Today I have the honor of joining Paper Crafts Magazine in a designer blog hop to promote the new 75 Creative Card Challenges issue.
For the blog hop, we were challenged to create a project using song lyrics. This first card was created using my Silhouette and some Eclipse masking paper. I cut the letters out, adhered them to the card and then blended in the ink.
Does anyone else ever find themselves busting out in songs from Annie? As you can see below, Annie holds a special place in my heart:)
I’m the one in the middle. It’s ok. Go ahead and chuckle. I make a great olive skinned Italian Annie, don’t I? This was one of my many dance recitals. Needless to say, I have the original Annie movie memorized.
I’ve got one more card, just for fun:
Am I showing my age or what? Who doesn’t love Blonde?
For this last card, I printed out the lyrics and then stamped the arrows from the Oh Snap set by Hero Arts/Studio Calico.
Here’s the full list of designers in the hop:
Heather Campbell
Chan Vuong
Lorena Cantó Lavería
*ME*
Julia Stainton
Kim Hughes
Sarah J. Moerman
Amber Kemp-Gerstel
Emily Branch
Vera Wirianta Yates
Paper Crafts Magazine is giving away a free copy of the new 75 Creative Card Challenges on each designer’s blog, so leave a comment for your chance to win! Deadline for comments is January 15th.
Your next stop on the hop is the lovely and talented Julia Stainton.
Thanks so much for hopping by:)
first of all, you’re so cute I can’t stand it. and I love your cards! I love me some Annie, some Blondie, and of course, some Laura
you.crack.me.up. Sing it Annie! Love that decent but oh so color-full BG.
Frist of all congrad,your cards are super cute,you are a really cute Italian girl…
Laura, love your card and you def made me smile. You look so cute sweet Annie
So cute Annie
You wee so cute! I love the shading on the card!! Those arrows are wonderful!
Wow, both of your cards are so cute!! And that Annie picture is adorable!
ha ha ha!! that’s AWESOME!!! love both songs!!! and the arrows are supper fabbie of course!!
Loved the bg on the 1st card and using your computer on the 2nd. You are beautiful as Annie and Laura
I cannot tell you how much I loved this post, Laura! First, let’s talk about that Annie card – your masking is perfect and those colors look amazing! Now, about that photo – sooo darn cute! I’ll bet that is such a fun memory! Then there’s the Blonde card – how clever and creative to use the colorful arrows – and that happened to be one of my all time fave songs in college – now I’m showing MY age!
Wonderful ~ a little bit of Annie, on the top; a little bit of Blondie, in the middle; and a lots bit of Laura, throughout! Great cards; great lyric/song selections! Thank you for sharing! Day brightening!!
Both card are fantastic. I really love the masking on the first card. Perfectly done. Your Annie photo is too cute.
Very creative use of colour and both amazingly creative and yet deceptively simple in a ‘why didn’t I think of that’ kind of way!
Great cards! So cute.
You’re cards are great! I would have never thought of creating a card using that Blondie song – but yes, I do remember it.
Love the cards!!! Esp the Blondie card!!
Too cute – they’re both great! I’ve got Seussical songs going through my head courtesy of my youngest who’d rehearsing for the play right now.
WOW how did you come up with that rainbow design? it must have been hard to do
Great cards! I always learn something here on your blog. Thanks for the ideas and technique tips.
I love these creative and colorful takes on the song lyric challenge! Thanks for the chance to win.
Sing “The sun will come out tomorrow” on a regular basis! Love your card! Thanks for sharing!
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OK, so was that picture taken a couple years ago, because you look EXACTLY THE SAME!?! Well, minus the orange afro, of course. How cool that you used arrows with “one way or another” … brilliant!! And I LOVE that you have “getcha” on a card. That just makes me giggle.
Cute cards. Very fun!
Great cards – as always! Love your picture as Annie. The arrow card is just brilliant!
Cute cards…and you look cute as Annie.
Absolutely fun cards, great song choices!!!
Both of these cards are great! I love the rainbow look and you make a darling Annie.
I am singing along with both of yoru cards, so fun! And…..I can just imagine you doing a little tap number- cute!
How stinky cute is this post, Laura! I love the assorted bright colors (your specialty) of these two cards! I can single you out from the Annie photo!! You were just as cute as now…HA!
The last card is so fun
I know that song too…. from a swiffer commercial 
Loved everything about your blog today, you overachieve you
Love the colors you used on both your cards. So creative.
What fun cards, Laura, and so nicely done! You were an adorable Annie and haven’t changed escept for your hair. : ) Love your style and appreciate the chance to win a copy of 74 Challenges!
Great sentiment. Makes me sing the song!
Hi Laura,
Firstly, I want to say how much I LOVE both of your cards…you are always so inspiring!
So glad you chose this song…I took my daughter to see the play on Broadway (twice), played the movie on our old VCR (remember those?) every day for what seemed like years, and now when I visit her, she is playing the movie for her daughter (and singing, and dancing around the house)! Thanks for the memories!
I also wanted to acknowledge that you are the “Best looking”, olive skinned, Italian, Annie….evah!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much for a chance to win a copy of this special issue!
Great cards! Just love the colors of your Annie card.
Once a song from Annie gets stuck in my head, it is hard to let it go! Although I have a son and a daughter, “Little Girls” gets stuck in my head when they are acting up.
Your masking is impeccable! I will have to give that technique a try!
Both cards are super cute! I LOVE the One Way Or Another…!
Have to say, very cute cards. Has me thinking about fav lyrics, what a great challenge!
Oh my gosh, you were adorable! I love the idea of being inspired by song lyrics!
Excellent renditions of the songs on both of these cards. Love you style.
What a cute Annie you were! Awesome cards!
Both cards are really cute but the arrows, Oh my! Love it.
way cute girl!
Both of these are so much fun. My husband and I just saw a local theatre production of Annie and I loved it. Your Blondie card is perfect!
Great song choice. Great card.
Lovely looking card, love the colors !
ahhhh love the blondie song card with all of those bright arrows! Awesome work!
Thanks for giving us 2 cards. Both are very effective. Love those Annies too
Both cards are great and love your Annie photo.
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Both the cards are just amazing Laura. All the making must be really time consuming. Love it!!! TFS
Love both cards, Laura and that photo is so adorable, you look adorable as Annie
These are really fun! I never would have thought to make a card based on the Blondie song, but it totally works!
Fun, fun cards, Laura! And you were such a cute Annie! Not chuckling here–just smiling!
Perfect twist for the song on the card!!!
Love the colours and simple and clean card!
Yes, love Blondie! And some card making ideas. Would love to get 75 inspirations from Paper Crafts.
I was in “Annie” – I wasn’t Annie, but 20 years later, my son was Daddy Warbucks in his School Musical – He was awesome (he even shaved his head) and yes I too know every word and have a special place in my heart for “Annie” Your card made me smile (you know you’re never fully dressed without one – haha)! I also loved your second card – thanks for the memories!
Both cards are so FUN! I love the rainbow in Annie, and the arrows give the 2nd card such great movement!
Thanks for sharing your two fabulous lyric cards today. Love those Annie’s and it looks like you had a great time for your dance recital!
Awww, what a cute Annie you made! I love your cards! Both made my jaw drop!
Great cards! Love the bold colors!
Haha! Laura, you have me giggling.
Your cards are great, and you were a very cute Annie.
Fun cards with great songs!!
Love love LOVE your techniques! TFS!
I loooooooooooooove your cards Laura. The first one is so colorful love it.
So fun and witty!
Terri E.
What fun cards – I love the lyrics you chose!!!
Much prefer Blondie songs to Annie ones (sorry!) but I love both your cards!
Thanks for sharing your inspiring card! I love your choice of songs too.
I am so loving that second card Laura!! So awesome!!!
cute cards! I love the colored arrow stamps you used! Awesome!
Really inspired cards, Laura! You were an adorable Annie!!
Annie was a great Broadway hit, I loved it. Your card definitely brought out the sun and smiles. TFS
The Blondie card ROCKS! Well done – looks like such an inspirational mag. issue!!!!
LOL! You make a kick ass Annie! Both these cards rock. I’m guessing you could have carried on and made a lot more than two…
I love the Blondie card! She was part of my teenage and college days!!
Loved the Annie card as well. And those are some awesome Annie wigs!!!
Nice cards~
love both cards, and songs great pic. thanks for sharing.
Annie! or three!
This blog hop is so fun! I love the song lyric challenge and the cards you created.
This is a really cute card!
Both cards are fun and colorful! Love them!
These cards — and your dance recital self — are terrific! Love how cheerful and colourful your cards are.
Your cards are amazing, but the photo just totally steals the show, LoVe it! TFS!
Oh my goodness, these are fantastic. I really love your creativity on the second card. Thanks for sharing.
As soon as I saw the first card I started hearing that song in my mind! I’ve seen the play on numerous occasions and even directed it once.
The Blondie card though really made me giggle!
Thanks for sharing!
Laura–your cards are incredible–sooooooooooo fun and bright and HAPPY. You are one creative chick. Thanks for the inspiration and chance to win.
That’s a great card for the Annie theme! Loved it!!!
Love the bright colors.
Great cards
BOTH of these are wonderful… thank you for the bonus card.
Super cute photo of you as “Annie!” Great cards too!
OMH! Your cards are SO stinkin’ cute! Thanks for the inspiration AND a chance to win this great new mag.
Ha, ha, ha! Who wouldn’t burst out in song when they see your card! I took my daughter to see a local production a couple of years ago – we sat in the front row and had so much fun! I was a big Blonde fan too! I love the technique you’ve used for the second card -very clever!
Super cute post today!!! I chuckled all the way through it! Thanks for sharing your story AND your great cards!!! I love them both!
These cards made me smile! Love how you made the first one. Neat technique.
What a cute Annie! Love how you used your childhood memories of songs to create your card! (I, too, love Blonde!)
Great cards. Love the song ‘Tomorrow’.
Cute Annie! Yes, I did chuckle…a bit. Love the ‘gotcha’ card. I don’t know why but that song always makes me happy.
Too cute–both the cards and the picture. The color gradients are very effective. Your card featured on the PCC post today made with a drinking glass is also a winner. Nicely done, all around, as always.
Both cards are great. I love the bright colors and I must say I also love the pic of you gorls performing here too ha ha ha
I loved both of your cards, but I have to confess I loved your picture of Annie the best. Thanks for sharing
I don’t know the songs, but your cards look just awesome! Love the blending of colors in the first one and placement of arrows in the second! Oh and you look way too cute into that picture! Such rosy cheeks!!
Awesome cards, both of them! TFS =)
Love the arrows on this card. Very nice combo with the song lyrics.
love the blondie card! thank you for sharing! rush88888 at gmail dot com
Beautiful card and song lyric combo! God bless!
It’s fun to look back at old pictures and think “what was I doing”. Great cards. Love the “gonna getcha….”
Both cards are SOOOO fun!!! LOVE the colors you picked on both!!!
Your cards and Annie photo are so fun! Thanks for sharing!
Love both your cards. Cute photo..yes I did chuckle a little. Smooches…
Your cards are fabulous! I like your pic, you made a cute Annie!
Wow! I love both cards but I especially love the getcha card with the arrows! And you made a very cute Annie!
Wow! These are great. Totally forgot about that Blonde song!
I love both of your cards!! Rainbow: yummy!!
Lovely and inspiring card! Like them both!
Love the awesome background on your first card and the multi-colored sentiment on your second.
OMG this post is so good for so many reasons. I love the italian Annie, I love the masked card, I love the font on the arrow card, so so much!
Two amazingly great cards!
I love both cards (an you were a very cute Annie BTW!)
We are still young, and I love your cards!!!
I love your cards – so bright and colorful! And great songs
what a fun card!
I just LOVE your cards, and the photos are awesome. Thanks for the inspiration and the chance to win!
Blessings,
Karen L
Both of your cards have great song choices, and the colors evoke a sense of bright joy. Thanks for sharing them, and for the chance to win!
Oh your photo is so cute!! Love both of your cards (and both songs too!)! I’m definitely going to have to try the technique you used on the first card – love the effect!
My little sister was obsessed with Annie. I think I could recite the movie from start to finish in my sleep! Cute cards. Thanks for the chance to win.
Nicole
Call Me LOVE Blondie now she could rock it!! Just like you rocked this cards love it.
How fun! Nice job.
Absolutely darling all the way around. Thanks for sharing and inspiring!
Blessings,
Karen Letchworth
http://www.karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspot.com
Oh my gosh, both of your cards are great, but the Blondie one!! I love that sentiment, what a fantastical idea, I would’ve never thought of that!!
Jen
jensborrowedart.blogspot.com
This is such a fun challenge – love both your cards!
Love both your cards! I too can sing all the Annie lyrics (though I never had to wear the wig, lol!). Thanks for always being inspiring!
Love the rainbows! Great blending. We love Annie in our house, too!
Love them both!! It’s a tie, they are both so catchy and colorful! How creative!
Your Annie card is so pretty! I also love the Blondie card – one of my favorite crafting songs when I’m working for a while to rev me up.
Great cards! You were an adorable Annie!!
If your showing your age then we are the same age. Love these cards. Just to funny.
Awesome cards as always. Your Annie picture is cute.
Love the Blondie card! My favorite music to listen to when I need to get something done!
so cute…love the picture.
Oh my! So cute!
Both of your cards are genius!! Love, love, love!