I wanted to try and show a bit of the process when I am making cards. I think a lot of it just comes down to feelings and by this I mean, how I feel about certain colours, patterns and thus also the combination of colours & patterns. I’ll flip through the papers until something ‘jumps’ out at me. If I have some scrap pieces loose, I’ll shuffle them around on top of each other to see how different combinations will look as below:
For this card, I decided to use the white-spotted, teal pattern paper with the white-polkadot, brown pattern paper and the multi-coloured diagonal striped pattern paper. All these papers are from the Lawn Fawn Snow Day 6 x 6 Paper Pack.
I decided to stack the papers using the brown paper as a border between the vibrant snow-speckled teal paper and the multi-coloured diagonal striped paper. After umming and ahhing about whether or not to have the papers aligned vertically or horizontally, I finally decided with a horizontal card. I don’t really pre-plan cards before making. I start with the arrangement of papers and just go with the flow, I’ll look at it and wait for the inspiration to try new things. I am not a very adventurous person by nature and rarely try new things. I think I’m most adventurous in my artistry and that is my outlet for adventure. Sometimes I’ll try something I’ve done before, in a slightly different way. But at a restaurant I’ll always order the same thing.
On a previously made card I used the Big Bite II to create small holes that I could thread some cord through. In this card, I used the same technique but did it with a slight alteration. I also threaded the cord through some white cardstock cut into a ribbon banner with a sentiment stamped on it. I used the ‘be joyful’ sentiment stamp from the Simon Says Stamp Be Joyful Clear Stamp Set which I received in the Simon Says Stamp Card Kit for November 2014.
It took me quite a lot of thinking to finally clasp onto the idea of using the happy snowman stamp from the Penny Black Whoooo’s Wishing Stamp Set. Basically, I brought a few different stamp sets and elements to the bottom right-hand side corner, as I knew I wanted to fill that space, and tried things. When I brought the Whoooo’s Wishing Stamp Set up next to the the ‘be joyful’ sentiment I thought the snowman looked exactly like he was filled with joy and wishing everyone to ‘be joyful’. So I stamped him on white card stock with black ink and cut him out; his arms were so skinny!
I traced his nose, mittens and scarf onto red card stock and then cut them out and adhered them with glue-pen and foam squares. I added some red rhinestones over his black buttons to add a bit more flare and sparkle.
I was really happy with the way this card turned out. I made it for my best friend and I can imagine her in the same pose when filled with joy and wishing joy unto others. I wished her a happy Christmas filled with everything she desired and hoped her new year prosperous and her goals fulfilled.
I hope this card inspires you!
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