Sunday, August 14, 2016

Cupcake Inspirations #371 ~ A Theme Challenge

Good morning friends~  A new challenge is up over at Cupcake Inspirations blog and it's a theme challenge:  "SHINE BRIGHT"

Our sponsor this week is the fabulous Neat & Tangled and they are generously offering up a $15 gift card to the winner, so you don't want to miss out on this opportunity to play along!

We had the opportunity to do a little discount shopping for this challenge, so I chose the Fractal Cloud  stamp set and coordinating die, along with Classic Tag #1 Die to create my card:  

I die cut the Fractal Cloud, then stamped it using versa-mark ink and heat embossed it in white on water color paper and added color using Zig pens, keeping the color mostly to the left of each fractal.  As that was drying, I cut the tag and stamped the fractal rain drops onto the tag and repeated the process and then stamped the sentiment in versa-mark ink and heat embossed it in black.

I stamped a script background onto a stitched rectangle and added it to a white card base with a skinny banner cut out of coordinating card stock.  The tag was placed over top with some pretty Glacier Mix Sequins and a seam binding bow to finish it off. 


Be sure to visit the other designers to see how they were inspired this week and then join in on the fun!
Birgit ~ That's me!
Kamila
Sandy

I'll also be adding this to the following challenges:
Little Tangles ~ Shaker or Sequins
Sunday Stamps ~ Shades of Blue

Word Art Wednesday

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings~ Birgit

18 comments:

Unknown said...

Fabulous! LOVE your take on the inspirational photo, totally can see where you derived your inspiration from! Beautiful colors and I love the white embossing, it adds, what sine and sparkle to the blue! This is FUN!

cm said...

Your fractal clouds and rain, placed on a tag and set atop a script background...swooning! A gorgeous translation of the inspiration photo and lovely showcase of that cloud die! Adding to my wish list! Little Tangles has a 'shaker and sequins' challenge on their site: your card fits this challenge to a "t". Would love to see you link up there...we could be 'neighbours' in the gallery! Here's the link: http://littletangles.blogspot.ca/2016/08/challenge-71-shakers-and-sequins.html
~carol

Birgit said...

I love your unique cloud formation...very modern in style but so wonderfully done.

Linda said...

Beautiful Birgit. The colors are so pretty.

Marcia Hill said...

Fabulous card my friend! Love your fractal cloud and how you embossed and colored it...very striking looking! Love the sentiment too! :0)

Leigh Penner said...

Beautiful and very true!

Karen Letchworth said...

I absolutely LOVE this sweet card, my friend. I saw it over on the Cupcake Inspirations Blog and just had to come by to comment. I will try to play along, but I don't have any "diamonds" so I will need to get really creative. Thanks for the inspiration, and for sharing this sweet card in our challenge.
Blessings,
Karen
Word Art Wednesday

Tracey McNeely said...

Birgit what a beautiful card, the frcte cloud is amazing! Looks like the colourQ colours too...jus saying!

Conniecrafter said...

Now those are some interesting clouds and I totally love the script background !!

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

Super sweet card!

Unknown said...

Such a beautiful and elegant card! co-teamie :) Kamila

Patti said...

How sweet is this!?! I love those diamonds falling from the sky! and your stamped background is the perfect backdrop!

Patti

Jen Carter said...

I love the sentiment! It is so true and I think we often miss how much He truly loves us! You did a wonderful job on the elements of this card to fit the sentiment so perfectly!

EK Gorman said...

I am so loving this card and its design. Fantastically stunning. Amazing work this week.

Sandy said...

BIrgit what a beautiful card!!!! I just love it.

Indy's Designs said...

This is a fabulous take on this week's challenge! Just love it!
Debbie

Shelly said...

This is so pretty! Thanks for joining us at Little Tangles!

Sue said...

So very pretty!!! I love the colors and your fractal cloud and raindrops! Stunning!,,