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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

PTI January Blog Hop and CR84FN46 Color Challenge


It's not often that I am able to make one card and be able to submit it for two challenges, but the stars must have been aligned just right for me today, because I have a card to share for two challenges.
First, this is January's PTI monthly blog hop.  Our challenge this month was to share one of our favorite cards of 2011 and to re-create it in a new or different form.
The challenge for the CR84FN46 Color Challenge is to use the colors of light pink, yellow and a neutral.
One of my favorite cards of 2011 was this card made in July.
 I made this specifically as a masculine card, using kraft as my base and a very simple brown, navy, kraft color combination.  I used a simple polka dot embossing folder and a diecut star as an embellishement.
For my re-make card, I decided to use the CR84FN#46 colors of light pink and yellow to make this card into a "girly-girl" card.
I used the same background Impression Obsession Cover a Card stamp called Birthday Words stamped in sweet blush ink on lemon tart cardstock.  I used a pink scalloped diecut in place of the circle diecut from the inspiration card and embossed it with a cute cupcake embossing folder.  Us girls love our cupcakes, don't we?  I changed the color of twine to pink and white and stamped a little heart background on the diecut label, used a different embossing folder on the top layer and instead of a star, stamped a cute cupcake from Waltzingmouse Stamps Frame-It.  Of course that cupcake had to have some chunky glitter to add sparkle to my feminine card.  I had a great time switching up one of my favorite cards and now have both a masculine and feminine version to use when I need a send a quick birthday card.
Enjoy the rest of the blog hop and also, check out all the great pink, yellow and neutral creations at CR84FN

46 comments:

Tracey McNeely said...

Both really lovely cards Cathy! The yellow and pink are spectacular.

Ally said...

Both of your cards are so lovely. I love the original with those little pops of color in the mini stars. And I LOVE the pink and yellow color combination in the second - so perfect for this birthday card. Fantastic job. ;-)

Kay D said...

I love how you turned the masculine card (which is awesome, btw) into a feminine beauty- great cards!

Elena said...

Love the layout! You created the perfect girly card :)

Marlena M. said...

Total transformation-two incredible creations. Love them both. ;)

Joyce said...

You chose one of my favorite cards of yours! Great job of recreating it for a girly card. Any girl would be thrilled to get this card. I love the pink and yellow together, too.

carol (krillsister) said...

Two great cards. I love the colors on the feminine card. That sparkly cupcake is awesome. Love the impression plate you used.

Lisa Elton said...

Love the masculine & feminine takes on your cards. Both are wonderful ;)

Marybeth said...

Cathy both look great, but I love that pink girlies one. (The guy one is great too.) Just so adorable, love the glitter on the cupcake and the embossing is too cute.

Inkyfingers said...

What a great masculine card Cathy and it has such a different feel with the change of colour. Gorgeous.

Karen C. said...

Pink, yellow, cupcakes, glitter and hearts .... just a perfect combination for a fun feminine card. Great job!!

Rebecca Deeprose said...

Both are pretty, but the second one is so charming- love the colors and textures.

Kristen :-) said...

What a wonderful revisit! love the texture, love the colors... both cards are just awesome! I love the touch of glitter on the cupcake!

Marge said...

LOVE how you've done the re-make and gone from totally masculine to totally Girlie-girl -- both AWESOME!!! I did the same thing, in reverse today.

Jessica Wekenman said...

What a great LO you used for your cards! I love them both! Your first one has masculine nailed, but I love the girliness of the 2nd! I love the embossing and sparkly cupcake!

Ohhh Snap said...

Wonderful cards! Star Prints is one of my favorite stamp sets.

Susan Block said...

Love it ! I gotta know who makes that cupcake embossing folder!

Penny said...

So cute, love the cupcake embossing!

Deborah Frings said...

This is lovely - I do like the stamped background and the pretty embosseed circle. Thanks for playing along with CR84FN!

Carol's Ink Spot said...

Great cards! One masculine and the other girly.

Terri said...

They are both great. Love the feminine version especially the embossed cupcakes.

Cassandra said...

Wow, love both cards Cathy, particularly the original, great idea for a male card.

bjmartin said...

Awesome to see the change from masculine to feminine. Both versions are really effective.

Unknown said...

Great cards! Yellow and pink are certainly girly, but I as a guy I'm partial to the Kraft and brown. I do love the design. I might have to case it!

Sue Lelli said...

Cathy, I really LOVE the redo in our pretty colors! All of the texture is really FAB! THX for playing with us at CR84FN!

The Paper Parade said...

No wonder you chose that card for your favorite from last year...its great! And the new one you made is a bright and cheery take on it :)

Kara said...

awesome...love it...love all of the embossing!!

Kelly S. said...

First, thanks so much for helping me today! Second...we both had CUPCAKES on our minds! I just love this layout! The layered labels are so cute like that, and this card is delicious in the pink and yellow color scheme! Your birthday background is so awesome, too!

victoria h said...

I love the yellow and pink with cupcakes. It's amazing how the colours make such a change to the cards.

Unknown said...

One of my fav color combos is pink and yellow! Sweet cards!!

JJ Bolton said...

Cathy, you did such a wonderful job with this girly interpretation of your original! The pink and yellow color scheme is so cheery!

Renee said...

Loved the original when you did it...
and love the "copy" too!!
It's so cute and cheerful done in this bright colors...
a perfect "girly" card! :)

Kim Heggins said...

Cathy...I just love the soft yello wand pink together, it screams cupcake to me. Such a cheery card any girl would love to receive.

Suzanne Russell said...

Both cards are winners in my book-beautifully done!

Pendra said...

Great cards, amazing how with just a few changes it is a totally different card!

Ted said...

Cathy, I really like those colors. I know it was a color challenge, but you have such a nice balance to it... and of course, I love the composition you used for both cards. :)

Susan Rob said...

I love what you did for the challenge. The background stamping is perfect and the cupcake looks fabulous.

Susan Rob said...

I love what you did for the challenge. The background stamping is perfect and the cupcake looks fabulous.

Lizzie Jones said...

I love both cards, but your pink and yellow version is just so cheerful and fun! Thank you so much for sharing today!

Mona Pendleton said...

Both of these cards are wonderful Cathy! Love the cupcake embossed background and the shimmery cupcake frosting! Thanks for joining along with CR84FN :)

Sharron said...

Both versions are fantastic--love your fabulous design! I adore the pink & yellow and all the wonderful details--a really gorgeous girly beauty!!

Karin Ã…kesdotter said...

Your cards are FABULOUS - love how you used the same great lo but changed the color sceme.
Sorry for being so late on commenting, but I had to work late last night, hugs, Karin

Pauline said...

This is beautiful Cathy, I love the sweet WMS cuppie on this fab layered label!

Wendy ten Hove said...

These are both super gorgeous! Love your layers of frames and the combination of colors! Very, very nice!!
Hugs, Wendy

Kristii said...

Oh my goodness how beautiful they both are!! I love the stamped background and I totally love the embossing!! Absolutely fabulous!

Purrfect Paper Creations said...

Great cards! I love both the masculine version and the girly version with cupcakes!

Chris L.