Thursday, July 9, 2009

Happy Birthday - Traveler's Inspiration Challenge #1


This is a card for Travelingmama's first Traveler's Inspiration Challenge. I have 2 nieces celebrating birthdays next month, so this card will be for one of them. I remember seeing these colorful Moroccan slippers on Tina's website months ago...so pretty! The photography on her site is impeccable. I love hearing about life in Morocco.

I was inspired by the sequined designs and the colors of the slippers. I love repeated geometric shapes on a card. I also listened to Kristina's challenge to "Use it, Sister." I used stamps I've owned for at least a year and have never inked up. In my next few posts, I'm also going to use paper and stamps I haven't used yet. So, I'm using it, Sister!

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Petals (Inque Boutique), sentiment (Inkadinkado)
Paper: Kraft & various SU! scraps
Ink: VersaMark
Tools: 1" circle punch, dotted scallop punch (EK Success), corner rounder (Fiskars)
Other: Diamond Sparkles (PSX), linen thread (SU!), mini rhinestones (Michael's), foam tape

16 comments:

Ashley Cannon Newell said...

'nuff said! This is so pretty. The clear embossed (I think) is a great way to show of those Moroccan shoes! Love the touch of glitter too. Very cute.

Ann said...

Anthonette, this is stunning! Not only is the LO great, but the embossing and sparkle really fit with the inspiration pic! Gorgeous card!

tg said...

Great card. So beautiful and it works so well for this challenge.

Charlene Austin said...

Holy Moly! This is stunning. You did an amazing job using that picture as inspiration. LOVE it GF!

claudia shadler said...

oh wow! wonderful and gorgeous! those colors are so striking! love it! love how you assembled the card!

Clouds :D

Lisa Brown said...

Oh, Wow! I LOVE this. Gorgeous....love those colors on Kraft! Beautiful job, Anthonette!

Tethered2Home said...

Stunningly gorgeous, kiddo. Wow.

Traveling Mama said...

Did you hear me just GASP?! Holy Moly this card is awesome!! Thank you so much for your kind words too! I cannot wait to see what everyone does with your photo this week- it's like the TOTAL opposite of this weeks! I love it!!

Winter said...

Oh, I didn't see this one yet, So cute! I love the sparkley circles! I read about your picture over at Travelingmam's. We just went to Angel Fire, New Mexico in Feburary to go snow boarding, that is right down the road from Taos! How cool is that! :)

Jennifer said...

wow! love it!

Anonymous said...

So beautiful! You really reflect the spirit of the challenge pic.

Lucy Abrams said...

This is just gorgeous - amazing colours.

Heather said...

What beautiful work. Thank you for sharing your inspiration photo, too. Fantastic!

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Deb Rymer said...

I love this, Anthonette - so very much like the inspiration photo - terrific job!

Angie Tieman said...

Wowza!! This is totally amazing and perfect for the inspiration photo!!

Mary said...

Super cute!