All in good time

Today I want to show you a card that had me puzzled for over a week. Talk about a TRUE challenge!

Don’t you just hate when you have an idea in your head but whatever you do, it just does not come out like you envisioned it! Well that’s exactly what went on with my card.

You see, after Technique Class I had this cool idea to use the “by-product” as the background in a card, and just knew what it should be like. I wanted to use a dragonfly with it, that was a must. I was so excited and got started right away. I glued and layered and made my dragonfly out of vellum, had a greeting label ready… and was NOT happy with the look at all. I decided I needed a white CS layer under the dragonfly to make it stand out because it was lost on the textured background. Done that … but still not happy. So I stepped away and let it sit. Then today, I changed a few things and think now it works. I actually like it… see for yourself:

Close up:

This is just to show you, that sometimes these creations don’t come together as easy as we’d like… BUT, don’t give up! Just walk away for a few hours, days or weeks And it will come together eventually when looked at with a fresh mind!

 

Peekaboo Frames

Today I wanted to highlight a new product from the mini catalog. The “Peekaboo Frames” Die. You can find it on page 36 in the mini catalog and it was used to create an awesome Advent Calendar.

BUT I do know that not everyone is going to want to make such an item. So I wanted to point out how versatile this die is, and I am going to show you 2 uses and a little video.

The first one, in a more obvious way… using a frame on a card:

 

Inside the window:

 

I got a little video with a tip for you:

 

And here is the card I made using this window as a layer:

I just LOVE my new “mini Top Note” die

I hope this inspired you to give it another look and get creative with it!

"There are no mistakes, just creative opportunities."

Theresa here, Monday night club member. One of my favorite stamp techniques involves layering stamped images. It embodies my creative motto, "there are no mistakes, just creative opportunities".

Supplies include; one piece of card stock; copy paper, liquid glue (optional), two sponges or daubers, 2 plus ink pads and your favorite stamp set. For this project I suggest a light color card stock. I prefer Vanilla CS.

Cut and fold your card stock into your finish card. Fold your copy paper in half and then in half again. Tear out the center of the copy paper and unfold. Place on top of your card stock and center. The copy paper is thin enough to see thru and center on card stock. You may want to use some liquid glue on the copy paper to keep it in place.

Using your lightest ink first daub ink around the torn edges of the copy paper. The copy paper with the torn center is a template for creating a subtle background of color. Moving lightly into the center. You can make it as light or as dark as you like. Using the next darker ink daub around the edges of the torn paper. Once finished with the background remove the copy paper template and save for another time.

For this card I used the French Foliage stamp set. I also used inks from the Regal Collection. The placement and colors used for the images was purely random and unplanned. I like using the "Kiss" and "Rock n roll" techniques on the images. It adds texture.

This is a great card when you need something quick or general. Of course you could kick it up a bit by adding layers of card stock or embossing just one of the images. Whatever you do you can't go wrong!

Thank you Claudia for letting us share our favorite stamping projects with your blog family.