Inspired By... #4: Key to my Heart

Happy long weekend! I supposed we couldn't have picked a better moving day, we will have lots of time to set-up the new place :) Before all the moving chaos starts, it's time for another Inspired By... Challenge! This week it was Charissa's pick:

A creative top hat designed by Orange U Creative (find her & her other beautiful designs on Facebook). I really played into the vintage-y feel to this card and brought the elements of stripes, red & the key into my card:

Of course, the card did not turn out exactly how I pictured it in my mind, but I still like the end result. The sentiment is a little washed out, but it does say "happy valentine's day." I used the small heart punch and wrote "to my" and attached it to the trinket key, to give the meaning of "key to my heart."

Here's hoping the recipient of this card understands the meaning... I find the card loses it's impact if you have to explain what they mean (lol). Well, guess it's time to start moving things... first to go, my crafting stuff! :) Don't forget to pop over to Charissa's blog, Snippet by Design, to see how this photo has inspired her!

Supplies used:
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Whisper White
Tools: Hearts Framelits, Small Heart Punch, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch
Accessories: Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder, Baker's Twine, Trinket Keys (ret), Tulle Ribbon (ret), Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (ret), Rhinestones

KCRR #1 - Our New Exciting Challenge

Good morning! Or should I say, GREAT morning? I think great :)

Today my stampin' pal Charissa Laarman and I are debuting our very own challenge! ...drum roll please....

Yay! This challenge was inspired by Naki & Nina's double dare challenge, where each person would pick off the top of their heads a card-making element, and they would create a card using those elements. Charissa and I wanted to make ours different, so we came up with a long list of 225 items, then we used random.org to randomly generate two numbers off the list. This is the initial list, of course, the list will expand and contract as Stampin' Up! introduces new items and as items retire, etc. 

This week, the randomly selected items were the jewelry tag punch & the square lattice embossing folder. Here is my creation using these two elements: 

It is the middle of winter here, but we have been having unusually warm weather, which has me thinking about spring! ...and daffodil delight :) such a cheery colour! This card has a lot of elements, based on an older Mojo Monday sketch but I really like how they all work together to create a non-traditional wedding card. Oh - adding the pearls on to the safety pin was my mom's idea... so clever!

Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoyed the debut to our challenge! Pop over to Charissa's blog to see what she has created with these two elements :)

Supplies used:

Stamps: Love & Laughter, Tiny Tags

Paper: Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, 2012-2013 In Colours Paper Stacks, Brights Paper Stacks, Howlstooth & Scarringbone DSP

Ink: Basic Grey

Tools: Hearts Framelits, Scallop Border Punch, Jewelry Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack

Accessories: Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Striped Satin Ribbon, Pearls, Safety Pin, Dimensionals