Sunday, February 10, 2013

Lucky Stars - Lucky Me!

Here's my card for this week's OWH Stars and Stamps Sketch Challenge #159.
I feel so honored to know that OWH saw this card that I posted back in November, and turned it into a sketch for this week's challenge! Whee!!! Thanks OWH, you really turned this into a special day!

As always, I tweaked the sketch a little as I was creating, and used some SB squares and scalloped squares instead of a heart. I colored some stars with Copics, adding brads and punched stars in coordinating colors, along with some red twine around the bottom. I used a die cut border on the bottom only because I had no matching ribbon. The border was done with a SNSS border die, and I also cut another one using red & white striped dsp and added those colorful stars to the pacific point card stock border. The background was embossed with a CB star ef in keeping with the stars theme.

Here's this week's sketch:

Thanks for stopping by, and thanks to OWH for showcasing my card in such a special way! I'm absolutely honored and delighted :)

Now go have a fabulous day!

Carol

24 comments:

Unknown said...

Yay! Carol, I love the colors and all the stars on your card! So patriotic!

Unknown said...

Yay! Carol, I love the colors and all the stars on your card! So patriotic!

Joanne Travis said...

Yay, Carol!! The sketch and the card you created are fabulous! I'll definitely be playing this week.
Hope you are having a great weekend and escaped all of the snow where you are.

Linda said...

Wonderful card...Love the extra dimensions...all thedeatsil are perfect! tfs!!!

RobinH said...

awesome card Carol!

Erika said...

It's nice to have one of your cards as inspiration. You do have a lot of creativity and I love this patriotic card.

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

This card just makes me want to whistle something patriotic! Love all the stars and little details!

jimlynn said...

What an honor!!!!! Kudos to you Carol!

This is stunning! Love all the stars and of course the good old red, white, and blue! Fantastic card.

Lynn

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

Me again... I just realized you are in the spotlight at Stars and Stamps! Congrats, my friend!

Marlene Diefendorf said...

Yay Carol! It was fun recognizing your creative talent. Love the patriotic look and all the textured elements around the sentiment. Adding the stars at the bottom really jazzes up the border punch. Thanks for playing!

Donna Hanley said...

Carol, Congrats on being our inspiration this week. That card was beautiful and this card is just as exceptional. I love the way you used the striped paper for the stars in the border. They look terrific. The whole card is very well put together. Enjoy your day.

Loly Borda said...

Yay Carol! So glad to see your wonderful work being recognized. And so happy you are one of the winners of the 'Cards from the heart Drive', you go girl!

Denise Price said...

Big congrats on having your design turned into a sketch!!!

I like what you've done with this card, repeating the star motif. I especially love the puffy, striped star--it's just so cute.

Sherry Hickey said...

Way to go, Carol! Thanks for inspiring this week's great sketch and for posting this gorgeous red, white and blue card! Love the textures, esp. the stars embossed on white paper.

Benzi said...

Great! Getting to use your own card as inspiration is quite awesome. Congrats!

I love the border at the bottom and how you got all three colors going on for the red, white, and blue. Super job!!!

*~*TravelingLadyBug*~* said...

Beautiful card Carol!

Diane said...

Cool that your card is our inspiration card for this week's sketch! I love both of your cards and love how you showed that we can use different shapes for the focal point- love the heart against the white embossing and also love the patriotic square! Thanks for all your inspiration!

Jen M said...

Congrats! Both of your cards are wonderful!

Unknown said...

Beautiful card, fun sketch Love the texture.

Janice M said...

Congrats!! It's a great card and sketch!!

JD/ Jill said...

Great card, Carol, and congrats on the honor...

Wendy said...

Just love this card with all those stars! Terrific sentiment too! Congrats, Carol! :)

Lee Mae said...

Hi Carol! So pleased to see your card inspiring this week's sketch. It's a great design and both cards you made are just wonderful. I really like all the stars on this card, especially the ones you added to the border. Super cute, fun card!

Samantha said...

Great patriotic combo! I really loved the sketch inspired by your card.