The last set of thank you cards that I made for my friend's wedding. The supplies for these came from my weird traveling stash and the Target One Stop. I used up a ton of scraps with this set. Totally random cards, but I love how colorful they are.
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Another attempt to get rid of my retired DSP. This post's pack comes from a few years back. I don't remember how old Paisley Petals is, but I do know that it's been sitting in my DSP box for at least a year. After making the cards featured, I had a few scraps and some full sheets leftover. I ended up putting the full sheets up for grabs to other crafting friends. They kindly took them away from me. One more pack down.
Card #1
Card Inspiration from Stampin Sunshine
My version
Loved the inspiration card. My version turned out okay, but not the best. I really need different layered framelits. I'm getting a bit sick of using my labels.
Card #2
Card Inspiration from Moxie Fab World
My version
Very cute inspiration card. Mine is a bit plain, but much nicer in person.
Card #3
Card Inspiration from Creative Crafts by Lynn
My version
I rarely make no sentiment cards, but this one has so much going on that it seemed appropriate. I love the layering...
Card #4
Card Inspiration from Handmade from Michelle
My version
Simple yet striking. I love the pattern play here.
Card #5
Card Inspiration from Handmade by Michelle
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I made this card, but something just seemed off... Then I added the ribbon and everything worked so much better.
Card #6
Card Inspiration from Stamp-n-Paradise
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Love how simple this card is. I just find myself drawn to the negative space.
Card #7
Card Inspiration from Scrappin' and Stampin' in GJ
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Not my favorite card, but interesting visual draw.
Card #8
Card Inspiration from ...Confessions of a Stamping Addict
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I didn't think I would like this card in the end, but something pulls me in. I'm loving the added butterfly on the side.
Card #9
Card Inspiration from Paper Suite
My version
I played with the hexagon punch to ultimately create 5 different cards. My favorite is the all over hexagon card. Very striking!
Another attempt to use my retired DSP to make room for new fun stuff... This time I'm highlighting cards made from the Sweet Sorbet DSP pack (Sale-a-bration 2014). The following cards are using a lot of the other papers in the pack. I found that I wasn't a huge fan of the primarily Summer Starfruit, Sahara Sand, and black paper pattens. But I did find a few cute card designs to use them.
Card #1
Card Inspiration from Linda Higgins
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Card #2
Card Inspiration from JK Cards
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Card #3
Card Inspiration from Ginger Stamps
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Card #4
Card Inspiration from Stampin' Up in Munchen
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Card #5
Card Inspiration from Stamps, Paper, n' Stuff
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Card #6
Card Inspiration from CindyLeeBee Designs
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Card #7
Card #8
Card Inspiration from Stamping Sanity
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Card #9
Card Inspiration from Susan Stamps
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Card #10
Card #11
Card Inspiration from Tiddbits from Dawn
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Another attempt to use my retired DSP to make room for new fun stuff... This time I'm highlighting cards made from the Sweet Sorbet DSP pack (Sale-a-bration 2014). The following cards are primarily using the Pool Party flower patterned DSP.
Card #1
Card Inspiration from Stamp with Amy K
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Card #2
Card Inspiration from Ink It Up with Jessica
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Card #3
Card Inspiration from Julie's Stamping Spot
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Card #4
Card Inspiration from ARTfelt Impressions
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Card #5
Card Inspiration from Stamp Lady Katie
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Card #6
Card Inspiration from Krystal's Card
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Card #7
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Originally published on February 8th, 2014
Reorganizing my Pinterest boards to include one for "This Week's Project" ideas has really motivated my crafting. Now I pull some random ideas over on Sunday night (recipes, cards, sketches, crafts, books, projects) and use that board for inspiration when I want to craft. I spend less time thinking of what I want to do and more time just doing. Love it! If you want to check it out, click here. It turns out I was crafting fool this week. Let's see what I made:
Card #1
My first card combines a color challenge and a sketch to create my homework for February Stamp Club. Again this week, I tried to use as many scraps as I could and not cut up whole sheets. It was a success. The only full sheets I cut were those used to make the card bases. I love the play of patterns with this card. I also added my own sentiment design. I didn't want to stamp over the floral patterned paper so I used some layering framelits to highlight the sentiment. The dimensions of the paper scraps are 4" x 3", 1.75" x 1.75", 0.25" x 1.75", 0.5" x 4"
Card #2
My second card used the same sketch as the first but I used different scrap papers. I also changed up the sentiment design in favor of an oval scrap I had laying around. While it's not a traditional sympathy card, I think the cool blues and greens are soothing and the patterns are completely distracting.
Card #3
My third card is straight from a card on my Pinterest boards. I love the simplicity of the squares but with the fun coordinating patterns. Robin used the SU Festival of Prints paper stack (which I have), but I decided to use more of small scraps. If you look closely, many of the papers used in this card were also used in card #2. Way to make double use of scraps!
Card #4
My fourth card used a sketch (that has since disappeared from Pinterest, odd...) and my new SU Smoky Slate cardstock. I am in love with this shade of gray. It's light and not overpowering but such a fun departure from white bases. I also tried to again use a ton of scraps for this card and succeeded!
Card #5
My fifth card came from the need to use these specific papers. So I scoured my techniques and sketches board and pulled this sketch out. The picture is horrid, but somehow I couldn't take a non-yellowed photo. Something about these papers just threw off the picture. Anyway, I am loving how geometric and layered this card is and yet it's still very nice and simple.
Card #6
I adore the simplicity of the original butterfly card. I had to try and make my own. Looking at the finished project, I love the design and my pattern choices. But, the butterflies are all crooked... Next time, I need to use a ruler.
Card #7
I wanted to try out a different interpretation of the butterfly card. For this one, I decided to make everything bigger and see what happened. I love the asymmetrical design of this card. I was going to just do a straight line of butterflies down the middle, but at the last minute I change up the placement. I like this look much better. Also, I repeated the use of the Print Poetry DSP but chose only papers featuring Midnight Muse, Raspberry Ripple, and Crumb Cake. I love the color play!
Card #8
My last inspiration card was this gorgeous play of circles and patterns. To help me narrow down the choices, I used only paper from SU's retired Festival of Prints DSP stack. For the first card, I ended up using the Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Gumball Green, and Cherry Cobbler pages. I had to make it an actual Christmas card after seeing the results. My only issue is the placement of the circles. It was much harder than I thought it was going to be. Now I know how to place the first (bottom) row to get a better placement overall. Also, next time I will probably use a smaller size circle punch.
Card #9
My last card of the week is another version of the circles card. This time, I used the Island Indigo, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, and Crumb Cake papers from the stack. After putting it all together, it didn't look like a Christmas card so I made it a Congratulations card. Also, I did a bit better with the circle placements. I'm sure that I will revisit this design in the future.
I'm loving my cards from this week. Next week, I want to play around with one sheet wonders...