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I Love It Because...

5/11/2019

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Frilly & Funky wants  to know:

"How often do you create something just for you that makes your heart sing? Doesn't it feel great when you do! My challenge to you is to make a vintage or shabby chic piece of art, be it a journal page, a tag, a card, a home decor project etc, that fills you with happiness and makes you smile - don't forget to tell us why you love it so much."

​That is their challenge for May 8, 2019.

What I love about paper crafting is the technique. I don't usually make decor items as there really isn't any place to display the in this house. And while I make a lot of cards, I rarely send any out. I make for the sake of making. What I love about the cards I make for these challenges is learning new techniques, using new materials, and watching something come together  - even if it isn't exactly how i planned it in the beginning.

​This card is a perfect example of this. I used a new-t-me product (a Hero Arts stencil), a favorite product (Distress Oxide Inks) in my favorite colors, and a technique based on a color blocking technique I saw in a Jennifer McGuire tutorial (even though it didn't work out the way I planned!).

​I started by blending four shades of yellow Distress Oxide Inks through the stencil onto Neena Solar White cardstock.

I did a similar thing on a second piece of cardstock using four orange Distress Oxides.
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First thing that went "wrong" was that the four shades weren't different enough to really show up on either piece of cardstock. So I turned to the tutorial and, using a paper trimmer, cut these backgrounds into varying sized pieces, attempting to keep them in order so that when applied to a card base they would show continuity from block to block. Trouble was, the two pieces of card weren't exactly the same size and, while cutting, I lost track of what to cut where! So...I took Mike Holmes' advice about laying tile floors and placed them randomly, because when a tile has pattern, if one doesn't match up, it looks all wrong but if all don't match, it works. I hoped this worked for paper tiles as well as floor tiles!!! 
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It needed a sentiment to tie it together so I inked an Inkon3 sentiment in GinaK Amalgam ink on mustard cardstock, bordered it with a black pen and trimmed it before applying it to the card:
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I "love" this because it worked despite all the step-by-step errors! What is more, I now have an envelope full of possible color-blocking pieces for at least two more cards!

Products used in the making of this card were:

  • Stamps: INk03 “Lilac Dreams”
  • Stencils: Hero Arts “Bold Daisy” (SA068)
  • Inks: Distress Oxides “Scattered Straw”, “Squeezed Lemonade”, “Mustard Seed”, “Fossilized Amber”, “Carved Pumpkin”, “Spiced Marmalade”, “Wild Honey” and “Rusty Hinge”; GinaK “Amalgam”; Pigma Micron pen “black”
  • Papers: Neena Solar White; ParkLane Paperie A2 notecard “ivory”; scrap of mustard card
  • Adhesives: iCreate “Easy Tear Tape”; GInaK “Connect” glue
I'm also entering this in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, May 8, 2019: "For a Special Lady"

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stampersuzz
5/16/2019 06:15:01 am

Everything you described about why you love your card is why I craft! (techniques, trying things out) Beautiful flowery card with lovely color blocking. Thanks for sharing your favorites with us at the I love it because challenge at Frilly and Funkie!

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kathy/NorthCarolina link
5/22/2019 05:23:22 am

Yes, Carol! That is exactly how I feel about papercrafting! I love the process, the learning curve, and the joy of creating. This is such a happy, happy card. I can almost feel the joy you experienced while making it! Thanks so much for sharing with us at the Frilly and Funkie "I Love it Because" Challenge!

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    Born in New Jersey, I grew up in Southeastern Ohio. Attended university at Bowling Green State University (B.Sci  in biological science, 1964), University of Southern California (M. Sci in biological science, 1967) and University of Florida (Ph. D in zoology, 1971).
    Worked in environmental consulting for a little more than a decade and then seven years as an instructor in biological science at various community colleges in California and Texas. Moved to London in 1992, then Beijing (1996) and Saudi Arabia (1998), before returning to NW Ohio in 2002. I am currently living in NW Ohio with my husband and three Bombay cats.  I love to read (mystery, science fiction, history) and stitch (have done crewel, currently experimenting with free embroidery and needlepoint but blackwork and cross stitch are my main genres); have been known to knit; and now I'm heavily into papercrafting!
    Retired upon the return to the US so lots of time for our hobbies...

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