Good Saturday Morning!!!!
Are you all ready for our SECOND OCC challenge?? I hope so!!! I am still having computer problems and hope that our new modem will be delivered Monday so until then, bear with me.... Today's challenge has again been hosted by our own Cindy Haffner! The challenge today is to use Buttons AND Brads!! Notice there is no OR included in that challenge!!! LOL!!! I thought it would be so easy but you know, I had a tough time using the 2 together so, THAT is why it is called a CHALLENGE!!!! Feel free to CASE any our our layouts should you need to! You can see the my teammates inspiration HERE! When you upload to SCS, please remember to include OCCC in the keywords section. I also want to thank those of you who played using our sketch challenge last week!!! We had a GREAT response and are SO appreciative! Remember, you can play any of these challenges at ANY time but just be sure to use the keyword so we can all see what you have made! Here is my card based on today's challenge~
I don't know if I have mentioned this before but I am TOTALLY flower impaired on a card! I can add flowers with no problem on a scrapbook page but a card, I am at a loss so I MADE myself use flowers for this challenge because I knew I could include the button(s) and brads! I actually still feel flower impaired and am not sure about the HUGE blossom on the bottom right but it was too late to change it!!! LOL!!!
Here are the deets! The base of my card is Basic Black with first a thin mat of Whisper White and then River Rock which I embossed using my Birds & Swirls embossing folder. The next mat is Basic Black and then a panel of River Rock decorative paper from the retired Holiday Thyme paper pack. I used my French Script and stamped right on top of the decorative paper using Basic Black ink. No, you are not dizzy ~ I stamped the French Script crooked!! LOL!!! I wish I could say it was on purpose but no, it wasn't!!! LOL!!! I then stamped my bird from Touch of Nature (I did much better stamping the bird ~ not crooked!) using Basic Black ink. I stamped the image again on Whisper White cardstock again using Basic Black ink. I colored the bird using my Soft Sky ink pad and a blender pen, cut it out and mounted it on top of the first stamped bird using dimensionals. I colored the leaves using River Rock ink and a blender pen and cut them out as well and mounted them using dimensionals. I colored the branch using a blender pen and River Rock ink. HERE is a close~up of the bird and leaves ~
All of the white flowers are from the SU! Pretties kit. The 2 black "flowers" are actually 2 different sizes of circle Nestabilities that I punched and the cut to look like petals. The flowers with the black swirls are from Prima. The black and silver brads are by Imaginisce, the clear button is from SU! and the black lace is from Rusty Pickle.
Be sure to check out what Amy, Cindy, Dawn, Denise (newest addition to SCS's Dirty Dozen!!! Yay Denise!!!), Jennifer and Laurie have done!
Thank you so much for stopping by! I am hoping to be back on track sometime Monday! Have a great weekend!
~Lynda
LOVE those big white flowers and the popped up bird image. Very cool!
..and thank you for the DD mention, you're sweet! :)
Posted by: peanutbee | June 21, 2008 at 08:56 AM
Oh my! Lynda, this card is beautiful! I can't see how your are flower imparied at all...they look PERFECT on your card! I can't believe you cut the bird out and popped it up...it looks beautiful like that. I am scissor impaired ;) This card has such an elegant feel to it!!
Posted by: Dawn Easton | June 21, 2008 at 09:48 AM
Oh Lynda, I love yhour flowers, brads and buttons, awesome job, girl. Thanks for playing.
Posted by: Cindy Haffner | June 21, 2008 at 10:08 AM
What a pretty card ... I think you did great using flowers on it. At first I thought you had stamped on some of the flowers, but I read that they came like that. I seem to find more details the more I look at it. Great job with the challenge.
Posted by: Sandy B | June 21, 2008 at 12:41 PM
GORGEOUS card Lynda! The colors are beautiful and I LOVE the pretty flowers. LOVE the amazing detail, it makes the card pop!
Great job on the challenge, Jennifer :)
Posted by: Jennifer Meyer | June 21, 2008 at 12:52 PM
Lynda!!! Your card is jaw-dropping elegant. I adore your color combo. The bird works so well with it. And I don't call this flower impaired AT ALL! The placement and layering are perfect!
Posted by: Amy Sheffer | June 21, 2008 at 05:02 PM
At last! I have found someone else that feels they are flower challenged, as well! I can put them on a scrapbook layout- no problem, but I often feel that they are off balance on a card! HOWEVER, you totally rocked these beauties! Absolutely love this card! You exceeded this challenge! Hope you have a super weekend!
Posted by: Beth | June 21, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Beautiful card! I really like the French Script background with the bird. TFS.
Posted by: Kathy W | June 24, 2008 at 09:40 AM