Dustin Pike has a challenge this week to create a birthday themed card or project using two colors from his blog header. Good grief how hard should that really be?!?? LOL! Well I've spent the entire week brainstorming and coming up with what I thought would be great birthday themed projects but every time I try to limit my rainbow to two colors I end up banging my head on the wall. I was really stuck but I was also really determined. I decided to call in help and I asked my 5 year old daughter (who at the time happened to be dressed all in pink complete with a tutu, pearls, chunky bling rings and a tiara) what one color she liked best from the header and (of course) she picked pink, and then I asked her what kind of card she wanted and (of course) she picked princess. She could not be more girly girl if she tried, LOL! So off I went brainstorming again.
I decided to try a new card I just saw last week on Split Coast Stampers called Pop-Up Twirl Card. Oh-My-Gosh this has got to be the absolute coolest card I've ever made! I did a test run with scrap paper first to be sure it would work and it did! I used yellow as my second color, added some dark pink mirror paper for matting, used my Prisma pencils to color (and NO blending solution which was my own personal challenge that I added), printed the sentiments on my computer and popped up the castle on the cover for a little dimension. When I took pictures to post I really could not convey the amazing twirling movement so I did a quick video and I hope it posts ok for you to see.
This was really fun and actually quite easy, well the mechanical part was easy at least - the color limitation is another story, ugh! I did stick to all pinks and yellows except for the charcoal in the windows of the castle, and even though the rooftops look a bit purple they are a raspberry pink. I admit I may have stretched the rules a bit with the grass at the bottom of the castle though because I did use a very yellowy'ish light green. Slap my hands if you must but I'm sorry - pink and yellow just don't look right for grass!
I might still add a bit of stickles and some faux stitching, but my daughter will probably wear the card out before I get a chance, lol! I guess she approves!
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I decided to try a new card I just saw last week on Split Coast Stampers called Pop-Up Twirl Card. Oh-My-Gosh this has got to be the absolute coolest card I've ever made! I did a test run with scrap paper first to be sure it would work and it did! I used yellow as my second color, added some dark pink mirror paper for matting, used my Prisma pencils to color (and NO blending solution which was my own personal challenge that I added), printed the sentiments on my computer and popped up the castle on the cover for a little dimension. When I took pictures to post I really could not convey the amazing twirling movement so I did a quick video and I hope it posts ok for you to see.
See it in action!!
This was really fun and actually quite easy, well the mechanical part was easy at least - the color limitation is another story, ugh! I did stick to all pinks and yellows except for the charcoal in the windows of the castle, and even though the rooftops look a bit purple they are a raspberry pink. I admit I may have stretched the rules a bit with the grass at the bottom of the castle though because I did use a very yellowy'ish light green. Slap my hands if you must but I'm sorry - pink and yellow just don't look right for grass!
I might still add a bit of stickles and some faux stitching, but my daughter will probably wear the card out before I get a chance, lol! I guess she approves!
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