You're an All Star!

A new challenge has just gone live  and it's time to take some Time Out of your busy schedule and come play cards with us again.  Challenge #240 is a theme challenge - the dictionary definition of sportive!

Here's what Google has to say about the word sportive!

spor·tive¹

/ˈspôrdiv/

adjective

1. 1.

   playful; lighthearted.

   "Sir John was in sportive mood"

   Similar:

   playful

   lively

   full of fun

   fun-loving

   high-spirited

   spirited

   in high spirits

   jolly

   merry

   lighthearted

   blithe

   gleeful

   frisky

   exuberant

   perky

   skittish

   sprightly

   coltish

   jaunty

   prankish

   frolicking

   romping

   capering

   full of beans

   frolicky

   frolicsome

   gamesome

   blithesome

   frolic

   wanton

   ludic

   Opposite:

   solemn

   staid
2. 2.

   relating to, interested in, or good at sport.

   "Britain's architectural and sportive heritage"

   
   

So  you might want to go with the definition of 'playful and light-hearted' - whatever that means to you or stick with the more obvious definition and make up something to do with sports!   If the connection to the theme isn't obvious please let us know how you were inspired - you may have thought of something that we all missed and we love to find out how our challenges inspire you!

If you're stuck for inspiration, pop over to the Time Out Challenge Blog and see what the rest of the design team has come up with and we're joined this challenge by the very talented Carol McFarland and her blog is well worth a visit!

Challenge #240 sponsored by Newton's Nook who have very generously donated a $25 Gift Certificate to be awarded to the winner as chosen by the design team.

I started heading in the general direction of sports related!  I bought this set earlier in the year and it ended up not being needed for what I originally intended but I knew it would come in handy!   My youngest son turns 19 next month!  He had a similar pair of shoes a few years ago - he has to wear special shoes so something that resembled Converse All Stars was pretty cool as far as he was concerned!   

I had considered "these boots are made for walking" as a sentiment but then the song All Star popped into my head so I spelt out the much simpler sentiment of "Hey Now" (using the very sportive MFT Varsity alphabet)!  All Star is one of his favourite songs - used in two of his favourite movies (Shrek and Rat Race) so it seemed appropriate  - plus he really is an all-star (always positive and never lets his cerebral palsy get him down)!

Getting the levels right was a bit of a challenge- because I used real cotton for the laces I needed to use foam tape to attach the top shoe to the bottom shoe and the bottom shoe to the card front.  Here'e a side on picture so you can see the layers of foam tape.  Luckily it doesn't need to go through the mail - they really are high tops now!

 

I added pops of yellow so I could enter Traumfabrik Challenge #116!

I'd also like to enter the following challenges

NBUS Challenge #51 - the sneaker set is NBUS;

Cardz4Gyz Challenge #323 - Lots of Layers - the top shoe was 3 layers plus it was added to the bottom shoe (2 layers) which was added to a panel which was added to the card base;

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired!  Your visits and comments are always a joy and always appreciated!  And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!

 Kate

Blooming Bookmark

 

I started this bookmark card a while back but only just finished it recently.  Normally I add a pocket when I create a bookmark card, but for this one I attached the bookmark with the aid of magnets.   It worked well until I added that tassel which is so heavy,  my original magnets weren't strong enough.  I've added a larger magnet to the inside.  To dress up magnets which can't be hidden, I add a little bit of DP cut with one of the many dies I have that cut small circles (flower centres, border dies and such)!  If you can't hide something, make it  feature!

The bookmark was stamped with the Sugar Pea Designs set Read Between the Lines and cut with the Brainy Bookmark set (also from Sugar Pea) though I trimmed it down so I could fit it on a standard card size.  I added a snippet of "striped" DP to the top and bottom before I cut the bookmark and added strips of gold paper at the join lines.   I added one of the gorgeous blooms (Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms) - I had a few blooms left over from the last time I used this set.   I added more blooms to the card itself, some of which are just peeking out when the bookmark is attached to the card front!  

Here's what the card looks like once the bookmark has been removed.   

As well as the lovely blooms is an impressive stack of summertime reading!  The "quill" on top is actually a leaf from the same set but I think it resembles a feather - that space needed something but I didn't want it visible when the bookmark was in place!

Once I had cut my stackof pink books, I tried masking the covers and colouring the pages with gold gilding wax which didn't work - the gilding wax got everywhere despite my best efforts.  So I cut another stack of books from the pink, cut away the pages and attached it on top of the gold one to hide the mess!  There are only a few places where you have to snip so the pages came away quite easily.  I suppose if I'd used a gold pen rather than the gilding wax, it would have been less mess and less work, but I doubt it would have looked as realistic.

 I decorated the insert and envelope with reduced stacks and just cut these from gold and pink, snipped away the pages on the pink ones and overlaid these "covers"!

 

The reason I wanted to get it finished was The Library Challenge has just reopened and the Librarian has chosen The Reading List to celebrate!  

 

 

 For Flower Challenge #81, we're asked to use our favourite flower!  I don't really have a favourite flower - they're all beautiful IMO!  However this Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms set is most definitely my favourite flower die at the moment!  

I'd also like to enter my card in the Triple B June Challenge - Just Blooms today;

Bastel-Traum Challenge #124 - Plants and Flowers;

and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired!  Your visits and comments are always a joy and always appreciated!  And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!

Kate

Hello Summer

Well it took its time getting here but summer seems to have finally arrived - we've had a week of glorious weather!  And opportunely, we can celebrate its arrival because the theme for the month of June at 613 The Avenue Create is 

Summertime / and the Living is Easy

My ideal summer destination is anywhere by the sea!  I finally cracked open this lighthouse set (Charlie & Paulchen) for my husband's birthday.   The 'MOIN' banner die was included in the set.  Charlie & Paulchen are a German company but I hadn't heard the word MOIN in German before (though my German vocab is not exactly extensive) however it is obviously where the Luxembourgish word MOIEN  comes from - which means hello and is the first word any foreigner learns when they come to this very welcoming country.   The sea gulls above the heart were also from this set!

I teamed it with this Wavy Heart die from Poppy Stamps - cut from bristol card and coloured with alcohol markers.

 This month we're sponsored by 

How will you be influenced by the theme at 613?  Drop by the challenge blog to see how the rest of the team were inspired - our theme is only optional so you can always play Anything Goes! 

I'd like to enter the following challenges

NBUS Challenge #51 - Both the C & P set and the Wavy Heart are NBUS 

Four Seasons June Challenge - Anything Summer goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge Week 731 - Use Your Dies

Inkspirational Challenge #291 - Seasonal - I've chosen Summer

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired!  Your visits and comments are always a joy and always appreciated!  And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!

Kate