Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Make It Monday #124 + MFW Birthday Challenge & Summer Card Camp Day 1

I have a couple of cards and an envelope to share with you today. First up is the card I made based on the Day 1 video tutorial from Jennifer McGuire at Summer Card Camp 2.


Jennifer had a couple of great tips for layering intricate die cuts that I have used to add dimension to "happy" and I followed her instructions to create a background word chevron on the banner panel. Finding the perfect stamp was the biggest challenge and I finally settled on one from My Favorite Things - all other dies and stamp are from Papertrey Ink.

Did you notice that the banner is the card front?




Cath at Moxie Fab World is issuing a challenge a day this week to celebrate the release of a Paper Crafts special issue magazine: Birthday Celebrations. The first challenge is to create a birthday card based on this sketch.




In addition to the sketch, the card must either be made only using all stamps OR no stamps.

The word "birthday" was already sitting on my desk, leftover from the card above, so I rotated the sketch and made this "no stamps" card.




The Headline Alphabet and Birthday Style dies are from Papertrey Ink. A Lifestyle Crafts embossing folder adds a little more dimension and a few word stickers and gems add to the party feel.

I cut a few more of the streamers/banners to decorate the envelope after watching the Make It Monday #124: Dressed Up Envelopes video from Melissa. I ran the die cuts all the way across the front of the envelope, not worrying about leaving space for a stamp or return address - this card will be hand delivered.




I love how the back looks, with another set of dies hanging over the flap edge!




I will be back with more Summer Card Camp 2 projects.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie




18 comments:

  1. Great card! I used the same dies in my card today too!!

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  2. Fabulous cards! Wow - your craftsmanship is phenomenal!

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  3. Jacquie, this couldn't cuter! Or more clever. Love the streamers on the envelope, and the cards are fabulous. Happy in every way! Congrats on the shout out, well deserved!

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  4. Oh, these are both wonderful! I love how you used the negative from the alphabets on the first card!

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  5. Jacquie these are both fantastic! I love the envelope too! Adorable! Congrats on your shout out too!!!! Well deserved!! :)

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  6. gorgeous cards...congrats on the shout out!

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  7. These are both terrific. That looks like a great class.

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  8. The banner front looks fabulous on your first card. Congrats on your shout out for your second card and matching envelope- fun and festive.

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  9. Jacquie, you have mastered the Birthday cards/Matching envelope challenge as well as the MFW one! LOVE both cards and want those fabby die cuts now :)

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  10. gorgeous! Well done on the both cards! I am impressed at how you have incorporated so many asspects of the lessons!

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  11. This envelope is so clever. What a great idea! AND your cards are so happy. LOVE the colors!

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  12. They are wonderful ....you did an amazing job on both of the cards.

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  13. Jacquie, I love both of your fun cards! The embossed background adds a fun texture to the card. Also love the sheet music too. Very cute take on the sketch! Thanks for sharing.

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  14. This is one amazing set of cards...I love that you have so much detail and they have such a clean look to them. Your envelope is the best...so stinkin' creative.

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  15. Hey Jacquie! Thanks for linking this up to the Birthday Sketch Challenge in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)

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