I know what you are thinking, didn't I just see this image on one of Dawn's other cards? Yup! You did! I was playing with my Copic markers and decided to make more than one of these "watercolor" look images. The pink of the image is actually closer to the pink on my card. For some reason the image looks purple on this photo. So now, the two for one, well I managed two challenges in this one card. Glenda's challenge is for a card that takes 20 minutes or less and so I easily did that with Tracy's sketch challenge for this week. Yay! Make sure you check out their blogs to see all the cards made for their challenges.
Easter is over and now it is time to start making some fun cards. Had another meeting with our local stamp club. There are a lot of fun ladies in the club, Hi ladies!, and we always have a good time making cards and talking technique and eating a homemade dessert. At each meeting we have a sketch challenge. This is my card for our sketch this week. Please check out Heidi's blog for more inspiration and lots of great cards. Her card today is using the sketch for next months sketch challenge.
Look what I forgot to post yesterday! Did Glenda's challenge and forgot to post it! Her challenge this week was to use scraps on everything except the card base. I thought it would be easy and made several cards but could never quite get one I liked. It was all about the ribbon! Didn't have a piece of ribbon from another project that worked with the card I was making. So I did this card backwards. Started with the ribbon! Didn't cut one single piece of scrap for this card either. Just used what I had leftover from other cards. Might try this again because I really enjoy using up scraps.
Challenging myself is always an adventure. This card is for the Think Simple challenge on the A Muse Lounge. Wanted to do something different so I tried a technique we learned at the Copic marker training in Seattle. We learned that you can color directly on the stamp with Copic markers! I know! You thought you couldn't, didn't you? You color on your stamp with your marker, then spray the paper with the colorless blender solution and then stamp. Easy peasy! It worked great. Now what to do with the stamped image on a simple card? Just used my Cuttlebug embossing borders set to make the yellow strip and voila, a simple card. Thank you, Jennie for a great challenge. It was harder than I thought it would be, but fun to do. Will try another simple card soon.
A group of my friends and I were recently talking about the use of flowers on a card. Some of us seemed to be stymied by just when to use them and when it is just too much. I thought maybe I could try and make a card using a flower. Easter is such a fun time to make cards and will be here soon so here is one more Easter card, using a flower that I hope is not too much.
Who wouldn't love a chick with a bunny hat? Not my friend, Karen! She was nice enough to let me use her stamp to make this card, thanks, girlfriend. It is so much fun to have a new image to play with so I tried the pink and orange combo one more time. Have some more cards to show but you will have to wait a little while longer.
Just call me nuts! Glenda's challenge was to make a card without using my beloved Copic markers or any other coloring medium. What? NOT use the second best thing about stamping, coloring??? Well, you just know since I am new to paper piecing, I couldn't do just any paper piecing, had to do the kind that can drive you crazy! But frankly, when I got done with this card, it surprised me. Great challenge, Glenda, really got me thinking.
Here we are, it is Thursday, the last day to do Tracy's sketch challenge. Why am I almost always so late with these? This one was a little bugger for me. Hopefully you have all visited the other gals that have completed this challenge. Their cards are really awesome! Going to make an effort to get the challenge posted today finished before next Thursday!!!
