Howdy! Today I had a rough time getting started. I have a list of paper crafting projects that I need to get done. Get done in 4 weeks! Yikes! But to be honest, I feel overwhelmed. Very overwhelmed. So much so, I don't know where to begin, so I spent most of the morning looking @ Pinterest. And its a love-hate relationship. {smile} I love the inspiration and ideas. But boy is it a time sucker. Ugh. At this point in my crafting, I just have to sit down and start. Start somewhere. Start with a theme, a color scheme, a layout, a project. Just START!
And so that is exactly what I did. I picked up a digital image I just printed, and used that as my starting point. Either way, I need to get stuff made, because time is running out. My other obstacle is that I don't just throw stuff together. Cards easily take 1 - 2 hours, and other paper crafting projects take more time. I like balance, I like cohesiveness, I like shabby chic, and I like pretty things.
So with my digital ATC card in hand, I picked up a sketch I had printed from a favorite sketch challenge site: Cardabilities. I love their sketches, because they are super easy to work with, and the design team will certainly inspire you!
Before I show you what I created, I need to give a few explanations. I used a whole doily, instead of a half doily. I used a rectangle piece instead of the circle element. I figured that the shapes were interchangeable. And I used another rectangle piece instead of the leaves. I kept the lines long to mimic the spray of the leaves.
here is my card:
I kept the colors of the card stock and pattern papers neutral, so they wouldn't compete with the digital ATC card, as my focal piece.
Recipe: I used vintage cream cardstock by Paper Trey Ink for the card base. I just love the weight of this card stock. The main panel is a ledger pattern paper by Melissa Frances. I heat embossed some water spots on opposite corners of this pattern paper. I added a strip of music paper. I wanted to repeat the music script that is on the ATC card. I layered a burlap doily over the music paper.
For the trim, it's all machine stitched to the card front. I first machine stitched the white cotton scallop trim. Next, I machine stitched the rose pink scallop trim. And finally, I did a zig zag stitch to attach the white crochet trim to the card front.
I cut out an ATC size card, and used foam tape to adhere it over the layered card front. I die cut a piece of card stock weight vellum, by Stampin' Up! for my sentiment piece. I used a black ink and hand-stamped 'Just a Note' by Paper Trey Ink. And then I added a white resin blossom, by Melissa Frances to the right of the sentiment piece.
To add a bit of sparkle, I added white, pale pink, and gold sequins to the card front.
Thank you for looking. This card will be for sale in my Etsy shop, HERE. I hope that your weekend is going well, and that you get a chance to do a few fun things {smile}.
My card was selected as a winner for this sketch, on Sept. 29, 2015.
I'm super happy and proud! {smile}
I'm super happy and proud! {smile}
