Explosions of Color!

Hey there, crafty friends - I'm back with the two cards I made last night during Card Chaos Episode #46. Host Irene Smith had Walter Zemrock as her guest; Walter is on the Brutus Monroe Design Team, among other things. The theme was Explosion of Color, as voted on by Irene's Facebook group. Since we only have 15 minutes to create, I let patterned paper do the heavy lifting.

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White;

Paper Studio glitter cardstock;

Pink and Main Birthday Bash kit;

Gina K. Designs cardstock from an old kit

Dies - Emily Moore Short &Sweet - Merry Christmas

& Nested Ornament Die Set

Other - foam tape

I started with an easy ornament shaped Christmas card using some new Emily Moore items I'd ordered online after Emily appeared on Craft Roulette. Simple die cutting, basically. The Merry didn't come with an outline die so I fussy cut one to coordinate with the Christmas part of the sentiment (does have an outline die). I cut a plain red cardstock layer for the back, scored along the bottom of the ornament hanger. This one only took 10 minutes to assemble from scratch. I later added a few embellishments.

I'm adding this to Merry Little Christmas #68 (Anything Christmas Goes); this is my second entry.

There are two rounds for Card Chaos & I was ready for a second card. This time I made a birthday card for a friend's upcoming birthday, combining some Emily Moore with Pink & Main items.

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White;

Pink & Main Birthday Bash kit Rainbow patterned;

Gina K. Designs cardstock from an old kit

Stamps - Emily Moore Birthday Sentiments

Dies - Emily Moore Short & Sweet - Happy Birthday &

Shaker Frame - The Doily

Pink and Main Birthday Bash kit

(see a photo of it HERE)

Other - foam tape; white gel pen

I formed an A2 card from Gina K. cardstock. Next I die cut the doily shaker frame from rainbow patterned paper, then popped it onto the card with foam tape. Next I die cut the HAPPY and added it over the scalloped window, putting foam tape under the parts in the open area. For the row of candles I used a Pink and Main die that would cut around a stamped candle image. Instead, I die cut it from white cardstock and colored the candles, then detailed them with a white gel pen. This piece was sitting in the bits box but needed the flames. The die set has one lonely flame die so I had to quickly cut it 8 times and add a flame to each candle. I used some yellow portions of the rainbow paper. While that ate into my 15 minutes, the rest was quick! Simple die cutting & the sentiment strip was already stamped. I adhered the strip directly to the HAPPY. This seemed busy enough with the marbled paper and candles so I left off any additional embellishments.

That's it for today, friends. Thanks for visiting and happy crafting!!