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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Guilted into Card Making

Well, not really, but I have to give Kristin a hard time right back. She uploaded a challenge to our GSG blog (we've been dormant for months now, and Kristin challenged us to get stamping again) last week and not many played along. She posted this challenge yesterday and told us we all better get busy! I have some new products (I'll share more of what I've been doing tomorrow) so this was easy, except for the monochromatic part. I love cards done in all one color, but not when I have bright, colorful new dsp to play with. I went with the blue bird dsp from Good Morning Sunshine and paired it with the adorable bird from Good Friend.

So the other part of the challenge was to use two sets, one current and one retired. I cheated on this part and couldn't bring myself to use a retired set. I don't know why, I have plenty of them. The sentiment I did with Say it With Scallops. I punched it out with a 1 inch circle punch and tucked it behind my bow! Can you see it? The textured, embossed panel on the bashful blue layer? I was just about to give these a big Thumbs Down, but once I added three pieces of cs to my big shot sandwich I 'm starting to get the results I like. So there you have it, a pretty blue bird card. Thanks Kristin for the kick in the pants. Come play along, and be sure to link your card to the GSG blog. Hugs, Lisa

10 comments:

  1. Oh I love this card! That bird is so cute and I love the dp! Super job!!


    Tonya

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  2. Very cool card! you DID it and I'm so glad you played along. That paper is awesome!! I might turn you in to the challenge police for cheating, we'll see... you could probably bribe me somehow... LOL! I love it- thanks for taking time out from your new bright DSP to play!!

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  3. This is just adorable!!!

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  4. Great job with the challenge, your card rocks!

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  5. I love how you used the sentiment. With this stamp set, it's for some reason embedded in my mind that I must use a square or the scalloped square punch.

    I can't wait to get this DSP! SU needs to get on the ball and ship my order.

    TFS! Love your blog!

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  6. Wonderful card for the challenge, Lisa! I love the round tag with the (square) sentiment! Thanks for the inspiration.

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  7. Nice work on the challenge! It's a doozy, but I need to work on it. Maybe tonight.

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  8. Beautiful card, great job on the challenge, girl!!! I love that bird, and the colors you picked are stunning together!! Nice Job, Lisa!! *STAMPIN HUGS* Alex

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  9. OOooh, super cute! Love the *bluebird*! Guess I better get over there and check out the challenge too, oops!

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  10. Really cute...love the bluebird!

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