Thursday, February 18, 2016

Hip Hip Hooray



I'm continuing my quest to use new and unloved items today.

I got this little journaling card die cut from Papertrey Ink ages ago and finally got the chance to use it this week.

I knew I wanted to keep the frame/letter outlines white, and most of the negative space on the inside black, but I wanted to add some color in there too.  The negative spaces within the letters were colored with Copics and then I inlaid the entire thing, save the teeny tiny letters in that little pennant portion.  For those I just colored with a Copic in the upper corner and didn't bother trying to get all those little pieces back in there, much simpler.

To add some extra depth/dimension, I cut three extra frames, glued them together and then on top of the inlaid piece.  For fun and a little extra dimension, I left the top pennant piece unglued.



The background paper is some BasicGrey from my stash.  Every time I look at my BasicGrey papers I get so sad, they are/were one of my very favorite companies, I can't believe that they have shut down their paper business and I curse myself just a little each time I look at the stuff for not buying a warehouse box in time before they sold out.  Not that I need anymore paper or craft supplies, because believe me, I don't.

I have to say that after crashing on all sorts of required projects and then taking some time off to decompress, I am so enjoying getting back into the craft room!  Hope your week is going well!


22 comments:

  1. Hellooooooooooo gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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  2. What a fun and colourful masculine card!

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  3. Oh, this is super fun! I love the graphic feel to it!

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  4. what a fun card.. love how you added the colors..

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  5. What a powerful punch of color!

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  6. This is such a cool card Miriam!
    Everyone would adore it!!

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  7. This looks fabulous...great as a teen or masculine card.

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  8. Simply fantastic card...just love the incredible look you created.

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  9. Wow, LOVE this vibrant colored card! Beautiful!

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  10. I love the way you colored the negative pieces to make it pop!

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  11. Neat card...love all the colors.

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  12. Another great card, Miriam! Loving the pops of color!

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  13. Vibrant and so fun, Miriam ... love all that fabulous dimension! Thanks so much for your lovely birthday wishes! Hugs, Anita :)

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  14. Fabulous card!! Love how you left that flag free!

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  15. Yay and Hooray!! I'm right there with you trying to use the unloved stuff that got put off---but hooray for this!! Loving the inlay of course--and the way you left that one piece loose--brilliant! ;) The BasicGrey--right there with you :(

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  16. How fun, fresh and fabulous your card is...I'm ready to Hip Hip Hooray out loud after seeing this!
    ~carol

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  17. Such a colorful and fun design!! I love this! :)

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  18. Such a happy creation! Love that extra depth, and that you're having so much fun getting back to doing what you love. Hugs!

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  19. This is so cool !!! LOVE your card Miriam!

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  20. Oh WOW!! I LOVE this card. The way you layered the panels is fabulous!!

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