Getting Triangular

Last Wednesday, Susan offered up the One Layer Wednesday challenge that freaked me out!

Use at least one triangle on a card. You may use a real triangle (stamped, sponged) or images that are have an overall triangular profile or embellishments arranged in triangles. You may even choose to make a triangular card base!

After a lot of thought and searching for triangles, I chose the Season of Friendship set.  Mainly because I needed some more Thanksgiving cards.  I see lots of triangle in this card when I look for them.

I used the colors from the Color Challenge at SCS last week.  They were Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, and Elegant Eggplant.

I inked the leaves in Pumpkin Pie and thumped with an Elegant Eggplant marker.  The sentiment is also in Eggplant.  The little bird was stamped on a scrap, cut out and adhered with a glue dot.

This next card has the triangular shaped trees and they are arranged in a triangle.

The sentiment was a bit too small and seemed lost so I added some scoring and ribbon.  Then I added some Dazzling Details below the trees for "snow" and some rhinestones on one tree.  It's hard to see, but I also used some glitter pens that I've had for ages.  They don't even have a  name on them.  Maybe you can see those details better here.

I've gotta tell you, I was terrible in geometry.  I'd rather forget that it even exists!  I can't break down a card and tell you why I like it or even why I lay something out the way I do.  I just go with what pleases me.  The theory behind it all is way beyond my understanding.  That's one reason I like to read Susan's blog.  She KNOWS how it all works.  I am always amazed at her explanations.  Then true to form, I promptly forget what I read.

 These days, the facts I know are that when you feed a baby, they promptly spit up on you and when you start to do anything that doesn't directly involve them, they cry.  If you ignore the cry, they scream.  Then the 3 yr. old starts yelling "take him out of here".  (We always remind him to say please.)  Can you tell it's been a particularly trying day?  Tomorrow will be better. 

Tomorrow will be better.

Tomorrow will be better.

Thanks for the visit and letting me whine.

Card Recipe (Thanksgiving card)
Stamps:  Season of Friendship, Holidays and Wishes
Ink:  Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Suede, Elegant Eggplant Marker
Paper:  Naturals Ivory

Card Recipe (Very merry)
Stamps:  Polar Party, Short and Sweet
Ink:  Jet Black StazOn, Real Red
Paper:  Naturals White
Other:  Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pen, Dazzling Details, Real Red grosgrain ribbon, Simply Scored, glitter pen, rhinestones

Enjoy!

Double Challenge

I think I did pretty good getting 2 challenges in one card.  I am totally amazed at the number of challenges some of my blogging friends can get with one card!  I'm not even sure how to find all those challenges!

I pretty much stay with the SCS challenges and that's where these came from.  The layout is from the Sketch Challenge this week.  Today's Ways to Use It Challenge is to get a Holiday Headstart.  Julia says it can be any upcoming Holiday.

I had been neglecting my UFO (UnFinished Objects) box except to add to it!  Sketches are often a good way to use some of those stamped images.  I found this Mum that I had painted long ago.  Since it was a little bit too wide for the long narrow piece, I cut around it cutting out some of the design on one edge instead of squaring it off.  I've seen some beautiful pieces done with the technique.  I'm not sure I did it right, but it seems to work.

Of course all these sets of stamps are old and retired.

I like the Clean & Simple style of cards and in order to do that with these sketches, I use texture instead of color.  I love my Big Shot!

I did do some sponging since the Watercolor paper & the card stock were different shades.  That seems to be a good way to make things blend together.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Still Life Stems, Holidays & Wishes, Bird on a Branch (dots)

Ink:  Black StazOn, Always Artichoke, More Mustard, Pumpking Pie, Cajun Craze

Paper:  Very Vanilla, Watercolor, Cajun Craze

Accessories:  Blender Pen, Corner Rounder, Pumpkin Pie brad, Big Shot, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Stampin' Sponges

What's in your UFO box?

Enjoy your blessings.

Bonnie