Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Scrappy Birthday

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built!  This week we have a nice, easy one for you: Anything Goes.
I've been trying really hard to dig into my "bits and pieces" stash for each card I've made this year and so far I'm doing pretty well.  I am in need of some masculine cards and the strip of card stock stamped with the Metro Map stamp has been in my stash for a long time.  Then I found this sketch from Power Poppy's CardMap challenge this month:
I did flip the sentiment strip portion up to the top to cover a seam in my stamped panel.  I would have put the strip upside down but if you looked closely, you would have seen that the words were upside down, so I had to get a little creative.
So, I went digging in the stash to see what else I had and I found the gray scalloped strip and the white strip for the sentiment.  And this is what I came out with.
 The card base and the star scalloped border strip are both a deep navy, though they look a bit black in the photo.  I die cut the "happy" out of light blue and then 3 more times out of cream so I could have a bit of dimension.  My "washi tape" was cut with a die and in keeping with using up scraps, I added a left over piece to the inside:
This is definitely not my usual style, but I think it turned out pretty well.  I hope you will get a chance to play along with us;  I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Metro Map", "Birthday" and "I always remember"
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle, small banner (I trimmed off the second end) and washi tape strip and "Happy Trio"; Verve "Scalloped Trim Trio"; Spellbinders scalloped border (I used the negative of the die cut)

Challenges:
Shopping Our Stash #338--you say it's your birthday
Tuesday Throwdown #376--anything goes
Power Poppy--sketch (see picture above)
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #74--anything goes
Pixie's Crafty Workshop #317--anything goes with snippets
A Gem of a Challenge #211--cool in blue
Sweet Stampin'--Men's cards
Cardz TV #31--anything goes
Crafty Catz #400--anything goes with the optional twist of Male's birthday
Aud Sentiments #195--anything goes
That's Crafty--feeling blue
Brown Sugar #274--birthday
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #18--anything goes
Card Mania #100--monochromatic

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17 comments:

  1. Glittered PawsJanuary 24, 2018 at 3:59 AM

    Love your card with just bits and pieces. You have to think out of the box to be able to do this type of creating for sure.

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  2. DonnaJanuary 24, 2018 at 6:16 AM

    What a fabulous masculine card, and if you did not tell no one would know you were using up scraps!

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  3. Esther AsburyJanuary 24, 2018 at 6:50 AM

    Absolutely perfect masculine card! I love everything about it including the way you finished the inside (and that sentiment -- I NEED that stamp!).

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  4. DonnaJanuary 24, 2018 at 1:08 PM

    Fabulous card - love your homemade washi!!
    Thanks for celebrating birthdays this week with the crew from SHOPPING OUR STASH!!

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  5. Laurie UngerJanuary 24, 2018 at 2:09 PM

    Loving this sketch! Great job with it!

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  6. MoiraJanuary 25, 2018 at 1:33 AM

    What a great way to use up scraps thank you for joining us in the That's Crafty challenge

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  7. DiJanuary 25, 2018 at 6:47 AM

    Great card Heather and a really clever way to use up snippets as well. Mind you, I'd have run away seeing the sketch - for some reason sketches and I don't get along - yet I can understand how they stretch the imagination.

    Hugs

    Di xx

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  8. Melanie RJanuary 25, 2018 at 8:39 AM

    Perfect masculine card, Heather! I like the way you used the bits and pieces and stayed within the confines of that sketch. Thank you for joining us at Brown Sugar Challenge.

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  9. Stacy MorganJanuary 26, 2018 at 9:54 AM

    Now this is cool! What an awesome design, you used the card map to make a super cool card. I would say a great guy card and I might just have to case this. :-) Great colors and papers and I do like the Happy die cut. Awesome!

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  10. SammyJanuary 27, 2018 at 6:30 AM

    this is fab! Love it! Thank you for joining us at Sweet Stampin'. Sammy-x

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  11. PamelaJanuary 27, 2018 at 6:53 AM

    Great card, love the verse. Thank you for joining us at A Gem of a Challenge.

    Pam x

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  12. Billie AJanuary 28, 2018 at 12:06 PM

    I love sketches. I love your take on the sketch and the fun papers and all. So glad you shared over at Aud Sentiments.
    Billie A
    Aud Sentiments
    Creative With Stamps
    Catch The Bug
    Inspiration Destination
    The Merry Christmas Challenge
    Sunny Day Crafting
    Pause Dream Enjoy
    Craftaholic R US
    Always Happy Birthday

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  13. ILEANA ARTUFFOJanuary 29, 2018 at 6:47 AM

    Beautiful creation! I love design!
    Thanks for playing at Card Mania Challenge.
    Ileanaxx.

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  14. CheriJanuary 29, 2018 at 2:51 PM

    Such an awesome card, Heather and getting to use up so many scraps can't be beat. Love how you interpreted that sketch too.

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  15. DawnJanuary 30, 2018 at 1:37 PM

    way awesome and very creative. Thanks for sharing at Brown Sugar. Good Luck.
    Dawn DT

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  16. InesFebruary 1, 2018 at 12:30 PM

    Beautiful card :) Thank you for participating in the Brown Sugar Challenge Blog

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  17. DortheFebruary 4, 2018 at 1:22 AM

    Suc h lovely card, wonderful colors, and deatils.
    Thank you for entering it in That`s Crafty Challenge.
    DT,-Dorthe

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