Hooray! LIM 232, OLS 18

Great for a boy who just made the team, or as a thank you note for the coach etc.  I made this for two challenges this week:

LIM 232 Less is more: Masculine 

 One-Layer Simplicity: Sparkle and Shine

The baseball image was a project life card that I circle punched, and edged the sides with black ink.  I punched stars along the bottom of the card and used the same punch to cut stars out of red and silver sparkle paper.  I lined up the die cut pieces inside so the stars shine through and leave the card flat. Stamping "Hooray" makes this card versatile for all types of baseball victories.

Hooray! Volleyball card for LIM #164

The challenge this week at Less is More is to create a card using "three" of something, and also to leave a comment on three different blogs to encourage fellow card makers.  Finding which cards to comment on was easy as they have sooo many talented stampers to choose from.  I actually made the background for the card one day while playing around with my sizzix big shot creating different taxtures.  This was made with a plastic circle that I think was intended a yarn craft of some sort.  I inked the cardstock in blue and said..cool..now what?  So I picked it up and then thought of these brads that a friend gave me from her stash, picked three and added them to the corner.  For the next inspiration I went to my sports bucket and found this great volleyball patch and said "Bingo"! I stamped a swirl to make it look like the ball was moving and added the patch with pop dots so it can be reused.  I picked the sentiment 'Hooray" so it could be given to a player or the coach.