This is my second post of the day, but it's the first time I've had a chance to play around with the Summer Card Camp challenges. Here are this week's colors and sketches:
Truthfully, these are the most difficult colors I can ever remember trying to work with. After I finished the first two cards, I realized you only needed to use four of the five colors. That certainly would have been easier!
The first card, and my least favorite, was supposed to be Sketch #2, but it ended up looking more like Sketch #3.
Looking through my embellishment drawer, I came upon these wooden start stickers (Studio Calico?), the patterned papers are from Paper Source (purple) and the Hip Hip Hooray paper pad by American Craft. The sentiment stamp is one of my oldest wooden stamps (St. Louis Stamp Design). I managed to get the fifth color in there with some My Mind's Eye enamel dots. I think the funky light at the bottom of the card is because the banner extends off both ends.
I'm happier with the second card.
I haven't used this border die cut from Memory Box yet, so I thought it would be perfect for Sketch #3. I used three patterned papers, two from Bo Bunny and one from American Craft, added some pink gems (there's that fifth color again!), and a tiny banner I hand-cut for the sentiment from Star Prints (Papertrey Ink.) This card is getting linked to the Moxie Fab Birthday Card Challenge.
My favorite of the three cards is this last one where I tried a double-stamping technique Jennifer McGuire shared in a video.
I used Mama Elephant's "Trifecta" stamps to create the background. It's a border stamp with three rows of tiny triangles. First I stamped it in purple, and then went back and slightly offset the blue triangles. This is the kind of thing that usually is a disaster for me, so I'm really please that I only had to do it once. The rosettes are an oldie but goodie and I'm not sure who made them (another find in the embellishment drawer. The die cut banner and sentiment are a set from Simon Says called "Tilted Banners."
I'll be linking this last card up with the Moxie Fab "Trendy Triangles Challenge."
