Monday, July 4, 2011

lavender and... lime?

last week i had so much fun combining challenges to make the "one of a kind" card* that i thought i'd try to do it again! for the current challenge at city crafter, they are working to a sketch provided by my lovely (& rather brilliant) friend ros crawford, so i had to have a go at that, obviously:
meanwhile, over at shopping our stash, for challenge #6 they've asked for us to make something either entirely out of scraps and leftovers OR to repurpose something. i've kind of gone down the middle on that: all of the papers and stickers with which i've constructed my background are off-cuts from previous projects AND ALSO they include a bit of ledger paper, some sheet music and aglimmer misted japanese workbook page... all of which is sort of re-purposing, though obviously it's not as good as using a bit of packaging or bubble wrap or recycling a soda can!

finally, simon says stamp challenges is doing "lemon and lavender" and i suddenly remembered the cool set of perfume label stickers i bought several years ago and have been using/hoarding intermittently... this one is actually for lavender water, so i was realllllllly doing well... until i decided that i liked GREEN with it much more than yellow, so i sort of changed course there. :) but while i was looking for their blog i found simon says stamp and show where this week they want us to feature a word! and i've got that cool chipboard "SHINE" from a packet leslie gave me (thanks, missus)!!! so i'm swapping out for that one, instead. :)

phew. i sure did have a lot of essplainin' to do! now can i show my card??! thanks.



(recycled bits: vintage ledger paper, japanese workbook page & sheet music; scraps & leftovers: 1/2 of a k&co stamp sticker; 1/2 of a pink paislee ticket strip, 1/2 of a girls' paperie scallop sticker, 2/3 of a prima flourish; other: k&co chipboard word; recollections butterfly; laughing elephant french cosmetic sticker; glossy black cardstock: ranger; adhesives: tombow monorunner, uhu gluestick, sewing machine)



by the way, the "one of a kind" card was lucky enough to be featured on CCCB last week and also in the top 3 at SOS... where stef was, too!!! so i say to both parties, thank you thank you thank you for those very lovely honors!!! ♥♥♥

14 comments:

  1. Well, you certainly are rockin' these challenges, missy! I really do love how you pull all those bits and pieces together into a beeeeeautiful creation!

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  2. Fantastic background my friend ... how can scraps look so cool ... they do when you use them .. brilliantly colourful and a great take on the challenge ... thanks so much for playing along with us at CCCB

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  3. Fantastic! This is one gorgeous card.

    lisa a.

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  4. Absolutely GORGEOUS to someone who is oh so brilliant herself! FAB take on the sketch!

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  5. You make it look so simple but check out all the layers and details...LOVE when you use the Japanese Workbook...

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  6. I'm lovin all these bits and bobs you put together... how fabulous is this! I really, really like the black bling and black cardstock.
    Have a great 4th, Lauren!

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  7. I love all your recycled items and your card is spot on the challenge. I love the bright colors ; wow!

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  8. You make me giggle with the tangents your creative brain travels through…thank you for sharing your process :)

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  9. Gorgeous again. Love the narrative too! Just fabulous! Thanks for joining us at SOS again! Love it!

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  10. You have created such a lovely card.. Thanks so much for playing along with us at CCCB!

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  11. Hi Lauren, Congrats!!! Beautiful card missus!! And what a great description ;-). You rock!

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  12. That is one brilliant creation there!!!! Congrats on being featured and thanks for sharing your lovely work with us at CCCB!!

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  13. Dang!!! This is a stunner. I wish I could watch you work because all the bits & pieces you put into what you create just knock my socks, errr....flip flops off!!

    I particularly love the "1/2" of this & the "2/3" of that. ;) Brilliant!! And gorgeous. ♥

    So happy you played along with us at SOS! Yay!

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  14. So cute! I love that you used so many bits n pieces for this! Great use of the label FOR SURE!

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