A Card A Day in May - Week 1

It’s Sunday, May 1st and “A Card A Day in the Month of May” is now underway! A whole month of new ideas using sketches, plus every day is a blog hop. So we hope you will pull out your favorite TAC stamp sets and play along during May.

Sketch 1 is the featured sketch this week (May 1 – 7). I love sketches – it is really quite amazing to see how each designer “interprets” the basic elements drawn. Feel free to rotate the sketch, the dimensions are a suggestion, layer if you like and squares can be rectangles, circles, oval etc…

My card today follows the sketch quite literally. I used "Hope Perches" a Level B hostess set, papers are Winchester SWIC and cardstock. The image is colored with Copic Markers. I sponged the edges with Cognac and Burnt Umber Palette ink. The center background is pastel blue chalk.

This second card is still quite literal, however I rounded some corners and added a few brads and floss. And of course, the color palette is completely different.

Supplies: Stamp set "Good Things"; Papers Cha Cha SWIC, Bazzill Dark Sky, Beeswax, Berrylicious; Black Scrappers Floss, Silver Brads, Copic Markers.

Hope you enjoy Day 1 of "A Card a Day in the Month of May".  This sketch runs thru this week, next week there will be a new sketch.  Check back at TAC Savvy Projects Blog for lots of cards ideas...a new one EVERY day this month!

Blessings,
Deb

Good Things

I've been wanting to use this stamp set "Good Things" for awhile.  We used it in the Copic Coloring class which just made me want to create something with it even more. I love this truck. 

So last night, I started...trying to come up with a card for my brother's birthday.  This is what I came up with.  The diamond plate is created with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.  Thanks for the idea Christine!  I used foil which is really delicate and can crush and tear easily; a slightly thicker foil or mirrored cardstock may be work better.  The detail is really good with foil though. 

Stamp Set - Good Things

Copics Used: R35, R37, R59, T2, T5, T7, E31, E33, E35

Cardstock: Bazzill Raven and Crimson

Next, I will be working on my Thanksgiving and Christmas cards.  I need to come up with something easy enough to make 80 of.  I should have started a couple months ago ...{sigh}

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb