tuesday trigger ...
I know crafty stuff comes easiest to me when I do a little something creative everyday. But I get busy, time gets away from me and ... sometimes I need a kick in the pants to actually put it into practice. So I made a deal with Lara do the Tuesday Trigger over on the Moxie Fab blog this week.
If you aren't already familiar with the Trigger, it's pretty simple: a photo is posted and you make something inspired by it. They share a lot of inspirational eye candy over there (no, no Robert Pattinson - not that kinda' eye candy) and I figured it would be pretty easy to get inspired by something they posted.
Leave it to me to make a deal to complete it on a week when the photo assaults my eyeballs. Oy. That's a lotta' bright! *chuckle*
But instead of going off-the-inspirational-map completely (which I was pretty tempted to do), I let a cute sunshine card I'd seen in a magazine inspire me and let the polka dots be my guide, adding in the other colors from the photo too ...
The background, green and polka-dotty like the cupcake wrapper in the photo, was made with an impression plate and sanding - something I'm kinda' addicted to right now.
I inked the sun with orange and yellow pigment ink and added a button to the center for a little more dimension. I toy'd with adding more buttons, a bow, or some other design element around the bottom of the label and ribbon, but nothing was doin' it for me, so I left it be. And I'm just gonna' be ok with that ...
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stamps: sending you sunshine, vintage labels (a muse studio)
paper: grass, sugar (a muse studio)
inks: papaya, orange, onyx (a muse studio)
embellishment: vanilla twine, papaya satin ribbon, pumpkin collection button (a muse studio)
other: labels die set, tiny dots/medium dots impression plate, sanding block (a muse studio), corner chomper, circle punch
Love that you have time to be crafty again!!
Posted by: dcorder (deb) | March 27, 2011 at 04:38 PM
So cute! I agree, this week's was hard. I went with a toned down version of the colors- I'm a wimp :)
Posted by: Jen D | March 27, 2011 at 05:25 PM
Its ADORABLE! Perfect for the challenge! And LOVE the CAS style!
Posted by: Cookie | March 27, 2011 at 05:30 PM
Love it! Gotta have those label dies!
Posted by: Nora Anne | March 27, 2011 at 05:36 PM
Adorable!
Posted by: Krystie Lee | March 27, 2011 at 08:03 PM
YAY!!!
Posted by: Lara K | March 27, 2011 at 08:08 PM
love your card...perfectly simple!
Posted by: Alanna (al_silver2) | March 27, 2011 at 08:39 PM
very very cute! lovin' the dots...need to get my big shot so i can actually play with my dies :)
Posted by: rhiannon | March 27, 2011 at 08:55 PM
so sweet!
Posted by: Rosemary D | March 27, 2011 at 09:18 PM
*love*
Posted by: JulieHRR | March 27, 2011 at 10:32 PM
I love this one! It definitely doesn't need anything else and is perfect as it is.
Posted by: Kathy | March 27, 2011 at 10:44 PM
Hey Heather! What a fun approach to this week's Tuesday Trigger in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you gave it a go! :)
Posted by: Cath | March 28, 2011 at 01:00 PM
perfect! glad to see you are back :)
Posted by: cheiron | March 28, 2011 at 01:42 PM
Love the vintage label with the "sunshine!"
Posted by: Donna Hitz | March 29, 2011 at 12:07 AM
Very cute! Love your sanded polka dots!
Posted by: Lisa Louton | March 29, 2011 at 02:39 AM
What a pretty card! Great take on the inspiration photo. :o)
Posted by: Monika/buzsy | March 29, 2011 at 08:41 AM
Love the card...actually, I love all of your cards! Love your style and colors! Your photos are mega fab!!
Posted by: Jocelyn | March 31, 2011 at 12:36 PM
Love the colors.......really great......a trigger made me think of a horse or a gun.....!!
Posted by: candy | April 01, 2011 at 05:00 PM
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