Having Fun With Card Challanges

As you may have noticed, lately I am joining in on paper crafting card challenges (say that three times fast).  They have really sparked me to use products in a different way and the color schemes have been fun.  Today's color scheme comes from The Play Date Cafe blog, see image below.  The suggested colors are Navy Blue, School Bus and Grass. I went with the similar colors from the Enchantment Cardstock Combo Pack from Close To My Heart, Pacifica, Honey, and Topiary. For the layout I played along at the Deconstructed Sketch blog, see image below.

So here is what I came up with!

So here is what I did.... Using the Love Life stamp set, I created my own background papers on the Pacifica and Honey cardstock. Stamping the cardstock with the same color pigment inks from the Adventure Exclusive Inks® Mini Pigment Pads Set  and then adding Clear Detail Embossing Powder and using a Craft Heater to set the embossing powder. This created a tone-on-tone background that I absolutely love. I matted the sentiment and then attached it to the card face with 3-D Foam Tape to give the card dimension. I also cut little slivers of the foam tape and put it in the center of the topiary banner after scoring it down the center to give it a little character. The end of the banner was attached with Memory Book Glue Dots® and then I applied a Pacifica flower from the Bouquet Assortment  (on clearance now!) as well as two Blue Epoxy Bubbles to finish off the card.

Thanks again for stopping by. I may be adding a video tutorial for this simple yet fun card and mixing up the papers!

5/24 - Update  -  Here is the promised video for this Challenge but with a different card.

 

Please leave a comment if you like my work or have any questions.

Happy Paper Crafting

~Angelina