Sunday, May 12, 2013

Spacey Teen Card

Happy Mother's Day!

Today begins another fun weekly challenge at Pile It On: Our theme is "For a Teen," and we're sponsored by Simply Betty Stamps. Betty generously allowed the DT to pick their own images, so I chose the fabulous We Come In Peace / Brittany digi.



The sentiment wordart is a freebie from Digital Doodling. I printed it on vellum, used a glitter pen on the front, and added color to the back with a glaze pen.

The globe pieces were cut with the Sizzix/Tim Holtz Vintage Fan & Globe Movers & Shapers die, but not by me! They were part of a card kit from a class I took with my mom in November (thanks Debbie!) The "water" piece is grungeboard, heat-embossed in silver. The sentiment banner is attached with a silver brad, and the whole thing is attached to the card with an Action Wobble. 


I used a Spellbinders die for the window; which actually caused me a lot of trouble because my BigShot is sorta broken (I lost the screw for the handle, so the pressure isn't correct). The silver paper is embossed with a Fiskars Texture Plate. The black-and-silver frame is actually a leftover from a wedding announcement project I did almost 2 years ago. The hexagon border is also a scrap; I had just this off-cut on my table from another project, and it ended up being the perfect touch to bring the card together.

The metal tags in the top left-hand corner are made especially for embossing by Imagine Crafts. The blue one was dry-embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. The "blue" is actually a protective film, but I liked the color so I left it on after embossing; eventually it will curl and peel, which I think will look cool! The little silver tag is heat-embossed with silver. I knew to take the blue film off first, as the metal heats super-quick.

I digitally placed the image on an actual photo of Mars:

I colored the image with Copics (mostly florescents) and Sakura glitter pens. It's so much brighter in person. Coloring with floursecents is a bit difficult, because it's almost 3d! I'll be sending this to a special Teen.



Inspiration/Challenges:
Crafty Bloggers Network: O's & X's Challenge (diagonal left to right: Die cut, Stamps, Tag)
Crafty Sentiments: Use a Sentiment
Divas by Design: Anything Goes
My Heart Pieces Digital Stamps Challenge: Anything Goes
Paper Minutes #268: Neon colour(s)
Shelly's Images: Kid Theme
The Perfect Sentiment: Dry embossing + sentiment
Wobble Wednesday Challenge #53: Anything Goes + Action Wobble (2nd entry)


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9 comments:

  1. This is such a great card thanks for sharing with us at Divas by Design this week with our Anything Goes

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  2. Great card for a teen, love the embossing, thanks for joining us at Craft Sentiments and Divas by Design this week, Jac x

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  3. What a super card! Love it.

    Thanks for sharing at Crafty Sentiments this week.

    Susan x

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  4. Very cute card! Love the world and sentiment! Super fun! Thanks for joining us at Crafty Sentiments!
    Jackie W :)

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  5. Such a fun card.
    Thank you for joining in the Crafty Sentiments Uae a Sentiment challenge.
    Cathy xx

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  6. CG, I think this has to be the cutest card that you ever made - I adore it!!

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  7. Ohhhh, that is so cool! Thanks for participating in our MY HEART PIECES challenge!! Hope to see you again next week!

    ~DEANNE~
    A Little Bit O' Paper

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  8. Hahaha, great idea, so much fun! Thanks for joining us at Divas by Design this week.

    Hugs,

    Mirella

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  9. Fun image! Great card. Thankyou for joining us this month at Crafty Bloggers Network.
    Geraldine M
    CBN DT

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