Papertrey April Blog Hop Challenge

This month Nichole challenged PTI customers to this:

"It only takes a little *something* to take a project from ho-hum to amazing!  Even something as small as tilting your images or sentiments at an angle can have a huge impact.  This month we are challenging you to create a project that features something tilted.  Position a frame at an angle, tilt your text, add a background strip diagonally, create a border that has an incline, slant a sentiment block, the sky is truly the limit!  We look forward to seeing your projects!"

After scrolling through my blog, I realized I have many projects that have angles and tilts on them  - sometimes even on purpose!

Here' s my project for today:

Fancy Folk Art stamp set, Thanks die

I stamped this background several weeks ago for another project that went unfinished.  I couldn't make it work, so I set this aside for the right time - which is now!  I cut the mat and panel for the sentiment, adhered it to the background and trimmed it to fit.  I was happy to find that the sentiment fits perfectly on the panel.  Adding a few rhinestones was my finishing touch!

I have a second card for the challenge.  This is what I was thinking about while I was monitoring my students during their state assessment tests yesterday.  I was trying to think happy thoughts!  ;)

Up, Up and Away stamp set and Cloud dies

I know I'm going to love this theme for the blog hop, and I cannot wait to see what everyone comes up with.

Thanks for visiting  My Happy Place!

Chipboard Challenge

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This week's challenge at CAS-ual Fridays blog is to use chipboard in one of our projects.  I haven't used chipboard in a long time, so I had some digging to do!  I found several pieces of chipboard shapes that I have purchased, chipboard letters and even a 12x12 polka-dotted chipboard "paper."  I settled on using some coaster board I purchased a long time ago.  The cream color is perfect for adding a bit of color with stamping.

Here's my card:

 

I used the color scheme that Lizzie Jones challenged us with in her PTI Newsletter.  I finally ordered Fancy Folk Art and I had to use it right away, so Lizzie's color combo and her inspiration were a great place to start!

After finishing the focal point, I stamped the background with elements from the set.  The sentiment was stamped on Kraft and the coaster board again.

Here's another view:

If you want to play along with the CAS-ual Fridays challenge this week, click here.  The sponsor this week is Casual Fridays Stamps!

Thanks for visiting My Happy Place!