Jo has kindly offered to help us out by running a cardmakers challenge for us!
We'd love for you to join in! Please make Jo feel welcome here on our little blog - all comments are enjoyed and appreciated!
Welcome everyone to the first of many card makers
challenges that I'll be running on here. The idea behind these challenges is to stretch your creative
muscles and try something new. Every few weeks or so I’ll be giving
you a challenge and it’s up to you how you interpret the challenge to
create a card!
The challenge will vary; it might be an inspiration photo, a
colour scheme, a sketch, a technique, supplies, etc. Feel free to
interpret the challenge your own way and substitute where necessary. The
idea is to have fun with it so there are no hard and fast rules. With
each challenge, I’ll show you the card that I came up with using the
challenge inspiration as a jumping off point. Please link your creations
here so we can all see. We can’t wait to see everyone’s
creativity and individuality shining through!
To kick off our very first challenge, I thought I’d
give you an inspiration photo and ask you to make a Mother’s Day card.
Take a look at the photo and see what inspires you and how that dictates what
direction you’ll take. Maybe it’s the colours, shapes,
texture or even the feel of the photo, etc. There truly is no right or
wrong! If you have your Mother’s Day card already sorted, perhaps
make a card for someone who is like a mother to you, or even your best
friend! Who doesn’t like getting some happy mail for no reason?
Back to the photo - I was inspired by the colours and the
beautiful mason jars. Mason jars are a big trend in the
scrapbooking/cardmaking world at the moment. The beautiful patterned
papers in the Dear Lizzy Neopolitan range from American Crafts fit the bill
perfectly for me.
Here’s my card for the inspiration
challenge! I hope I’ve given you a nudge to have a go and share
your creation with all of us.
The closing date for this challenge will be the 20th of May - that'll give you enough time to make a card for Mum (or Grandma!) snap a photo of it, give the card and then upload it so you don't ruin the surprise!
To "Link" to this blog post, upload a photo to facebook, flickr, photobucket, picasa or any photo sharing website and then copy and paste a link into the comments section.
I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!
