Guten Morgen, y'all! Guess what the theme is for today's card?
Mixing a bit of old and new for today's card, Chase Your Dreams (the castle and greeting) has been retired for years and I just got Painted Stripes last week as part of my latest SU! order. I love the Paper Players challenge for this week:
I could very easily make different travel cards every day for a week (okay probably more like a month or more) and now I'm wondering why I *didn't* do that this week, it would have been fun. I did make another card for this challenge, so stay tuned for that.
In the meantime, here is this week's CASE-ing Tuesday Sketch:
And last up, here's the Inspire. Create. color challenge:
I wasn't intentionally following the challenge graphic, but I ended up using Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, and Merry Merlot for three shades of the same color. I didn't worry about keeping my watercoloring neat because the style of the line art is a bit loosey-goosey. Neuschwanstein was the first castle I ever visited outside of a Disney theme park and I have since been there several times. I'll be sending this card to my friend Krissy, whom I met while we were both living in Germany : ) I miss living in Europe and getting to travel to all these cool places, but at least I can make travel-related cards and scrapbook pages. And we will travel in the US too, I am particularly keen to visit the redwood forest and take Ryan to the Grand Canyon.
Ryan has a cartooning class after school today which means I get an extra hour and a half of kid-free crafting time today, woohoo! Not that I can't craft when he's home, but it's easier to concentrate when he's at school. So I'm going to finish my cuppa, take Daph for a walk, and then go finish the scrapbook layout I started yesterday. Cheers! Or should I say, auf wiedersehen!
Supplies, all SU!
Stamps: Chase Your Dreams, Painted Stripes
Ink: Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, Merry Merlot. Versamark
Paper: Petal Pink, Merry Merlot, Thick Basic White, Calypso Coral DSP
Accessories: Thoughtful Expressions dies, Stylish Shapes dies, clear EP, Faceted Gems
7 comments:
LOVE. I have this and have really only used it in my Disney book, HA. I have been there too (once), but that event was scrapped yeears before this set came out.
What a cool castle stamp, Christy! This layout really shows it off. I love the shades of orange you have used. Thank you for playing with The Paper Players this week!
I always wanted to visit that castle in Germany, but haven't made it there yet. Great card for your friend over there and I think the color combination worked so well for this image. Thanks for joinng in at the Paper Players this week, Christy! Now I have to take a look for your 2nd card.
What a super mix of old and new. The castle is such an evocative image of distant places - great choice. Thanks for joining in with my travel theme at The Paper Players. Looking forward to the promised extra card. :-)
That castle is so typically German Christy - I love it! I haven't visited this castle, although my son went on a school trip and loved it. I lived in Germany for a year as a student and whilst I travelled lots, I still feel like it wasn't enough! I wish I'd known you when you lived in Europe - I'm sure we could have arranged a meet up! As you say, lots to see in the USA too; I've been lucky enough to visit the Grand Canyon twice, once for sunrise - spectacular! Thanks for playing with us over at The Paper Players - I thought you might have entered a scrapbook page this week!
SO fun! What a great idea for the travel theme! Love to see those stripes, I just ordered my set too! Thanks for playing with us this week at the Players! Very cute card!
Great card--love the colors you've chosen! And, your narrative is so funny and entertaining! Thanks for sharing at Inspire.Create!
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