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