cafe... and I nearly missed the deadline... again.  So here are some lousy photos, but I'm in before the deadline.

Started with a chevron die from MFT and some Papermania CS in the PDC colors:

I had big plans for some graphic coolness, but suffice it to say my lack of spatial thinking abilities led to a need to re-work.  As in not-doable-with-chevrons.  So this happened.

A negative die cut with some peaks of the chevrons peeking out on the left, a lovely PTI sentiment and sequins.   And then this.

Some strips cut by trimming through the peaks and valleys of the chevrons, then aligned mismatched.  Born chevron, turned arrow.  And what goes better with arrows than a heart?  Heat embossed with a cool Casual Fridays sentiment.  A distressed mesh BG and sequins to top it off and I'm in under the wire.

Playing at:
The Play Date Cafe - #174
Moxie Fab World - Chevron Challenge
Moxie Fab World - Emphasize the Negative
Passion for Papertrey - Negative Die Cut

 Appreciate your visit.

Supplies to love and be loved:

Paper: CS Bringmann, Papermania

Stamps: sentiment PTI

Ink :Hero Arts

Tools:  heart dies Sizzix,chevron die MFT

Other: sequins, dimensional adhesive

Supplies yeah baby:

Paper: CS Bringmann, Papermania

Stamps: BG CHF, sentiment Casual Fridays

Ink :Distress Ink, Hero Arts, Versamark

Tools:  heart dies Sizzix,chevron die MFT

Other: embossing powder Zing, sequins, dimensional adhesive

orchid, tangerine, sea foam (PDCC, PS, YCU)

 Trends.  How long do they last?  But I did it.  Bought a chevron die.  Oh my goodness.  What fun.  What possibilities.  What a challenge (if you're good in spatial thinking -read:  I'm not - you can do awesome things with this baby).  Just check out JJ's blog.

Die cut a bunch of chevrons and then played around with them until I found a pattern I like.  Tons of possibilities.  Then, when you cut them into strips a whole nother (that's Michigan slang, BTW) world of possibilities presents itself.

I used the colors from this gorgeous photo board from The Play Date Cafe:

And this designer draft from Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge:

And am loving the trend challenges like this one at Young Crafters Unite:

Here she is.

Looks kinda wonky, but I purposely stamped the sentiment in lilac AND light gray to give it a bit more weight. It doesn't look that "fuzzy" IRL...  Notice how the twine guides your eye from the star down to the sentiment (thanks to Paper Crafts Connection  and Moxie Fab World I now know that's called "movement/flow")?

And because I actually needed a retirement card for a friend (yeah, I'm that old - actually I'm not but I have friends who are!!!) and because I had plenty of chevrons ;).  It needed to be more masculine so, more blue and vellum rather than twine.

Thanks for visiting.

Supplies cheers:

Paper: card base Buttinette, CS Papermania

Stamps: Kim Hughes CHF, sentiment Paper Smooches

Ink: Versamagic

Tools: dies MFT

Other: twine

Supplies happy happy everything:

Paper: card base Craft UK, CS Papermania, vellum

Stamps: Kim Hughes CHF, sentiment PTI

Ink: Versamagic, Versafine

Tools: dies MFT

Other: 

english lit 101 (Paper Crafts)

Quick one here.  Paper Crafts Connection is looking for cards that are "very British."  How's this?

An explanation perhaps?  The Queen's an institution and the Olympics were fab, but I don't own stamps of either and I probably never will.  I do have these ephemera/post stamps from Papermania.  So I opted to pair them with some Alice in Wonderland stamps.  In reverance to my days as an English major.

Stamped my art (he he he).  Punched an edge.  Added some twine and "crown jewels".  Photographed it at midnight in poor lighting and here you have it.  The inside is stamped with "I'm late, I'm late, I'm late".  A belated bday card - capice?  Consider it an American attempt at British humor.

Off to bed.  Cheerio.

Supplies Oh dear:

Paper: CS Neenah
Stamps:   Crafty Secrets, Papermania

Ink: Jenny Bowlin, Versafine gray

Tools: border punch EKS

Other:  twine, beads

a rose is a rose (Paper Smooches Sparks)

It's still all about THE rose.  For the card set for my neighbor.  Here is Card #3.  This one was a combo of the pocket card shown in PTI's Make it Monday video #68 and the inspiration photo from Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge.

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I love that piano. That color - yum. And the Art Deco style of it. Yep, that works with a rose, right? So I went with the color. It immediately reminded me of bandana PP (it spoke to the country girl in me!) I bought awhile ago.  And bandanas made me think of the Happy Trails stamp set (CHF) of Kim's and the adorable little paisleys. So I distributed them (like the plates on the wall) on the pocket and the pull out card.  Some bling on the pocket.  And a couple of layers to the rose for more dimension.  And the sentiment from Word Up.  Done.

BTW,  I created the pocket to fit in a standard envelope like a normal card.

Thanks for visiting, partner.

Supplies glückwunsch:

Paper:kraft Papermania, CS American Crafts, PP Martha Stewart

Stamps: The Craft's Meow, CHF, Paper Smooches

Ink: Versafine

Tools: sewing machine, corner rounder EKS

Other: bling