Good evening! My regular post schedule has been rearranged a bit due to our busy weekend and work week. My 23 seven year old students are making Mother’s Day cards this week so I’ve been trying to figure out the easiest way to have them “create” without going crazy. I’m using the good parenting skill of “limiting choices to match the age.” LOL They are always so amazed at embossing with the Cuttlebug so that keeps behaviour in check during this unstructured time in class :) So though I should really be ironing, I’ve snuck into the studio to make a card for
PTI’s Make It Monday. How could I resist Dawn’s video and GORGEOUS CARD? Oh, how I adore this woman! And mixing patterned paper is something I’ve been working on for years. I don’t always get it “right,” but I don’t freak out anymore when I do it. PLUS, paper companies have made it pretty risk free with beautifully coordinated collections. I picked from my favourite paper pad right now, Cosmo Cricket’s Twenty Three. I played around a bit with the different patterns until I found a good combination. I decided to add stitching to really define the different papers. Pulled out Modern Woodgrain again (surprise, surprise!) and added another one of my sweet little resin flowers from a shop on Etsy. The sentiment panel looked a little plain so I added a little strip of ruler paper I had on my desk to fill in some of the white space. Hope you like it…thanks for visiting!
what’s in it?
ink: versafine onyx, su choc chip
paper: pti kraft, rustic cream, raspberry fizz, cosmo cricket twenty three, authentique, my mind’s eye
accessories: pti mat stack 4, oval limitless layers, butterfly dies, resin flower, stitching
6 comments:
You have mastered multiple DPs and I"m still a novice - blaming budget constraints LOL! Love how you mixed the papers and layered the sentiemnt panel. Got that woodgrain set and need to ink it up! Hoping all went well in your card making class today!
Moe, I think you could have done Dawn's video. You rock my world with how you mix and match paper. I'm still completely intimidated! I love that touch of ruler...it is the perfect little detail.
I love Dawn too (she really is the queen of mixing patterns) but I have to say I did not think you would need any help in this department Maurenn - you already excel at it so stop being modest :) A beautiful card x
Very beautiful.I like the mixy matchy papers you used!
Moe, you mix patterns like nobody else! I love how you accentuated it with the dark stitching, and I'm smitten over that text-patterned butterfly with the flower center. Fabulous!
Oh wow, Moe - this combination of papers is spectacular! You really rocked the MIM challenge =) That flower is a beauty, too...gorgeous card!
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