Thursday, April 11, 2013

Gold Doubloons

Hi everyone! I hope you're having a great week. We had a huge ice storm, and we still have four down power lines crisscrossing our yard. Yikes! Since school is closed, my kids have watched way too many episodes of Jake and the Neverland Pirates. The show was an inspiration for today's card. :)

It's time for another CAS-ual Fridays Challenge:


The challenge is to use glitter. Pretty easy, right?

I started out with a different approach, but for some reason (probably all of the mentions of gold doubloons on the Jake show), I decided to make gold coins. Here's what came up with:



I started off by making the brown bag using the Mini Shopping Bag die. I used some recycled kraft paper instead of cardstock--the thinner weight looked better.

For the money, I used a paper hold puncher to make the coins out of glitter cardstock, and the bills are from the Paper Smooches Market Fresh set. I finished the card off by stamping the sentiment and mortarboard from the Smarty Pants set. Here's a close-up:



The card is supposed to be for a graduate--with the card shape, I figured I could put cash inside. When I got done, I showed my husband. He asked why you would give a graduate money in a brown paper bag? ha ha He's right...I'd at least put washi tape on it.

The winner of this week's CAS-ual Fridays Challenge will win a gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp:


Want to play along? You can link up your CAS glittery project HERE.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend!


Supplies
Cardstock: (True Black, white) PTI; (bronze glitter) Doodlebug Design
Clear stamps: (sentiment, mortarboard from Smarty Pants set; money from the Market Fresh set) Paper Smooches
Ink: (Tuxedo Black) Memento; (Gumball Green) Stampin' Up; (Antique Linen Distress Ink) Ranger
Die: (Mini Shopping Bag) Memory Box

31 comments:

  1. Such a fun card! Love the glitter and the bag. The hat is a perfect touch. ;)

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  2. "Doubloons"... thanks for increasing my vocabulary. What great flow you've created on your card. I can hear the coins hit and roll on the tabletop...

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  3. OK, I love it! That paper bag is awesome :) And your husband is hilarious!

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  4. loving that tiny bag. this is adorable!

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  5. This is sooooooooooooo clever!! LOVING the bag and the money coming out of it!! And LOL to Hubby's comment!! That's funny!!!

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  6. wow this is so awesome.. the glitter coins are so fun.. great design..

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  7. So creative!
    .. did not know Memory Box made such a die, thanks for sharing!

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  8. That mini shopping bag is over-the-moon genius! I love how you filled it--and then spilled it--with cash :-). Clever card from a super clever lady!!!

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  9. Oh it's the gold doubloons!!! That used to be my youngest son's favorite show! I always got a kick out of the word "doubloon" coming from his little 4-year-old body : ) So love the scene you created, and that the dollar bills have the old-school double lines. Fun, fun, fun! The black border totally goes along with the graduation theme.

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  10. How stinkin' cute is this!! I love it. I want to make a tiny bag now. Love the dimension and, of course, the bling!

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  11. Um I think I need that die, and I'm so on the same wavelength as you since when I read the title of this post, my internal voice said "arggggg".

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  12. This is so totally awesome! I love it!!!! Totally cute and creative!

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  13. Fun card, Jocelyn! Now I can't stop saying "doubloons!"

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  14. This is so so cool! I am in love with that paper bag! And with the whole card!!

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  15. I likeyour card, so fun and the brown bag is adorable! TFS

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  16. We all know a GRAD needs a BAG load of CASH!!
    SUPER fun card!
    LOVE that bag die..I've not seen it before:)
    Thanks for the link.

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  17. Haha, totally awesome Jocelyn! I love that little shopping bag!!

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  18. This card made me stop in my tracks when I was over at Cas-ual Fridays, then I saw it was yours and thought 'of course'. Oh my, you need to create a shopping bag die even if it's just for me lol.

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  19. FUN & Fabulous card Jocelyn!!! HUgs...x

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  20. This is brilliant, Jocelyn! I love the paper bag -- and what grad wouldn't want a paper sack of coin? :D

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  21. Wow, that is COMPLETELY adorable!!

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  22. This is adorable! VERY cute and creative!!! Love it.

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    1. Love your card & congrats on the guest designer spot!
      Hope your power lines are back where they should be. We were without nearly a week here. Sooo many branches down & now a SNOWSTORM!? Really?!

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  23. So happy to see your creative talents recognized over at PS. Happy guest DTing!

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  24. Congrats on your PS guest design spot! Can't wait to see your cards!

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