It's time for another biweekly challenge at Double Trouble. This is Challenge #163 and runs through Sunday evening, April 14, 2024. As is customary, we have three elements to our challenge.
Did you know Monday, April 22, 2024, is Earth Day? In observance, Trouble Maker's requirement is to use Kraft-type paper in your project. Kraft is biodegradable and breaks down very quickly, absorbing into the environment.
Double Dare hopes you'll take the option to link your project to our partner's challenge. Inspiration Station Challenge #60 is suggesting using their photo prompt of Planet Earth (below) to energize your creativity and then tell your readers about it in your personal post.
Twisted Sister has an optional twist for you! Planet Earth is often called "The Blue Planet" because of its appearance from space. Did you know that about 71% of Earth is covered in water? Our twist is to focus on the color blue. This photo energized me by encouraging me to look up the details of our Blue Planet and Earth Day's history and create a card depicting our unique and beautiful planet.
To create the card I used part of a die from my stash. This die depicts a globe that is mounted in the semi-meridian style. I only used the mounting cradle portion of the die. I hand drew the rough outlines of five continents, fussy cutting them from the green mirror cardstock. (Australia and Antarctica are not within view from this angle.) Texture was added to the green pieces and were adhered to the blue mirror cardstock.
The flowers and leaves were die-cut and colored with Copic markers. Much of the North American continent is covered with flowers but you can still see Florida. The background is patterned paper adhered to a Kraft-type cardstock. The inside of the card was lined with a panel of white cardstock and decorated with additional flowers and leaves. In the photo the lighting has played a trick showing Asia as a lighter green than the other continents.
I have two grand-nephews who enjoy receiving cards so I will make another but different card for Earth Day so each will have one. It's never too late for them to learn about caring for the Earth!
I hope you will stop by the DTC 163 Blog and Inspiration Station #60 to enjoy the challenges.
Thank you for visiting my blog...
Melanie
Materials
Inks: Copic alcohol markers
Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Baked Brown Sugar (for Kraft), Basic White, & Silver; Tonic Mirror in blue & green
Paper: Reminisce "In the Clouds"
Dies: Spellbinders "Be Bold Blooms", Hero Arts Infinity (circles), Kokorosa (globe cradle)
Misc.: CTMH thin foam tape
This is so different - I love that you drew the continents! Lovely :)
ReplyDeleteI was wondering how you got the green shiny parts, you did a great job! I can't even draw a heart that looks right! Very nice and creative card.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great job in drawing and texturing your continents on the globe, beautiful job. The stamp I found in my stash was so similar to your globe I had to make a second Earth Day card.
ReplyDeleteMelanie, you've added some awesome details to your continents. Thanks for joining us at The Inspiration Station Challenge and we hope you'll play again soon.
ReplyDeleteDonna xx
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Great project! Thanks for playing along with The Inspiration Station!
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