Happy Birthday USA–C4C #243

Hey, everyone, it’s Crazy 4 Challenges time! Today’s challenge is issued by Frances. It’s a color challenge to use red, white, and blue in our projects, but it doesn’t have to be a patriotic card or project.

Well, I simply couldn’t resist doing a little home décor item using MFT’s soon-to-be-released Blueprints 17 Die-namics. This darling set makes a little chalkboard with legs, so I added another panel so it could stand up on it’s own. The frame was made with Kraft card stock, sponged with Kraft ink. The chalkboard was made with Steel Gray card stock, stamped with a sentiment from the new Birthday Chalkboard Greetings and an older set, LLD Cooper Alphabet for the letters. The sentiment was stamped with Sweet Tooth pigment ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The little banner was cut from Nightshift Blue card stock, strung on hemp cord, and accented with Sweet Tooth card stock stars. The balloons, cut from Balloon STAX Die-namics, also releasing on July 8th, cut from Nightshift Blue card stock, Sweet Tooth card stock stamped with Red Hot ink and the new Diagonal Stripes Background, and Red Hot card stock. I attached them to some white florist wire to give them more stability, popped them up on foam, and tied a bow around using hemp cord.

Another banner is on the inside along with another sentiment from Birthday Chalkboard Greetings, stamped with Red Hot ink.

 


And that's it! Be sure to check out what the rest of the design team has for you, including our July Guest Designer, Kelly Booth!

• Anja de Regt
• Barbara Anders (<-- that's me!)
• Danielle Lounds
• Frances Byrne
• Heather Pulvirenti
• Helen Cryer
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Karen Aicken
• Kelli Hull
• Kristine Reynolds
• Peggy McCurry
• Kelly Booth – July Guest Designer

THEN, you know what to do--we'd love to have you come along and play with us. Just do your thing with the challenge and link it to Mr. Linky on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. Please link directly to your project. And, if you upload to a public gallery, please use the key word C4C243.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

CS Birthday Chalkboard Greetings	LLD Cooper Alphabet	BG Diagonal Stripes Background	Pigment Ink Pad Sweet Tooth
Kraft Ink	Premium Dye Ink Pad Red Hot	Kraft Card Stock	Sweet Tooth Card Stock
Red Hot Card Stock	Steel Gray Card Stock	Nightshift Blue Card Stock	Die-namics Balloon STAX
Die-namics Blueprints 17	Hemp Cord

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~Supplies~
Stamps: Birthday Chalkboard Greetings, LLD Cooper Alphabet, Diagonal Stripes Background (MFT)
Ink: Kraft ink, Sweet Tooth pigment ink, Red Hot ink (MFT)
Paper: Kraft card stock, Steel Gray card stock, Red Hot card stock, Sweet Tooth card stock, Nightshift Blue card stock (MFT)
Accessories/tools: Vagabond; Blueprints 17 Die-namics, Balloon STAX Die-namics, hemp cord (MFT); heat tool, embossing powder, hot glue/gun, florist’s wire, foam tape

Happy Birthday–CTD #249

Happy Wednesday, Color Throwdown fans! Today Joan has chosen some rockin’ patriotic colors for us to play with. I love the Bermuda Bay tossed in the mix, don’t you?

Before I tell you about my card, I have a couple more things to mention. Denise has decided to step down from the team to spend more time with her family. We will really miss her gorgeous creations every week and I know you will too.

AND, next week is Color Throwdown 250!!! We have a little celebration planned so be SURE to check back next week—you won’t want to miss it.

So, on to my card. I used MFT’s Washi Patterns in a different way again. I LOVE these small patterns so much and decided they would make great candles. I stamped several patterns on Sweet Tooth card stock and cut them in half lengthwise to make two of each. I popped them up on foam tape on a Sweet Tooth card stock base and set to making the flame. The two smaller leaves in Die-namics Flower & Leaf Trio made a perfect flame. I cut the larger one from Lemon Drop card stock and the smaller from Orange Fizz card stock. I adhered them together and popped them up on foam, as well, slipping the point just under the top of each “candle”. I stamped the sentiment, from LLD Document It – Bingo, on more Sweet Tooth card stock cut with a Die-namics First Place Award Ribbon flag and Black Licorice ink. I popped that up on foam and was done!

For the inside of the card, I stamped a sentiment from Clearly Sentimental About Birthdays. This card is already on the way to a very special recipient—I hope she likes it :)




And that’s it from me! Remember, you do not have to have the exact colors to play the Color Throwdown challenge. If you don't, just use the closest you have. So, c'mon over to the Color Throwdown blog and play along with us this week. Please use the link service to post your card and please link directly to your card so we can find it easily. And please include a link in your post to the Color Throwdown. If you upload your card to a public forum, please use the keyword CTD249 so we can see your beauty all in one place. Hope to see you there! Be sure to check out what the other team members have come up with this week, and help us welcome July’s Guest Designer, Stacey Schafer!  

Barbara Anders (<--- You are here!)   
Broni Holcombe
Denise Marzec
Joan Ervin
Lori Tecler
Lynn Put
Tammy Hershberger
Wanda Cullen
Stacey Schafer – July Guest Designer

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

~Supplies~
Stamps: Washi Patterns, LLD Document It – Bingo, Clearly Sentimental About Birthdays (MFT)
Paper: Sweet Tooth card stock (MFT)
Ink: Red Hot ink, Blu Raspberry ink, Black Licorice ink (MFT); Brilliant Blue (SU!)
Accessories/tools: Vagabond; Die-namics Flower & Leaf Trio, Die-namics First Place Award Ribbon (MFT)

USA Banner

Hi, all! It’s almost Independence Day in the US and I really needed a new patriotic banner. My old one was looking a little worse for wear, so I whipped up one using a ton of MFT Die-namics dies. No stamping, just die cuts and glue :) MFT July Teasers start tomorrow so I thought I’d go ahead and post this now.

All pennant bases were made with Kraft corrugated paper, Nightshift Blue card stock, and patterned paper, all cut with my Die-namics Jumbo Fishtail Banner STAX, using the three largest sizes. Each  pennant has a header made with Die-namics Western Star Border Duo and Red Hot card stock under Kraft card stock. Each pennant also has a Die-namics Open Scallop Doily Duo element topped with a rosette made with Die-namics 1/4” Rosette. (I trimmed 1/4” off the side before assembling each rosette to make it fit better on the pennant.)

 

The next element on each pennant is a Kraft corrugated circle made with Die-namics Circle STAX. The three center pennants have letters cut with Die-namics High-Rise Alphabet Uppercase, using red glitter paper, and the two end pennants are embellished with stars, using Die-namics Star STAX and Die-namics Stacking Stars.




In between each pennant is a small pennant cut from Kraft corrugated paper and Die-namics Mix & Match Banners, with a red glitter star and a hemp cord tied Nightshift Blue button.



All die cuts were sponged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink before being assembled. Here are some more shots of the individual pennants. The “S”:




The “A”:




The right end (the blue star started out as silver and I colored it blue with a Copic marker):




And there you have it! Thanks so much for stopping by today! I have so much fun making my banners—I might not have time for a new summer one this year but I’m feeling a new Fall one coming on ;-) I hope you’ll give an MFT Die-namics banner a try—if you do, let me know, I’d LOVE to see it!!

 

~Supplies~
Stamps: None
Paper: Kraft card stock, Whip Cream card stock, Red Hot card stock, Nightshift Blue card stock (MFT); Pride (Authentique); red and silver glitter paper (craft store)
Ink: Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger)
Accessories/tools: Vagabond; Die-namics Jumbo Fishtail Banner STAX, Die-namics Star STAX, Die-namics Circle STAX, Die-namics High-Rise Alphabet Uppercase, Die-namics Western Star Border Duo, Die-namics Stacking Stars, Die-namics 1/4” Rosette, Die-namics Open Scallop Doily Duo, Die-namics Mix & Match Banners, Nightshift Blue button, hemp cord (MFT); heavy red twine (Canvas Corp), hot glue/gun, foam tape, liquid glue, Scor-Tape, ATG adhesive