Relax

Hi there,

Well the title does not describe my week so far but I hope it describes the two cards I made for Makeesha’s inspiration challenge. That’s how her image struck me, very natural light earthly colours, soft and calming. Here’s her pic.

Who wouldn’t want to cuddle up to those pillows on a couch for a snooze!

My first idea was to make a square card, and I did, but I struggled with it, and somehow I still feel not quite 100% happy with it. So my “official” card is this one.

My first thoughts were to use a combination of Kraft, White and Sahara, with white embossing and the eyelet border punch to give some decorative detail. That basically sums up the recipe for both my cards. The basic points to note are that I first stamped the grass side of Inspired with Nature in Sahara onto the top Sahara layer, then using white craft ink stamped the daisy side over the top and then embossed using white embossing powder. To accent, I used the eyelet border punch down both sides but on different layers. The final details are to add some white taffeta ribbon and some pewter hodgepodge. My cunning plan here was to connect up two of the eyelet punch holes to make a slot to feed the ribbon through. A big pewter brad with ribbon fed through underneath finishes off the bottom. I didn’t want the sentiment to detract too much from the image which is why I have just left it on a Sahara layer, but raised it and added a brad to give it some impact.

OK now here is the second card, I’m slowly getting the hang of making two at one time, not that hard when you have all your stuff put really.

The main thing to note here is that I first stamped Upsy Daisy in Sahara and then, offset it and stamped again with white craft ink. Once again I embossed using white embossing powder. The shadow effect is kind of neat! The final details on this card include some piercing, Kraft and White Taffeta ribbon, pewter hodgepodge. I also stamped off the Linen background stamp in Sahara before stamping most of the white layer. The white just seemed a bit too strong when I was putting the card together and I wanted to tone it down a bit.

Enjoy

Finally to finish, thanks again to Sam, for lending me Inspired with Nature and her eyelet border punch. You can't half tell that my next order from the catalogue is going to be big!

You can find the links to the cards from the other design team members here. Sorry I don't have time to link separately this week, in fact this post will be scheduled to post itself while I'm away - I hope.

“You’re on my mind”
Recipe:
Stamps: Inspired with Nature, Upsy Daisy
Cardstock: Kraft, Whisper White, Sahara
Ink: Sahara, White craft , Eyelet border punch, white embossing powder, pewter hodgepodge, white taffeta ribbon, dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive, Stamp-ma-jig, cropodile.
Accessories: Eyelet border punch, white embossing powder, pewter hodgepodge, white taffeta ribbon, dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive, Stamp-ma-jig, cropodile.

“Thank You”
Recipe:
Stamps: Upsy Daisy, Linen
Cardstock: Kraft, Whisper White, Sahara
Ink: Sahara, White craft
Accessories: Eyelet border punch, white embossing powder, pewter hodgepodge, Kraft and white taffeta ribbon, piercing tool and mat pack, dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive, Stamp-ma-jig.