For the August 5th Caardvarks Challenge, we’re asking you to make cards inspired by things From Your Closet. The challenge is being sponsored by The Scrapbook Nook & the winner will receive one of their fabulous August kits. Link up your NEW From the Closet creations by midnight on August 17th.
Anyone who looks in my closet (and on the several shoe racks outside of my closet) will soon realize, I have a thing for shoes. I am constantly on the quest for comfortable fun shoes, and I love having them in all sorts of colors. I’ve owned at least one pair of orange shoes for as long as I can remember.
These fun shoes are mostly from Hero Arts (one shoes is from an unidentified source). I stamped them in Maroon and Olive Pastel Chalk Ink and highlighted them with sparkle pen. The sentiment is from PaperTreyInk’s Green Thumb set.
Another thing you’ll find a lot of in my closet are purses … and I love making purse cards too.
For this purse, I started with a standard card and rounded all four corners. I took a piece of red leather-like handmade paper and rubbed it with dark brown ink to bring out the lines and wrinkles. Then I embossed it with the Cuttlebug Traffic Jam embossing folder for a bit more texture.
I used my finger to add copper metallic rub-on to bring out the depth of the embossing.
The handle is made with two punched circles with paper piercing around both sides and more metallic rub-on. I added two copper brads and a vintage button for the purse closure to finish. The inside says "All Dressed Up and No Where to Go".
Let us see your best creations From Your Closet.
The shoe card is so cute, and the purse would be one I would carry!
Just love your cards! This purse one is so cute – love the addition of the metallic rubons too!
Thanks also for your lovely comments on my blog too – it was great to have you stop by!
purses…shoes…stamps…fabulous!
i adore BOTH of these, obviously…but THAT PURSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so very verrrrrrrrrrrry cool!
(i have some croc-embossed paper, as well…bwahahAHAHAHAhaha!)
(evil laugh…sorry…i didn’t mean to do that OUTLOUD…) 🙂
Such cute cards! I don’t know how I’m gonna do this challenge though. I don’t have any plain t-shirt and jeans stamps. 😉
That purse is just darling!!!
Wow, I thought that was real purse! Great job!
These are both gorgeous, but I really admire your combination of textures and colors on that purse!
I totally love this! Colors, shoes, purse, everything!! Great job.