Blogger Challenge: Week 43

This week's challenge was to use chipboard. So, my challenge to you is to find the chipboard "hidden" on my card.

I used the SU! Boatloads of Love set for the images on this card. The image is colored with Copic markers. I used a sponge and some Ballet Blue ink to fill in the sky around the boat.

Now, here's where the chipboard comes in. A while ago, I ordered some of the bulk chipboard hearts and stars that SU! made available to demos. Since the package came with tons of small hearts, I thought I'd use one in the back of the boat from Boatloads of Love instead of the heart image that came with the set. I smushed the heart in a Real Red craft pad, then covered it with Iridescent Ice and heat embossed it. It is so shimmery and pretty!

The cardfront is embossed with the D'Vine Swirls Cuttlebug folder. I like the swirls paired with the boat--kinda like "wavy" waters. To go with all of the circles found on the boat image, I used a piece of patterned paper from the Summer Picnic pack to break up the blue cardfront. The sentiment was originally one long strip of words. I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to line it up and stamp it in two rows so it would fit on a circle.

Be sure to check out what the other challenge players have created for this week's challenge. I'm sure you'll find a bunch of great ideas for using chipboard in your creations. You can find links to their blogs in the sidebar on the right.

Materials Used:

Boatloads of Love stamp set, Ballet Blue Classic ink, Real Red Craft ink, Ballet Blue, Real Red, and Bashful Blue cardstock, Summer Picnic designer paper, sponge, Iridescent Ice embossing powder, On Board Hearts & Stars chipboard, 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches, dimensional (Stampin' Up!); D'Vine Swirls embossing folder (Cuttlebug); red brads (Joann); markers (Copic); silver Glaze pen (Sakura)