Dynamic Duos Birthday Card

I set aside the irreverence for tonight and instead I played the current Dynamic Duos challenge:

As soon as I saw these colors and the "kid card" part of the challenge, I knew what had to be done. Well, had to be tried. I'm not sure I quite pulled it off. Here's my card, then I'll explain:

I had the idea to use the blue and black as circles in a white background. I was influenced by this card Kathy Racoosin made where she mixed up the circle centers and it looks amazing!

I cut the Simon Says Stamp die three times - once each from blue, black and white. Then I laid the white piece on top of a full white card front and started laying in the circles. When I was happy with them, I glued them down and moved on to the sentiment.

The Avery Elle sentiment (it's half of the one in the set - I cut it last time I used it) was inked in Versamark, then SU Brilliant Blue, stamped, then embossed with clear EP. It needed some contrast, so it got some washi tape behind it, of course.

When I was done, I thought it still needed something, so I added a few blue A Muse star-shaped rhinestones.

That's it for this weekend. I need to go finish laundry and get my head around the fact that tomorrow is Mo ... Mon ... I can't say it.

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Products used but not linked below: SU Basic Black card stock, SU Brilliant Blue (or Pacific Point) card stock, A Muse bling, SU Brilliant Blue ink, clear embossing powder, misc blue washi tape.

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More Irreverence

Well, it turns out the other cards I had started didn't have room for the new irreverence, so I went with some old stamps, and they worked out just fine! :)  Sometimes, when you stamp without a net like I do, you need to use what fits.

All these cards are the same except for the sentiments. Here we go!

First up:

And because I'm so nice, I won't bore you with more copies of the same card; I'll just show you the sentiments. Here they are:

The ingredients for these cards are the same as the last batch, but I've added some SU ribbon and brads, and some washi tape. I also think these are dangerously close to more-is-more cards.

For my next trick, I'm going to have to build the cards around the sentiments, I can see that now. Maybe not tonight, but soon, as I need to put them away. :)

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PS: I'm also entering these in the Play Date Cafe challenge.

New Irreverence, Part First

By now most of you know I'm easily enabled to NEED things. You also know I like some good, healthy irreverence. So imagine my thrill when a friend alerted me to a 40% off sale on irreverence at Joann's. Yep, there were pages of Riley & Co sentiments, and I needed many of them. NEEDED, do you hear me?

So today I am introducing them to ink. I'm also still unpacking from my crafty retreat in early April (*ahem*) and found several sheets of stamped Gossip Gals I did before the stamp decided to come home with me. I also found a package of SU DSP I hadn't cut into yet (and obviously didn't in April, either), so I got to work, and I have 14+ cards in progress.

It's a bit crowded in there now, so I'm showing you what I've finished so far, then I'll be back with Part Second, and maybe Part Third, depending on how things go.

Let's get started! Most of the cards are the same layout; just the words are different. So no, you're not seeing things ... focus on the irreverence. :)

First:

I say this every. single. day.

Next:

This one uses a piece of paper from the remnant pile. It also has a button, mostly because I accidentally touched the inked sentiment to the card and it was ruined. I went with Plan B and stamped it onto a thankfully remaining piece and popped it up to make it look like I meant to do that.

And I know people who make crafty things out of corks. They say they collect them from the neighbors, but I dunno ...

Next:

Everyone needs a bestie like this, right? I also think this layout needs something else at the top. The jury is still out.

Next:

I know a squillion people I could send this to (to whom I could send this) but they're not worth the postage.

And a "normal one" snuck in, just to break things up:

*gasp* I stamped it straight! ;/

Last one from this batch:

This sentiment is not new. It's from the recesses of one of the irreverence drawers, and I stumbled upon it while searching for the "cats have staff" sentiment I used on my last post. In fact, this sentiment describes me pretty well. My son is getting married in late September, and I can tell you I am NOT wearing pantyhose. Long skirts are quite liberating in that respect. :)

Okay, I'm going in for round two of the irreverence bowl. I'll be back later.

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ETA: I totally forgot: I'm entering these in the current Play Date Cafe challenge.

Products used but not linked below: SU Calypso Coral card stock, SU Calypso Coral ribbon, SU Sent With Love DSP, SU Pool Party twine, misc button, Riley & Co sentiments, Gossip Ladies form Stampers Anonymous, Pantyhose sentiment from Rubber Moon (I got it at the LSS), Echo Park DSP.

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Two CAS Kitties

I'm getting rid of some office furniture and I'm doing some serious purging. While cleaning out some binders of photos of all the cards I've made in forever, I found one with some Cat's Pajamas stamps I've been wanting to ink up again. The current Less Is More challenge is to make a CAS card with your favorite critter, and so I did. In fact, I made two.

Here's the first one, using the Cat's Pajamas stamps:

Again with the bad lighting. I'm still working on it.

The background is stamped with the Hero Arts Envelope Liner background. I wanted a subtle image, though, so I played with it until I got it light enough. I started off inking it and dabbing off sections with a paper towel, but the parts that were left were still too dark. I ended up covering it (I use my background stamps face-up on my desk) with a piece of computer paper and rubbing it lightly, not being too careful about even pressure, and this is what came out.

I colored the eyes, nose and collar with my gelly pens, and drew some lines with a Derwent Inktense pencil to ground him.

I liked it, so I made another one:

This time I used Paper Smooches stamps from the Nine Lives set.  I colored this guy with Derwent Inktense pencils.

Even though I was itchy to add stuff, I did not. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go make a loaded card. :)

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Products used but not linked below: The Cat's Pajamas cat and sentiment.

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