The Paper Players challenge is to recycle something on our cards. As a dog lover, I often receive store-bought cards with dogs on them. I received one on my last birthday with a beautiful black lab on it. Good friends of mine have a black lab so I decided to recycle the lab to make a Christmas card for them.
I have some old double-sided stick-on flourishes. I arranged them in the corners of the card and added multi-coloured glitter to them. Finished off with a die cut sentiment "joyful" - exactly how I would describe my friends' lab!
Cardz 4 Guyz wants to see a masculine card in blue.
And a "threefer" today. 52 Christmas Card Throwdown wants us to use dies or punches. I made a card with lots of greenery die cuts that I cut out of small scraps of various green cs - therefore I'm also entering it at the Snippets challenge. And linking up with Cut It Up - anything goes with die cuts.
I die cut several different pieces of greenery out of various scraps of green cs. I splattered them with white acrylic paint and arranged them on white cs dry embossed with a pine sprig embossing folder. I wrapped bakers twine around my focal panel and made a bow from it. The sentiment is stamped and die cut with a narrow banner die.
Supplies for card 1:
Paper - white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - dog off of a store bought card, double-sided stick-on flourishes, multi-coloured glitter
Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Memory Box sentiment
Ink - various Distress blue inks
Paper - white cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - StarLit Studio Horse Country die, fun foam, foam tape
Supplies for card 3:
Stamps - unknown sentiment
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper - white cs, scraps of different green cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Sizzix embossing folder, TH greenery dies, sentiment label die, red/white baker's twine, white acrylic paint
A lovely trio of cards.
ReplyDeleteThanks for coming to play in the Snippets Playground with the third card. The splattered greenery is a great focal point. See you up in the treehouse shortly. X
The black Lab is adorable and they will be thrilled with that card. You did a wonderful job of making a masculine card with the horse and the Christmas card is beautiful. Love the threefers!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great card for your friend who has a black Labrador Susan, and the sparkly flourishes in the corners frame the dog perfectly. The blue tones make a great background for your white horse and background scene, and the die cut pine branches work brilliantly over the top of the dry embossed pine branch EF and the red baker's twine is a lovely finishing touch...all wonderful cards. x
ReplyDeleteWhat a great trio of cards! That black lab is really handsome - perfect for your friend and the glitter flourishes add the perfect festive touch. Thanks for sharing with us over at The Paper Players this week!
ReplyDeleteThat's a nice upcycle of the lab! The glittery corners add a sense of joy to back up the sentiment. Thanks for sharing this in my Recycling Challenge at The Paper Players.
ReplyDeleteAll your cards are so fun! I love how you recycled this handsome lab! Your friends will love this card! So happy you joined us at The Paper Players this week!
ReplyDeletefun cards. Great up cycling with the black lab and your Christmas swag is so pretty and perfect way to use up some off cuts of green card stock.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining the fun and playing along with us at Cardz 4 Guyz!! You rocked our "shades of blue" challenge with this clean and simple card.
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Great cards Susan and I really love your snippets card! The white splatters are a perfect touch!
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Di xx
Fun cards. Thanks for sharing with us at Cardz 4 Guyz. Caz. DT.
ReplyDeleteThese recycled cards are all fabulous! The horse card fits perfectly with our Shades of Blue challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz. Thanks for joining us. I hope to see you in the gallery for our next challenge. Sue - DT
ReplyDeleteLOVE that black lab and your friends will too! :) Your sweet horse is enjoying a lovely day of blue skies --- so pretty!! And great depth and texture with your layered greenery swag. xx
ReplyDeleteWow, so gorgeous! Thanks for joining our Anything Goes challenge at Cut It Up.
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