Inspire.Create.Challenge #142

Hello Everyone,

Today starts a new challenge with Inspire.Create.Challenges. Challenge #142 is an Inspiration Challenge. Let this card inspire you in anyway. It might be the colors, the layout the pretty paper, or something else. Whatever it is, use it to make a card of your own.

Our new challenges launch every other Sunday at 10:00 a.m. GMT and continue for ten days. This challenge ends at 10:00 p.m. GMT on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. The Inspire.Create Team have created some great projects to inspire you. So click on the link below to head on over to the challenge blog and check them out.

 

For my card, I let the sketch of the inspiration card guide me.  It is a very versatile sketch and could work for any occassion. I grabbed some fun new products from Stampin' Up! to make a celebration card. I just love the black and white patterns of the Zany Zoo DSP. The images on the A-side of the paper are so fun and easy to cut out and color. I also used the Beautiful Balloons stamp set for the sentimant and fun confetti. 

Lemon Lime Twist card base

3 3/4" by 5 1/8" white cardstock layer

Zany Zoo DSP cuts: top left 2 1/2" by 3 5/8"  top right 1" by 3 5/8" bottom 3 5/8" by 1 1/4"

2 1/2" circle punch of white cardstock using Beautiful Balloons stamp set for the sentiment and confetti using Black, Pool Party, Lemon Lime Twist, Pumpkin Pie inks

Zany Zoo DSP dog- cut by hand

Pool Party Glossy Dot Assortment 

 

I hope my card inspired you to join in this Inspiration Challenge and make a card of your own. This challenge runs until 10:00 p.m. GMT on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. See the blog post for all the rules and guidelines.

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Pop-Up Window Card

I am back with another funfold card today. Creative Creases Challenge #56 has an Anything Goes Funfold Challenge. I combined it with Colour INKspirations Colour Challenge #142. Their colors this round are Soft Succulent, Shaded Spruce and Smoky Slate. I pulled in the Animals challenge from The Male Room #174. I will probably send this one to a young male.

I pulled out some Soft Succulent 2021-2023 In Color DSP for this card to help keep my card frill free. 

I used the textured embossing folder from the Classic 3 pack. 

The Rhino Ready Bundle provided the fun images and sentiment. 

The banners came from the Stylish Shapes dies. 

I used the retired Layering Circle dies for the pop-up.

The rhinos and sentiment were stamped with black ink. The grass was stamped with Shaded Spruce.

Shaded Spruce and Smoky Slates were used for coloring.

This card starts with a 4 1/4" by 11" piece of cardstock. The finished card measures 4 1/4" by 5 1/2" and will fit in a medium sized envelope.

There are many instructional videos out there for this style card. It is pretty simple to make and is very versatile. 

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Slimline

Today's card was inspired by two biweekly challenges. One provided the colors and the other s fun sketch for a slimline card.  This card also brings an end to a challenge I took part in all month (a bit out of order at times, but I managed to complete all 30 days). #30daycrazyfarewellchallenge Day 29 #iseeplants Pool Party, Blackberry Bliss and Mint Macaron are the colors for Handstamped Sentiments #412 Color Challenge. The sketch at CAS Colours and Sketches #509 is slimline card and of course, Clean and Simple. 

My thick white slimline card measures 6" by 3 1/2". The 2 15/16" Pool Party square is layered behind the largest square from the Stylish Shapes dies. 

The pot and sentiment are from the March 2023 Paper Pumpkin, Ten Years of Growth. The pot was stamped with black ink and colored with Blackberry Bliss blends. "happy was stamped with Pool Party ink and cut out by hand. Birthday was stamped with Blackberry liss ink. All were attached to the card with dimensionals.

The plant was cut from Mint Macaron and Blackberry Bliss card stock using the Flowers of Home dies. These elements were attached with glue- I forgot the self-adhesive sheets.

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PP638 and Happier than Happy

 Good Morning,

Today is Sunday and that means it is time for a new challenge over at The Paper Players. I hope you all will make a project of your own and join us in this challenge. I picked an adorable retiring stamp set and die bundle and some fun coordinating paper that is also going away. 

Anne Marie is bringing us a fun Tic-Tac-Toe challenge this week. For this  challenge just pick any row, column or diagonal three elements to create your project. You , of course can use more than three elements. Wouldn't it be fun to use them all? I used four. I went with the middle column of layers, die-cut and funfold. I also added patterned paper.

The design team has created some creative projects to inspire you. Stop by our challenge page to see what we made. Drop us a comment while you are there.

I started by scoring an 8 1/2" by 5 1/2" piece of soft suede cardstock at 2 1/8" and 4 1/4" 

I added layers of the Happy Forest Friends DSP to the card base. Two pieces measured 1 15/16" by 5 5/16". The third measured 4 1/16" by 5 5/16".

A 2 5/8" by 3 15/16" Stitched Rectangle was cut from the DSP and layered onto a 2 3/4" by 4 1/8" piece of Calypso Coral cardstock.

Using the Happier than Happy stamp set, the bear was stamped with Crumb Cake ink. The owl with Sahara Sand. The stump with Soft Suede. The mushrooms and butterfly were stamped with Calypso Coral. All were cut with the coordinating, Happy Forest dies. The grass was stamped with Mossy Meadow ink and cut out by hand. 

Trees were die-cut from Mossy Meadow and Old Olive cardstock. The above elements were attached to the front panel. The Panel was attached to the left side of the card front.

A 2 5/8" by 3 15/16" white rectangle was cut for the inside. The sentiment was stamped with Soft Suede ink. The Butterflies and mushrooms from Calypso Coral. The grass from Old Olive and the tree from Mossy Meadow. This rectangle was glued to the center.

I hope you join us at The Paper Players this week. We would love to see what you create for this sketch challenge. You can enter your project from now until noon PST on Friday, May 5, 2023. See all the rules and requirements on the challenge page.

Be sure to stop by and say hello to The Paper Players Design Team: 

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile 

Ann Schach

Suzy Hinton

Fran Wing

Tara Carpenter

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Lightening Bugs

Hi Friends,  

Today's card is all about summer memories. Living in western PA, catching lightening bugs was always a summertime activity as a child. We would catch them and put them in a jar to make our own lanterns. #30daycrazyfarewellchallenge Day 26 #iseesummer was the jumping off point for my card that took my to the Lighting the way stamp set. Creative Colour Challenge#86 provided the colors. The colors were Daffodil Delight, Poppy Parade and Basic Gray.

I started by inking an acrylic block with Basic Gray ink. I spritzed it with water and stamped a piece of 3 1/8" by 4 1/8" Shimmery White cardstock.

This was layered onto a 4 1/8" by 5 1/4" piece of Daffodil Delight cardstock and then attached to a Basic Gray card base.

The sentimant and fireflies were stamped with Basic Gray ink onto Shimmery White cardstock and cut out with the coordinating dies. The "lights were colored with Daffodil Delight. The bugs were attached to the card with dimensionals.

The lantern was cut from Poppy Parade cardstock. A 1 1/8" vellum circle was stamped with the largest "light" using Daffodil Delight. It was heat embossed with clear embossing powder, These were layered onto the card.

The sentiment was cut with the Stylish Shapes dies along with a Daffodil Delight banner. These were layered together and attached to the card.

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Happy Rainbow

Hello, 

My card today was inspired by the Inspired By Rainbow of Colors #234. I was inspired by the rainbow of colors as well as their sketch. the stamp set I picked, Biggest, wish was picked for #30daycrazyfarewellchallenge Day 21 #iseewords. 

4 1/4" by 6 1/4" note card

4" by 6" pacific Point cardstock

3 3/4" by 5 3/4" Crushed Curry

3 5/8" by 5 5/8" Basic White stamped with "Happy"

Inks: Mango Melody, Crushed Curry, Garden Green, Pacific Point and Gorgeous Grape

"birthday"- black ink

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Trio of Butterflies

 Hello All,

The #30daycrazyfarewellchallenge Day 24 #iseeacolorcombo started off my card today with a color combination of Pacific Point, Polished Pink and Parakeet Party. Two other challenges came together and provided inspiration for other elements. Festive Friday Card Making and Paper Crafting Challenge #0132 is celebrating Global Pay It Forward Day. The elements I took from their challenge were kindness sentiment, ripples, blue and envelope. Tic Tac Toe Challenge #205 also had some fun elements to play with. I went with the middle column; slimline, three and cute.

I blended the three challenge colors on a 8 1/4" by 3 1/4" piece of white cardstock. This was layered onto a 8 1/2" by 3 1/2" Pacific Point card base.

I cut the three butterflies using the Build a Butterfly dies from cardstock and layered them over vellum then cut out by hand. The butterflies were glued to the card front.

The sentiment from April 2023 Paper Pumpkin was stamped with Pacific Point ink onto a white tag cut with the Tailor Made dies. I added White Glittered Organdy Ribbon and a bow of Parakeet Party Baker's Twine. This was added to card with dimensionals.

Opal Rounds were added for some sparkle.

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