Challenge # 171 at FCCB, Shaped Card

Hope everyone has had time to craft this weekend.  It's Monday again and time for a new challenge at FCCB. For this challenge the Design Team will be inspiring you with their shaped card creations.  Make sure you check them out.  Here is what I created for this week.

I used Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge for my shaped card.  I cut the card @ 5" using the book feature.  I cut it out twice reversing the image for the back of the card. I then scored it about a 1/4" from the straight edge then adhered it the the front. The scalloped oval I cut at 3.50" using the oblong frame feature in some teal cardstock.  It was a small scrap so I'm not sure what paper collection it is from. As you can see I faux stitched around the frame with a white gel pen.

The paper collection I used for the base of the card is DCWV "Butterfly Garden".  The sentiment I stamped using a bargin from Tuesday Morning $1.99 stamp set from Inkadinkado, "Love and Friendship".  I stamped it out using Key Lime ink from American Crafts ink pad (another TM bargin) then fussy cut it.   It is adhered using pop-dots for dimension. The Memories stamp is from 7 Gypsies.

For my embellishments I used some hand-dyed crinkle ribbon, Prima flowers, also a bargin from TM.  May be I should title this card Tuesday Morning card, LOL.  Each flower has a blush pearl for it's center. Some of the flowers I adhered directly to the card and others I used pop-dots.

That's my card for today.  Hope it inspires you to give this challnege a try.  Let your creative imagination flow and link up at FCCB.

Bye, Bye for Now, 

KIM

FCCB Challenge #169 Set the Scene

It's time for another Challenge Me Monday at FCCB.  This week the challenge is to create a project with a scene.  Anything your imagation can come up with.  As you can see by the Design Team projects there are alot of possibilities.  I choose to use my Country Life Cricut cartridge to make a little farm scene.  All of the cuts on my card are from the same page.

I made this card bigger than normal to fit all my elements on it.  The animals are stamped using a stamp set from Inkadinkado.  It was one of those bargins I got at TJMaxx. I used some cloud background paper and then cut green card stock for the grass.  The barn was cut at 4" and the sentiment at 2".  For the sentiment I used a red glitter pen to faux stitch. I used a remnant of red and white ribbon and tied the bow.  I will have to buy another spool that was the last of it, hope I can find it again.  When I stamped the animals the white parts where the same color as the background.  I fixed them with a white gel pen.  I wanted my cows to be black and white not green and black.  The corn and rows of plants where also stamps in this set. 

This was lots of fun to make. Hope you will be inspired by the Design Team projects and add your own scene.  Happy crafting and most of all have fun.

Bye, Bye, for Now

KIM