Wednesday, August 12, 2009

You Take the Cake!

I have two cards to share with you today that I made for the My Favorite Things weekly challenges on Splitcoaststampers. The first card was made for the 'Black and White' challenge. The entire card can only be black and white, but you are allowed to color the image. Well, I love black and white cards, so this was a fun challenge for me. The background papers are all from the DCWV 'All Dressed Up' Stack. And believe it or not, but the dress in the image is NOT paper pieced. It just matches the designer paper so well that is looks that way. The image comes with the woman in a polka dotted dress. I simply colored the dots in with a black marker. To give my image some real life dimension, I stamped it three times. The front arm is popped up on dimensionals once, but the cake is popped up twice. I also added stickles to the candles and the frosting. This card is so cool looking in real life.
My second card was made for the MFT Sketch Challenge. The designer paper is also DCWV and the image is from 'The Poppies'. The second I saw this set, I knew it was a must have. I have so many musical children in my life that would get a kick out of this image.


Have a great day! I know I will! My two best girlfriends are coming to visit me. Were going to enjoy visiting and will probably end up making cards. Its so nice to have a full day off of work. The past few days at work haven't been the greatest. A lot of unhappy, grumpy customers, and then the auditors came yesterday...ugh! I just had to be there when that happened. I'm sure I did something wrong and was written up for it. Oh well, what are you going to do? LOL! Amy

8 comments:

  1. Hi Amy, Just love the quirkyness of the first card and the way it's been decoupaged the cake and the spots matching with the stripe and the image's dress! As for the second card, I would enjoy receiving it cos I play the guitar, sax and piano so it would be more than welcome by me! Liz xx

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  2. Amy I love the polka dotted card and your paper piecing looks awesome..love that popped up cake too.. Your other card is so much fun and what a great image!!! Love them both!!

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  3. Both cards are awesome Amy but my favorite is the black & white! Love all the dots & stripes as well as the dimension you've given it!! Awesome work! Take care!

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  4. Love the MFT card. Black and white is one of my favs too. Especially with the polka dots.

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  5. Okay, "like" them both but "love" the MFT black and white! I think it's because it's such a classic combo. Very interesting how you added the dimensions to the image, .... nice touch! Have fun with your "gal pals"! :o) Tracy

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  6. WOW! They are both fabulous in their own! Love the polka dot dress...wonderful b/w card, and the rock star is perfectly funky!

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  7. Lovely cards!!
    Black, white and pink are one of my favorite color combos.
    The rock star is such a fun card!

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  8. I love the combo of the dotted and striped paper on the first card. How fun that the dress matched. Also cool how you popped up the cake. Great bday card.

    More irritated customers? Your town must hold the record for nasty people who craft based on your accounts of your work day!

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