Blogger Challenge: Week 290

This week’s blogger challenge theme is a color challenge. I’m a big fan of blues and greens, so I love the mix of colors Lisa’s come up with for this week. I used the colors for this fun, encouraging card.

As a long-time wearer of eyeglasses (but no more, thanks to the wonders of LASIK surgery!), I was immediately drawn to the eyeglasses themed Spectacular stamp set and matching dies from Taylored Expressions. Here, I used one of the die cut eyeglasses as my focal image for my card, based on this week’s sketch from Retro Sketches. I die cut the glasses from kraft cardstock, then added some acetate behind them to make clear lenses.

The glasses are attached to the cardfront with foam tape over a green gingham wonky rectangle. The rectangle is set off from the light green card base with a white mat. I adhered a strip of star patterned washi tape over the green panel, then added the glasses on top using foam tape. I stamped the “you’re out of sight” sentiment on a turquoise notch-ended strip and set that on top of the layered pieces to finish the design.

Materials Used:
Spectacular stamp set, Spectacles dies (Taylored Expressions); Spring Moss and Hawaiian Shores cardstock, Simply Chartreuse patterned paper (Papertrey Ink); Desert Storm cardstock (Neenah); wonky rectangle die (Spellbinders); star patterned tape (Freckled Fawn); acetate; foam tape