If you’re reading this post, you probably know about
Papertrey Ink’s Stamp-a-faire with its theme based on Project Runway, one of my favorite shows. I actually
watch it live. Let’s jump right into my projects.
I tried to make something for the bridal challenge, but just
wasn’t happy with how it was turning out. I need color! So I moved onto the
patterns challenge and worked with Laurie’s sketch.
I try to send a card to my father-in-law every week or two.
When I sit down to write, I usually draw a blank, so I've started keeping a
list of things that happen to write about. I used that list to figure out
themes for my cards, which leads us to the camping card. The card is much
simpler than my usual. I added some enamel dots, then removed them, deciding to
keep this card a little more masculine for Scotty.
The inside of the card with the trail of footprints from
Summer Camp is actually my favorite part of this card.
My daughter and I canned peaches last week, so this next
card uses Friendship Jar. I took on
Danielle’s challenge of using twine and
wrapped some around the jar to attach a tag. This card is really sweet and too
feminine for Scotty, so I might save it for someone else and make one using
graphic patterns for him. Then, again, he was married for more than 50 years to
Patsy, who loved pastels and florals, so he might like something a little girly
in her memory.
I made two cards for the
mix and match challenge, one for
Betsy’s tutorial of mixing patterns and one for Dawn’s on mixing color, which
will be in the SAF post part 2. My card is based on
this cheerful card. What I am most pleased about with my pattern mixing is that I used papers from
different collections.
After watching Melissa’s
video on using stick pins, I had a
plan for my card until I saw Heather’s blue stamped and stitched card. I don’t
often use blue, but I wanted to try a card in that color scheme, so I CASEd
Heather’s card as much as I could without having the patterned papers or stamp
set that she used. This card so charmed me – not quite as much as Heather’s –
that I decided to make another in shades of pink (posted in SAF part 2). I
still plan on making the stick pin card for my sister’s birthday later this
month.
Next up is the
runway inspired challenge and if you haven’t
taken the time to look at the video of Sean Kelly’s rainway dress, please do
so. He took creativity and innovation to a new level with the dress he
designed.
The design team pulled so many wonderfully inspiring dresses
for this challenge. My initial choice was Dawn’s look and using Garden Grace,
but nixed that due to timing. My second choice was Lexi’s Venice-inspired look.
The black-striped paper is an obvious nod to the striped
top. I didn’t want to use a solid block of color on the bottom of the card, so
the berry sorbet grid picks up the color without the visual weight of the
pants. And the floral cape is captured with the Beautiful Brushstrokes flowers.
I placed them horizontally, at a slight angle, rather than vertically because I
was thinking of how the outfit looked when the model first posed on the runway.
For the
make it work challenge, I pulled the papers used in
my failed bridal challenge from the recycling bin. As I mentioned earlier, I
need color, so I added some to the card design, which made all the difference
for me. Oh, that little felt heart is left over from the threads challenge. I’m
really happy with this card. It’s definitely in my top two from this SAF.
Since I was in my pj’s when I shot this photograph, there
was no way that I was going to be in it. Instead, here are the cards that I’ve
made thus far for Stamp-a-faire 2015. I still have ideas swimming around in my
head from all of the inspiration, so I’ll be making more cards over the next
few weeks.
Thank you to all at Papertrey who make Stamp-a-faire such a
fun and inspiring event.
nancy
