[Cardstock: Papertrey Ink; Patterned paper: Basic Grey; Ribbon + letter stamps – Michael’s; Baby stamp set – Panduro, Norway; Punches: 2″ circle squeeze punch and Apron Lace by Fiskars; Corner Chomper – We R Memory Keepers; Ink: Papertrey Ink + Versamark; Embossing powder and Rock Candy Stickles – Ranger Industries.]
It may sound counterintuitive but when you feel blocked one of the best ways to break out of the creative rut is to confine yourself to a limited set of colors or to a certain sketch.
This week I decided to participate in Dawn McVey‘s Raspberry Suite Color Challenge.
The colors were already picked for me and all I had to do is to come up with the design. My design is inspired by Kristina Werner’s last MACM.
As you can see I took the colors and the design idea and had made them mine, but more importantly, I have shattered my creative block and kept on creating other cards, layouts and ATCs afterward.
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Cut your card base (8½” by 5½”) and fold in half (into 4¼” by 5½” card).
- Cut the yellow patterned paper to 3″ by 5″.
- Stamp the yellow strip with the border text stamp with versamark ink and heat emboss it with clear embossing powder.
- Stamp your greeting on the bottom of the yellow strip with permanent brown ink, using individual letter stamps.
- Punch a circle at the center of the top part of the strip.
- Tie a ribbon around the yellow strip.
- Cut 2″ strip of the brown patterned paper and punch one side with the border punch.
- Adhere the brown strip to the back side of the yellow strip, by applying adhesive to the edge of the yellow strip. Allow only the decorative border to show.
- Before adhering the patterned paper to the card base, lay it over the card base where you’d like to position it and mark the circle with a pencil.
- Stamp your image inside the pencil circle with brown ink, then heat emboss the image with clear embossing powder.
- When the ink is completely dry, erase the pencil mark and adhere the patterned paper with foam dots.
- Round the corners of the card base.
- Go over the image with a layer of Stickles glitter glue and let dry.
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Tags: cards, challenge, colors, creativity prompt
Hello Avital!
I couldn’t agree with you more!
Your card is adorable and I wish I had had the time to participate!
Another great blog for the same type of card challenge is this one:
http://embellishmagazine.com/blog/
You probably know about it already 😉
Cheers!
Thanks for sharing. I do know Embellish Magazine’s blog, but I was tempted to participate in Dawn’s challenge, as I have seen her latest videos and she is such a sweet person. So inviting 🙂
Such a sweet card. Great job with Dawn’s challenge and by the way, she is absolutely as sweet as she seems. *wink*
Thank you 🙂