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Sunday, June 26, 2011

Happy Birthday Stars and Stripes

Happy Sunday, everyone! Wow, we have had the most gorgeous weekend. Perfect temps, high 70's and no humidity. I spent part of the weekend again with the volunteer search teams trying to find any sign of the missing IU student, who I mentioned a few weeks ago. She has been missing since June 3rd, and the cops know nothing more today than they did three weeks ago. She just disappeared.

I did get to spend a bit of time in my craft room today and I have a card to enter into the Birthday Sundaes Challenge #15 - stars and stripes birthday.
I went for a little different take on the stars and stripes theme. I used paper from My Mind's Eye. The stars were cut from Indie Art at 1". Happy Birthday was cut from Paper Lace and the woman from Forever Young at 4". My thought was to make this a kind of an optical illusion card, so I placed all the cuts so they lined up with the stripes on the paper, with the black background and foam dots giving it the illusion of dimension. The ribbon is from Hobby Lobby and the gems in the stars and down the left side from my stash.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a great evening!! :D

26 comments:

Georgiana said...

She looks a fashionista. Perfect for someone's birthday.

I hope all turns out okay for the IU student. Scarey for anyone to go thru.

Georgiana

terriavidreader (IN-USA) said...

Love the card, love that illusion. Did you use a cricut for the cutout of Happy Birthday?

DIANA L. said...

Thank you Lisa your a sweety. Your birthday card is really nice. Thanks for sharing all your creative energy

MyCuriousCrafts said...

Hi Lisa,
I'm sure her family appreciates your efforts, i pray all turn out well for the family and community. On a way more positive note, your car is super cute..love it. The optical illusion idea was genius. TFS! Hugs, ~Shen

Laurie said...

This card is beautiful!!! I really like the way you lined up paper on the cutouts!! You did a fantastic job!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful card... love the colors and the bling.. Thanks for playing with us at Birthday Sundaes...HUGS...SK :)

Vivi Martínez said...

I love how you play with the paper and the shadows of every cut. Lovely card!!!
Thanks for sharing with us at Birthday Sundaes!
Vivi

Anonymous said...

Love it! I have that cartridge as well so must try something like this. Great layout having the dress and stars blend into the background paper!
Hugs,
Sheree
http://vancouverislandcraftjunkie.blogspot.com

Nita said...

I love this! Your colour choices are stunning! :)
Nita

Sunshine HoneyBee said...

Especially like the way you placed the elements on the paper/card.
Melissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee"
http://createdbysunshine.blogspot.com

Jessica Buffa said...

LOOOOVE IT! Wow, you really went off on a great tangent with this creation....amazing. I feel very "illusion struck"!!!

Ashley said...

This is a great card, I love the illusion effect, what a creative idea! :)

Ashley
http://especiallymade.blogspot.com

girlia said...

Lovely. I love those colors. The layering on the letters is amazing!

Tracey said...

Great take on the challenge Lisa.....great card, love the colors.
Thanks for joining us at Birthday Sundaes!

Sarah said...

This card is really neat. The layering is great. I love the forever young cartridge.

Arlene said...

Lisa, this is really cool. I love the layering and alignment of the sentiment, the lady and the stars...very creative! :)

Arlene.
http://waterdots.blogspot.com/

Cindy Beland said...

WOW Lisa,This is such a Wonderful Birthday card!I LOVE the paper you used and the girl is soo pretty,SUPER job as always!!!:)

Amy said...

This is great! I love the optical illusion you have created with this- how clever and it really does look like one!! Awesome! TFS! :)Amy

NancyD said...

Wow, you lined all that up so perfectly! Excellent. Nancy

MadeByKarla said...

I think you accomplished the optical illusion you were going for! This is one of the coolest cards I've seen in a while!
That's sad to hear about that student. It's so cool that you help out!

Dina said...

Very stylish! I love it! Hugs! Dina

Dina said...

Very stylish! I love it! Hugs! Dina

Sherrie K. said...

Great birthday card! I really like the paper~kinda retr. Very creative!
Sherrie K
http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com

Karen H said...

Gosh Lisa, I love this sweet, orangey card! The first thing I noticed was how you lined up the pop-dotted images with the background... you are just genius. (I don't think I've told you that in a day or two, so I figured it was time.) ;) Such a great idea and you executed it flawlessly, as usual. Fabulous!

Hugs and blessings! :o)

Kim said...

Oh I just love this one! You did such an awesome job matching up the stripes!
~Kim

abusybee - DoubleClick Connections said...

Super fun! Love the paper!

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