Clear & Simple Stamps: Take the Challenge Tuesday

On the first Tuesday of every month, Clear & Simple Stamps will be having a challenge. This month's theme is shape cards--anything but a square or a rectangle goes.

Here's my card for this month's challenge. I used my Top Note die to create a fun purse shaped card. I folded my cardstock first, then ran it through my Cuttlebug with the Tiny Bubbles embossing folder to get a fun texture for the front of the purse card. Then, I ran the cardstock through the Cuttlebug again, this time with my Top Note die. I placed the cardstock on the die so that it would not cut out the whole shape.

I rubbed some cream pigment ink over the front to add some variation to the color. Then, I used a strip of cream cardstock cut from another Top Note die cut for the "fashionista" sentiment from the Diva Closet Style stamp set. I attached this to the bottom of the purse, then wrapped a strip of dark brown grosgrain ribbon around the purse. I added a matching ribbon handle, held in place with silver brads, and a cream button as a "closure."

Hope you'll join us in the fun! If you create a card for this challenge, please post it (or a link to it) in the CSS group on Paper Craft Planet.

Materials Used:

Diva Style Closet stamp set (Clear & Simple Stamps); Close to Cocoa and Very Vanilla cardstock, Close to Cocoa Classic ink, Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, silver brads, Top Note die (Stampin' Up!); Vintage Cream Palette ink, cream button (Papertrey Ink); Tiny Bubbles embossing folder (Cuttlebug)