Inspiration Cards
After going away for the weekend, I got behind on my SplitCoastStampers challenges – I really missed doing them. So I tried to catch up today…
These cards are for Saturday’s Inspiration Challenge. For the challenge, we were to take a person who inspires us and make a card to reflect that person’s style.
First, I made a card inspired by my friend Denise. When she scrapbooks, she tends to use very retro patterned paper and embellishments – very reminiscent of the sixties. I saw the SEI line of paper called, “Hippie Chick” and I couldn’t help but think of her! I also had this great stamp with an image of a woman with a very retro hair cut. I thought I’d put the two together and here is the result:
Pretty groovy, don’t ya’ think? I also gave the woman some pink lips with a marker and blue eyeshadow with some pastels. The sticker in the lower left corner says, “Feelin’ Groovy”- I layered it on some cardstock and popped it up with a Stampin’ Dimensional. Fun, fun!
Next, I made a card inspired by my friend Marie (I’d link you to her blog, but she doesn’t have one!). Marie was trying to use a particular non-Stampin’ Up! stamp the other night at a crop and was getting very frustrated – I can see why! It took me 12 attempts to get it to stamp a decent image (see – this is why I love Stampin’ Up! stamps so much!).
Anyway, Marie loves to use layers and sparkles – and also inks the edges of all the pieces she uses on a card. So, Marie, here’s my card inspired by you:
I chalked the stamped images and used some of Basic Grey’s Blitzen paper line for the background. I also took a chipboard snowflake and covered it with heat-and-stick powder then added lots of Dazzling Diamonds for some major bling! I also inked lots of the edges and stamped a simple sentiment on the lower right corner.
Thanks to you ladies for the inspiration – hope you like the cards!