Saturday, August 31, 2013

OWH Labor Day VCMP

There's a large Virtual Card Making Party going on this weekend over at the Stars and Stamps blog. Challenges will be posted every few hours throughout Saturday & Sunday. Challenge #1 is a sketch that Nancy is hosting on her blog. I dug into an old SU! paper pad for these Sahara Sand squares of dsp. I added a Hero Arts sentiment and some negative punch-outs from border dies just to compliment the black color with a few tiny accents. I added a little faux stitching for the final touch, and then moved onto challenge #2.

Diane is hosting a fun challenge for #2, and that challenge is to use 3 things on our cards that represent the letters for O.W.H. Orange, Web (spider) and/or the color White, and Halloween is what I chose. The image is by House Mouse, and the pumpkin border was done with an EK punch. The spider web embossing was done with a SU! ef and sanded. The sentiment panel was done with a word window punch, and the ends of the black panel were done with the SU! Mosaic punch. I added some piercing and faux stitching just for fun, and finally added some orange bling from Pizzazz Aplenty.

That's going to do it for me for this day, but hopefully I'll be able to finish a few more challenges tomorrow!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carol

8 comments:

Mrs A. said...

I love your top card. The colours are just perfect. Hugs Mrs A.

Cathymac said...

Both of your card are wonderful, Carol! I REALLY like the neutral colors and the layout on the first one! The second Halloween card is adorable...love the texture of the web! Have a fabulous Labor Day weekend!

jimlynn said...

As always, both are fantastic! I do love that first one and the way you did the squares though! Off to PIN it right now!
Cute Halloween card too....love tyhe embossing!
Lynn

Nancy Keller said...

I love both of these! Your faux stitching is fabulous! Thanks so much for playing along!

Donna Hanley said...

Carol, I love the way your dashed around your squares. It really makes your squares stand out beautifully. I love your little punch outs and the dots with your sentiment. The second card is just darling, of course, if it is a HM image it's adorable, but you really took it to a new level with your sanded web and your darling sentiment piece. I'm working on a card today but who knows if I'll finish it. Enjoy your day.

Lori L said...

Beautiful choice of pattern papers and accents.

Diane said...

Your card for Nancy;s challenge is gorgeous- so serene and elegant! And the card for my challenge- you went over the top! The image is adorable and the web is so fun! Thanks for joining my challenge and thanks for your support of OWH and our troops!

Linda said...

Great cards...I agree with Donna on the faux stitching! TFS!!!