Saturday, September 11, 2010

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

I got together with my pal, Dawn yesterday for one of our famous "creative days". As usual we tried to do some "double-duty" challenges to get ourselves motivated. 


The first challenge came from Pals Paper Arts:
 Aren't these colors just fabulous together?
The second challenge came from the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge:
Funny part about this is, you could only enter the challenge until 10pm last night. I completely forgot, OOPS!! 
I tried to keep the card really simple and just added some simple accents to give a little flair. I used the white gel pen to add the "dots" on the scalloped border. (Thanks Dawn, for letting me use your *brand new* pen, since neither of mine would work for me, ugh!) The Square Lattice embossing folder and the Designer Series Paper play off the "textures" of the little roofs on the houses. 


I was going to stamp a different sentiment on the card, BUT I waited until the card was completely assembled before I went to add it. I was more then a little nervous of stamping it crooked, too high, or too low and ruining the card. You may be right if you guessed that I have done THAT before. Even using the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to place it, I was still freaking out about it. To save myself a lot of unnecessary frustration, I just opted to break out my coveted rub-ons for the sentiment instead. For some reason, I seem to own a ridiculous amount of rub-ons and never seem to actually USE them. Hmmm...not today! Ha! I LOVE the font on this sentiment, too. It fits the whole clean and simple theme of the card.


This morning, I felt like the card needed "just one more tiny, little thing" to finish it off. So, I cut out and popped up the little cloud, instead of just leaving it stamped flat. I really like the little "shadow" it created. There you have it, a fun and happy card to welcome someone new to the neighborhood.

Stampin' Up! Supply List:

Stamps: Good Neighbors (retired, SAB)

Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive, So Saffron classic ink

Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive, So Saffron, Whisper White cardstock, Welcome Neighbor DSP pad (retired, SAB)

Accessories: Square Lattice embossing folder, Scallop Edge Border punch, Dawn's white gel pen, Dawn's Whisper White 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, sentiment from Chit Chat rub-ons (retired)

Non-Stampin' Up! Supplies: green half-pearls


Have a great day! 

11 comments:

  1. Excellent job with both challenges! Love it! Thanks for playing @ PPA!

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  2. I sooooo want to zip up an old grey cardigan and throw my shoes over my lap while singing that Mr. Rodgers ditty! hehe...cute card and the cloud TOTALLY rocks!

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  3. I would love to be your neighbor..:) This is fabulous, love the colors and textures.

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  4. This is so cute and so happy that you and Dawn had a great creative day! I really love the colors together and popping the cloud really added that extra dimension. Have a great weekend.

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  5. love the paper and the image! have both of these and need to break them in still!

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  6. Fabulous card! Love the colours! Just found your blog and I love it! I'll be visiting often!
    We'll be moving in a just over a month and maybe I'll CASE this for address changes to friends!

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  7. awwwww I grew up on Mr. Roger's, lol! Your card is stunning! I love the colors together - a combo I wouldn't have thought to put together but they are a keeper! Beautifully done - love the classic, elegant look to your card - the image is the focal image and one to drool over! You have a beautiful style!

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  8. This is adorable! Great take on both challenges! Thanks for joining us at PPA!

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  9. Wow...I just adore this card. It is so bright and cheerful. Beautiful layout job too.

    Deb
    Creative Heart Designs

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  10. You did a fabulous job incorporating the colors together. Your card is stunning! Have a great day!

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  11. What a great use of the DSP pack. This is really cute.

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Anne Marie