Runway Inspired Challenge #15

My new stamping friend Jenn is the creator of the Runway Inspired Challenge Blog, so I decided to play along this week to support her (and because it is a really cool blog, so you should check it out, too!) Phillip is going to be traveling to London for work soon, so I thought it would be fun to make him this card with my Amuse British Invasion set:

Here is the inspiration photo:

I was inspired by the colors and the "weaving" pattern. So that is what I did, I created a weaved paper pattern with PTI cardstock. Those two little white strips were scraps...can't believe I was able to put such a small scrap to use!

The heart is from a PS set (almost all of their sets have hearts in them!) but the sentiment and stamps are from the British Invasion set.

Hope you have some fun plans for the weekend! I'm going to a card class with a friend on Sunday and am hoping to go blueberry picking on Saturday :)

Runway Inspired Challenge #6

I decided to play along with the Runway Inspired Challenge this week and I created this card:

Here is the model's outfit we were given as inspiration this week:

The silver twine at the bottom was inspired by her silver bracelet and shoes, so was the fact that I stamped the sentiments in Encore silver ink.

I cut all the squares out with an old Creative Memories punch that I've had for years (probably about 10 years by now, lol). I was inspired to do this by her shirt. The dark blue background was inspired by her shorts.

The two border dies used at the top are PTI and so is the tag die. The cardstock is all PTI, too. The silver twine is from SU. The "You brighten my day" sentiment is PTI and the "thanks" is Paper Smooches. The lamp stamp is from Hero Arts. The pearls are from Q and Co. This card was a bit out of my comfort zone to make, but I'm glad I gave it a shot! You should try it out too, head on over to their blog here.

Runway Inspired Challenge #4

I decided to give the new Runway Inspired Challenge Blog a shot and I created this card:

Here is the runway shot that they gave us for inspiration:

Obviously the rainbow colors stand out, and also that neat triangle bag stood out for me. I took the colors in order from the dress, cut one inch strips, glued them down to a piece of cardstock, and then cut it all with the PTI banner builder die.

To bring in even more rainbow, I tied several multi colored strips of Amuse ribbon into the knot. I got this idea from an Amuse swap that I went to last year, and I thought it was a great idea for scraps of ribbon, and it makes such a statement!

I colored the worm with Copics, and made the "sand" with dots in 3 different colors. I stamped out the sentiment and used an SU label punch to cut it out.

I think it turned out to be a very cute and festive birthday card!

The set I used is from Paper Smooches, and the embossing folder is from SU. I mentioned all other supplies above. I had a lot of fun deciding how to create this card, I bet you'll be seeing me over at the Runway Inspired Challenge again ;)

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