I've been watching all the videos for the wonderful Pattern Play Online Card Class all week feeling excited to play with paper but frustrated that I haven't felt well enough to play, only watch, so now I'm finally feeling up to sitting up again I've tried to make up for lost time! I have far tooooo many packs of patterned paper and have been very guilty of not wanting to use them cos once they've been used they're gone but using it not hoarding it was one of my goals for this year so this class was the PERFECT kick in the butt I needed to get started!
I started with something simple - and my favourite thing to do with patterned paper - paper-piecing and I used the cue word "song" at CASology this week as my inspiration for this one http://casology.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/week-36-song.html
I selected a few co-ordinating scraps from my scrap box and stamped the cassette design from a We R Memory Keepers mini stamp set 4 times and fussy cut them. I arranged them on the bottom of the card and then carefully cut apart the sentiment in the set so I could stamp it more interestingly than just in a straight line. I love this stamp set - reminds me of making tapes from the top 40 in my bedroom in the 80s......
I then skipped straight to today's lesson as I was really taken by the paper quilting technique Kristina taught us - however, I had to have a couple of attempts as I missed a bit of the instructions and didn't get all my pieces in the right direction first time around (still make a cute useable paper though)
I decided to make a belated birthday card for my stash box and went with the super-cute skunk from There She Goes "Scent-sational" set and coloured him with copics. I used a "paws" embossing folder (not sure of the brand sorry) and used a copic to match the background of the sentiment to his paper-pieced tie. I'm going to enter this into this week's anything goes challenge at the TSG blog http://tsgclearstamps.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/tsg199-anything-goes.html
Given the fact that we're forecast another deluge of snow overnight I should have time to play some more tomorrow.
Great stamp and patterned paper choices on your second card - beautifully crafted!
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ReplyDeleteGreat paper piecing on your cAssette tapes. Thank you so much for sharing with us this week at CASology!
ReplyDeleteWell your darling card doesn't stink, it is adorable. Love your colors and your stamped skunk is so so fun.
ReplyDeleteThey are both fabulous, Tara! My fave has to be the skunk - fab use of the papers and I will have to hunt out that embossing folder!
ReplyDeleteBoth cards are fabulous - A+ work ;) x
ReplyDeleteBoth cards are adorable but I really love that skunk card and WANT that paw print embossing folder! AHHHHH! Such a MUST HAVE for my canine collection! Thanks for playing along with TSG, hope you will join us again!
ReplyDeleteLove the Cassette card- It TOTALLY ROCKS the house!
ReplyDeleteOh, I LOVE those paper pieced tapes and that staggered sentiment is brilliant! :) I'm lovin' all that white space too!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for joining us at CASology this week!
Those cassette tapes are fab! Great take on the cue word. Thanks for playing along with CAsology this week!
ReplyDeleteYour paper pieced cassettes are FABULOUS!!!! Love the patterns you chose and the way you broke up the sentiment. Thanks for playing along with CASology this week!
ReplyDeleteTara...you really did a great job with both of these cards...looks like your class is paying off!! I especially love the paper piecing on the second card!
ReplyDeleteSO cute!! I love the paper pieced tapes and your sentiment placement is fantastic! Thanks for playing along at CASology this week!
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