Monday, November 7, 2011

BBTB2 Heritage Fancy Corner Challenge


It's Monday and time for another BBTB2 challenge. This week our fabulous fearless leader (and new Grandma!) Heather chose the decorative corner (Accent9) from the Heritage cartridge on page 62 of the manual. Because I couldn't come up with anything more creative, I decided to make a little you note card by welding 2 of the corners to the Marquee from Storybook for the front. Speaking of Storybook, it is a fabulous source of other fancy corners if you don't happen to have Heritage. The gorgeous monogram is from the new(ish) Art Nouveau cartridge. The top Marquee is embossed with the Cuttlebug Birds and Swirls folder that I thought looked lovely with the corners.

This is also a shaped front card, but because the corners were delicate (and I chose not to use the shadow on them for an more filigree look) I backed it with acetate. For that reason, when welding, I made the back of my card base 4 1/2" inches rather than the standard 4 1/4" (but I still scored at 4 1/4") so I would have an extra 1/4" to attach my acetate to. It is attached only at the top from the inside. I added a tiny decorative strip and beads on the front to embellish. There was no need to attach the rest of the front because it was heavy enough with the layers and popping to lie flat without and gave me the option of not having to add anything further to the back side of the acetate to hide the adhesive.

However, when I got around to the inside and realized just how limited the writing space actually was, I added another Marquee shape to the acetate with a computer generated sentiment, directly behind the one on the front. The tiny cream strip at the fold hides the adhesive where the acetate is attached but I didn't add the beads so it would lay flat. The dotted paper is from the DCWV La Creme stack and the matte metallic is from Recollections. Now, if you haven't already, please scroll down to see if you're the winner of either the BBTB2 or Dia De Los Muertos Blog Hops. I'd hate to see the prizes go to waste. And check out the creations by the rest of the BBTB2 team and put your thinking caps on. We'd love to see what you come up with for this challenge. Remember, you have 2 weeks to complete it, new creations only, and please link it back to BBTB2 so others have a chance to play along.

21 comments:

  1. Gorgeous! Love that you used the acetate!

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  2. This is so beautiful - I sure wish you put the sizes of the cuts on your cards--- is is one I would definitely try to scrap lift. Absolutely gorgeous and so creative you are. Hugs

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  3. Your card is so elegant and looks just perfect.
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  4. So, you think this isn't creative, huh? LOL. I have no idea what to do with corners...never use 'em. I think what you came up with here is just genius. The acetate top puts it high on the creative list for me. Very elegant and fabulous!

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  5. Absolutely stunning Donna! I love the clear base and the superbly elegant color scheme!

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  6. Beautiful! Great design!
    Carri~abusybee
    www.doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com

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  7. Your creations are amazing! I love visiting your blog, you are such an inspiration.

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  8. Just fantastic. The acetate is wonderful to display this beautiful design. Wow...
    Carole

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  9. Very classy and elegant, Donna. I love the way it opens with the design element bracketing the center shape.

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  10. The color choice may not be jolly yet indeed it looks very classy. The color combo looks great!

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  11. Gorgeous card! I love how you put the sentiment in the top marquee. TFS :D

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  12. OMG Donna,this is sooo GORGEOUS!FANTASTIC job with it,LOVE all the great details!Just AMAZING as always my friend!!:)

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  13. YAY!!!! I am here to faff about on your blog a bit. I have had a crazy week and missed your inspiration. WOW to the acetate. Looks awesome and I'm so glad my gyspy is fixed, because if I came here and saw this awesomely welded stuff I would have sooked some more! Love it! Stealing that idea soon. x

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  14. Very lovely card love so elegant looking thanks for sharing

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  15. Wow - that's amazing! You are one talented chica! :) xo

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  16. Your designs are always so inspiring to me . I just look forward to the BBTB2 challenges.
    DIANA L.
    http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com

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  17. OMG, what a stunning card!!! Now I have Storybook, why can't I ever see doing such a great looking card as this?!!! See, you just prove I'm not the cardmaker I keep saying I am!

    Hugs, my friend!

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  18. Love the look of this one! Great way to showcase those fancy corners. Tres chic!

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  19. What a beautiful card! And the colors make is look so elegant.

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