Wednesday, July 20, 2011

TE's Blast from the Past Blog Hop

Good morning!  I have a fun card for you today.  The theme of TE's July's Blast from the Past Blog Hop is: Sending You Sunshine.  I have plenty of sunshine to share here from AZ!  By the time July comes around we're all ready to welcome any clouds to give us a break from the furnace that many call "At least it's a dry heat"...  at 110 degrees it doesn't matter... just give us a break from the heat!  lol  My card is inspired by the massive amounts of sunshine we get here in AZ... as you can see, my whole card is sunshine!


I used the tree branch and the sentiment from Branching Out and used the nest with the birds inside from Wreath of Love.  


I first cut out a circle from the yellow cardstock.  I then measured and marked where I wanted the sun rays and then cut out about 1/8" slivers so the blue background could show through.  I had a hard time getting the picture just right with the dark background... but as you can see, I numbered the sun rays so I wouldn't get mixed up as to where they went.


I sponged Daffodil delight around the edges of the yellow cardstock and then adhered it to the blue cardstock.  I then cut the extra off.


Here are the entries from the Taylored Expressions Blast from the Past blog hop! Stay tuned for details on how you can sign up for the customer blog hop next month!

1. Victoria Lutz  16. Rebecca Ednie  
2. Taylor VanBruggen  17. Chris Loritsch  
3. Sankari Wegman  18. Bonnie Ratzloff  
4. Jessica Diedrich  19. Monika Davis  
5. Stephanie Kraft  20. Karen Giron  
6. Rachel Sztonyk  21. Jennifer Meyer  
7. Lea Lawson  22. Debbie Carriere  
8. Corinna McGregor  23. Jodi Collins  
9. Cassie Trask  24. Margie Cortina  
10. Pattie Goldman  25. Terri Trotter Early  
11. Natalie Houston  26. Julie Romano  
12. Holly Sheather  27. Geeta Suggs  
13. Nancy Jensen  28. Mary Collins  
14. Tracy Clemente  29. Libby Hickson  
15. Michelle Van Patten  

(Cannot add links: Registration/trial expired)



Thank you for joining me today as we hop our way through the TE's Blast From the Past Blog Hop.

Join me tomorrow as I have TWO posts with TWO cards to show you.  I'm guest designer for Paper Crafting Journey!  What an honor!

This card is being entered in Simon Says Stamp = ANYTHING GOES!

12 comments:

Jules said...

Very pretty card; truly adds sunshine to the day!

Natalie said...

Wonderful card!! You've definitely captured the sun!! Cute!

Michelle VP said...

What a great effect for a sun card! Great tip to number the rays as you work on them too. :) Love your end result! :)

Jodi Collins said...

WOW WOW WOW! That sun is INCREDIBLE and I LOVE the birds on the branch! AWESOME card!

Debbie Carriere said...

What a fantastic card!!! Love how you the rays of the sun! So clever :)

Bumbles and Fairy-Tales said...

Wow, this is stunning! Very creative and beautiful card :)

Monika/Buzsy said...

What a pretty card Nancy. Love how you paper-pieced the sun... the branch and birds look great! :o)

Jenn said...

I love the sunshine!! very pretty card!

Unknown said...

All I can say is WOW - that is awesome and the sun rocks.

Tracy said...

Shut the door! Nancy this is fantastic!!!!! It screams summer. Love this!

Purrfect Paper Creations said...

What a cool card--I love how you created the sun!

Chris L.

Shirley said...

I recall getting off at the Phoenix airport, when I was paralegal going to get some documents. It was like opening the door to an oven. LOLOL I lived in Reno. Now I live in NC and with the humidity, it is just as hot only wet too! LOLOL

Love your card and the way you did the sun!!!