Feb 19 2009
Oh Shoot!
Wow! I seem to be in super slow gear this morning. I’ve been sitting here for 5 minutes drawing a blank on how to start writing this post. Well, getting started seems to be half the battle so that is what I’m doing. LOL If I think of something better, I’ll change it. If not…you’ll just know that it is one of those days! I’d dearly love to crawl back into bed! Of course I can’t. Busy day and I promised my daughter we’d go get her lerner’s permit so she can practice driving. Yikes!
As you know, I host the Thursday Ways to Use it Challenge on www.splitcoaststampers.com . I love stripes and thought that they would make a super fun challenge. I’ve heard that some people have trouble using them. Depending on the scale of the stripes, they can be a little overpowering. If you find stripes a challenge, one way that I use them is in small doses. Try cutting a 1-1.5″ strip across the striped paper and using it as an accent layer.
Here’s a few ideas for incorporating stripes into your work…
- patterned paper- backgrounder, or thin layers
- stamp them using a striped backgrounder
- use a long vertical border stamp and repeatedly stamp to create your own stripes
- stitch stripes onto cardstock
- use a zebra or tiger stamp
- paper piece using striped paper
- create your own stripes using creative supplies such as paint, markers, Stickles etc.
- striped ribbon
Want to play along? Here’s the challenge!
Oh Shoot
For today’s card, it’s actually nothing too creative with using stripes but I just couldn’t wait to try out this new Cosmo Cricket paper. Is it not darling?! I used my Dymo Label Maker to create a custom sentiment. The first time I saw this super cute stamp, I just knew I wanted to create a design with this play on words.My little boys love it and have been fighting over this card. I ended up letting them play with the stamp and they have been stamping up a storm! 
Have a great day!
Supply List:
Stamps: Little Guy (Kim Hughes line) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink: Oregano Adirondack ink by Ranger, Black Memento ink by Tsukineko
Paper: Black cardstock by Prism, L’il Man paper pack by Cosmo Cricket
Other: sewing machine, brads by Creative Impressions, ribbon by Making Memories, staples, Dymo Label Maker
What a fabulously fun card!!!
Ahhhhh! Too cute! My husband was in the Army and would love this!!! GREAT paper too!
i LOVE this, julia! if i was there with you and your boys, i’d be fighting over it too! i don’t even have boys and i love that paper and the stamp! good luck with the driving lessons. we just got through with all that and now shelbie has her driver’s license. sure does take a load off being taxi mom everywhere!!
sus
I love that stamp too! Toy soldiers! I remember stealing some of my brothers growing up.
Your boys and Susie need to make room for one more. Seriously though, good luck with the driving lessons. I’m going through that now with my DS.
What a great card! Love the papers and those are great little stamps! My family (including myself) and gun owners and hunters! This has lots of possibilities
Too cute! Love the Dymo sentiment and that stamp is sooo perfect for little boys!
I love your card! So cute. Oh shoot. Hee.
That is a darling card!!!
super clever with the sentiment too!
B-
LOL about not knowing how to start your post–do it myself, especially when I’m trying to not sound like a broken record, starting each post out in the same manner–ah, what we bloggers go through, right?!
Love-love-love this card! Makes me smile just looking at it Ü
Amy
Fabulous! LOVE what you did with the sentiment!