March 2015 Challenge

[paddlegal]

Marianne your idea to make journal cards is brilliant. These cards are wonderful. I love how you made the sun with the banners...so very clever.

[paddlegal]

I had so much fun with this challenge that I did all these cards in one day. I took my materials to my weekly Wednesday crafting group to work on.

First the die...this is the Cherry Blossom die from Darice. I went a little overboard and made 5 ways of using the die.

Card one is paper pieced. The base die cut is out of one printed paper (which I ended up inking in brown Distress ink) and the flowers were cut from the die out of another printed paper.

Card two is a stand alone die cut from watercolor paper that I then colored it all in with Copics.

[paddlegal]

More...

Card three is the "negative" of the die. I layered it with foam tape over printed paper.

Card four is "stenciled" from the negative space left by one of the die cuts. I sponged color through the stencil with Distress Ink.

Finally card five is an inlaid version. Using the negative leftover piece I inserted the die cut blossoms from a patterned paper.

[troublesmom]

Wow, wow, wow!!! You all did terrific jobs. I love seeing all the different ways to use these dies. I look forward to getting home (not really) later today and then having time in my craft room. Since I have hit a couple of the craft stores while we have been away I have new goodies to play with.

[pamcook]

Farley - they're all gorgeous! Your attention to detail is amazing.

[mpizzazz]

Those are beautiful, Farley, such different looks!

[paddlegal]

Thanks everyone! Pam this was such a great challenge that I may have to try another die. I was thinking I should use a holiday die to make my 5 holiday cards for March. Hmmmm....

[pamcook]

Glad you're enjoying this challenge. I thought it could be fun. When I went through my dies, I realized most of mine don't work for what I wanted to do. This morning, I realized I hadn't gone through my set of thin dies to look for possibles. Sad, right? A whole set of dies I had forgotten about.

[nancine]

So many great ideas here, love the challenge you came up,with Pam and the samples.
April, Marianne and Farleynhave done such creative things with their dies.
This challenge will,give us all,some great inspiration!

[Debbie J]

Wow! Now that's a great job Farley! All the cards are beautiful and reminds me spring blossoms are coming soon!

[katymjo]

What a great challenge this month! What inspiration from all you creative people! Thanks for sharing all your ideas.
Kathryn.

[Laurie]

Farley those are great!

[aprilpzzl]

Marianne and Farley-great thinking w you postings. Love the creativity.

[ScrappinJen]

Farley, finally able to look at these on a big screen and they are amazing. You have certainly set the bar HIGH!!!

I just keep looking at them over and over.

[katymjo]

I used a basic "frame" die for this challenge. I used it with a tan rubber mat to emboss it onto card and vellum. I used it to cut an aperture in a card blank. I did a regular "die-cut" and used both the positive and negative. I sponged and stamped through the "hole" and made a zig-zag book.
Kathryn.