FFC #8 "Photo Inspiration" & Our August GD Winner!

 

Hello my bloggy friends!

 Welcome to another Funday Friday Challenge.

 

 

This week's Challenge:

"Photo Inspiration"

Create a card, layout or project from the photo above
We also have a special sponsor this week
Karen and Your Next Stamp will be giving away 1 stamp set to one lucky winner!  So if you have any YNS stamps, please use them! We wanna see them!
Starts: Friday, July 12th 12:00AM

Ends: Friday, July 19th 6:00PM

(central time)

 

 

*NOTE*

CHALLENGE RULES UPDATE

We have now changed the challenge rules to 3 entries per person per challenge except for the Anything Goes challenges which will be unlimited.

 

 Here is what I created this week for the challenge

I decided to use my cricut expression to make my card. I loaded up my artiste cartridge and cut this card at 6" from some deep plum CS from Recollections. I cut out the stars from the same cartridge on teal and light blue papers also from Recollections, at 3/4", 1",  1 3/4" and 2". I then cut out the teal and light blue shape from the elegant edges cartridge at 2 1/2" and 3".

 

I ran the card base through my ebosser using the "Smitten" folder by Anna Griffin. I layered all my stars together and layered my main shapes together. I used the Kudos Stamp Set from CTMH to stamp the star that says "super" and the sentiments, "You're the best" and "Congrats". This stamp set comes with the Artiste bundle and made stamping it onto my cut out star a snap! I stamped these images in versafine and used my Ranger's white embossing powder and heat embossed each one. I then stamped my sentiment, "Follow your dreams" from Cardz TV Stamp's set called "More Encouraging Thoughts" in soft lilac by Hero Arts. I ran this sentiment piece through my ebosser using my swiss dots embossing folder to give it some texture. To finish off my card I added some purple sequins and used my white sakura pen to add some white dots.

      

Now let's see what our amazing design team have created for us......

    

   Candice

 

 Kellie

 

 Stephanie

 

Amanda

 Brenda

 

Well my friends, it is YOUR turn to show us what

 you can do for this challenge!

Just link up using our link up tool at the bottom of this post for your chance to win top 3 and get entered into our monthly prize drawing.

What do you need to do to enter?

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your card/project post that includes your challenge,

using the linky tool below.

2. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge

3. 3 entries per person and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. All entries must be NEW and created for the current challenge.

5. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post.

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements

Will not be eligible for top 3 or random/monthly wins.

The monthly prize drawings will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

 

You have until July 19th by 6:00Pm (central) time to link up.

All winners will be announced on Monday, July 22nd.

Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create!

 

I also have a winner to announce from last week. A random winner from last week's challenge had the chance to win a Guest designer spot for August! So without further ado... Let's see who our August Guest Designer is!!

 

                      

 4. Gail Scott(#2) 

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS GAIL!!!

Please email me at

joann6274 at gmail dot com to discuss dates!

 

 

Until next time, enjoy life's blessings~

Thanks for stopping by!

  I am entering my tag in the following challenges:

TTCRD "Anything Goes"

Simon Says Stamp & Show "A Little Stamping"

Catch the Bug Challenge "Anything Goes"
 

PSC72: Brides or Babies- Wedding

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Hello my crafty friends!

 

Today I am sharing a card that I made for the Perfect Sentiments Challenge #72 , "Brides or Babies". I decided to go with the Wedding theme and created a card with matching envelope.

I used the Artiste cartridge and cut out the envelope out at 6 1/2" out of some pretty elegant silver paper from Me and My Big Ideas "Specialty paper pad", then I cut out the envelope again at 5 3/4" so that I would have a nice matting to layer on top. This pretty white/silver paper is also from the same paper pad. I neeed to have a sentiment on the front of my project, so I decided to go with "Mr. & Mrs." since it's perfect for the occasion. I cut out the sentiment from page 61 of the Artiste cartridge. To finish off the envelope, I added some glossy accents to my sentiment and used some gorgeous black/white ribbon that I had gotten from WalMart to make a belly band with a bow as the envelope's closure. The belly band has a velcro closure in the back so that it can be easily opened or shut.

 

I cut out the card from page 62 out of that same silver paper at 4 3/4" and then cut it again using some Bazzill white cardstock at 3 3/4" to have a perfect matting. I inked up the edges of the white cardstock using tea dye distress ink by Tim Holtz. The sentiment,"Wishing you all the love and happiness two people can share" is from an old Stampin Up set and was inked using some archival ink by Ranger. To finish this card, I added some "white opal" Perfect Pearls to frame the corners both at the top and bottom. I then added some more of that pretty ribbon to the bottom and a flower that I had in my stash from Pebbles. The only thing extra I did to the flower was add the center brad which is from Bazzill. Here are a few more photos:

 

Well thats my project for today. I hope you stop by the Perfect Sentiments Challenge Blog and give this one a try! Thanks for stopping by!!