Let's Party...

Used a lot of recycled materials here - 

always a plus in my book! 

This Monday's  Craft Your Passion Challenge is "Heavy Metal (add metal to your artwork)" and the sponsor is "Kenny K".  They provided images for the Design Team to use and I chose this one called "Let's Party".   You can see all of the CYP Design Team's inspiration for you and the challenge rules HERE.

TECHNIQUE

From my desktop I rescued a card base left over from assembly of my Niece's graduation announcements.  It already had the lighter blue panel attached that has been embossed with a "Brick" embossing folder.  The next element is using a heavy aluminum foil that had sealed a can of coffee, it was attached to a layer of CS (to add weight and stability), then it was run thru a Cuttlebug using a "Stars" embossing folder.  A blue, gathered and stitched ribbon was wrapped around the bottom of this panel to simulate a stage and the whole thing was layered on a heavy silver CS panel.  The silver stars were then punched out of the leftover silver CS and glued to the background in an arch. The 4-layer metal background was elevated on foam tape over the stars.  The focal image was colored with Copics, fussy cut, sculpted using dry embossing and elevated on foam tape on top.  The final element was the sentiment; stamped, punched out, layered on a blue mat and then again on a silver embossed mat.  Large metal brads secure it to the background.

The inside consists of leftover white and silver CS that was punched with the star in the corner to show the blue of the base card.

This card should be eligible for the following

CHALLENGES:

Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes
Crafty Ribbons #64 – A/G with Ribbon
Paper Crafting Journey – For a Boy
Pile it On #40 – Favorite color as main color (right now my Fave is Blue)
OSAAT #184 – Use a Digi
Robyn's Fetish  #180 – Use a Digi TOP PICK

Fussy & Fancy #99 – One for the Boys -TOP FIVE

SUPPLIES

IMAGES:  The focal image is by Kenny K; the sentiment is from a pre-inked word set.  

PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the images;  base CS and all the matting are recycled CS from my scrap pile.

EMBELLISHMENTS: Sentiment tab & mat has been made with an SU punch.  The silver mat under that is a recycled label stamp embossed with silver EP; metal brads & ribbon are both stash; silver stars are from a McGill punch.

INKS:  the image was printed on a Canon PIXMA printer & colored with Copics:

May you color with abandon, create wildly and always make what amuses you!

~ginny