Monday, 21 June 2010

All things considered ... it's Week Three of the Fling!

Welcome to Week Three of CHF's summer fling! Full details of the fling are here if you're not sure what I'm talking about! We're focusing on the All Things Considered line of stamps this week. Now, as their name might suggest, they're perfect for ATC projects but they're versatile enough for all kinds of other stuff too! If you stopped by on the Be Creative blog earlier, you'll have seen one card I made with the Key Elements set already. I thought it would be fun to do a second card using the same set in a totally contrasting style! (Note for my regular visitors - you know how much I struggle with patterned paper: if you want proof that I'm tackling the phobia, the card on the Be Creative blog is probably as good as it's going to get!) This is a scrapling (a card made from the bit you trim off a standard size sheet when you make a square card) and I've kept it clean and simple. I think this would make a great new home card, perhaps for somebody getting his first bachelor pad! I stamped the key onto a 1" strip and then cut it up to make three inchies. I sponged around the edges and then stuck them to some black card stock to make a narrow border. I stamped the text stamp over the key and then stamped it again on the base card, using a stamp positioner so that everything would line up when I stuck the key panel in place. Stamps (Cornish Heritage Farms): Key Elements (All Things Considered line) Paper: Smooth white Simply Linen black Ink: Brilliance by Tsukineko (Graphite Black) Tim Holtz Distress ink by Ranger (Vintage Photo)
So, the low down on this week's Fling and its blog hop...
  • all stamp sets in the All Things Considered line are 25% off this week (ends Thursday at midnight)
  • make sure to leave comments for the blog hop girls by Thursday (24 June 2010) at midnight EST to have a chance at the CHF gift certificate prizes - the more blogs you comment on, the better your chances!
  • create along with us if you have All Things Considered stamps and upload to this week's special gallery (by Thursday at midnight) to be in with a chance of winning the Design Team Favourite prize this week (a stamp or stamp set of your choice up to a value of $16.99)
  • check the Be Creative Blog on Friday to see if you won
  • if you get lost along the way, go back to the beginning (Be Creative Blog) for the full list of hoppers.
Leave a comment here and then Jennifer is your next stop along the hop - have fun!!

41 comments:

  1. Beautiful card! I love the idea of cutting your stamped image to make tiles. Very clever!!
    This is my first day visiting the blog hops and I'm hoping they'll feature a stamp set that I own so I can join in on the fun too.
    Blessings~ Birgit

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  2. Great key stamp.. I love the clean fresh style of this card.

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  3. I really love this! I love the squares behind the key, very striking. BTW, LOVED your card on the CHF blog:)

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  4. Love the clean design and the way you presented the main image!

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  5. This is so beautiful, Joanne--what a great idea, and a perfect image for it!

    Hope you're having a wonderful day, my friend...thanks for the visit!

    Julie

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  6. We've had several new families move into our neighborhood this past month and I've been meaning to bake some cookies and make a welcome card for them - this would be perfect. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  7. This is so wonderfully neat Joanne, you are an amazing crafter! Amazing card XXX

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  8. Love the CAS design and the sentiment stamped across the image!

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  9. thats lovely joanne,nice and clean and simple :)

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  10. very neat! Love the look!
    Sandra

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  11. Love the key stamp and the way you cut it into inchies - very effective x

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  12. like all your recent cards and this key one is very elegant..nice colours and stamping

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  13. Joanne, this card is gorgeous. I love the colours and the "mosaic" squares.

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  14. Love this card. It would be great when looking for a "guy" card.

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  15. Simple but stunning. Love it.

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  16. good idea to make it into inchies, it's very effective .
    I love scraplings such a nice size for quickies

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  17. Love your little creation and the stamp is fab too !

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  18. Fabulous!!!! Love the colors, the image and the siple elegance.

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  19. I love the "inchie" look and how the text script covers both on and off the stamped key. Beautiful!

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  20. Beautiful card! So simple but yet elegant!!!

    Blessings,
    Christine

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  21. A great clean and simple card, would be a wonderful masculine card.

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  22. Lovely design Joanne! x

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  23. What a gorgeous card Joanne, I love it x

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  24. Simple, but yet so pretty!!

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  25. Very nice---like the colors.

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  26. A sharp and clean card!!!!

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  27. That's clever cuttingit into 3 - love it

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  28. I love the simplicity of this card.

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  29. What a great idea to cut the key into three sections. It makes for great visual interest. I'm going to have to check out that stamp set!

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  30. Great Idea to use scraps and also to use as a House warming card - which I have these weekend! Thanks :)

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  31. Love what you did with the key on this card - thanks for sharing!

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  32. love how this came together! I have way too many of those scraps myself, so need to try my hand at this. thanks for the idea! :)

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  33. Simply gorgeous. The colors are really great. Thanks for sharing.

    Chris R. from Iowa

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  34. Super idea! I've been looking for new home card ideas :)

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  35. great inspiration! thx

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  36. What a great card this is!

    Ramona
    http://create-with-joy.blogspot.com

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  37. Very creative, nice and simple too!

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