It's been about a week since I have posted. I am trying to get the hang of being on a design team, which honestly, is sooo much fun! Krafty Girls is a great bunch of ladies and they have some pretty uh-mazing projects. I am really having to step up my game here. There have been some changes, so I am not posting the next challenge project just yet, but I thought I would share one of my favorite cards I have made yet.
This card was the most fun I have ever had creating. I made this as a back to school card for my 17 year old sister. I think it's pretty funny, and she did too. I hope none of you find it offensive. I assure you it was all in good fun.
It all started with a sentiment from the "Give a Hoot" Cricut cartridge. As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to make a card for her with it. This also gave me the freedom to make this card as loud, vibrant, and tacky as I could. (hence the most fun card ever!) I was definitely channeling Peg Bundy from "Married with Children", minus the animal print.
So let's get started. I even have step by step pictures. Forgive the quality they're from my phone, and honestly I am too lazy to edit them. lol There are quite a few pictures, and I'd have to make them all match. I'm sure you all don't mind a little "background" right? good :)
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I decided to stamp my own back ground first, so here I masked off my top piece. Since I wanted a little white on the edges I placed the washi tape at a uniform distance all the way around.
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This is the background stamp I decided to use. At the time I didn't have a polka dot embossing folder, which would have made things much easier and didn't want to commit to a large background stamp. So teeny tiny stamp it was.
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Here comes the vibrant color. This is a Cat's Eye Pigment ink from Color Box in Picante.
This color is fantastic, it's like a super bright red orange.
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It was so hard to stamp semi-uniformly over and over. this is almost half way through. (you'll see that I messed up later. ha!)
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I then inked the edges in Surf blue, that's from the same color pack by Color Box.
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I then chose some lime green cardstock for my card base. It's probably from Recollections, most of my solid 8 1/2 x11 is. I also chose my brightest loudest ribbon. Look at how it ties all the colors together, I'd love to say I planned it, but sometimes things just work out. I know I got it at Michaels on sale. The card looks terrible now, but it's starting to come together. (I bet you see those crooked lines now too huh?)
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Yes, this is my practice sheet. I used it on my card, but with that Therm-o-web Super Tape ain't nobody going to get to see the nasty back.
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Just in case you didn't know what Super Tape was.
9. It's all coming together
It's cute right? I cut the sentiment out with glitter paper and the shadow with metallic paper
. The trashcan tore a little on the lid, but it still looks okay. I used a silvery grey paper for
the can and in the lines is a metallic pink.
10.(told you there were lots-o-pictures)
I used some nail art glitter flakes from Dollar Tree for the "trash". There was supposed to be a bear coming out of the can, but it just didn't fit with the sassiness I was going for.
11. And how I made this Sassy card into a back to school card...
Lol, I know it's tacky to laugh at your own jokes, but I still laugh about this card. (Plus I have to me kind of tacky to make that front right?) I used the Cricut "Recess" cartridge for the books and apple. They really made the card complete.
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I used white cardstock, some purple Halloween paper, and green glitter paper. "Be Classy" was actually black stickers I had left over from a previous project.
Well, that is it for my "classy" card. I hope you liked it. Leave me a comment, or send me a message. I'd love to hear from you! Thanks for reading!
~Dusty
Wow Dusty! You put so much work into this card and it shows :) I like how you created your own paper to match your card and style. Looks fantastic!
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