Shorebirds Swing Card

 Hello Stampers, I'm here to share with you a card for Challenge 184 - Masculine Birthday. Remember to go post you project so that you can be eligible to win some cool SweetStamps product!  I decided to keep things simple for my project because this is a masculine card. Guys just don't like lots of extras! I can say that the photos just don't do the card justice! It's better in real life with all of the vibrant colors!

I used shell buttons and tiny real shells to decorate two corners. The top right corner has a little jumping dolphin and adds a bit of whimsy. The art work was done by stamping Shorebirds 3011 onto glossy card stock and then I sponged on ink and used water based markers to complete the image.

Once the card is opened. You can see the sentiment and a place to write a personal message. I used the SweetStamps sentiment Special  Day 9114. Making fancy fold cards is fun! If you would like to give it a try, visit my blog for more information and a materials list.
Before I leave you today, I would like to say that I had great fun creating projects for you this month! I also wish to thank you for letting me share those with you! I hope you gained some inspiration and good ideas for your projects!
Paula

Art Nouveau Garden

Good morning Stampers! I'm glad to be back with you for another Guest Designer post. The theme for this week's challenge is 'In the Garden'! You can find that challenge here and I hope you play along with us this week. I actually combined the Monthly Technique Challenge along with the weekly challenge for this project. The Monthly challenge is to create a Double Side Step card and you can read more about that in the previous post.

For the center medallion, I used the Cabbage Rose ATC 1011Stamp and stamped out several images on white card stock. I colored three images with my alcohol markers and cut out the center part of the flower, the midsize section and the entire flower excluding the leaves. I cut out leaves from several of the images and kept those separate. In the next step, I assembled the flower using foam dimensional dots. I chose a die cut image of designer paper as the background for this center flower and attached the flower to this background with another foam dot. Once the flower was in place, I decided on where to place the leaves and then added a bit of Crystal Stickles for a little glitz!

The side panels were made using the Art Nouveau Vertical Border 4008 Stamp which I stamped onto smooth white card stock. I colored the leaves and flowers with alcohol ink markers and it looked good but I wanted a little something more. I decided to also color the background and when it was finished, it looked like designer paper which matched perfectly with the actual designer paper that I used on this card.

For the sentiment, I lined the card base with the same designer paper that I used to back the stamped images and then layered two additional die cuts on top. One in a contrasting but matching designer paper to which I added bling. The top layer is smooth white card stock that I stamped the Special Day Sentiment. I edged the die cut with a light aqua alcohol marker and added more stickles.

If you would like to see a complete materials list for this project, please visit this post on my blog.  Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Paula

Monthly Technique Challenge ~ Fun Folds

Hello crafty friends, hope you had a lovely Valentine's Day! Now that it's the 15th, it is time for a NEW Monthly Technique Challenge! This month's theme is... 

Fun Folds

For this fun challenge, you can create ANY specially folded card... Gate Fold, Easel, Z Fold, Pyramid, Flip Flop, Center Step, etc.

Take a look at these fabulous Fun Folds from our DT Sweeties:

Annette Andersson

*Calypso Bastian*

Carolyn LaBille

Denise Paxton


Donna K

Erika Winterlia

Irena Kowalczyk

Irit Shalom

*Kendra Sand*

Lisa Lahiff

Roxie Glaza

*Shelly Schmidt*

We'd love to see your Fun Folded project, so come and join the fun! You could win a $20 shopping spree for goodies at SweetStamps.com's online store by playing along in our challenge! Click here for our complete Challenge Rules.

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This is our Monthly Technique Challenge, so it will run through March 14th. Check out all the monthly challenges here. Happy Stamping! 

 

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