At As You See It, we had some very pretty and clever entries for our last colour challenge. As always, after a colour challenge comes a 'fill in the blank' challenge. This one asks us to consider our crafting resolution.
When I first started making cards, I was delighted to discover the world of the on-line card challenges. I had notebook where I wrote down my favourite challenges and when they came out. Each Saturday, I'd shut myself in my craft room and while away some time making entries for the ones I was most inspired by each week.
Somewhere in the journey, much of my time now goes into designing and prepping classes and designing projects for the various challenges I'm now on the Design Teams for. While the teams and classes are a new way of enjoying card making, entering a challenge 'just for fun' is somehow quite a different feeling.
So my resolution is to do more 'just for no-reason' creating by entering a few more challenges as a player.
As part of this resolution, I've not only made a 'just for no-reason' card but joined in at a challenge I've never played with before. The
Atlantic Hearts Challenge is one I've seen played by a few players through other challenges, so I looked it up to see what was on offer this week. Isn't it a fun sketch?
As we're off for a family beach holiday soon, I was thinking of the beach. Here's my version of it, using the
Seaside Wishes bundle - which includes a hybrid embossing folder. It makes realistic little sand dollars. While I love the sand dollars, I'm also very fond of the starfish and the lacy coral too. I made a little cluster of sea life for the main element of the sketch.
I used a strip of the
Country Woods DSP for the horizontal line. The weather colours work well for a marine theme. I've used Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Petal Pink and Misty Moonlight for the sea life since those colours were in the DSP. After adding it to the card front, I embossed with the
Seaside Wishes hybrid embossing folder.
The card base is Pool Party and I've added in some splashes of water in the same colour, around the focal point cluster.
The team and I would love to see what your crafting resolution for the year is. Visit the
As You See It page to see what the rest of the team have done and to link up your entry. You can join in the challenge until Wednesday February 5, 11.59pm PST.
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