Happy Sunday All!
Just wanted to share a shabby card I made for the current challenges at the Kraft Journal (Paris or France) and at Craft Hoarders (use that non-used stamp).
Paris definitely holds a special place in my heart: it was on the Eiffel Tower that my husband proposed. I said "Yes" in case you are wondering. :) It was an amazing time. We spent 10 incredible days in Paris. Every morning we would wake up early, grab a baguette from the local baker, hop on the metro and see as much of the city until late in the evening. Three days were spent at the Louvre alone, one day at the Rodin museum and Impressionist museum, and countless hours just exploring. It was beautiful, surreal, awe-inspiring...absolutely perfect. It is impossible to think about any of that trip and not smile.
Sorry! I digressed...on to the card...
Obviously I have happy thoughts about Paris so I wanted to go with happy colors on the card and to also include a heart. A nicety about the card: excluding one of the papers, all of the paper used was from my scrap bin. (I need to dive into that bin more often!) The card base was made from Kraft card stock. The ivory heart was die cut using Spellbinders Lace Hearts die set and the Eiffel Tower is Kraft card stock die cut using the Die-namics Eiffel Tower die. The stamp is from JustRite's stamp set Greetings From Paris. I have had this set for a long while and never used it. It fits the card well and the font is so pretty.
I am off to give my hubby a huge hug and show him the card.
Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you all have a great Sunday!
Hugs,
Kathy Jo
This card is also entered into the following challenges:
Kraft Journal (Paris or France)
Craft Hoarders (use that non-used stamp).
Craftin Desert Divas, AG
Word Art Wednesday, AG
Happy Saturday!
Excellent news: I am the newest Design Team member for Totally Gorjuss Challenges! Woot-woot! All of the Gorjussettes are so nice and their cards and projects are just fabulous...dare I say Totally Gorjuss. :) How awesome it is to be on the team...thank you so much, Net, for the invite to be a Gorjussette! Today is my first Gorjuss posting- yay!
The theme for this week's challenge is "Stripes". I decided to go with a Christmas card using Graphic 45 Christmas striped paper and my Eiffel Tower stamp by Stampendous. The stamped image was heat embossed and I colored in the poinsettia leaves and holly with TH markers. On all the red areas I applied Stickles in Candy Cane. TH Antique Linen, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain was applied on the papers along the edges for a vintage feel.
The corrugated card base is from Recollections...is corrugation neat or what? You will definitely see this base popping up on many cards!
Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend and I hope to see your striped card at the Totally Gorjuss Stripe challenge!
Hugs,
Kathy Jo
