Card A Day Challenge Blog: LEAP Blog Hop - Inspiration Saturday #7-2016

Friday, February 26, 2016

LEAP Blog Hop - Inspiration Saturday #7-2016

Welcome to

Have we got a hop challenge for you today.

Take the letters LEAP and create any paper crafting project:

a card, a scrapbook layout, a journal page, etc.

Here is the trick...whatever you make must use L-E-A-P in it somewhere.

For example: A lavender (L) card with embossing (E) and angled (A) with prills (P).

Get it. So who is up to the LEAP challenge.

Throw a frog into your project and you've leaped right off the lily pad.

Now on with the projects...

For this LEAP card I chose L-Lines, E-Embossing and encouragement for the sentiment,

A-Angles, P-Purple and pearls. ~Amy

Well I definitely went crazy on this one! Took me 2 days to make this card. I have no idea how many hours spent in Design Space, I kept changing my mind LOL

L - It "Leaps" right off the paper!

E - Embellishments

A - Angled the frogs and lily pad

P - It is PINK!!!

But I do have FROGS !!!!

I used 4 different frogs from Design Space. hearts, water splashes,

and conversation hearts on the outside with bright pink ribbon!

My dear friend loves frogs so I decided to make this a Valentine for her.

I need to find a good basic SVG file for this type of card so if you know of one let me know!!! ~Anna

This challenge really required some thought!

L is for my leaning tree. E is for my embellished eyes (has the yellow bug eyes going on).

A is for far away where I would like to be sitting on a beach right now instead of sitting here listening to winter storm watches. And lastly P is for painting. This was all done freehand so if it looks too bad just bear with me - still learning! My frog is a Silhouette file and I typed my sentiment. The Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor cardstock is mounted on light blue cardstock from Michaels for a base.

I used Marvy markers. ~Gracie

I, for one, am pretty impressed that you free handed that tree, Gracie. WOW! Great job!

Lilac & Lavendar + Emboss Resist Lines + Angled Sentiment + Perfect Pearls Mist = LEAP

Add a cute little pair of fussy cut flip flops and you've got a sweet little card to send to a friend. ~Theresa

For this card, I created LEAP with a Labrador, Embossing, Acetate, and Panels (of card stock on the acetate and for the sentiment) or a Paw. I used Basic Black, Real Red and Whisper White card stock from Stampin' Up. I created the Subway Art Panel and the Labrador silhouette from designs purchased from Silhouette Design store and modified to suit my needs. Then I created the "knock-out text" in red. I coated the Labrador silhouette in Glossy Accents. I cut a rectangle in the center front of the card. I cut a black mat slightly smaller than the remaining area on the card front and embossed it with the Square Lattice embossing folder by Stampin' Up. I cut a piece of Acetate slightly smaller than the black mat and attached it to the card front; attaching the mat over top. I attached the subway art panel, centered on the acetate and placed a slightly larger panel of red on the reverse to cover all the adhesive. Finally, I attached the sentiment inside the card. ~ Kim

I did a birthday card using the following :

L – Lemons which are in the paper of the center in each flower.

E – Embossing of the card.

A – Angles of all of the hexagons used for the flowers.

P – Pink for the background of the card and other elements.

I have always wanted to make a quilt, but this was much quicker. The hexagons were cut on my Explore and I pieced the pattern together just like a quilt. The papers used were from a pack called Citrus Bliss by Pink Paislee. The tag was made from a Close to my Heart Cricut Cartridge called Artiste. The stamp goes with the cartridge and is from a set called holiday Tags. The ink on the tag is from CTMH and is Smoothie. I embossed it with a Fiskars Texture plate to make it resemble quilting. ~Denise

We've also got a special guest designer today, Sarah Biswabic.
You can check out her blog HERE.