Sunday, May 5, 2013

OWH NSD VCMP continues...


Continuing with the OWH VCMP2013 in celebration of National Scrapbooking Day, I've played along with Challenge #3 being hosted by Sandy Allnock. Her challenge is to create a "romantic card" and use one of the tutorials on the OWH Pinterest page.
I used some SB heart dies, adding a SNSS sentiment and a Darice ef for the background. I added some Hero Arts hearts bling and the tutorial I used was the "no fail ribbon" technique which anchors the ribbon to prevent it from slipping. This was quick and simple to create and I think it works well for a romantic card.

I haven't done any scrapbook pages for a while, but I did use left-over scraps from cards I made recently, so hopefully that works for challenge# 4. Nancy is our host for this challenge and she wants us to create a card with scraps left over from a scrapbook layout, using a scrapbook sketch. I chose this sketch from Page Maps...


I started by stamping a Hero Arts/Studio Calico background stamp on white and black card stock, embossing with white ep on the black, and clear detail on the white. I embossed the black horizontal panel with an ef from the CB decorative tiles set, and added some punched elements from SU!'s Mosaic Madness stamp set. I added mini brads to the centers to anchor them and added a punched border with a SU! fancy scallop punch. Since I had portions of the black and white panels left, I made a 2nd card using red elements instead of teal and came up with this....


I hope to wrap up the remainder of the challenges as time permits, so thanks for stopping by, and hopefully I'll see you real soon!

Carol

9 comments:

Linda said...

Three super nice cards...love how the ribbon "hugs" the heart! WTG!!!

JoAnn Ross said...

They are all wonderful, but I think my fave is the 1st one, which is so simple and detailed at the same time!. I LOVE that embossing!!

jimlynn said...

Perfection on all three! Love that first card - the embossing folder is gorgeous and must check out the no fail ribbon!
Love the next two also - great design and DP!
Hope you're having a good weekend.
Lynn

Benzi said...

That surely is a beautiful and romantic card, Carol.

I know how you like using all those scraps so the other challenge was right up your alley. Great cards all around!!

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

These are just great, Carol. I really like those punched elements, not to mention the striking colors you created with!

Darnell said...

Triple cards, triple amazing, again!! So, the new word is . . . trimazing? amiple? amaztrizing? Not loving thoses, so think I will just use my fave: "awe"mazing just for you from now on, no one else!

Nancy Keller said...

Way to use up your scrapbooking scraps! That works just great! I love your cards. Thanks for playing along!

JD/ Jill said...

Great cards...but I have to admit the first one is my favorite too...Sweet card!

Paula S. said...

You did an amazing job on this challenge Carol! I'm going to have to try it again with an 8.5x11 layout. Maybe I will have an easier time with it. LOL

Beautiful job on the photo card too. What a touching story and I'm with you in believing it was a sign to you.