Let's Craft and Create Challenge #222: Anything Goes or Polka Dots and/or Stripes...

 

Happy August, everyone! Summer is sliding by so quickly that I am certain we are going downhill and picking up speed as we head towards Fall. I don't know why I am always surprised by how quickly Summer comes to a close. I do look forward to seeing the Fall colors on the trees, though.

So, as you enjoy these last weeks of warm weather, vacation trips, beach outings, fairs and fairways, I hope you'll also spend a little time making something to share for our next challenge at Let's Craft and Create. You can enter under the all-encompassing "Anything Goes" or choose to make something using polka dots and/or stripes. I have decided on the latter for my make.

I have been to a number of weddings where the bridesmaids and groomsmen were dressed in black and just one other accent color was used for the flowers, the cake and other decor. 

Even though I've never made a predominately black and white wedding card before, I decided to make one for this challenge using some striped and polka dot papers. I felt like the striped design was representative of the men in the wedding party and the polka dots were definitely more female.

For this "bookbinder" card, I added a score line 1 1/4" to the right of the center score line. I then added the striped paper to this narrow section and tied a ribbon around it before gluing it down. 

The stamped and die-cut sentiment was popped up with a narrow foam strip.

I chose a deep red cardstock with a nice sheen on it for die-cutting the three layers of my flower.

The layers were each curled slightly with a bone folder and then glued together at the center before being adhered to the card.

The flower center was cut from some black cardstock and glued in place.

Since this flower die set didn't come with any leaf dies, I searched through my dies to find a couple that would work.

Since this is a "bookbinder" card, the space on the inside measures 4 1/4" X 4 1/4". I cut a piece of white cardstock that was 4" X 4" on which to stamp my sentiment. This was then adhered to the inside.

I hope you'll join us at Let's Craft and Create for this fun challenge. We all have some sort of striped or polka dot papers in our stash, don't we? And if you have something else in mind, there is always the "Anything Goes" option.

Be sure to check out all the inspiration from the Design Team here.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl