random reflections

World Card Making Day

Saturday was World Card Making Day, but many cardmakers extended it to include the whole weekend.  I managed to find time to play with a new stencil from Pinkfresh Studio that was released recently as part of their holiday release. What I like about it is its versatility. I made both a holiday card and a birthday card. 

The stencil is called Swirl Background. In this case I used two shades of red and two shades of pink as well as a coat of Nuvo Glimmer Paste to add a dash of sparkle.

I die cut the stenciled portion with the smaller of the dies in Gina K's Master Layout #1 set and a piece of silver glitter paper I purchased in Milwaukee several years ago with the larger die for a narrow border before adding them to a red card base. Although I photographed the card twice in different lights, the red is not quite as bright here as it is in real life.

The sentiment, also from Pinkfresh Studio, is one of their preprinted ones for the holidays. The set comes with the sentiments printed in silver and gold. 

The second card was done in brighter colors for a birthday card.

Same stencil, but a different vibe. Again, the colors are dulled out a bit by the photograph. Not sure what the current problem is. The photo below is more accurate.

The sentiment here is also new, from Simon Says Stamptember release--Circle Sayings. Lots of different sentiments in this set for a variety of occasions. I added a few sequins to the this card for additional sparkle.

I'm entering these in two challenges: Pinkfresh Studio's World Cardmaking Challenge, and Inkspirational where the challenge is stencils. 

 

 

 

Color Hues #50

Carol chose the new colors for this round at Color Hues, and in my opinion, it is just perfect for Halloween.

Although the card didn't end up the way I envisioned it, I had so much fun creating it, and the end result is so much better than what I first envisioned.

I pulled out Royal Purple (Simon Says) and Orange Zest (Papertrey Ink) for the card. After die cutting an oval into the front of the top folded purple card, I added a piece of orange to the inside of the card. Then I added the spider webs in glittery black cardstock which were die cut last fall with a friend's die. The "Scary Ghosts" are from Poppy Stamps, and I backed their eyes with a scrap of black cardstock. The ghost on the inside of the card is adhered with dimensional tape and the others were adhered to the front of the card, partially floating as ghosts are apt to do.

The sentiment is from Hero Arts, "Witch Feet" set, and the bat is die cut with one of the images from Spellbinders "Spooky Boo" which I cut three times and layered for some more dimension. Here's a look at the inside of the card.

So, one Halloween card down, and four to go! 

Not everyone on the Design Team thought "Halloween" when the colors were announced, so be sure to hop over to the Color Hues blog and take a look at all the inspiration. We'd love to have you play along!