Everybody is a Star, again & again -- Pilin' On the Childish Recycling

The theme this month at Pile It On is Recycle and/or For a Child. The only real rule is to be inspired by more than one papercrafting challenge. We're sponsored by MelonHeadz Illustrating, and I used their Stars Clip Art set to make this Card-in-a-Box.

The card design is based on on Keren Howell's Tuxedo Box Card tutorial, but I made mine smaller at 4 x 5.5 inches. I made the sentiment using the fonts Midnight Constellations and Willow by Kingthings. The images were colored with Copic markers.

I looked up the sentiment "Everybody is a Star in Someone's sky" and discovered this wonderful video from 1973:

Inspiration/Challenges:
City Crafter Challenge: No Flowers
Craft for the Craic: Include Triangle Shape
Crafty Calendar: Shaped Card
Crafty Gals Corner: Add a Star
More than One Score at Scor-Pal #40: 3D Cards + more than one score
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Add a Sentiment

Thank you for visiting & inspiring my crafting! Hope you'll join us at Pile It On,

Cool Dad - To the Men in our Lives with the UnstampaBelles

The UnstampaBelles June challenge is To the Men in our Lives with the optional twist of Add an Animal. You can make whatever you like without using any stamps.

I made a tuxedo box card using instructions by Keren Howell, but I made mine smaller at 4 x 5.5 inches. The base & pop-up strips are patterned vellums. The penguins were cut from a patterned paper with a Cuttlebug die. My dad & I have a running joke about what "cool" means, so I created the sentiment & cut it out with a cloud die from Impression Obsession. I inked the cloud with a little Antique Linen distress ink. I used white paper to create message sections on the back.

Be sure to check out the fabulous projects by my teammates and hope you'll join the UnstampaBelles this month!

Thank you for visiting,