Inspiration Station Challenge April 2024 - The Blue Planet

Hi Crafty Friends and Happy Monday!  It's a new challenge month at The Inspiration Station Challenge Blog.  The month of April brings Earth Day (April 22nd) and our inspiration prompt this month reflects the Blue Planet and just how precious it is.

And as a bonus for the first 2 weeks of this month, we are collaborating with The Double Trouble Challenge.  We hope you'll visit their challenge and join in there as well. That gives you 2 chances to win! 

Now for my team project.  Using the Big World Stamp and Coordinating Die Set from Altenew, I've created a CAS styled card, taking my inspiration directly from our prompt this month.

This is a layering stamp set, with various configurations for the continents. I stamped the Earth using Catherine Pooler Inks and die cut using the coordinating die.  I die cut the pedestal from silver matte card and layered the Globe on a snippet of patterned paper and blue mat, using nesting circle dies from Kat Scrappiness. I popped the earth on foam pads for dimension.

To help the silver pedestal stand out from the gray background, I've traced around the die cut using gray and blue Prismacolor Pencils.  The sentiment is from the same set, and the "world" die cut is included in the die set.  To finish the design, I've added silver sequins.  

We hope you'll be inspired by this months' photo prompt and create something to share with us.  And don't forget to play along at The Double Trouble Challenge, which you can find HERE.  

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

SSS Monday Challenge

Double Trouble

Outlawz Monday Greetings

The Crafting Challenge

Incy Wincy - based on the book "Around the World in 80 Days"

Crafts Galore Encore

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

Pearly Sparkles

Scrapping 4 Fun

A Perfect Time to Craft

CAS on Friday