Dynamic Duos 47 / RCC80

 

Here is my entry for the current Dynamic Duos challenge (light aqua and cherry red) , as well as my first entry for this month's Ribbon Carousel challenge (showers and flowers)...

it's a bridal shower card for an old co-worker of mine who's getting married on a beach somewhere down south next month. When I'd seen I saw the sand castle on this card (thanks, Pinterest), it made me think of a wedding cake, and the card was then CASEd to fit the themes and switch it from a thank you to a shower card.

I used the new SU cloudy day embossing folder, and swiped my Illuminate pad across it to give a tad bit of shine (no, really) then used kraft for the sand & Soft Suede for the cake. A bit of red/white twine bow, et voilà!

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Not related to the above, but to the post below (hah) - I was chosen as one of the top 3 for the SOS93 with Miss SuperSnark. wheee! Thanks again Carla, Leslie & crew! 

SOS93 - Sass & snark

Aaah, sass, snark & LOL - some of my favorite things. And they're also the focus of this week's SOS Challenge, so I made SuperSnark... Isn't she cute? The sentiment (by Funny Bones by Riley&co) is part of the goodies I picked up at my LSS today, but the superhero & paper is all stuff i've had for a while. She's actually a combination of two PI images from MFT - Super Boy for the most part, and I used the girl's face from Home Sweet Home for her hair.

I made this into a card for a good friend by crossing out the second "I am" and making it a "you're", which cut the snark of the initial sentiment, but I think it definitely still has sass. I love her - hope you do too!

Lovefest - Sweet & Sassy sketch

Earlier this month, Splitcoast ran a Lovefest for the 10 member companies. Daily challenges were posted, and as per my usual style, I didn't start playing along until nearly the end.

The first challenge I did was LOVEFEST2013B - use the sketch provided by Sweet & Sassy Stamps to make this cutey patooty Easter Card for kidlet. I had to flip the sketch to portrait orientation to fit the bunny ears, but I think the sketch elements are still visible. The bunny boy is from MFT, and was one of Claire Keay's images. He's all flocked in white too - between this & the sloth card I inhaled a bit too much flock last night. OOPS.

This card is also being entered for SOS 90, as all the DSP is from the ancient stash of paper in my drawer thingy. It's all imaginesce (sp?) easter paper... the yellow & blue are reverse bits, and the chicks & bunnies are from another in the same collection (I believe...). They're old though, trust me.

SOS 90 - you're slothsome!

WAH. I just had a long post written out for this, and then I stupidly erased it. SMRT, Chelle, really SMRT. Anyway. This is one entry for the SOS 90 challenge - use your oldest papers. The blueish "sky" piece is ancient blue mulberry paper, and the hearts & label piece are from an even ancient-er page. 

I colored the sloths & branch, then flocked & fussy cut them out.. I realize now that I should've had the branch up farther to the top left corner so it didn't look like they were floating, but ah well. Next time, and yes, there will be more sloth-y cards in the future.