Nichole and PTI really have a lot going on today and I was thrilled - and a little overwhelmed - by her post and all the DT's. Inspiration overload! I had to go back to each blog about 3 times today to take it all in.
First - I pretty much want all the Movers and Shakers dies that are coming out. I have a hard decision to make, however, because last I looked, my money tree was a victim of the Texas drought.
Sad.
Nichole's contest today is to create an interactive card. I had this idea rolling around in my head all day, and I have to say - I'm pretty happy with it.
For those that follow me - you know my time is limited, so I keep things pretty simple. Dies, patterned paper and impression plates allow me to dress things up a bit and that makes me feel a little better about the simplicity of most of my cards.
Here's the ONE I was able to complete after work, dinner and playtime today:
I used a small circle punch for to create the end of the path. Then I cut them with a craft knife to create the rest of the path. I COULD NOT find my coasters for the life of me, but luckily had a little cardboard to use for the kite support. I needed a smaller circle for the sandwich of cardboard, so I used one of the centers from the Sunflowers die. You use what you have, right?
After I finished cutting my path in Blueberry Sky cardstock, I stamped the sentiment from Up, Up and Away in Versamark and heat embossed it with silver Zing. Then I ran it through my Big Shot with the polka dot impression plate, cut out the clouds and stamped them with Polka Dot Basics 1. After adhering those, I cut my kite from Echo Park patterned paper, added the silver twine for the tail, and attached it to my cardboard sandwich.
It really does move around easily and I can't wait to get the real dies to make this project even easier!
I hope you liked my card. I have to find the right person for it!
Thanks for visiting My Happy Place!
Lee Anne
6 comments:
I think the kite is awesome!
A fabulous idea...
a fabulous card...
and I can't wait to get the dies to make projects like this a little easier too! :)
This is beautiful Leeann, and so clever how you made the path for the kite to slide! I wish I had thought of that, lol! :) Great job with the challenge!
Awesome card Lee Anne! Great idea using a kite for your interactive card. And that was genius to your circle punch and craft knife to create the opening!
Super cute card. Love the idea of using a kite.
Love your kite, your colors and your silver embossing. Great card.
That kits is TOO cute! I love that it even has a bakers twine tail :) And I like that your path goes diagonally through the sky, just like a kite. The polka dots on the clouds are just the icing on the cake :)
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