Just Us Girls Technique Challenge #24....Let's go fly a kite!

Hello friends!  The moment I saw Courtney Baker's(Practicing Creativity) stamp set called You're Dandy I have been humming the tune from Mary Poppins called Let's go Fly a Kite!  Watch this for a little bit of musical joy today:

Don't you just feel like, well, going outside to fly a kite??  I love that song and my girls and I love to sing it.

Oh wait, you might be here for the newest in challenges from Just Us Girls.  :) This week it is a technique called a Flap Card. (Check out Splitcoast Stampers for a great tutorial).  Our super talented Pam is your lovely hostess this week!

 

I wanted to make my flap a part of the card "scene" so I put it on the bottom, thus making a green hill dotted with french knotted yellow flowers and a fabby wood and felt flower I recived from my blog friend Jane!

I wanted the card to be pretty when either opened or closed.  Once the flap is opened, the sky has been revealed in it's entirity.  Aren't those ray like lines cool?  Courtney's stamp set includes two sizes of rays to create various ultra cool stamped backgrounds.  I used Papertrey paper and ink in aqua mist.

The kite was stamped on DP and detail cut and the clouds were stamped with both a solid and outline image and then embossed in spots to give a varied white and texture within each cloud.  I stamped the kite tail bows first in white pigment ink and then yellow dye ink direct to the background and then they were detailed with a black fine line pen.

Ready for more Just Us Girls project details?  Be sure and check out the DT project details at their blogs and then make a flap card to share with us.  Enter the link to your project on our Inlinkz tool  on the Just Us Girls Challenge blog.  Can't wait to see what you make!

Stephanie Kraft, Guest Designer

Kristin Bueter

Pam Imholz

Maria Levine

Tracey Cuccia

Lisa Kind

Mona Pendleton

Alicia Weiman

Thanks so much for coming by today!  Have a great one :)

EDITED:  Oh my!  When I went to add my card to the Practicing Creativity flickr group I realized that my card above had been very inspired by THIS ONE from Ms Courtney Baker herself!  Apparently her style stuck in my mind.  If you like my card, you'll love Court's version!  Nothing like being inspired by the stamp creator herself  :)  Thanks for the constant stream of creativity, girlie!

Supplies:

Stamps: Practicing Creativity

Paper: Papertrey Ink

Ink: Stampin Up

Punch: Fiskars and CM

Craft Supplies: clothespin flower, embroidery floss, trim, magnet closure (Basic Gray)