Thursday, September 5, 2013

Meljen's Designs' ABC Challenge

When I was checking out the up coming Meljen's challenges I saw that this one was called "ABC" . I started thinking "Back to School", and well, that seemed to be super easy. BUT, upon further investigation I discovered it meant to use items on your project that start with the initial of your first name! OK, so my name is Nancy, that means I have to work with the letter "N" and my mind went blank!!! I couldn't think of a thing that started with "N". Embellishments - nope. Colours - nope. [Well, maybe Navy Blue, but that wasn't very exciting!] Oh Nuts! What am I going to do? Then it dawned on me. Melissa has this cute little image of a mouse surrounded in nuts...we are going to stay general on this - I know they are acorns but today they are just plain old NUTS! So here you have it...My "N" Card:
 
 
I kept this card fairly simple, letting the image, the layout and colour choices do all the work. No real extras accept for some faux stitching. {I tend to do stitching a lot on my cards 'cuz to me it just helps to tie it all together}. The image was coloured with Copics. The DPs are by 7 Gypsies. I used a Spellbinder die and Creative Memories cutting system to cut out the shapes. The sentiment is computer generated.
I'm interested to see what the other DTs came up with. Let's see, there should be things that start with "R, L, S, C, maybe D". Should be interesting! What letter does your name start with? I'd love to see your project in the MD link up gallery; remember to let us know what you used featuring your initial.
Blessings on your day.
hugs,
Nancy
 
Challenges:
Crafty Little Fairies - Cute & Cuddly Critters
CCEE Stampers - Birthday Card
Craftin' Boutique - Fall Colors Challenge
Seize The Birthday - Birthday [anything goes]
7 Kids College Fund - Anything with a Twist of Markers
Crafters' Café - Humorous
Creative Moments - Birthday [Anything]
Handmade Harbor - Smile/Laugh
Ruby's Rainbow - Masculine
Simon Says - Animal Antics
Stampin' Royalty - Lots of Patterned Papers
 




13 comments:

Cynthia

This is adorable, Nancy! I was stumped at first as well. All I could think of was CAT and I'm not a big fan of cat's. LOL!

Basslady

what a fantastic card! i love your colouring!

thank you so much for playing along with us at ruby's rainbow challenges!

hugs and kisses from germany,
silvi xoxo

Anonymous

Gorgeous card and image, love those colors and great design. Thank you for joining us at Creative this fortnight. Abbie xx

Wendy

It's a super card - I love the story too, and I love how you got the word nuts into your sentiment! Thanks for joining us over at Handmade Harbour x

Unknown

This is super cute!! I love it! It is fun and perfect for a fall birthday! :)

Helen in the UK

I saw this on the Crafty Little Fairies challenge. Clever choice of theme for the 'N' :)

OttawaMom

Super cute image with amazing colouring! Thanks so much for joining us at Seize the Birthday!

savvy teaching tips

Beautiful work. Great use of the patterned paper. I'm so glad you joined us at Stampin' Royalty this week!

Karen

Adorable card! Thanks for joining us at www.7kidscollegefund.com challenge.

Karen

Cherished

Super Cute Card! Thanks for sharing at Handmade Harbour.

Unknown

I love this little "belated" birthday card....seems like I'm always in need if these as well! Thanks for joining us at Handmade Harbour and hope to see more of your work!

cheiron

Adorable little mouse and great coloring. Thanks for playing along with the Animal Antics Challenge over at the Wednesday Challenge Blog over at Simon Says Stamp!

Unknown

Love the cheeky wee mouse image. Thanks for joining us over at Creative Moments this fortnight
Claire DT x

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