Going Literal

I saw that the new challenge was up at Time Out. It has a really cool photo inspiration, and it makes my eyes happy. Structure. Lines. Rectangles. Curves. Deep color. That's what my brain saw and then it smiled. Brain said, "You can do this. Go on...give it a try." And what do you know, a card was born! First try. No rippies-uppies. No feeding the recycle bin. It's masculine-ish too, which is something I wanted to do more of this year. Might get to another yellow card later, as yellow is still screaming "use me!!!!," so I might have to obey. We'll see. Oh! And Addicted To Stamps And More are doing a CAS this time. This one is very CAS...so I'll play there too.

I also wanted to play again at the Double D Challenge, as I can squeak in another gingham card. It turned out quite nicely, and is a good girlie card.

Up first is a very CAS card. We've had weird light today, and while the white base looks a bluish gray, it's actually bright white. Sorry.

I scored a line at 3/4" to make the rectangle. I cut the stripes with an EH Skinny Stripes die in navy blue, and the gold half circle with two WPlus9 circle dies. The sentiment is from W&W and is stamped in navy blue. Can you tell how I was inspired? Check the walls of the inspiration photo, the pillow, and the coffee table. A pretty literal interpretation, but I like it. Looks really cool irl. 

Here's my girly gingham card:

I cut a pretty blue gingham paper from MFT with a ME scalloped edge die. I used an MFT scalloped circle die for the flowery bit, and a plain circle to help it pop. The sentiment is a new die by Card Deco, and I love its size. I added a few black blings and called it good. Works for me. Going to run, but you all have a great weekend. And as always...