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Full Deck and ABC Challenges

 Today I have three of the Full Deck playing cards and two of the ABC challenge collages to show you.

The prompts for #13 in the Full Deck Challenge are crazy colors with black markings.


I saw another participant had used things like a blue apple for her crazy colors. That was clever. There are so many takes on interpreting the prompts and that's what makes viewing other people's cards so interesting.


Number 14 in this challenge has the simple prompts of  turquoise and staples.  I found a rustic set of double doors in a magazine that were a beautiful shade of turquoise.  However, in order to use them, they had to be cut way down and even then they covered the entire card. I decided the only way I could use them was if they opened.


I covered the back side of the doors with background paper from a magazine and stenciled them with black paint to create the lattice design. Then I added a portion of an advertisement for bathroom flooring to the card.

I actually glued the doors to the card  but because I needed to use staples, I added four staples where you would normally see hinges.


I enjoyed creating Number 15 more than the previous two. The prompt was Stack 'em up. That opened up the possibilities for just about anything and the participants took advantage of that. One person went all out by joining several cards in an accordion pleat. 

I'm not one for layering on such a small card although I did discover that it is possible if it is well thought out. Just to be on the safe side I used two rubber stamps. One is of gifts stacked on top of each other and the other is the three layer cake. I embellished the gifts by coloring them with water color pencils and using embroidery thread for bows on a couple of them. I applied a gold metallic nail polish over the decorative frosting on the cake, added a paper flower and a little color to the dots.



I attempted to place the tag, "A Day to Remember," and it adhered so quickly I could not move it or remove it. This is the tricky part for me. You can plan it all out but the minute you start adding glue, things can go helter skelter. 

My layering included netting on the bride's veil, two different background papers, ribbon, tissue paper, and a cut out heart.


Now for the ABC cards.

The prompts for G had me a little stumped at first but once I figured out I could cover the Gothic prompt by using a house, it took on a life of it's own. The other prompts are grid, grunge, and grit.


In the bottom left corner the light colored patch is actually a pocket. Below you will see a tintype photo has been inserted in this pocket. Because a grid is one of the prompts I covered the insect with a piece of netting to satisfy this prompt.


I cut off the top of the tintype in a jagged fashion to add to the grunge. Below is a closeup.

The cards I am using for this challenge are 6x7.5 and I do like the freedom of a slightly larger card.

The final card for this post is the letter H. Prompts are house, heron, hobby and harlequin. I went in a few directions before settling on this one. I had a great  little lighthouse and a guy on a surfboard but I just couldn't get it all to work together. I also found a beautiful heron that I tried to copy on my printer but the color on my printer was awful. I spent a lot of time trying to get a better copy at the library but the sizing was off. Finally with a little help I got that right.


However, in the end I went will the reddish one from my printer.
The tips of the pen and the H are meant to represent calligraphy that satisfies the hobby prompt

This is the heron with true colors from the library printer. I will save it for another time.


I am now caught up on all three challenges and am waiting for the next set of prompts.


















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