Tuesday, June 17, 2014

hello sunshine

hey there!

i thought i'd throw my hat in the ring for a chance to be a guest designer at the brand NEW challenge: the cutting edge

it's all about dies, die cutting and inspiration! hello?! what could be more fun than that!! lol!

here is the inspiration board:


look at all those gorgeous cards! swoon!
it was hard to choose just ONE card to be inspired by!! lol!

here's my card:


oh yeah, i think it's pretty clear that i was super inspired by the amazingly talented jackie rockwell and her beautiful rays card!

i used my die-namics sun ray MFT die for my sun rays! LOVE that die! i die cut the rays out of vellum, and then offset the image so that i only used 2/3 of it on my card! fun! tht warm, welcoming, and yellow-y orange background was created with mustard seed and squeezed lemonade distress paints. LOOOOOVE distress paints! 

i stitched the vellum on (LOOOOOOVE the look of stitching on vellum!) and added a few pearls to emphasize the rays!


i thought the sentiment from lawn fawn's hello sunshine stamp set worked perfectly! 
then i colored a few of the super puffy and FUN clouds from the starry backdrops stamps set, and popped one up for dimension!

so that's it! 
i am so excited for this new challenge, and i can't wait to play along with all of their challenges!
enjoy!

5 comments:

  1. Oh my, your comment has me blushing.

    Wow, I just love the stitched vellum Samantha, and those tiny clouds go so well with the sweet sentiment! So happy you submitted this card into The Cutting Edge Guest Designer Contest!!!

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  2. Wonderful combination of elements! Thanks for joining us at The Cutting Edge.

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  3. AWESOME card!! I LOVE the Design and the color!! WoW!! TOTALLY. HAPPY!! good Luck!! ;)

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  4. This is awesome!!! Love your idea about stiching the vellum.Thank you so much for playing along at The Cutting Edge Challenge :)

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  5. Vellum rays??? Be still my heart! I'm kinda in a vellum phase lately so this is fabulous in my book! Thank you so much for joining us at The Cutting Edge Challenge!

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thank you SO much for taking the time to comment! just like that, you made my day! :D