CARD# HPJ-2015-01: Memory
Hi there! Have you seen the
previous post? It’s a card I made earlier which I posted on my Instagram. As I
have said the other day, I will be doing the 75 Creative Card Challenges from
Paper Crafts Magazine and this is the first in the series. I’ve had that
magazine for quite some time now, but I only used it as a basis for layouts and
color palettes. I have to do something about it.
In the previous year, I started
to be productive crafts-wise. I began accepting commissions for handmade cards
and dabbled into mixed media art. But I haven’t made that many cards as
compared to other artists who actually made hundreds the whole year round. So
this year I’ve decided to be more active in the world of arts and crafts,
connect with communities, and create more than what I could make in the past. I
want to hone my skills even more, learn new techniques and apply them, make
more people happy with what my hands could create and just simply live. I would
like to live each day doing what I love and sharing it to anyone who would
care. Wouldn’t it be wonderful? I just hope I can do this for a very long time.
The
card measures 4 1/2" x 5 3/4".
Going back to the card, the
first challenge was to use a page from a phonebook. We don’t have one in our
apartment since we do not have a landline. What I used instead was a page from
an old pocketbook which I bought a couple of years ago for the sole purpose of
being used in my works. It is still whole. I only ripped a few pages over the
years. Anyhow, I used the book page as a substrate for my stamped images which
I fuzzy cut and layered to make embellishments.
It took me almost two hours to
finish because I had to wait for the molding paste and ink to dry naturally. I
couldn’t use my dryer for fear of disturbing our neighbors with the noise in
the wee hours of the night. They could file a complaint and I will surely be in
trouble. Still it’s not bad. I mean two hours? Most of the time it takes the
whole day for me to finish a single card. (I’m such a slow card maker.) I think
I’m improving. I’ll have 74 more cards to practice on. Hehe. Till the next card
(later today!).
MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Bevania Splendorgel Board Paper White, Elite
Board Paper Buffalo Brown, pocketbook page, Kaisercraft Pickled Pear Collection
Sticker Sheet, paper flowers, wooden flower, Eno Greeting Wooden Embellishment,
pearls, beads, crystals, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Dictionary Meanings and
Botanical Odyssey, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Tsukineko Dew Drops
Brilliance ink pads, Golden Molding Paste, The Crafter’s Workshop stencil Mini
Swiss Dots]
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