Living in Paradise: 365 Cards

Aloha and welcome to another wonderful Wednesday with 365 Cards! Today's challenge is to be inspired by this album cover that I found:

Sometimes I'm pretty literal in my interpretations of inspiration pieces! Banners are so in right now and I have this super cool SU! pennant punch (thanks Mom!) that I've been wanting to use and this was perfect! Plus, I've really not ever used this stamp set from Papertrey Ink! Then it was just a matter of embossing and ripping some green cardstock for the ground...FUN! And as usual here's the other challenges I was inspired by for this one:
1. Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog - anything goes
2. Card Makin’ Mamas - pink
3. CES challenges - bunting, banners, or flags
4. Challenge up your life - no patterned paper
5. Craft Us Crazy - anything goes
6. Freshly Brewed Challenge - emboss it
7. Hand Stamped Sentiments - banner
8. Karens Doodles Challenge Blog - punches and die cuts
9. OLLCB - no backing paper
10. PaperCrafting Journey - anything goes
11. The Friday Mashup - buttons, cupcakes, or both: I didn't "mash'em up" this week...

Thanks for stopping by again this week and can't wait to see how you're inspired by my choice of album cover!
Aloha,

24 comments:

lalkygirl said...: gorgeouis card ,love what you did with the torn edged card ,so effective
thanks for joibning us at ooh la la and good luck
tracey x; August 23, 2011 at 8:39 PM
Kasey ~ in Oz said...: Oh Kim, I'm so pleased you joined us at the Friday Mashup with your card, what a sensational idea to use buttons for balloons! Your card looks fabulous.
Cheers,
Kasey ~ in Oz; August 23, 2011 at 8:42 PM
Lesley said...: Adorable! Love how you used the buttons! Thanks for joining us at the Friday Mashup!
Smiles,
Lesley; August 23, 2011 at 9:31 PM
SallyB. said...: I love this small hot air ballons with the buttons; August 23, 2011 at 10:59 PM
STAMPING SAM said...: Oh what a lovely card! Love the pennants across the sky (you're welcome!) and the buttons are so cute as hot air balloons. An uplifting color choice too - uh - pun intended!
Can't wait to see what you do with the next SU! order I send you! Love, SAM aka MOM; August 23, 2011 at 11:19 PM
Anne said...: A fabulous card, the buttons look great
Thanks for playing along with Karen's Doodles
Anne x; August 23, 2011 at 11:43 PM
hollybeary creations said...: This is super cute! I love how you used the buttons as ballons. and the Pink! I'm a huge fan of pink..lol I like that you made a scene with the grass and sky too. Thanks for joining us at the Friday Mashup!.

I lived in HI for 4 years... it's gorgeous everyday!; August 24, 2011 at 2:41 AM
Shannon said...: Kim, this is adorable! I love how you created the grass with the torn paper. Great idea! Love the button buddies. What a good idea to get inspiration from the album, you did a fantastic job. Thank you for joining us at Hand Stamped Sentiments.; August 24, 2011 at 3:33 AM
Bada-Bing Creations said...: Very cute! Love the buttons, especially the polka dot one! Thanks for playing with us at HSS!; August 24, 2011 at 3:54 AM
Jacki Daniels said...: Great take on the album cover I love the button hot air balloons great idea and the torn papers
Jacki xx; August 24, 2011 at 4:45 AM
Martina said...: wow that looks just soooo awesome! wonderful!

thanks so much for joining us over at CUYL!

xx M.; August 24, 2011 at 4:46 AM
Kim P said...: Great use of buttons for the hot air balloons! Thanks for playing the Friday Mashup!; August 24, 2011 at 5:13 AM
Creations by Shirl said...: Such a cute card Kim~ luv those buttons on the air balloon - so cool!; August 24, 2011 at 5:47 AM
inkedx2 said...: This is an adorable card! I love the hot air button balloons. Your embossed torn hills adds lots of texture. Thanks for playing with us this week at Hand Stamped Sentiments.

Robbie; August 24, 2011 at 6:51 AM
Jannie said...: What a great card! Love the balloons! Hope you will take the time to see my entrance as well!

love
Jannie
the Netherlands
www.knutselfrutselen.blogspot.com; August 24, 2011 at 8:11 AM
Krista said...: So cute!! Love the torn hills and the cute little button balloons. Of course the banner makes it so sweet!! Thank you for joining us at Hand Stamped Sentiments!!; August 24, 2011 at 8:49 AM
Lisa said...: What an adorable card! I love those button balloons!

Thanks for playing along with us at The Friday Mashup!; August 24, 2011 at 9:05 AM
Elaine ♥ said...: Gorgeous card and I just love those buttons! Perfect for our challenge this week :)

Thanks for joining us at Karens Doodles this week :)

Elaine xx; August 25, 2011 at 11:12 PM
KraftyKoolKat said...: This is so cute. Thank you for joining us at Karen's Doodles this week and good luck.

Hugs
Cathy
xxxx; August 26, 2011 at 9:48 AM
tootsie said...: This is super cute! Love the sentiment!

Thank you for joining us in our anything goes challenge over at The PaperCrafting Journey!

Hugs,
Wendy; August 26, 2011 at 9:29 PM
Anonymous said...: Super cute card! I love the sentiments on the pennants and the hot air balloon images are darling. Great idea to use the buttons with them. Your ripped paper background... SO CREATIVE! Thanks for playing at Hand Stamped Sentiments.; August 27, 2011 at 6:48 AM
Anne Marie Hile said...: Look at those cute pink balloons! So sweet! Love the fun scene you created! Thanks for joining us this week at Hand Stamped Sentiments! :); August 28, 2011 at 4:33 PM
Sherry said...: Love the torn paper you used for the grassy hills. The button balloons are adorable. Great use of pennents! Thanks for joining us at HSS this week. Sherry; August 29, 2011 at 7:48 AM
Notes by Nina said...: Fabulous card, those balloons are adorable. Thank you for stopping by my blog.; August 30, 2011 at 4:54 AM