Blogger Challenge: Week 30

This week's blogger challenge was a color challenge using Blue Bayou, Real Red, and River Rock. I've used this color combination before and liked it, even though I know there are quite a few people who are not fans of River Rock. I think it's a lot like Sahara Sand--not in terms of color, but in how people feel about it. It's one of those colors that either you like or you don't and, like Sahara Sand, it's very versatile. Depending on which colors you pair it with, it looks very different.

I used one of my new SU! stamp sets here, Pun Fun. The images and sentiments are a lot like last year's Sell-a-bration set So Punny, but larger, so I think they're much easier to use for cardmaking. I stamped the rocket image on Blue Bayou cardstock, then again on a scrap of white cardstock. I colored in the image on the white paper using Copic markers, then trimmed closely around it. There's a clear plastic bauble (faux Dew Drop) over the rocket's window. A lot of times, I'll cover a window with Crystal Effects to make it look like it's glass. This was a fun alternative for a circular window. I attached the embellished rocket to the Blue Bayou piece with dimensionals, then used a Stardust pen to add sparkle to the starry blue sky.

I used a strip of Blue Bayou Prints Series designer paper along the left side of the card. I tied a piece of the new red striped grosgrain (so nice!) around the patterned paper, then added a narrow strip of paper pierced red cardstock to one edge of the paper.

Since the card has a space theme, I added a few other space-related touches. I randomly stamped the star image from the new Classic Backgrounds set in River Rock on the River Rock cardstock. I also added a big star that I made using the large star punch in the SU! catalog. I was able to punch through a thin piece of chipboard with the punch and layered a red punched out star over that so it had some dimension.

I think this would make a really cute Valentine's Day card for a little boy. Fun image, more masculine colors . . . I restrained myself from adding glitter to the star to keep it more boy-like. It may just be what I give to my best friend's little boy for this occasion (like she'll actually let him keep the card--who am I kidding?)

Be sure to check out what the other blogger challenge players have done with this color combination. I'm sure they've come up with lots of creative ways to combine them into something amazing.

Cosmo and I are heading to the beach for the long weekend. Yes, it's cold and not beach weather, not that if it were Cosmo would venture anywhere remotely near the water (sometimes I wonder if there really is any golden retriever in this dog??). It will still be nice to have a change of scenery for a few days (and visit the outlets for a little shopping, too!). I plan to post a few cards over the weekend, even though we only have crummy dial up internet service at the beach house.

Materials Used:
Pun Fun and Classic Backgrounds stamp sets, Real Red, Blue Bayou, and River Rock cardstock, Blue Bayou Prints Series designer paper, mat pack and paper piercing tool, red striped grosgrain ribbon, large star punch, dimensionals (Stampin' Up!); rectangle and scalloped rectangle dies (Nestabilities); Stardust pen (Sakura); markers (Copic); white cardstock (Georgia Pacific); Graphite Black ink (Brilliance); clear plastic floral accent (Michaels)