Enjoy the Ride - Tripple Challenge!

Yep, this is the 1st time I'm going to combine 3 awesome challenges with 1 card! I went home yesterday, really thinking happy thoughts. Thanks so much for the sweet comments yesterday. I haven't really wanted to share about my boss because I don't want to be a depressing bloggy ;). We actually had lunch with my boss' wife yesterday, because I'll be out of town tomorrow. MMM... Pesto Lasagna! She cooked and it was amazing! It's so nice to get together and to take a bit of time out during the crazy work day to just...be.

Ok, where was I... Happy Thoughts, that's right! So, I went home yesterday thinking uplifting happy thoughts and really wanted to make a card that reflected that. I'm trying to join challenges more regularly too, so I thought it'd be really fun to combine a few. I'm entering today's card into the Lawnscaping #15, Wee Memories #63, & CAS-ual Friday's #13 Challenges.



I think it's a perfect fit for all 3! Here is a look:

Here is a closer looksie for ya:

This card was really fun to make. I Had this idea of balloons carrying a bicycle away, and of course all of my Lawn Fawn Stamps could make that happen! I started by punching 6 plain white 2" circles, and then I applied {Worn Lipstick, Shabby Shutters, Tumbled Glass; Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, and Dusty Concord} Distress Inks with my Ink Blending tool on my crafty mat. Once that was done, I stamped the balloons {using Lawn Fawn's Admit One Set} and paper pieced them and set them aside. Next I went to work on the bicycle.

Oh, this bike! You know when you have a real brainy idea and then it takes WAY more work than you had initially planned. Meet my bike!

So, I stamped it onto the plain white paper {Bristol Art paper} so I could color in the wheels with Copics {I used B100 for the wheels and BG00, & BG01 for the insides of the wheels}. I also stamped it onto 3 pieces of patterned paper (all patterned paper here is from a 6X6 Basic Grey "Lauderdale" pad) and paper pieced it so I could have the bike be two tones and a pretty basket. Can you say "fussy cutting" everyone?!?!?!?. This bike gave those words new meaning! Even after paper piecing the bile, I decided I needed to get out my exacto knife and cut further intricate detail. Then I ran my black (B100) Copic around the edges of the bike to make it pop and hide any white edges. I was mildly (er...) frustrated at the excessive OCD I was exhibiting here, but it paid off in the end. Plus I kinda thrive on stress, so it was ok, kinda good for my soul actually.

You can pretty much figure out the rest... I made the grass and distressed the edges using the Tim Holtz Distressing Tool and Distress Inks (more Shabby Shutters), stamped/paper pieced the clouds {using Lawn Fawn's Bon Voyage set} and the cute birdie {from Lawn Fawn's Critters in the Forest set}. I stamped the sentiment onto white paper then Distress Inked the edges so it'd pop (using Tumbled Glass) and glued the bakers twine {from Divine Twine) to the balloons using Fabritac. The two top balloons are popped up using foamies. I finished the card off by using the Tumbled Glass Distress Ink around the whole thing.


I like it, when it was all said and done it really made me smile. I have to say, I really had a lot of fun with these challenges, and I found that I'm REALLY loving the 4X9 cards! They fit perfectly into a standard business envelope (which I have a lot of for some reason). Easy to mail = happy! So, what are you up to this week? I'm off to Orlando tomorrow, my sister-in-law and family are flying there from NYC & we're heading up to hang out and visit. Thanks for peeking at my card and I hope you have an amazing weekend (and rest of the week). XOXOXO