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"
- Stamps: Stampin’ Up Best of Greetings
- Inks: SU Primrose Petals
- Cardstock: SU Primrose Petals, SU Gumball Green; various scraps
- Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Eight; Dimensionals; SNAIL; Big Shot
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.
- Stamps: Stampin’ Up Best of Greetings
- Inks: SU Midnight Muse
- Cardstock: SU DSP (don't know the name), various scraps
- Tools: SNAIL
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!
- Stamps: Stampin’ Up Best of Greetings
- Inks: SU Marina Mist
- Cardstock: SU DSP (can't remember name); various scraps
- Tools: 1″ Square Punch; SNAIL
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!
- Stamps: Stampin’ Up Stacks of Wishes
- Inks: SU Basic Gray
- Cardstock: SU Smoky Slate; various scraps
- Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Eight; SNAIL; Big Shot
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.
- Stamps: Random Stampin' Up retired stamp
- Inks: SU Pumpkin Pie
- Cardstock: SU Pumpkin Pie; various scraps
- Tools: 1 1/4" Circle Punch; SNAIL
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.
- Stamps: Random Stampin' Up retired stamp
- Inks: SU Primrose Petals
- Cardstock: SU Print Poetry DSP
- Tools: 7/8" Scallop Circle Punch; SU Bitty Butterfly Punch; SNAIL
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!
- Stamps: Random Stampin' Up retired stamp
- Inks: SU Raspberry Ripple
- Cardstock: SU Primrose Petals
- Tools: SU Elegant Butterfly Punch; 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punch; SNAIL
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.
- Stamps: Random Stampin' Up retired stamp
- Inks: SU Cherry Cobbler
- Cardstock: SU Festival of Prints DSP; various scraps
- Accessories: 3D flower sticker
- Tools: 1 1/4" Circle Punch; SNAIL
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.
- Stamps: Random Stampin' Up retired stamp
- Inks: SU Early Espresso
- Cardstock: SU Festival of Prints DSP; various scraps
- Accessories: Fabric flowers; brad
- Tools: 1 1/4" Circe Punch; SNAIL
I'm loving my cards from this week. Next week, I want to play around with one sheet wonders...
