Wednesday, April 20, 2011

If life gives you limes - Make Margaritas!

So I had the desire to participate in the April Blast from the Past challenge by Taylored Expressions - use a stamp set that I have yet to use - and drink a delicious beverage at the same time!  I don't know how ones night could get any better.   No seriously, I really don't know - okay well maybe the Star Trek marathon helped a bit too... but that's cause I'm an uber nerd!


So here was the challenge:
Create a card featuring any Taylored Expressions Stamps released prior to February 2011! The theme for our April hop is "Clean & Simple". Often clean lines and a simple layout make the most beautiful cards! If you're looking for some direction, think lots of white space, limited layering, and a single focal image!

Pretty simple right - well when the images are amazing... its easy to make a clean and simple card. In this case all of the images and sentiments are from the Taylored Expressions set titled Chillax and are simply amazing to work with. I mean how much fun is this card for someone having a bad day?!


For a bit more detail to bring the eye to the image I used my Spica glitter pens to add some hand drawn corners on the image.  And used a bit of Glossy Accents over the glass part of the marg to make it look like glass.  Came out pretty neat huh?



And as always - gotta make the inside as pretty as the outside, in this case the lower right corner of the inside!  In this case it was just stamped in black and embellished with my Spica pens just as a did the details on the front..


Since this is a hop - here it is simple and easy to jump to the next blog - everyone has done some amazing work:




14 comments:

  1. This is fabulous!! The stamping is fabulous, and I love the penned lines you've added for some detail!! Love it!!

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  2. whow what a great card love your layout

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  3. WOWZA! Great idea for a CAS layout! Your card is delicious! I'm loving it!

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  4. Holy guacamole! This is OUT of this world AWESOME!! I simply LOVE how you added the corners, and your coloring is STUNNING!!!

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  5. I LIKE the hand drawn corners, your coloring is terrific and your photo staging is awesome.

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  6. Yummy! makes me thirsty! love your corners!

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  7. One word!
    ****S* T* U* N* N* I* N* G****

    Love it!

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  8. Wow your coloring, hand drawn lines and design are awesome. I love your "props" for the photo as well! ;o)

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  9. Your card rocks! Love the penned corners! Awesome job :)
    hugs, margie

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  10. What a great card. I love the crisp colors and interior detail. mmmm- Margaritas - Just in time for Spring Break:)

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  11. Your coloring is fantastic and I LOVE those lines, I assume you did that before the margaritas (ha!!)

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  12. Ooooh, how cute...gotta love the little margarita!!!! The corners look awesome, too!!!

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  13. Very nice. Makes me want one NOW! But um, it's only 1:30 in the afternoon ;)

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  14. What a fun card! Love how you did the inside too, and it would be perfect for someone having a bad day! Made me smile :).

    Chris L.

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