Friday, August 14, 2009

I Hip-Hopped a very little!

Crazy, but I seem to have a little more time for Hip Hop when I am working! Oh well, I did find some time today to play both of the Hip Hop challenges. This first card was made for the challenge titled, "Not a Ribbon in Sight". I thought I would have a harder time with it, but I didn't. I had fun stamping my image on Kraft and then just coloring it with colored pencils. I couldn't find a Unity sentiment that I wanted to put on it, so I just used a rub-on that was sitting on my desk! I achieved the lighter brown color on the cuckoo clock with my Versamark pen.




This little number was for the Hip Hop Challenge titled "Wing It" . This card gave me fits! I was trying to make it a one layer card, but embossing powder wouldn't stay put and then ink smeared. Yeah, not once, but twice! Finally, I just cut out my image and sentiment and shifted from white to black! I actually like it better. I used my ruler and my Sakura Clear Star gel pen to create the shimmery box.

Here are the specifics for each card:

Cuckoo -
Stamps: Folk Inspired (Unity)
Paper: Kraft, Riding Hood Red
Ink: StazOn Timber Brown, Versamark pen
Accessories: corner rounder, stampin' dimensionals, colored pencils, Chit-Chat rub-ons
Techniques: coloring

Simplicity -
Stamps: Hodge Podge of Happiness (Unity), Gratitude=Joy (Unity)
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: marcasite ep, heat tool, paper snips, Sakura clear star gel pen, two way glue pen, ruler
Techniques: embossing, CAS

All products are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise posted.

15 comments:

Gwen said...

Love your cards! The black one is striking!! I really like how it ended up and the contrasts are just great!

Katy said...

great cards, love black and white!

Rachel said...

Those are both great!

Tenia Nelson said...

Great cards!! tfs!!

Ryann said...

Very pretty cards. Really like the simplicity of the second one.

Kelly Mahany said...

Oops! I posted my comment on the wrong blog post! I love your folk inspired cuckoo clock!

Unknown said...

Wow. Brilliant cards. They are both lovely.

And I only have time to either Hip Hop OR make something.

Linda said...

Toni

What cute card I love bridhouse one and those colose so pertty!

Dawn M said...

love that first card!

Monika in VA said...

Wonderful card! Love the look of the color pencils on the Kraft paper & the embossed bird is gorgeous!

Unknown said...

both are beautiful, love them.

Christine said...

Gorgeous cards. I love them both. Sorry you had so much trouble with the 2nd one but I really love the way it turned out! xoxo, Christine

ANAT S said...

great cardsscartid

Morissa Sweeney (YT - ShamrockShe) said...

Love the muted colors and the pop of pink on the first card. really caught my eye!

Purple Princess said...

Love both cards!!