Friday, September 30, 2011

Happy World Card Making Day Eve!

In honor of World Card Making Day on Saturday, October 1st, Flourishes is kicking things off one day early in a wild and wacky fashion! As you can see, the gang's all here and they are ready to usher in one very colorful challenge-- just for you! It's all about that inner kid and why we love card making in general -- we get to be creative!

Are you ready??? To play in this challenge, just think like a kid and share your favorite animated character! Find a picture of that character and then, be inspired by the colors for one fun-filled color challenge! Flourishes will take entries through next Thursday, October 6th at 5PM EST. Be sure to show the character in your post with either a picture or a link. Ready to see mine?
Yep, Sheldon James Plankton, the notorious and nefarious nemesis of Sponge Bob Square Pants fame --
the little pip who squeaks, "I've exhausted every evil plan in my file cabinet..." Yep, I love his spunk!

So, I look the three main colors - green, red and pale yellow for my inspiration! Wanna see?
When I thought of green, red and yellow, I immediately thought of Flourishes' Italian Garden set because I knew the colors would meld! After stamping on Flourishes Classic Ivory Card Stock, using Memento Tuxedo Black, I did reach for my Copic Markers and used colors from the Sunflower Collection, the Fields, Poppy, and Evergreen too (all grouped by Flourishes HERE). Cut it out thanks to a Spellbinders Classic Circle Nestabilities Die (thanks to my Grand Calibur Machine), add some stitching, a punched border and you're almost done! Add in some decorative paper (a mix of BasicGrey, Webster's Pages and the polka dot is unknown), cream linen ribbon and a button and... ta da!

Here's a close up of those delish Italian goodies!

Want to know more about the challenge? The winner of this challenge gets a fun-filled prize pack with 5 Flourishes stamp sets of our choice. Once you're done with your creation, head on over to the Flourishes blog to THIS POST to link up your creation! If you upload to Splitcoaststampers, please use the keyword FLLCWCMD11! Here's the fun part, all of the Flourishes Design team picked their favorite characters -- so you'll have to hop around and see which ones made the top of their lists!
Thanks for stopping by! We can't wait to see what you create. Happy World Card Making Day! Th-th-that's all folks! ;-)

22 comments:

Trina said...

What a fun idea!

petra,s cards said...

wauwww stunning card!!!
xx petra

Kelly Massman said...

Beautiful card-love the colors!

Glenda said...

Julie, this is quite lovely!

Deborah Anton said...

Fun!! Love the beautiful card!!

Amanda said...

Julie, I just love your coloring skills!!! And you are right, that Italian Garden set is Perfect for those colors, too :) A beautiful card and an interesting challenge! :)

Leslie said...

Absolutely beautiful card, Julie! Love everything about it!!

Connie MacFarlane said...

Great card Julie! Love the colour combination. What a fun challenge.

Leslie Miller said...

Very cute, Julie! I love that red polka dot paper and great design with the scalloped edge. Super coloring! Great idea for a challenge!

Dawn B. said...

I really like the blocked background on this card Julie. It is perfect for this image. Every time I see this set I want to make pasta.. Great coloring. I love this challenge theme. It was fun.

denise g. said...

That creature looks NOTHING like your beautiful card - - thank goodness! I say, I say I guess I was intuative today, as I wore my Foghorn Leghorn pin on my jacket. Happy Weekend and Happy Card Making Day, World Famous Cardmaker! Oh and Happy Opening Day of Bowhunting Season to the Mitten Bowhunters (that's tomorrow, too :) and Happy Retirement Party to my B-I-L Bob, who's no longer going to be "waterboy" since he's leaving the world of Municipal Water behind after 38-1/2 years. Lots of reasons to make lots of cards and my S-I-L Linda is getting a SYMPATHY card for that retirement...

Naomi said...

Julie, LOVE your card...the colours are FAB as are the papers, LO, and your colouring! I LOVE this idea and I can't wait to play along...going to be SO much fun!

Lesli said...

Great idea Julie - you have some of the most unique stamps! I love visiting!

dpkennedy said...

Pretty and yummy! I love the stitched panels and the scalloped edge...and your gorgeous coloring! Gorgeous card!

I love Plankton too-great choice!

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lisa808 said...

How fun!

Ravengirl said...

What a beautiful card! It's so funny to think it is inspired by a SpongeBob character!

stampqueen said...

Your card is making me hungery!!!
Wonderful!!

Lea L. said...

Such a pretty card, and what fun inspiration!!

Tanya said...

Beautiful! I love this set, on my wish list. :) I love Sponge Bob, he was my inspiration for my card, lol!

Tammy Hershberger said...

Fabulous card, Julie and great Plankton-like colors! :) Love the simple layout, and great coloring on your image!

ChristineCreations said...

Well you classed up Sheldon for sure :) This is awesome Julie. Clean and yet so inviting too!