See Ya Later Alligator PP180

by Joanne James29. January 2014 22:26

Today I'm sharing my entry to this week's Paper Players challenge, which has this great sketch by Ann Schach as the starting point:

I love the idea of the 'hidden message' tag on the front of this card. I got out some Sale-A-Bration goodies and another new stamp from the Spring-Summer catalogue and this is the card that I came up with: 

This is the outside of my card, using the alligator stamp from the 'See Ya Later' stamp set - free with a £45 spend during Sale-A-Bration. I chose the bold in-colours of Gumball Green and Raspberry Ripple for my card and I partially inked my stamp using Stampin' Write markers, as I didn't want to include the bottom bit of the sentiment - and this is the reason why:

I made a pull-out tag with the new Scalloped Top Tag Punch and stamped it with one of the Just Sayin' word bubble stamps - how cute is that?! Here's another photo of it sticking out of the card at a jaunty angle (not so sure about this now, but seemed like a good idea at the time!!):

 Some ribbon to pull the tag and a few hearts punched out using my trusty owl punch complete this card. I like this idea a lot and am sure I will be using this layout again. If you like it too, pop on over to the Paper Players page and check out this week's Design Team inspiration; there's some great work there and I particularly love Ann's card - the detail is amazing!

I'm off to get on with the big basket of ironing that I've been putting off for too many days now; still, I'm meeting up with some of my Stampin' Up! team this afternoon, so that is definitely something nice to look forward to.

Back tomorrow with another card; until then, happy stampin'!

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

Table built using Stampin' Up! Product Table Builder from The Crafty Owl.

 

 

Comments (4) -

Ann Schach
Ann SchachUnited States
1/31/2014 7:02:41 PM #

An adorable card, Joanne! I love the colors and the hearts.  The image and sentiment on the tag are so perfect for each other!

Joanne James
Joanne James
1/31/2014 10:07:01 PM #

Thanks Ann! This is such a fun sketch and I am in awe of your card this week - it was amazing!!

Anne Marie Hile
Anne Marie HileUnited States
2/1/2014 2:21:02 AM #

This is such a fun card, Joanne! I love the clean design and that patterned paper fits so perfectly with the little alligator image. So cute! Thank you so much for joining us this week at the Paper Players! Smile

Joanne James
Joanne James
2/1/2014 8:46:19 PM #

Thanks Anne Marie - this is the first time I've used this side of this particular sheet of DSP, but it just seemed right with the little alligator!

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