off the wall 2-for-all card

today was a productive, and yeah, i'll say it: i was innovative - i made one card, to fit 2 purposes! woah, i know. maybe i should have warned you. things like this can take a person by surprise and make you fall out of your seat. :) ha! so friends, please put your chairs in their upright and locked position and bunker down! (ok it's not really that exciting...) :)

off the wall craftiness had a color challenge, and their colors are eerily similar! check it out for yourself:

on top of making this card for the challenge, i also made it 'by request'! my mom wanted a card for a very dear family friend who recently lost her husband and also had a birthday. my mom chose the sentiment (thinking of you), and i think it fits. she specifically didn't want a card that said 'happy birthday' since it would be a very difficult one. so without further adieu here is my 2-for-all card:

i wanted to make the card as happy and light as i could. and the color pallette was perfect for that! i used my hero arts individual letter stamps for the sentiment and i arced the letters to create a sort of rainbow feel. i thought about doing different colors to really accent the rainbow effect, but i decided subtle was better. i created the 'sun' by cutting a very thin strip of cardstock and wound it into a tight-tight-tight circle. then when i decided the cardstock had taken the circle shape, i spread it out a little (hmm, note to self, it's hard to explain that!)!

i drew (free-hand mind you!) the cloud shapes onto an adheasive sheet. then i placed those sticky cloud cut-outs onto the dry embossed polka dots and glittered my little heart out! i finished the card by making the clouds rain hearts (popped up of course). i love when clouds rain hearts, but i know it's been done a lot - but i really want it to rain love on this family friend, so i went with it! :)

alright, you are now free to walk around the cabin! lol! thanks again!

enoy! :)