Yesterday after I uploaded my card to Freshly Made Sketches and reflected on the design I was disappointed in the result. I kept thinking about how it could improve on the card and this morning I took the card apart and made a new card. Same elements with a few more background layers of card stock.
Here is the original card:
And her is the new and improved version:
Which version do you like better?
Michelle
It has been a while since I participated in a Freshly Made Sketch challenge. I love this week's sketch by Karren.
And here is my card…
You can barely tell that the card base is actually Very Vanilla. The Basic Black base background is only 1/8" smaller than the card base. Each panel is 1 1/2" wide. I used the Spiral Flower die and Cherry Cobbler card stock for the rose. A distinctly clean and simple card.
I hope I inspired you today!
Michelle
Stampin' Up! products used, click on any item and go to StampinMojo.com's online store.
Happy Thursday, the gateway to the weekend AND another Pals Paper Arts Challenge. This week we have a Sketch Challenge. It is a simple design and I needed a little more inspiration to determine where to go with it. So I used Pinterest to jump start a color palette.
Here are the two elements I used:
So using Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White and Strawberry Slush I created this card for the PPA Challenge. The flowers are from the Simple Stems stamp set and the sentiment is from So Very Grateful. I used the banner from the Circle thinlits die to cut out the sentiment. And the background texture is achieved with the Arrows Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.
One of our Stampin' Pretty Pals, Susan Itell at SimpleStampin often adds dots around her stamped images or sentiments. This is a technique I used years ago with Creative Memories and I simply stopped doing it as I learned new techniques. Yet Susan has reminded me how great it looks. I hope Susan doesn't mind my adding this to my card. Copying is flattery in action!
And here is the inside of the card:
This was so much fun to create. Please join us at the PalsPaperArts.com and post your interpretation of this sketch.
Cheers,
Michelle
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I mentioned yesterday that while I wanted to create over the weekend I needed some inspiration to get my StampinMojo going. I used my Inspiration Folder again for today's card.
And here is the card
It took some time for me to determine how to get the colors and depth I wanted and then I was stamping, punching and cutting the flowers. Using my Stampin' Up! tools, Secret Garden Stamp set and matching Framelits this card came together easily.
The border is unexpected and takes this card from simply floral to contemporary. I started with 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 base in Whisper White. Using Smoky Slate as the base (cut 1/4" smaller than the base of the card) I punched out 1/2" circles from Whisper White scraps that I had. I decided an odd number of circles on each side of the rectangle would be just right.
For the floral center (3" x 4 1/4") I stamped the leaves in Soft Suede and then I stamped the flowers in the same color ink as the paper and cut them out with the coordinating framelits. I used Soft Sky, Calypso Coral, and Wild Wasbi. The Soft Sky flowers were elevated with Stampin Dimensionals for added depth.
I hope I inspired you today for a fresh look and to bring Spring into you world. Make it a great day.
Michelle
Stampin' Up! products used, simply click any item to purchase through my StampinMojo online store:
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