April Challenges

Today I'm focusing on meeting challenges on the message board that I frequent.  This first one meets at least two - 4 or more squares, pastels.

Card #1 (above):  The patterned paper is from a pad I received recently - Parklane Glitz & Glam.  I cut it into two squares and a rectangle.  Then I cut two lacy squares using Tattered Lace dies called Georgette Squares.  After layering, the smaller square was attached on point using foam squares for dimension.  The focal is from the same paper pad.  I trimmed it up into a square before adding it.

Inside:

Inside I simply have borders of the same paper and a sentiment stamped with Picked Raspberry distress ink - stamp from Crafter's Companion Compendium (CCC) - the sheet called Birthday-Female.

Card #2:

This challenge required that we use papers from an 8 x 8 or 6 x 6 pad.  You can see the one I used in the picture above.  And here's the card I made from one of those papers:

The focal is one a friend gave me from a Hunkydory Picture Perfect paper pad. I cut it to suit, then matted it with a piece of paper from my stash before adding it to the background paper (from the paper pad above).  The greeting was stamped & die cut using stamps and dies my Mom has. I cut a narrow strip of the blue paper and folded it to create a faux ribbon.

Inside:

As you can see, I used more of the papers on the inside to form a border.  The picture is a small one from a calendar that I thought looked similar to the flowers on the card front.