My first telescoping card

I think I may have just found a new contender for my favorite card style although I'm not sure anything can replace easel cards.  Today I tried my hand at a telescope card and it was so easy!  I love that it has so much impact and is really different from most cards.

It did, of course, take me much longer than it probably should have.  I'm just so darned indecisive on how to embellish cards.  There are so many things yet to learn about color, balance, scale, etc.  I'm getting there....I think.  My comfort level is increasing with each card I make so that's a positive sign.  And, besides, I'm having a blast.  What else matters?

The image used on this card is from Mo Manning.  Love, love, love her work!  It always puts a smile on my face to just look at one of her images.  They're really fun to color too.  There's enough detail to make it look great without so much that it becomes fussy.  There's a fine line between the two and Ms Manning seems to know just where it is.

Recipe for this card is as follows:

Papers:  Papertrey Ink, Bazzill, K&Company

Cricut cartridges: Elegant Edges, Flower Shoppe

Markers: ProMarkers

Stamps: Little Yellow Bicycle, Papertrey Ink, Inkadinka Doo,

Clear Dollar Stamps

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts and handmade for the light peach one

Brads, bling and ribbon: From my stash

Here's the card:

I do wish I had set the brad a little higher on the bottom panel.  I'll know better next time.  But don't you think it looks like there's static electricity in the little guy's hair as if the middle panel were a balloon?  I like the way it looks.  It's what I call a happy accident.

You can find this card in the following challenges:

Bronte & Bella's Blog -- Say it with flowers

Just Inspirational Challenges -- Die cuts/punches
Top Tip Tuesday -- Get in shape
Created with Love -- Anything goes
Digi Makeover Challenge -- Motion card
My Craft Creations -- Stamped or digi image
The Hobby House -- Hobby House artists
The Crafter's Cafe -- Flowers
I Love ProMarkers -- Anything goes
Divas by Design -- Anything goes

Nothin' but scraps

Today was spent clearing through the most narrow bits in my scrap box and I ended up with 21 cards for Operation Write Home!  I am so pleased with that and really proud to say the only sheets of cardstock I cut into were the black for the mats and the white for the sentiments and liners for the dark cards.   Even the card bases were from my previously cut papers.  I try to make sure anytime I have 8.5" x 5.5" pieces left from Cricut cuts, etc I set it aside to use for a base at some point.

I used the same design for all of the cards but used 4 different sentiments.  They were:

*"Remember....I love you" from Little Yellow Bicycle

*"Count your rainbows, not your thunderstorms" from Inkadinkadoo

*"Wishing you rainbows & sunshine" and my favorite "Take a moment to remember how special you are and how lucky the world is to have you in it" both from Papertrey Ink.

Really hope this isn't too many of the same design.  According to the OWH website, up to 30 non-holiday cards using the same design is acceptable.  If anyone knows if that info is inaccurate, please let me know.

Here's a pic of the cards.  It looks pretty crazy with all of them together....makes me a little dizzy actually.  Individually they really are a lot more tame!!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!  Happy Memorial Day to my fellow Americans!!

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