20's Birthday

 Vintage images are great fun for me!  I merged one over the other to create this card front.  The "Socialite" is by Kenny K. Stamps - which closed almost a year ago.   The vintage car is a freebie from Beyond the Fringe.  The sentiment is by Inkadinkado
I colored the images with Copics and splattered the background with blue ink.   That mat is a dark blue paper liberally sprinkled with silver sparkles.  Two slits were cut at the top and bottom right side and a blue satin ribbon was introduced from the back and run around to the back of the mat to secure as an embellishment.  I am a big fan of flat, easily & cheaply mailed cards - always looking for ways to add ribbon or embellishments that won't trigger the Post Office clerk wanting another stamp!

Create wildly and color with abandon!

~ginny

CHALLENGES:
Crafting From the Heart -#206 ATG Always
Crafty Sentiments – Pastel Colors
Through the Craft Room Door - ATG Always
Crafty Creations - #366 – ATG
Penny's Challenge #380 – ATG
Fab & Funky #394 – Retro Chic [20's Flapper]  TOP THREE
As You Like It – Fave Color: Blue or Pink? & WHY [Blue over pink any day!  Pink has a connotation of girly but blue is universal]
Inspiration Destination #150 – JFF– ATG
SheepSki Designs #14 – Fave Color [Blues/ Blue greens]
Oddball Art – ATG
Crafty Girls Creations – #47 - ATG Always TOP THREE

Socialite...

'Socialite' provided by Kenny K

I have the honor today to be a Guest Designer at Top Tip Tuesday Challenge Blog!  Click on the link to go see the very creative inspiration that their Designers have posted and details of the challenge.  Their theme for this two weeks is to use a 'Monochrome' color palette and will run from Tuesday 5/27 thru 6/9.  I chose to do a white on white framework to showcase the monochrome Blues on this design.

TECHNIQUE

[Note: specific information on supplies and sources will be found below under “Supplies”.]

• Base card starts with an A2 size of 4.25 x 11" - but before creating a fold I used an embossing die-cut that cuts the shape out of the back [see photo] and embosses a fold line.  I did then cut the bottom off to accommodate the extra length created at the top - this maintains the A2 size.
• The front of the card was embossed with a diamond E-folder by Cuttlebug.
• I chose to use this fabulous image from Kenny K  named 'Socialite' and colored it with Copics.  The focal image panel was then cut with the same die-cut used on the base card, a shear ribbon colored with my Copics was attached around the base and then the panel was mounted using foam tape for dimension.
• Sentiment was punched and mounted on a punched mat.  Both were mounted on foam tape to match the depth of the image panel. 

This card should be eligible for the following 

CHALLENGES:

Art by MiRan Challenge #6 – ATG
Craftitude #65 – Use a Die
OSAAT #214 – ATG
Through the Craft Room Door – ATG
Crafting from the Heart #20– ATG WINNER
Sweet Stamps #171 – No DP

SUPPLIES

IMAGES:  The focal image is from Kenny K; Sentiment is from SU

PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the images; Base card is Georgia Pacific; DP and the mats are from stash.

EMBELLISHMENTS: SU punch used for the sentiment and the mat; Shear white ribbon colored to match with my Copic chisel nib; Die-cut is called "Pop-a-Top Eighteen" by The Stamp Doctor with Spellbinders

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

Create wildly and color with abandon!  ~ginny

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