The Mess on my Desk Card Day #3

Hello everyone!! I am officially back to work today so I am trying to post this before I start. I enjoyed my summer off so much and am not ready to go back. The summer went by way too fast!!

Today I am posting a card that I created using the Paper Trey Ink stamp set "Pedal Pusher." For some reason, I had to have this set. Then it sat in my never-been-used pile for months. I pulled it out to play with before I went on vacation but never made a card with it. The bike was half put together in a pile of stuff on my desk. Yup, another "what is on my desk" card.

I figured I post the mess on my desk so you could see what I am up against. This is the stuff I can see too. I have a little box full of die cuts and such that I don't look through enough that has tons of things to use too.

I did a lot of fussy cutting with the bike. I die cut and stamped it in three different colors-Pure Poppy, black and gray. I then fussy cut it to assemble so that the chain was in gray, the handlebars and seat in black. I cheated with the pedal by coloring that in with a marker. Shhh-don't tell anyone!!

To make the wheels, I actually used a mask to get the gray "spokes" and the black "tires." I didn't have time to make a card with it so I set it aside for another day.

This card design is a CASE of a card design using this set by Dawn McVey. Here is the link to Dawn's card. Her card is a little more bright and happy then mine but I chose the colors for a reason. I thought the red and yellow would pop more if I used a black background.

I used a basic black card base and layered a piece of patterned paper by PTI that I die cut using an MFT die. I then adhered the bike to the card. Usually I would use adhesive foam but because I had several layers of card stock on the bike, I didn't think it needed it.

I then die cut two banners, one in red and one in yellow, out of scrap paper. I used a masking technique when I stamped to split the sentiment up for the two banners.

I adhered the banners to the left hand side of my card and then added a few enamel dots.

My last step was to add some diamond Stickles into the flowers on the front of the bike to give them a little shine.

Inside I added a white die cut rectangle to make it easier for me to write something when I send the card. I also added a die cut heart that was hanging around.

I LOVE how this card came out and want to make a set to give someone for Christmas. What do you think?

I am entering this in to this months STAMPlorations August Challenge-Stamps and Die Cuts.

I appreciate you stopping by. Tune in later this week for a fourth "what is on my desk" card. Have a great day!!

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ColorQ Challenge #255

Hello!! I am back again today for another addition of "the mess on my desk." I am also playing along with the ColorQ challenge blog. Here is the card I created:

I was to use the color chart below for my card.

Since I did not have a rich razzleberry color purple I chose to use PTI's Raspberry Fizz as a replacement. It is a bit more pink but it worked with the rest of the colors.

My jumping off point for this card was the square image in the middle of the card. Again, it was in a pile of discarded pieces of "stuff" on my desk. I had colored this image using Copic markers and then embossed it in white after I finished. I had never done this technique of coloring and then embossing and I know I will try it again.

The image was originally in a rectangle but I decided to cut it into a square. I then die cut a scrap piece of pink and a piece of blue patterned paper to layer under it.

Before I assembled the focal point, I used two different pink tapes and a strip of purple patterned paper to layer over the card base. I then adhered the blue and pink die cut papers over tape, trying to center it in the middle.

Next I wrapped some blue twine around the stamped square, added a stamped heart with a sentiment and then tied it off into a bow. I adhered the image over the patterned paper using adhesive foam.

The image looked a little flat so I had to figure out how to give it a little oomph. I decided to adhere two rhinestones in the middle of the flowers and then used three different colors of Stickles glitter glue in various areas of the colored images.

I have to admit that this is NOT my favorite card. However, I will send it off to someone and they will appreciate the thought behind it.

I thank you for joining me today. Have a great day!!

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Case This Sketch #89 from "The Mess on my Desk"

Hello everyone!! It has been awhile since I have posted anything. We took a 10 day vacation to Europe and it took me about a week to recover. We spent five nights in London and five nights in Paris. It was a lot of fun and we saw a lot of things. However, as you know, you cannot see everything. I hope to post some photos later on this week.

Today I am playing along with the Case This Sketch blog and created a card for sketch #89. This is the first card I have made in over three weeks! It was nice to get my creativity on again! I made a baby card.

The jumping off point for this card was the stamped giraffe from PTI's "Sweet Baby" set that has been sitting on my desk for two months. When I create a card, I tend to die cut and stamp more images then I need just in case I make a mistake. Often they get thrown in a pile and are never used. Today I challenged myself to make as many cards as I could and the baby card is just one of six that I created. I could probably make at least twenty or more with my "extras."

Since the giraffe was in blue and had a read heart, I chose to use PTI Spring Rain card stock for the card base. To match the little heart, I chose to use a scrap piece of patterned paper that I cut into a rectangle and rounded the edges.

Over this, I adhered two vellum flowers, a red tag and a stamped banner. The banner I adhered with foam tape because I knew I wanted to tuck at least one sequin underneath it.

My last step was to adhere the stamped giraffe using foam tape. I added a twine bow and a googly eye to finish the card off.

I know these are unusual colors for a baby card but I think it came out nice. Sometimes thinking outside of the box can pan out!!

I am proud to say that everything I used on this card with the exception of the card base was a scrap or die cut that was thrown aside. How is that for creativity?

Here is the sketch that I followed:

That is all for today. Tune in tomorrow for another card "from what is on my desk."

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