Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Super Cool Shapes

Today I have a card that is shaped! I was inspired by this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge blog to give this a try! I always see shaped cards I love and I never have the guts to try them, so this week I forced myself to step out of the box! I also knew I could use a really cute SP and Company sentiment from Bold Sentiments I (available NOW!!!) and it would work perfectly.

So, I broke out the Cricut (I had to dust it off first - it's been a while), took about an hour trying to decide what shape to use (decisions decisions!), cut it out and got started!


I also cut a cute little tag and inked it up before using the "Missing You" sentiment.  This card is so perfect for my BFF, who I almost never see since she lives about an hour away from me.  I cut my own leaf out and inked the edges of it, then tucked it behind the little tag.  With a MS butterfly punch, I punched out the butterly several times and adhered them together, separating the wings to give it more dimension.  Lastly, I colored in a Hero Arts flower with a Copic that matched the circle I punched and stamped for the center of the flower.




I also added a little faux stitching around the edges to give it a little pop.  Now that I've taken the plunge into shaped cards, I think I'm going to be making a lot more!

Thanks for stopping by today!!!

















Cardstock: 80# White Cougar Cover, K & Company
Stamps: SP and Company Bold Sentiments I  , Stampin Up Dot, Dot, Dot
Punches: EK Success (Circle), Martha Stewart (Butterfly)
Ink: VersaMagic, Papertrey Ink (Fresh Snow)
Other: Copics, Hero Arts blank flowers, Cricut, American Crafts Slick Writers, PTI Baker's Twine, ATG

9 comments:

  1. What a cool shaped card - love the flower shape. Also that you coloured a flower with Copics as an embellishment. Great idea!
    TFS
    Cheers, Karen
    alteredscrapbooking.blogspot.com

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  2. Super cute!! Love the fun patterns and your little sentiment tag is really sweet :) Thanks for joining in the fun at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  3. A beautiful shaped card...Love it!

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  4. What a darling card - well done!

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  5. that is adorable and very cute!!

    TFS!!
    Hugs,
    Patty

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  6. Darling!! Love that you created the flower out of cloud DP!! Yummy! Thanks so much for playing with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  7. K, first of all, I misssss you too!!!! When I saw this card, I thought, aww that would be perfect for us! :) And now you MUST show me how you did this shaped card! I ADORE it! Maybe I'll dust off my Cricut, too!! BEAUTIFUL!

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  8. Oh Crissie, this is darling. The faux stitching, the tag and twine...it all makes such a perfect card for this week's CAS-ual Friday challenge. So glad you played along!

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Thank you so much for commenting!!! :)