Happy Friday.
I am so excited to be guest designing across at As You See It this week. I won their Neutral Night challenge with this card and was invited to play along as the guest designer for challenge 365. A huge thank you to the talented team at As You See It for asking me to participate. The challenge this week is a recipe challenge and requires that all 5 elements from the recipe are included on your project. The title of the challenge is Rhapsody in Red!
It took me a little time to work out what I was going to do – in fact, I made 3 cards and all of them ended up in the scrap heap. It’s not often that I do that, but somehow my mojo had gone south with the swallows! In the end I decided to use some cardstock that I blended with 4 different shades of red and then die-cut some gift bags from the Paris Gifts and Cologne Gifts die sets from Alexandra Renke. Here’s a sneak peek:
I love these little gift bags, they make me happy!
Oh, and here’s the recipe for the As You See It Challenge:
My card had to accommodate shades of red (check), celebrate theme (check), vellum (check), punch or die (check), and finally, bling! I incorporated the vellum by using it for gift tags for the bags. The bling came from the rhinestones that attaches each tag/bow to the gift and the shades of red comes from the blended cardstock I created.
I needed something to ground the gift bags, so I pulled out my Alexandra Renke starts stencil and used a light pink ink to create little stars.
I then added a sentiment from The Greetery Sentiment Suite: Birthday set and popped up the individual presents. I thought a mini slimline would be the best shape for my card.
Here’s my full card:
Aren’t those little parcels fabulous? I love all their whimsical details and crazy ties! I hope you will join the challenge this week. We would love to see what YOU create with this fabulous recipe. As always, the design team have some wonderful inspiration for you, so I hope you will check out their blogs.
I’ll be back tomorrow with another card. In the meantime, warm hugs and prayers for those of you who need a little lift tonight.
Card recipe:
- Dies: Paris Gifts, Cologne Gifts – Alexandra Renke
- Background stencil: Stars – Alexandra Renke
- Sentiment: Sentiment Suite: Birthday – The Greetery
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8 Responses
Oh my gosh, Jaydee, your card for us is so darling! Love those sweet dies in the even sweeter colors – a perfect take on our “recipe!” Thanks so much for guesting with us at As You See It!
This is such a SWEET card! You nailed it again, Jaydee — so cute
Those little parcels are just an absolute delight! Great variations in red, the sweet little vellum tags and the subtle polka dot background are all fabulous. I love this! Thank you for guesting with us at As You See It. 🙂
That’s a fantastic card Jaydee – I love those little gift bags and the subtle stencilling behind them is just perfect! Great to have you guesting with us at As You See It
Absolutely divine! I love all the gorgeous shades of pink & red! The background stamping is perfect for the array of sweet die cuts!
This is amazing!! I LOVE the pretty shades of pink and red you used on this!!
Gee whizzies, how did I miss this little lovely creation?! You have the most amazing dies! This is just adorable and we’re so glad you are our GD this week! I can’t stop looking at this!
I am late commenting on this one Jaydee but could not miss the opportunity to celebrate it in all its fabulousness – you totally nailed our recipe as our guest designer this week! I love the little details of those oh so pretty packages – who wouldn’t love to receive one? Just gorgeous.