Global Design Project Colour Challenge

 I am really enjoying trying my hand at challenge sites this year!  My goal for 2021 was to create and post more often and I'm finding these weekly and monthly challenges to be a great source of inspiration and purpose.

My card tonight is for entry in the Global Design Project colour challenge #GDP277, where we were challenged to create a project using Rococo Rose, Blushing Bride and Sahara Sand.

I used the same fun fold I showcased during this afternoon's Surprise Saturday event. (This is a free virtual event where I host some crafty fun time and everyone makes a mystery card with the supplies they have at home.  If you haven't joined us yet, I hope you will, everyone is welcome!).

I started with a 4.25" x 5.5" white cardstock panel and added a layer of Blushing Bride and then a layer of DSP from the In Good Taste paper pack.  You get SO MANY sheets of amazing papers in this pack!

For the fun fold portion of the card I took a 3.25" x 8.5" piece of Sahara Sand cardstock and folded it in half, and then attached it to the centre of my card front.  I then stamped some beautiful artsy flowers form the Art Gallery stamp set on a piece of white cardstock.  This two-step-stamping set makes gorgeous flowers super easy, and because of the artsy style you don't even have to line up the stamps perfectly!  I used Blushing Bride for the base flower, and Rococo Rose for the deeper petals, with Sahara Sand for the subtle centres.

I added a piece of Rococo Rose Scalloped Linen ribbon to a strip of Sahara Sand cardstock and layered that across the front of my fun fold.  

I then heat embossed "hello friend" in white on a stitched Sahara Sand circle, and added it to a scalloped circle of Blushing Bride.  That was popped up on dimensionals and then added on to the ribbon strip.

I added a few rhinestones as a sparkling finishing touch to both the circle and the stamped panel.

For the inside of my card I stamped one more flower in Blushing Bride and Rococo Rose and left lots of room to write a personal sentiment to the recipient.

Thank you for checking out my submission, I hope you'll consider joining a challenge and stretching your creative muscles too!

Barb

#GDP275: Love Card

 Today I am excited to be participating in my first Global Design Project challenge! 

As you can see the theme this week is LOVE.  I've never been a big Valentine's Day person...my husband and I have never really "celebrated" the holiday, and I don't buy lots of hearts and red paper.  But inspiration struck when I thought about something for my daughter.  When my kids were littles I would make special Valentine's Day lunches for them to take to school, complete with heart-shaped containers, cookie-cutter sandwiches and treats, and love notes!  But as they got bigger (and life got busier) that fell to the wayside, and this year they won't even be having class parties or exchanging Valentines (thanks a lot COVID!).  So I decided to make a card that I could give to my animal-loving, sweet teenager girl:

It isn't pink and red, but I think it hits a very subtle LOVE note (pun intended)!  And I can't get enough of those sweet bunnies from the Oval Occasions stamp set, so I have to think outside the Easter-box and find other uses for them. :)

I started with a Soft Sea Foam card base and added a white panel embossed with the Dainty Diamonds 3D embossing folder.  It adds just the right touch of texture to this soft and subtle card.

For my focal point I added a bunch of layers:

• I layered two sets of those beautiful delicate hearts in Petal Pink

• I added a strip of plaid DSP in Soft Sea Foam from the new 6x6 packs (only available in a starter kit right now), and a small piece of Grey Granite Shimmer Ribbon

• I coloured that sweet bunny image with my blends (Sea Foam, Petal Pink, and Smoky Slate, and then softened the edges of the colour with my colour lifter).  I added rhinestones to the center of each flower for some more sparkle

• I cut the LOVE heart (from the Wreath Builder dies) from white cardstock, and then layered a piece of Petal Pink underneath, so it is visible through out the cut out letters.  And I stamped a small 'you' in Grey Granite....doesn't it look just like one of those candy hearts you get?!

• finally, I added a small petal pink heart on a smidge of a dimensional, and then added Shimmery Crystal Effects to give it some shine.

Can I share a secret....I bought the Oval Occassions stamp set JUST for this bunny stamp!  Do you have buy paper or a stamp set because it has just one thing you love? 

For the inside I added a great sentiment, "You're The Best", and another stamp of those bunnies. I added some grass under their little bums this time, to ground the image since I wasn't punching it out with the new Oval punch like I did on the card front.

I think that wraps up my first entry in the Global Design Project!  For more inspiration please be sure to stop by their page and see what the talented designers posted, as well as the other participants.  

Thank you for stopping by,

Barb