The above card uses some die cuts from the Silhouette America Online Store and patterned paper and elements from Nancie Rowe Janitz's *new* Daisies Kit (coming this Friday to jessicasprague.com). Also, I used some techniques from Week 2/Day 3 by wet embossing the sentiment. I traced the printed sentiment using a clear embossing pen and then heat embossed it using clear embossing powder.
A new inspiration challenge is up at Color Combos Galore!
Clicking on the above inspiration board will take you to details (and video) for this week’s challenge at Color Combos Galore.
Below are some details regarding the above card I made for this week’s challenge.
Inspiration Photo #3/Focus On Technique: Stamp on Tag
(stamped sentiment on tag)
I used a sentiment from the June 2012 Unity Stamp Company Kit of the Month.
Other Inspiration
Inspiration Photo #2: heart tag topper which was embossed using a Tim Holtz/Sizzix embossing folder, flag strip (idea: name tag flag strip)—these are die cuts purchased through the Silhouette America Online Store
Inspiration Photo #3: tag design (idea: tag)—die cut purchased through the Silhouette America Online Store and edged using Tim Holtz Black Soot Distressing Ink.
Inspiration Photo #4:white cardstock (idea: wall), rolled flower (idea: garland)—die cut purchased through the Silhouette America Online Store.
NOTE: Remember when uploading your projects to list which Focus On Challenge was the basis for your page and other inspiration taken, if any. This week’s tag when uploading to the Color Combos Galore Photo Gallery or Splitcoaststampers is CCG247. Projects not tagged as such will not show up in the slideshow at the bottom of this week’s Reveal.
This is WEEK TWO of JULY.
Deadline is: July 28, 2013, USA Eastern time.
Every week in this class you get a color combination with card sketches to play with using your own techniques or the techniques taught in class that week. When taking a card class at Online Card Classes, you always learn a ton of tricks and techniques!
In the example above, I used Week 1’s color combination to fill the stamped image and I used Card Sketch #3 as the inspiration for the design of the card—I just turned the sketch around and used the stamped image instead of a skinny banner.
The stamped image is a Unity Stamp Company Fashionista, named Jess, by Tracey Malnofski. The patterned papers and sentiment is from Crate Paper’s Farmhouse Full Collection Kit available at acdigitals.com.
Click on the above collection image to be taken directly to the product pages at AC Digitals.
Here’s the description from AC Digitals:
Get ready for some good times down at the farm with Crate Paper's Farmhouse Collection. Surround yourself in the fresh outdoors, the morning breeze, and the smells of wildflowers and growing berries in this beautiful collection. The vibrant colors and a mix of country-themed patterns and elements will leave a smile on your face and a craving for some delicious homemade pie.
Buy the full collection and save 20%! The Farmhouse Full Collection includes the following individual kits:
Click on the above collection image to be taken directly to the product page at jessicasprague.com.
Here’s the description of this collection from Nancie Rowe Janitz:
“These sweet little cardboard paintings (8.5 x 12 inches) were a labor of love. I hope you enjoy them as much I enjoyed painting them! Use them as backdrops to your art journal pages, to accent your layouts to make a sweet hybrid project!”
I used prints from this digital kit in the hybrid projects photographed above. The stamp in the tag above is one of the Fashionistas from Unity Stamp Company named Claire and the sentiment was purchased through the Silhouette America Online Store. For the card above, the card/sentiment are cut files purchased through the Silhouette America Online Store.
Using Nancie’s products are always a great way to welcome art into your projects without all the fuss and mess! In no time at all you have a project you can be proud to keep and showcase or give as a card or gift. I love to utilize real-life stamped images with Nancie’s backgrounds. The backgrounds always add an artistic, whimsical touch that I just can’t accomplish in my craft room on my own. Thanks, again, Nancie!
This is an 8-1/2-x-11-inch hybrid layout I made showcasing photos from Gwen’s Video Game Arcade Birthday Party earlier last month. She’s 10, can you believe it?!
I used my Silhouette Portrait to print-and-cut all the embellishments and polaroid frames seen on the layout which are included in Maggie Holmes Full Collection. This is a very fun collection to scrap with and lends itself well to many themes, both masculine and feminine. The arrow-shaped “birthday” title was cut from a pattern from Maggie’s collection but is a shape I got through the Silhouette America Online Store. The sentiment seen on the tag, “Capturing Everything” is a stamp from Unity Stamp Company’s Kit of the Month from April 2013.
Here’s the description from AC Digitals:
Enjoy the vintage, eclectic style of Maggie Holmes in this new collection. Maggie combines her cute style and awesome talent to bring you a gorgeous collection full of flowers, butterflies, typewriters, and so much more. Its gorgeous color palette and patterns are sure to win you over and become one of your favorite collections to use over and over again.
Buy the full collection and save 20%! The Maggie Holmes Collection includes the following individual kits:
A new inspiration challenge is up at Color Combos Galore!
ALSO:
NEW FEATURES TO CCG
Design Team Guests
These are very talented members of our creative community who will be working alongside our team throughout the month creating inspirational projects for you. You can share in their joy HERE in the Community Forum, where you can meet and congratulate them all, and get to know them better too!
Video
If you are new to Color Combos Galore, or just not sure how to play along, then I suggest you watch Janet’s video. It's everything you need to know about playing the challenges, for example, the challenge format, Inspiration Board, important Rules and How to Play details. Each Inspiration Photo and "Focus On" Challenge is also discussed by Janet. Janet gives more ideas of inspiration not listed or seen in the Reveal. It’s very in depth and detailed—THANK YOU, Janet! Clicking on the Inspiration Board below will take you to details for this week’s challenge at Color Combos Galore AND to this week’s video.
Below are some details regarding the above card I made for this week’s challenge.
Inspiration Photo #4/Focus On Theme: Postal/Air Mail
I used a postal stamp and designed the look of the card to resemble a postcard using die cuts purchased through Silhouette America Online Store and digital kits I used from ACDigitals.com. The links to these digital kits can be accessed through photos below, like the map patterned paper, etc.
Inspiration Photo #1: The star-in-circle element (idea: game pieces)
Inspiration Photo #2: Paper-backed frame (idea: frames)
Clicking on the above inspiration board will take you to details (and video) for this week’s challenge at Color Combos Galore.
NOTE: Remember when uploading your projects to list which Focus On Challenge was the basis for your page and other inspiration taken, if any. This week’s tag when uploading to the Color Combos Galore Photo Gallery or Splitcoaststampers is CCG246. Projects not tagged as such will not show up in the slideshow at the bottom of this week’s Reveal.
This is WEEK ONE of JULY.
Deadline is: July 28, 2013, USA Eastern time.
