Tag, You're It! #45

Yay, it's Friday!  It's also time for a new challenge over at Tag, You're It!  Our Muse this time is the wonderful Carol Mayne.  I pieced together a Paper Smooches vacuum cleaner that didn't end up on a card, but I still wanted to use it.  I closely followed Carol's design, because it was so perfect for it!  Here's Carol's inspiring card:

Here's my CASE:

I followed a similar color palette, including the rich colors blended on Carol's tag, and even used a smaller version of her tag shape.  I stenciled the card base with a pink background, and then stenciled with multi-colored dots to reflect the dotted paper on the vacuum.  I love the open space Carol left on her tag which gives the full focus to the shiny dragonfly, and a sentiment that pairs with it beautifully.  Originally, I masked the sentiment section to look like suction underneath the vacuum cleaner, but then my husband pointed out that it looks like a path made by the vacuum, and then the vacuum turned to the left.  Okay, I see it!  Either way, it's a fun card to give to a friend going through a rough patch.

Supplies Used:

Paper Smooches Squeaky Clean stamp set

Poppy Stamps Stitched Mainstreet Tags craft die

My Favorite Things stencils - Snowfall and Wonky Chevron

Distress Inks - Candied Apple, Abandoned Coral, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, Squeezed Lemonade, Lucky Clover, and Hickory Smoke

Copics on the vacuum cleaner

My Mind's Eye "My Girl" patterned paper on the vacuum cleaner

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Ranger Archival Jet Black ink

Paper Studios card base

I hope you have the opportunity to play along with Tag, You're It!  I would love to see how you are inspired!

Thanks for coming over to visit.  I hope you are having a great day!

Kara Lynne