Monday 8 April 2013

Under the Weather: KIS #11 and DD #47

Here's a sweet and simple card to help bring on those April showers, which will hopefully result in some GREEN around here. Although the colours of the card are anything but!
I used the current challenge sketch at Keep It Simple!:
and the colours for this week's Dynamic Duos bold-n-sassy combo:
and created this card:
I used a Simon-Says-Stamp Circle Border die for the perforated panel across the top of the card, popped it up over some CRYSTAL BLUE card-stock, inking the edges of the panel in the same shade. I hope you thought "raindrops!"
The stamp set featured is from the Stamps of Life umbrella4you. I stamped the umbrella in TULIP ink, and hung it from the perforated panel (following the cue from the KIS sketch). The polka dot section of the umbrella is a separate stamp, so you can colorize your umbrella to your heart's delight.   I felt the white polka dots were  a little too plain, so added some round jewel Dazzles from Paper Wishes, in teal.

These are a great product! They are little stickers cut from holographic material, with a silver or gold edge. They add bling without bulk and you get 100's on a sheet for just $1.99. Bar-goon! Plus they come in several colours and shapes. Anyway! Enough product placement. The sentiment is stamped in GREY WOOL and I placed it UNDER the other elements...(get it).

Here's the inside:
So go check out the challenges at Keep it Simple! and the Dynamic Duos. Lots of great inspiration for your spring-time crafting!
Edited to include: Just saw the Heart2Heart challenge this week: Raindrops Keep Falling... Have to link up to that, too! Card-stock and inks used were all CTMH.

Happy stamping,
Caroline

12 comments:

  1. Awesome take on the sketch Caroline! I love the umbrella image and your color choices.

    Your blog keeps dropping from my blogger follower list so I added you again. Sorry I've missed your creations for so long :(

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  2. What a cute card! Love the die-cut panel with the umbrella hooked into it - so clever!Thanks for playing along with Dynamic Duos this week!

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  3. What a beautiful card!
    Love that you decorated the inside, too!
    The diecutting is amazing and the holographic dots are a lovely detail!

    Thanks so much for playing along with us at KEEP IT SIMPLE!
    Anni

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  4. What a cute card! Thanks for sending us a little sunshine @H2H!

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  5. LOVE the circle border die! It adds so much cool texture! What a super mix of both challenges! So glad you joined us at Dynamic Duos this week!

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  6. LOVE it! That die is "to die" for! Great sentiment to tie it all together, you did a fantastic job with this! :)

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  7. Super cute. That border die is fabulous. Thanks for playing with the Dynamic Duos.

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  8. Great card. I love how it is beautiful and yet simple. The inside is as good as the outside. Thanks for joining us, Caroline, at H2H!

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  9. Wow! will have to case this one. Very cute get well card. Will file it away for future use. Thanks for sharing your amazing inspiration at Heart 2 Heart.

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  10. LOVE, LOVE this Caroline - FAB negative die-cut & LOVE that you placed the umbrella up-side-down :)

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  11. HUGE Congrats on your KIS win Caroline :) :) :)

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