Thursday, June 25, 2009

Flip Flop Blog Hop w/ PTI !!




This is my submission for my first ever PTI blog hop!! A little nervous, but excited all at the same time :0) I really love the Star Prints set and knew I wanted to use it. But I was having trouble finding a summer picture to inspire me. For some reason I kept telling myself I had to find a picture with a star in it. Once I saw the bright colors and stripes in this picture of flip flops, however, my brain snapped back into creative gear and I decided to use those as the starting point for my card.

I used blue as my base, just like the blue background in the picture. I used a summery striped background paper to tie in with the stripes on the flip flops, and I used the green from the straps to pull in the color of the large sparkly star. I wanted to use some sort of cording at the top like in the picture, but I opted for the brown and pink pom ribbon to tie in with the colors in the pp and to give it just a touch of "girliness" :0) Finally, I used a white banner flag to stamp my sentiment on to match the white frothy ocean foam at the bottom of the picture.

This was fun . . . hope you like it and that perhaps this card inspires you in some way :0) Thanks for stopping by!!

Recipe:
Stamps: StarPrints b Papertrey Ink
Paper: Bazzil, Neenah, We R Memory Keepers - Sunsplashed Cardstock
Ink: Ranger Distress Ink, Copics, Memento black
Accessories: Chipboard letters, ribbon, twine, button, chipboard star

37 comments:

  1. Great picture for a summer themed inspiration. I love how you used the blue bg and colorful stripes. Such a great 'scrappy' card.

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  2. Oh wow, this is fantastic! Love this!

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  3. Cute! Love the way you carried the stripes from your inspiration piece!

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  4. I love the card! Such pretty colors!

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  5. Love the striped paper, great card!

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  6. Love your flip flop inspiration and the great striped DP you used on your card - the pompom fringe and chipboard are super!

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  7. Great card, and great piece of inspiration, too!

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  8. I just love this card. The striped paper and the color scheme was such a great use of the inspiration.

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  9. Those flops are so much fun! Love how you incorporated the pattern and color into your card. Wonderful summer card and great eye candy.

    It's a good life!
    Terri E.

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  10. This is awesome Randee! Love the way you used your piece of inspiration! Fabulous card!

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  11. GOod job with the inspiration~ I love your card---really creative! Glad you played~

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  12. Cool piece and great colors--so glad you decided to play in the PTI blog hop!

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  13. Nice job in your first Blog Hop! Love the way you used your inspiration piece in a really unexpected way!

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  14. Good luck, you really are amazing. Thanks for the letting me know about the green marker,Hugs!!

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  15. I like the blue base and the scallops you made on the bottom. The striped paper really captures the inspiration from the flip flops. Nice job, happy blog hopping!

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  16. Happy 1st Blog Hop!
    LOVE your card.. such pretty colors!!!
    Have a GREAT night!

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  17. LOVE you card - great colors and layout. Such a great interpretation of your inspiration pic. What a fun stamping style you have! Hope that you are enjoying your first blog hop. This is my second time, so it is still kinda new to me.

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  18. What fun flip flops!!! Excellent card!!

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  19. I love it. Great inspiration piece.

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  20. great card. love those flip flops and you did a great job recreating the look!

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  21. Awesome!! I love how you drew from the inspiration picture!

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  22. Fantastic! The stripes are really striking!

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  23. You did the same thing I did! I used the colors from a photo as inspiration to use my stars! I love the stamp set! Great card!

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  24. Wow. this card is really super. Love how you brought in all the elements from your inspiration photo.

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  25. Fabulous card Randee! Love the colors, the letters, the stars... congrats on being part of the PTI blog hop! :o)

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  26. Yum!! No need to be nervous...this is completely fabulous!
    (-: Heidi

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  27. Congrats on taking part in this...and this is SUCH a SUPER-CUTE project!

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  28. What a great card ... I love how all of the design elements work together so beautifully.

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