I love it when I can make one card and it can satisfy the requirements for more than one challenge plus maybe some other creative needs. This card was so much fun to create. I knew I wanted to play with the new Wood Words bundle and when I saw the Stampin' Up Only Challenge was a color challenge to create a card using the patriotic colors of your own country. This time of year leaves me feeling especially patriotic and wanting to create using red, white, and blue.
I designed the inside of the card first, and love the pop up element. I first saw the pop up box used in a card by Mitsou designs, but I only wanted to use one box and fill it with stars. I used the small cluster of stars stamp from the Wood Words stamp set to create a border at the top of the card of more gorgeous stars. When my daughter first saw the card, she thought it looked like a box of firecrackers. It most definitely could be.
But I couldn't figure out what I wanted to do with the front of the card until I saw the sketch for FabFRi115. Then I knew this was the perfect way to add stripes to my patriotic card. This is my version of Stars and Stripes just in time to celebrate America's birthday
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SU! Only #177
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Angel, what a fun card! Love the use of the Wood Texgtures DSP as the background as well as the stars from the Wood Crate Framelits, and wow, creating a pop up with the Wood Crate die- so creative! Thanks for sharing with us at SU-Only Challenges- we hope that you are able to play along with us again in the future!
ReplyDeleteThanks Julie. I had such a fun time creating this card.
DeleteYour "box of stars" is so clever! All the elements are perfect for this challenge.Thanks for playing along with the Stampin' Up! Only Challenge.
ReplyDeleteThanks Cindee
DeleteVery cool...love the inside box of stars and the wood grain sets off the colors on the front! Thanks for playing along with the Patriotic Colors challenge this time on SUO Challenges!
ReplyDeleteThanks Connie. I am loving this DSP and all the different wood grains
DeleteThis is SUCH a fun card - love the "box of stars" inside! Good for you using that DSP, too - it has been giving me the hairy eyeball from my desk for WEEKS now - I think I feel a CASE coming on, lol. Thanks so much for playing at Fab Friday!
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy playing with this DSP as much as I did. If you do a CASE, I'd love to see a picture and let me know what you thought of the process.
DeleteVERY cool card!! Thanks for playing along in the
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Thanks Karen.
DeleteWhat a great combination of challenges! Love the wood background for your stars. Thanks for joining the SUO challenge!
ReplyDeleteThanks Mary. I am having so much fun with the wood papers
DeleteVery cute and so patriotic! What a fun surprise on the inside! Thanks for playing at Fab Friday!
ReplyDeleteThat box full of stars on the inside is so clever! That's a great surprise element! The card front is perfect for the challenges..I can't get enough of the wood DSP! Thanks for sharing at Fab Friday!
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