Happy Thursday! Two cards from the same challenge for you today.
I created two Stampin Up cards from the same sketch challenge – Dasher and Full of Life. Very different cards with very different stamps.
I know it's not Monday, but today was the first day that I could upload my MojoMonday 96 submissions. I must admit it took a little while to work out what I was going to do as circles don't often feature on my cards. And that is the great thing about challenges. They force you to get out of your square focused life and see things through a different aperture :-) I decided to do two cards. One a normal card and the other an acetate or see-thru card. If you haven't tried MojoMonday – you really should. The team does an amazing job and the challenges are a lot of fun.
Here's submission number 1 – the "normal" card.
I love this Full of LIfe set and the Lennon phrase really appeals to me. I used the Autumn Traditions paper for the triptych panels and also to matt the saying. The card is Soft Suede and the saying is stamped on Sahara Sand. I used the pretties kit medium sized flowers and half pearls to decorate the card. The flowers on the pretty kit are white, so I took my Aquapainter and my soft suede ink pad and used them to soften the color to a pale latte. I wanted to keep the colors monochromatic to keep the focus on the sentiment.
I know I promised to keep away from the Christmas theme… but I couldn't help myself. My name is Jaydee and I'm an addict :-) I seem to be addicted to Christmas this week. So, here's the second take on this layout.
I love the acetate or "clear cards" and really wanted to do something for Christmas with this one. Of course, I had to use Dasher. If I'm addicted to Christmas, then I'm seriously addicted to Dasher. I just love this stamp and it's incredible value, too. He's going to be appearing often on my cards this year. It was very difficult to photograph, but I tried to arrange it so that you could see that it's just Dasher and the ribbon that is on the front of the acetate. The green circle is behind the Dasher image and the The back of the acetate is Real Red and the front of the backpiece is a triptych of Merry Moments designer series paper. I stamped the image with Green Garden ink and used Crush Curry marker for the horns. So, two very different cards, and I actually like the way both of them turned out.
On the personal front: only a couple more days of vacation and there are still so many things I want to do! Not least of which is spending a little more time in my stamping space. Mind you, tomorrow is also house maintenance. I do wish I could wiggle my nose and the house would clean itself. Well, after spending years watching Betwiched as a child, I can wiggle my nose, but nothing ever happens!
As always, thank you for spending a part of your day in my little area of the stamping blogosphere. Your visits are always much appreciated.
Peace
Jaydee
Lennon card: Sentiment: Full of Life (111500). Cardstock: Soft Suede (115318). Paper (115668). Ribbon: soft suede (115612). Pretties kit (flowers and pearls) (109114)
Dasher card: Stamp: Dasher (116816). Paper: Merry Moments (115672). Garden Green (102584). Real Red (102482). Sentiment: Many Merry Messages (116586)
