Monday, March 14, 2011

FCCB Challenge Me Monday!!!

Happy MONDAY!! And yes, it is a Happy Monday!!! Why, you ask? Because it's my first Monday on the Design Team for the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog!!! YIPPEE!! The challenge put forth is called "Hip to be Square" and we were asked to create a square-shaped card using green and gold. Now, automatically, I thought of St. Patrick's Day...but then I nixed that one. I'd already created 2 projects for the Irish holiday, and I'm NOT EVEN IRISH!! LOL! I decided to go for a simple, yet elegant, 'thinking of you' card...here it is. I used 3 shades of green (the lightest shade actually looks ivory in these photos!!) on top of a brown patterned background, and simply added some gold accents in the form of stickles and silver brads that I made gold with gold glitter embossing powder. I hope you like it and maybe I've inspired you to head on over to FCCB and link up your own project for the challenge!!



Recipe:
Cricut Cartridge: Blackletter
Cardstock: Stampin' Up! and DCWV Green Tea Stack
Gold Stickles
Glaze Black Embossing Pen
Gold Glitter Embossing Powder
Brads



Thanks for visiting!! Now, take the challenge!!! :)

11 comments:

Georgiana said...

Very pretty.

Georgiana
CArson's Cricut Creations

Tanya~Studio 5380 said...

Maquel...this is such a lovely card! Very elegant and so detailed! I love the colors you used and the cuts are just lovely. Great card and congrats on your first posting as a DT member!
Tanya - your fellow DT member

Lisa Norris said...

How pretty! Thanks for sharing!

Lisa
prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com

Rhonda Emery said...

this is really pretty.

Anonymous said...

Very elegant Irish Day card! ( FCCB DT )

Norma said...

Very pretty card!! I'm your 70th follower YAY!!!!
Hugs

Kate said...

This is stunning! It looks so sharp! I especially like the gold glitter around the sentiment. It's such a pleasure to be working with you at FCCB!

Sarah said...

I really enjoy this card--it just pops! I love how you created your own gold brads :)

Saundra said...

Very pretty! I have yet to use Black Letter. I need to check it out!

Hugs,
saundra :)

Kendra-Sue and Jamie said...

Your card is by far my favorite from this week's design team. It is fantastic. I love the clean lines and your choice of color. I hadn't looked at it when I made mine but my submission is in the same vein as yours. I also had forgotten about this cut on Blackletter. In fact, I forgot there was anything on there other than the letters which I love.

Thank you.

Unknown said...

Love your card, beautifully done!!