Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Lawnscaping Challenge: Inspired by (A+ teacher thank you card)

Happy Wednesday (wow - I totally just had to suppress the urge to make a hump day joke. LOL)! I hope everybody's week is going well so far. Today I have a cute card to say thank you to a teacher. Originally, I started making this card for the Hero Arts 90 minute scramble on Flickr. But, since I joined the scramble over half way through, and then my lovely laptop decided to freeze every time I inserted my SD card, I missed the cut-off to upload my card. (I think Donna allowed my card even after the cut-off. So sweet.) Anyway, I went back later and added some finishing touches that I didn't have time to do the first go-around. I love the way it turned out. I'm playing along with several challenges with this card. One of them is the Lawnscaping challenge. I don't have any Lawn Fawn stamps (yet!), but they're not required. Maybe I'll win the challenge, and get my first set! LOL! I love their challenge this week:
You can see my inspiration at the bottom of this post. Now for the paper yummies:I found this really cute alphabet patterned paper at Michael's last week (and they were 6/$1.00. Score!), and it looks super with these patterned papers by Echo Park, My Mind's Eye, and Recollections. I paired them with some really cute stamps from Hero Arts, Papertrey Ink, and Mint Motif:
I am loving this natural-color quilting thread right now - it's so nice and thick. I used it to straight stitch along the top of the thank you banner. I also zigzag stitched down at the bottom of the card. For a fun button treatment, I stamped a star in a pale blue ink on natural cardstock and cut it out. I adhered it to the middle of this green wooden button, and filled it with Glossy Accents. I love the way it turned out. Here is a close-up:
I'm playing along with these challenges:
Creative Inspirations Challenge 155: Anything Goes
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge 161: Sketch
Lawnscaping Challenge: Inspired By
The Shabby Tea Room Week 106: Pennant Party

This is the card that inspired mine (from Kristina Werner - LOVE her!)

Thanks for looking!

Supplies: cardstock: Core'dinations (blue), Recollections (natural); patterned papers: Echo Park (yellow, green), Recollections (alphabet, red), My Mind's Eye (cream/graph); stamps: Hero Arts (ledger, thank you flags), Papertrey Ink ("notes", A+, star), Mint Motif ("teacher"); ink: Tsukineko (black), Recollections (pale blue); Ribbon: Hobby Lobby; wood button: Michael's; Glossy Accents: Ranger; sanding block: Making Memories; sewing machine: Kenmore; quilting thread: Americana

11 comments:

  1. Too cute and I really like how you spiced up the FTTC Sketch...beautiful card Kimberly! Thank you so much for joining us this week...hugs ~S~

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  2. Very cute and cheerful. Digging that banner with the stitching! SO glad to have you play along with us at TSTR!
    Cheers!

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  3. Wow, Beautiful card! Thanks for playing with us at Lawnscaping :-)

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  4. Brilliant I love the bright colours, thanks for joining us at Creative Inspirations this week.
    Shell xx

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  5. Oh what a fabulously FUN card! Lots of bright colors and fussy cutting! Fantastic!! Love all the detail! Thank you so much for playing along with us at Lawnscaping for our Inspiration Challenge!

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  6. This card gets an A+ from me! Great job on the challenge. Thanks so much for playing with us at Lawnscaping!

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  7. Love this card! I've never had to make a teacher card but this one is super top notch! Great job!

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  8. Such a wonderful card!! Love the banners and fun elements! Thank you for playing along at the FTTC.

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  9. very cute card! Love the banner!

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  10. This is such a perfect card for a teacher. How fun and colorful. Very nice work.

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