AAA Cards: The MacGyver Challenge

Hello - and to all my US friends: HAPPY JULY 4th!!  I hope your day is filled with festivity and celebration. Oh, and fireworks!! Lots  of  whizz-bang-golly gee, light-the-sky-into-a zillion-sparks-of-colour (oops, I mean 'color' - for today!) fireworks!  Love fireworks!  Years ago, my dad and grandpa would set off fireworks on the farm; some ignited, some didn't, but my, the memories of those times....Then we'd have a wiener roast, with the hot dogs precariously straddling sticks we'd selected ever-so-carefully earlier in the day, whittled to sharpened points by my grandpa. Mine inevitably ended up in the fire, but I thoroughly enjoyed my charred cuisine...Happy, nostalgic sighhh...

Speaking of sparks and 'hot' things (oops..inside voice coming out) do you remember MacGyver, from 'back-in-the day'?  The man who could make 'anything' out of essentially nothing?  Yes, I grew up watching MacGyver (and The Partridge Family...and Get Smart...and Gilligan's Island...love them all!!), so you can imagine my delight when I discovered what a team of brilliant, talented designers had come up with: AAA Cards: The MacGyver Challenge

The first part of the challenge:  visit the designers' blogs, and 'find' precisely what Mr. Handsome MacGyver required.  Along the way, however, we were also treated to some fabulous cards AND tutorials!  A treasure hunt, with an eye-candy + inspiration twist.  Winning combination all around.  Once we'd found our items, we were invited to share them in a blog post, and that's why I'm here: to fulfill my mission (oh, and I also watched Mission Impossible!!):

Here's the challenge overview....

The results of my 'hunt and find' journey follow - and let me tell you: too. much. fun!!

Victoria shared a wonderful tutorial on making an enameled embellishment, resulting in this darling card

 

and an item for my 'search'

Angela created a stunning card and note cards gift set:

Jane dazzled us with a trio of lovely water-colour cards

and a second item on the MacGyver list:

Julia's shadow resist butterfly card is nothing short of swoon-inducing:

Item #3 found here, too

 Hannelie's sympathy card is utterly gorgeous...

Linda's card is a brilliant, fun, fresh showcase of the MacGyver challenge

and the locale of Item #4:

Vicki dazzled and delighted with her version of the challenge:

and Item #5: 

Of course, finding the 'goods' wasn't the end.  The next part:  to feature those newly found items, a la the inspiration of Linda and Vicki, our 'version' of a card/project using:  a hole, corrugated card-board, a stamp, string and plastic.

A challenge that I *had* to tackle...

Wondering what I made?  Head over to my next post....

And to the AAA Cards Team: thank you for creating this 'stretch our creativity challenge (and the MacGyver throwback was pretty awesome too!)

Thanks so much for dropping by; your visit and comments make my day!!