The card I am sharing with you today features the new set Pennant Parade and its matching punch. With pennants being all the rage, this is one cool punch and stamp set. The set is super versatile and can be used for more than pennants, though (Christmas Trees, for example).
I was planning on using the sketch as is and write "Bonne" with the pennants and "fête" at the bottom in a Hodgepodge Hardware frame, but after punching the pennants out, I realized I could not fit five pennants across, so I decided to flip the sketch around to accomodate my design idea. I looked through my sentiment folder (where I have stamped all of the sentiments from the stamp sets I own) to find the word "bonne" and it turns out I had it in the Sincere Salutations set ("Bonne chance"). The rest of the sentiment was stamped with the Sweet Shoppe Alphabet Lower, a perfect match in size and style to the Pennant set.
The background Designer paper came from the Just Eat Cake paper pack. I liked the number border to match the birthday theme, so I made sure to keep it when I cut the paper out. The ruffled ribbon is an old ribbon that was sold in our Ribbons Originals pack a few years ago. I added some stamped tassles at the bottom of the pennants and added small pearls in the center of the tassles and on each side of the pennants to finish the look. Finally, I used one of our 3/8 brad in the center of a Hodgepodge Hardware piece (the flower ribbon slide) at the bottom of the card and added a butterfly at the bottom of the Hodgepodge frame, complete with two pearls. The card's base was stamped with the now-retired Teahouse background.
Color Combo: So Saffron + Tango Tangerine + Wisteria Wonder
Come join the fun! Here is the LINK to our challenge blog, where you can share a link to your creation, and links to the other DT members' creations:
Brandi
Carrie
Helen
Ilina
Kirsty
Lee-Anne
Makeesha
Marisa
Renée
Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Fanions en fête (Pennant Parade), Sweet Shoppe Alphabet Lower,
Sincères salutations, Dot Dot Dot, Teahouse
Cardstock: Wisteria Wonder, Tango Tangerine, So Saffron, Very Vanilla
Designer papers: Just Eat Cake
Inks: Wisteria Wonder, Tango Tangerine, So Saffron, Versamark
Punches: Pennant, Designer Label, Circles
Accessories: Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware, Embossing powder,
Stampin' Dimensionals, vanilla ribbon, Beautiful Wings Embosslits, Pearls
You rocked this sketch Cindy! Love the cute pennants on the ruffled ribbon & the perfect placement of your DSP. Great colour palette too. :)
Posted by: Helen H | July 08, 2011 at 15:32
This is such a great card! Thanks for explaining how you changed things around, it's nice to learn new techniques. Theresa x
Posted by: Theresa Prior | July 09, 2011 at 15:41
That banner is beyond cute! I had my eye on that set but think it is a slam dunk now LOL! Great use of this week's sketch!!
Posted by: Marisa | July 09, 2011 at 21:28
Beautiful card! Love the colors and the ruffled ribbon along the top!
Posted by: Angie Tieman | July 10, 2011 at 21:57
This sketch challenge wasn't a challenge at all for you, was it? this is awesome!
Posted by: Carrie Gaskin | July 10, 2011 at 23:02