Another "audition" card

I have already submitted this to Gallery Idol and I plan on making a couple more.  For the open round there is no limit to how many you can submit.  I don't want to enter then just to have a large amount, but I have 2 more ideas after this one so if they turn out I'll put those in sometime next week.  There are already 100+ cards and 90 people ... I don't envy the magazine staff the job of narrowing that down to just 20. 

Card 2 is an homage to one of the editors love of yellow and gray :)

I used my Giga Guidelines set to create the background pattern and the black wool felt and ric rac die to make the squiggly detail.  The sentiment is from my Cricut - George cartridge

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{Supplies - PTI unless noted}
Stamps: Giga Guidelines
Ink:Lemon Tart, Smokey Shadow
Paper: Smokey Shadow, Lemon Tart, True Black, White
Other: black wool felt
Tools: Big shot, ric rac die, Cricut, George cartridge

Tis the Season ...

...No not Christmas ... Graduation season!   Once again this year I have a boatload of graduation cards to make.  Every time I get one done I remember someone else who is graduating!

This one is for my nephew (my brother's oldest) who is graduating this year from our alma mater

I used SU!'s new Go Graduate set from the summer mini.  I love red & black as a color combination (its the school colors but I still love it  :)

I used a mitt full of Copic sketch markers to color in the figures.  I also used some red embroidery floss and a brad to make a real looking tassel. The brad started out life yellow, but those wonderful Copic sketch markers can turn something into something else in a matter of seconds!

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Gallery Idol 2010 - Open Audition card

Every year for the last several Paper Crafts magazine has done an online contest called Gallery Idol.  Fashioned after American Idol, they hold "open auditions", then pick the Top 20.  The audition card is a Thank You. 

This year I'm auditioning :)

Here is one of my audition cards:

I was inspired by this weeks Tuesday Trigger over at Moxie Fab World

I stamped the large bloom from In Bloom 3 times, colored each with the Raspberry Fizz copic trio and then cut out parts of each and layered.  For the leaves I used the Ripe Avocado Copic trio

I'll find out if I made Top 20 at the end of May, then the fun really begins!  Each round you make it through you get a prize package (AWE-some), and a theme and a deadline.  The deadlines get progressively shorter, but I am excited.

I hope I make the cut!

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{Supplies - all PTI unless noted)

Stamps: In Bloom, Polka Dot Basics, Giga Guidelines, Background Basics: Text Style

Ink:Fresh Snow, Ripe Avocado, River Rock [SU!]
Paper: Ripe Avocado, Spring Moss, True Black, White
Other: Copic Sketch RV04, RV17, RV19, YG93, YG95, YG97

My Brothers Birthday

My oldest brother's birthday was last weekend. Here is the card I sent ... it's pure Stampin' Up!

The stamps are Asian Artistry (a hostess set), and Vintage Labels and the layout I took from a card sample in my catty.

I colored the bird with Copics (B41, B45, B95)

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{Supplies - SU! unless noted}

Stamps: Asian Artistry, Vintage Labels

Ink: Tuxedo Black [Momento]

Color: Sketch Marker B41, B45, B95 [Copic]

Paper: Baja Breeze, Marina Mist (new) Pacific Point, Chocolate Chip. White, Kraft

Embellies: Taupe grosgrain (retired)

CPS #166

I really like stretching my creative wings with these CPS sketches.  Thanks Tami for all the work you do on them ... I don't know how you keep coming up with fresh ones each week!!

So for this one I also wanted to try one of what I call the sunburst backgrounds.  I don't know the official name, but its where you take patterned paper (either a purchased pattern or one you create on your own) and cut it like its rays of sunlight coming form a central image.

Here is my attempt at both that background and the sketch this week

I stamped graffiti all over in gray, black and red then cut it and pieced the various background pieces back together

There's not quite enough contrast to really see the different papers but there are 3 different ones. I spritzed the whole background with Silver Foil smooch spritz too ... makes it shiny in a grungy sort of way :)

I also made my own bracket ... I thought I had a chip board one but I didn't so I just ran a blank piece of chip board through my Big Shot with the Top Note die ... I cut it once then realigned {very carefully I might add} and ran it through again.  It turned out pretty good I think!  then I colored it red with craft ink and spritzed it with Silver Foil

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{Supplies}
Stamps: Extreme Elements, By Definition, Gratuitous Graffiti [SU!], Mega Mixed Messages [PTI]
Ink:True Black, Smokey Shadow, Pure Poppy [PTI], Real Red craft [SU!]
Paper: True Black, White [PTI]
Other: Silver Foil Smooch Spritz [SU!],  Chipboard, Top Note Die [SU!], rhinestones

Daisies

Jen del Muro had another great Sketch For You To Try this week

I was in the mood to color so I stamped the daisies on soft stone CS and then colored them in with a white gel pen.  That didn't quite pop enough so I used the new SU! smooch spritz and a paint brush to give it some sparkle and shine

 I also stamped the basket on summer sunrise CS and then shaded with the summer sunrise Copic trio and filled in the dots with the white gel pen I used on the daisies.

The tag shape was cut using the tag trio nestabilities.  the sentiment is from Mega Mixed messages.  The buttons are from SU! button latte

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Another Aussie Card

Here is another card that is going into the gifts my daughter will take to Australia. 

Once again I dug into the archives over at CPS and used CPS #75 this time (a variation of it any way)

And look at that wood grain texture ... Love It!!

And here is the inside ... what you thought was a scalloped border is really some felt ric rac I adhered to the inside of the card ...  I made the ric rac my self too 

Pretty tricky huh!

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{Supplies SU unless  noted}

Stamps: Through the Trees, Friends til the End (sentiment) [PTI]

Ink: Old Olive, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip

Paper: Kraft (soon to be renamed Crumb Cake), Vanilla, Chocolate Chip

Other: Oval template [Creative Memories], ric rac die , Wood Grain impression plate and Black Felt [PTI]