I was clearly totally inspired by the graphic - I love the flipped up edges of the shamrocks!
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Sunday, March 1, 2015
Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Lucky
It's time for a new challenge at the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Lucky!!
It's easier to see the popped up parts here.
The three shamrocks came hooked together and I hadn't snipped them apart - so I just used them as one die - it made for an easy layout!
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The cardstock and papers are the retired Stampin' Up color Gumball Green.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Freshly Made Sketches: Somebunny Loves You
It's time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!
I look forward to seeing what you create!
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I tend toward small images and little groupings - so I decided to take advantage of this sketch and use a bigger image. I looked through my NBUS stash and came up with this Easter image. However, I quickly ran into a problem with my idea. If I centered the image, the mailbox was on the right edge but it opens to the right and I thought that made it look awkward. It needed to "point" to the center and to the sentiment. So I spent way too much time with a stamp positioner lining up the image on the bottom panel with the image on the top panel and making sure the bunny could be seen. It didn't occur to me until I had tried about a dozen times that I would have been much easier to stamp it once and then die cut the smaller panel right out of the main image!
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Taylored Expressions: Floral Eyelet Border die
There are some fabulous examples in the TE Gallery - just search on Floral Eyelet Border. I like those that use half of it as a border - it's a pretty, lacy look. However, since I was assigned to show it off - I wanted to keep it front and center.
Friday, February 20, 2015
Taylored Expressions: Inspired by Pinterest
Taylored Expressions maintains a fabulous array of Pinterest Boards sorted by product and some by theme. It's a fabulous source of inspiration and the Baker's Dozen design team is tasked with showing you how we were inspired by a card.
First I saw this card by Stephanie Kraft. You'll see right away that I totally copied the layout! The die on this card and the die on my card are part of the Beauty Lies Within 2 set.
First I saw this card by Stephanie Kraft. You'll see right away that I totally copied the layout! The die on this card and the die on my card are part of the Beauty Lies Within 2 set.
I knew that I was straight up copying the layout but I wanted to be at least a little different. Sometimes when I am in love with a card, it doesn't only inspire me - I want to totally CASE it because it just couldn't be any better. Then I saw this card by Cassie Trask and it gave me a number of other ideas. I wanted to use some sort of swirling color in my image.; I liked the hint of the flags on each side; and I love the splatter leading from the main image down to the sentiment. (I quickly discovered that I haven't gotten any better at "splatters" so my splatter became sequins!)
I love this last release at Taylored Expressions. It's full of lovely dies and images for Easter, but so many of them work well for sympathy cards. I have used their cross dies for sympathy, but decided this tree from Beauty Lies Within 2 works perfectly too. I simply sponged a sunset behind it and left the rest clean and elegant.
I debated a long time over the sequins. Sequins and sympathy just don't seem to fit. But I loved how they filled in the space and finally convinced myself that is the look of tears or rain.
I have a solid white circle behind the dies. I sponged across the center with Tattered Rose Distress Ink, then I used Scattered Straw on the bottom - where the two colors merged I got a lovely orange. Across the top is Stormy Sky and it merged with the rose to give me a lavender. I don't do much sponging and I don't know why - this was so simply and I love the sunset that it created.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Freshly Made Sketches: Cheerful Birthday Flowers
It's time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!
I love the paper but I think it's older so I hoard it. I can't find the full pad anywhere, but I've linked some individual sheets that have the same pattern. I was thrilled when I realized that these Paper Smooches dies had the same general shape as the flowers in the paper.
The center of the big flower is from a Reverse Confetti set Petals 'n Posies. The center of the small lavender flowers are little dots from the Irresistible Pico Embellisher in Wedding Dress White. I have fallen in love with this stuff. They are advertised to do all sorts of multi-media things - but I like them just for making little dots in place of enamel dots. I always run out of the smaller size of enamel dots plus the dots don't even come this small.
I hope to see you playing along!
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I used this sketch to make a card for a wonderful woman who has had an unimaginably difficult year. Her husband of 50 years lost a 12 year battle with cancer, and now she is in the process of cleaning up and selling the family home. Yet I have never met anyone more cheerful and more willing to volunteer and help out whenever asked. It was her birthday yesterday. I didn't want to a make a birthday card full of balloons and other celebratory images - I'm guessing it won't feel like that to her. So I went for a soft floral card in spring colors.
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