Welcome to my madness! I don't know what I was thinking when I came up with my idea for swaps for On Stage Local in Sydney! The Crazy Crafters were very well represented with 38 of us in attendance so I made 50 swap cards. The first two were fun .....
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| The stack of finished cards |
I really did bite off more than I could chew but by the time I came to that conclusion, I was already way too committed to change anything! My execution was not of the standard I would have liked but I did get them finished.
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| My craft table during production! |
I didn't give sufficient thought to all the steps involved and the time required.
- I stamped the woman on Crumb Cake card using Pink Pirouette ink
- Masked her and added the umbrella handle.
- Partially inked the stamp with umbrella and also stamped the greeting.
- I then stamped the dancing lady onto patterned paper
- Cut out the dress and glued it into position.
- Using Stampin' Write Markers I then coloured the image - This took several layers of ink.
- Once the panels were finished I cut and layered the cards
My inspiration was "Dancing in the Rain" but eventually I decided not to add the rain element as it may have seemed a bit negative! So perhaps she's dancing in the sunlight with a parasol!
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| Work in progress |
The finished image of the lady dancing with an umbrella uses a combination of three stamps from the Beautiful You and Weather Together stamp sets.
I decided to have a last hurrah with the 2015-2017 In-Colours, which will be retiring at the end of May (so stock up now if you have a fondness for Watermelon Wonder, Cucumber Crush, Mint Macaron, Delightful Dijon or Tip Top Taupe!) - I didn't have enough paper left in just one colour, so I made a mix.
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| Mint Macaron with hints of Cucumber Crush |
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| Watermelon Wonder with touches of Blushing Bride |
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| Cucumber Crush with hints of Mint Macaron |
Next year I'll start earlier and come up with a simpler design! .... I think I said that last year too!
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| Crazy complex swap cards! |
Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie
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You did a great job inspire of having so much to do! Am sure the people you swapped with really liked your card(s)! Am sure you had a great time!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Carol. Yes, I had a wonderful time and also received lots of incredible cards and 3D projects in return - so much fun!
DeleteThat does sound like a lot of work, but they turned out beauitfully!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ceresa - I think it was a labour of love!
DeleteThese are beautiful. I saw them on Pinterest and felt I had to come by to congratulate you!
ReplyDeleteWow, thank you for that! Your kind comment is most appreciated!
DeleteAbsolutely beautiful! You did a wonderful job, great imagination!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
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