Saturday, March 17, 2012

Hang In There - and 2 Challenges

Hey, I'm back with my second card for today.  And this one was soooo much fun to create.

First things first, though.  This card is going into 2 challenges.
CAS-ual Fridays CFC#44
The 1-2-3 is:
1. A pattern
2. An image
3. A sentiment
AND...you still have to keep the style clean & simple.  I tried to do that.  "Simple" sometimes isn't easy to do though!

The second challenge is Color Throwdown #183.  And, you've just got to love these colors.  Well...I do, anyway.  Take a look for yourself...
Summer-y, huh?

Hence, my summer-y themed card :)



I've been on the search for some cloud dies for a while now.  Last weekend I attended a stamping expo.  And, you guessed it.  I found these cute dies by A.Muse Studio.  I also picked up this grass die.  Love them both!
I sponged baja breeze ink onto the white card base, using a scalloped punched circle as a mask.  The grass is die cut from a piece of patterned paper.  I stamped the branch on kraft card stock then cut it out by hand.  The swing is actually a rectangle stamp.  I just curved it a little when I placed it on my acrylic block.  I created the seat of the swing using a ruler and markers.  As I said...fun :)
Thanks for taking a look!  I've got to go make dinner.






What's in it?
card stock: stamper's select white (PTI), kraft (SU)
stamps: hang ups, sentiment sampler (Paper Smooches)
dsp: in color patterned paper pack (SU)
ink: baja breeze, crumb cake, chocolate chip, really rust (SU)
other: grass die and cloud dies (A.Muse Studio), white baker's twine (SU)

13 comments:

  1. This is absolutely adorable! Both the clouds and the grass are so cute, and I just love the swing and the sentiment. Fabulous work!

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  2. FABulous! Love the swing 'in the wind' it suits the sentiment perfectly!

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  3. SO cute!! This is one of the best CAS cards I've seen in a while. So creative!!

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  4. Wow! What a great design. Love this card!

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  5. Lovely CAS card. Fantastic LO.

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  6. Delightful CAS card ~ super cute!!

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  7. This is beautiful Susie! Love the pretty summer scene you created here!

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  8. Love the clean, simple design of this adorable summer scene! Thanks for playing along with us at Color Throwdown!

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  9. Really cute! Love the clouds :) Thanks for playing with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  10. Very CUTE CAS card! Sweet clouds and grass dies! It makes for a lovely summery card...great job!!:-))

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  11. Hi Susie! This is so stinkin' cute! I love your clouds in the background and the ones popped up! Adorable! Thanks for playing along with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  12. Such a soft, sweet card. Everybody needs to hear this message once in a while. Glad you found some good dies! I'm so happy you played along with our CAS-ual Friday challenge this week:)

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  13. I love this! It is indeed simple, and the color palette is lovely. I don't see this in your etsy shop, but I"m interested in buying it!

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