CIC - Theme ....

.... Good morning! It's time for our new challenge at Cupcake Inspirations Challenge - CIC#373. This week as well as decorating the front of your card/project, we want you to decorate the inside too. For me this wasn't really a challenge, as I normally do this. But it is fun to carry the design through. Here's my card and the inside too:

Stamps: The Greeting Farm - Chibi Diver, Love & Friends; Dylusions - Ocean Backgrounds
Inks: Stampin' Up! - Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Green Galore; Versafine - Onyx Black
Dies: Die-namics - Wonky Stitched Ovals # 3, Wonky Stitched Rectangles #3
Accessories: White Lustre Card; SU Card - Bermuda Bay; SU DP - Daffodil Delight; Copics; Wink of Stella - Clear; Glossy Accents

I've used the colours from this week's Colour Throwdown - CTD#407 as they work so well with the image. The layout from this week's Freshly Made Sketches - FMS#251 but I've adapted it for a landscape card. This card is a bit smaller than the ones I normally made - it's a bar 4.

I printed the image on white card, coloured it with Copic markers, cut it out with a die and then added sparkle with a clear Wink of Stella brush and some glossy accents to the mask - you can see in the photo!! I die cut some design paper to go behind the image and added a strip of teal card. I used my MISTI to stamp the greeting on the front. I added the image with some dimensional tape. I carried the theme and sentiment to the inside by stamping some sea weed at the edges of the white panel and the sentiment in the middle. I layered this on to a mat layer of teal card.

Our sponsor this week is The Greeting Farm and the winner of this challenge will get a $25 Gift Certificate from them to use in their shop.

Do check out our blog to see more from the rest of the team - everyone has decorated the inside of their projects beautifully!  Have fun!

TMR - DT Call and Theme ....

... Hello and good morning!  It's time for our new challenge at The Male Room, but before I get to that, I thought I'd remind you that we're having a DT Call - check out the blog for full details.  We have a theme for you to use for your masculine project:

UNDER WATER!!

I've made a fun and rather silly birthday card - suitable for a young (or young at heart) guy:

Stamps: Dylusions - Under The Sea, Ocean Background; Uniko Studio - Big & Bold: Wish
Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Versafine - Onyx Black; Stampin' Up! - Real Red
Dies: Lil Inkers - Stitched Rectangles
Accessories: White Lustre Card; SU DP - Maritime; SU Card - Night of Navy, Real Red; Copic Markers

I've based this card on the layout over at CAS(E) this Sketch - CTS#114.  I covered the card with some wonderful fishy design paper.  I die cut a panel of white card and stamped a very bold sentiment in black and red, and layered the panel on some navy card.  I stamped the octopus and fish, some of Dyan Reaveley's wonderfully weird creations, on white card and coloured them with Copic markers, using the colours from the design paper.  I carefully cut out the creatures, edged them with a black marker and adhered them to the card.  On the inside I cut a mat layer of red card and stamped an under water scene around the border - leaving a space in the middle for my message.

The rest of the team have some fabulous cards to share with you, using our Under Water theme - all so different - all just fab!  You have until Tuesday 31st March, midnight GMT (7pm EDT) to play along with our challenge.  Go wild and have fun!!