Have you seen my mojo? I know I put it around here somewhere, but it’s definitely in hiding… I did manage a couple of creations yesterday, but they took me *forever*… I just couldn’t put anything together very quickly…
So I decided to look elsewhere for inspiration. I headed to Chupa’s new challenge, where I found this sketch:
And I knew that I am going to need an anniversary card in the next month or so, so I decided to create one with this sketch, combined with the colour challenge over at ColourQ. Here’s how it turned out:
I think I was a bit heavy handed with the white paint, and I also think I shouldn’t have used white. Oh well, now I know! When I pick up a paint brush, it is to use with acrylics on canvas… craft paint on cards is something different for me! I am loving stamping my own backgrounds these days – I have a few new PTI sets coming my way that I can’t wait to try my hand with as well!
I also wanted to join in the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge. This is for sure one of my favourite challenges!
Here is the sketch:
I made a birthday card for my dad (so if he’s tuning in to this post, he’d better close his eyes!), and kept things very CAS:
Sorry for the funny angle on this one… I didn’t see how crooked it was until I loaded my photo!
That is a felt coaster that I found at my dollar store, if you can believe it! I got 2 orange and two bright pink ones… for a buck!
So I am experimenting with photo set ups… my DELIGHTFUL hubby bought me the bestest anniversary gift a girl could want:
Well… maybe next to diamonds?
I am figuring out what I like and what I don’t like when shooting my cards… I hope to land on something soon, but in the meantime bear with me!
Happy Anniversary Card:
Cardstock: PTI Lemon Tart, Wasabi from PaperZone
Stamps: Papertrey Ink Tag It’s 1, Guide Lines II, Mat Stack 2 Collection; Waltzingmouse Say it with Style
Ink: Stampin’ Up Wild Wasabi, Kiwi Kiss; ColourBox brown chalk
Other: Papertrey Ink Mat Stack 2 die, Recollections flower, Yellow Seam Binding from PaperZone
Happy Birthday Card:
Cardstock: Orange from PaperZone, White scrap!
Stamps: Papertrey Ink Birthday Basics
Other: Coaster from Dollarama, Recollections orange pearls, Papertrey Ink Terra Cotta Tile buttons
8 Comments
Angela Fehr
March 16, 2011 9:10 pmHi Meredith! Love your photos – the detail shots are just yummy and dramatic! About the CC stuff – I actually bought my recent stash from the warehouse since we were in Utah on vacation a week ago! I have some extra stuff so email me and maybe we can work something out. ang at angela fehr dot com
Julia Aston
March 17, 2011 1:35 amLove both of your cards Meredith – your bright orange sketch card is so cooly cool! and what a magnificent camera!! lucky lady there!
Bumblebee
March 17, 2011 8:13 amthe card for your dad is lovely! I was looking at the felt and thinking "what kind of die was able to cut that so well!". Think I may have to have a look round for something similar! Thanks for sharing.
Anonymous
March 17, 2011 10:02 amWowsers Meredith – I love both your cards. For someone who is on the hunt for her mojo, it definitely doesn't show! These are gorgeous!
I totally love the dimension that the paint brings and the clever patterned paper you made in the first one 😉
Cool texture with the coaster too – I would never have thought of that idea. You will have me hunting round the local poundshop now!
Hugs, Ruth S
LeAnne
March 17, 2011 11:29 pmI think your card is quite unique and fun! I forgot Chupa was doing a sketch challenge, I need to hop over there and play along–your card has inspired me! Thanks for playing the CQC challenge this week!
Sylvia
March 18, 2011 4:53 amBeautiful card, Meredith! Thanks for playing the ColourQ challenge this week.
Lenet
March 18, 2011 8:51 amVery nice card love your felt doily
Iwona Palamountain (Chupa)
March 20, 2011 3:07 amOh goodness, they're both so awesome! I'm in love with the first one, this flower is amazing!
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