Friday, July 13, 2012

4 CraftyChicks #98 - Stripes, Crazy 4 Challenges #144 - Show Your Countries Pride and CAS-ual Fridays #61 - Let's Strip

Hello friends!  Tonight I put together a very clean and simple card using very little stamping - instead I chose to let the designer series paper be the main focus of the card.  I am entering this card in three fun challenges:  4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #98 - Stripes, Crazy 4 Challenges #144 - Show Your Countries Pride (make a creation using the colors of your country's flag) and CAS-ual Fridays #61 - Let's Strip (make a creation with strips or strips of color within your creation).

The requirements for each of the challenges above are: 1) to use the colors of my country's flag - USA flag - red, white and blue- for C4C; 2) to use stripes in my creation - there are lots in the sky pattern of the dsp (which I also touched with a bit of clear dazzling details glue to add a little shimmer to the skyline) for 4CCC and 3) to use strips of color or in the pattern on my creation - there are lots of strips in the pattern of the hot air balloon, and I have a strip of pleated ribbon across the bottom for CFC61.

Here is a close-up of the card so you can see that shimmer lining a little better:
The DSP is a retired one called Big Top Birthday.  The sentiment is combined from too different stamp sets - Loving Thoughts (Dream - Stampin Up) and Card Word Puzzle ( Let Yourself -Close to My Heart). I accidentally rocked the stamp and had to fill in the words a bit with a fine tipped writer - which was hard to do because my glitter glue hadn't dried yet and I was afraid of smearing it - so not perfect but it shows you we all goof sometimes - LOL.

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit - I'm sure glad that you did!  Hugs!

7 comments:

  1. We all do goof--I've been known to! ;) I LOVE this card--the balloon looks fabulous and I LOVE the stickles for a bit of shimmer! :)

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  2. How striking! Love the colors and thin strips of glitter! Beautifully done! Thanks so much for playing with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  3. Wow - big balloon - I love it - Jacqueline xx

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  4. Thanks for playing our Stripes challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks, awesome job....

    Leanne DT 4CC!

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  5. I love that balloon! Very striking and the striped background is awesome. Great use of glitter. Love your card. Thanks so much for playing along with us @ CAS-ual Fridays :)

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  6. Love how your balloon just pops right off the card!Thanks for joining us at CAS-ual Fridays this week :)

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  7. Ooohh la la! Love that balloon! Thanks for playing along with us at CAS-ual Fridays! :)

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