Friday 16 March 2007

Random Cardmaking!...




This weeks dare was more difficult than I imagined it would be.

Firstly make a list of 10-20 crafty items you have in your stash, whether it be brads, ribbons, peel-off's, craft robo, dies, stamps, glittter, buttons, flowers, patterned papers, paint... You get the idea! Give them all a number or print them out a sheet and pop them in a hat all folded up.
Next, ask someone non-crafty to either pick 3-5 of your numbers or pieces of paper from your from your hat.
Finally, make a card using ONLY the items chosen.


Hmm... sounds easy enough. Well I put15 items in my pot - brads, eyelets, flowers, patterned paper, die cuts, ribbon, metal bits, stamps, ink, gel pen, rub ons, chipboard, snaps , punches and beads.

My daughter picked out the following; - brads, ink, ribbon, metal bits and flowers.

I came out in a cold sweat at the thought of no patterned paper!!!! This is how the card worked out;



I wanted to used pink card for the card blank, but it is a bit flimsy so I had to mount it onto a white one. Couldn't use my corner rounder (no punches) so had to cut the corners by hand, luckily I could ink the edges to disguise them!!!! Used some paper flowers in my favourite colour combination pink and black, attached with the brads added metal letters and clip with ribbon attached.

Various flowers from stash(prima and Sarah's bloomers), brads and ribbon from stash,clip from Carolyns and mm letters.


Not entirely happy with this one, but I kept moving my items around the card and with the selection I had this is the best I could come up with!!! Great dare though, really makes you apppreciate all the bits of loveliness in your stash that we all take for granted when creating.

Nearly 3 weeks without buying stash now!! Still don't seem to have made a dent in my collection! It's amazing how far a piece of paper goes when you are cardmaking.The only thing I seem to be running short of is DS tape, not much of a buzz buying more of this!! Not sure how much longer I can keep this stash diet up for, getting serious withdrawal symptoms now!!!

Enjoy the weekend! :O)





16 comments:

Sari K. said...

I had patterned papers on my "allowed to use" -list , but were missing colored papers and ribbons...
Your card is nice, ribbons are so sweet and those letters are very cool!

artfulstampin said...

A fab result on the dare, I love pink and black too!

Rhi said...

Gorgeous Sarah, brilliant colours and I love the way you've used the ribbons. I didn't have patterned paper either, it was hard without it! Rhi x

Gillian said...

Very Cute Card Sarah.. esp love the ribbon on the clip, nifty little design idea there... You are such a good girl, not cheating at all.

Susan Hurley-Luke said...

You did a great job! I admire your creativity with this. These dares are really good at stretching us, aren't they?

Lythan said...

Wow I love this card - and I'm very impressed with the hand rounded corners

Paula J Atkinson said...

gorgeous, my fav colours & those little bits of ribbon really make it.

Sheila said...

Lovely......I'm really into pink and black at the minute.
This is the first time I have visited your blog......your cards are gorgeous.

Pearl said...

love the sweet colour scheme ! i havent tried this one yet ! lol love the clip with ribbons ! great idea !

Kathy said...

This is great Sarah, what a gorgeous combination of colours and bits, they all work together and look delicious!

Sam said...

I love the circle clip thing with the ribbons...great card ;o)

~ Sam

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous card... I haven't done my card yet... freaked at what was picked out :) I've got to use ribbon, wooden blanks, peel offs, stencils and weaving !!! Hope my card turns out as well as yours.

Rachel said...

totally gorgeous my fav colours, what a fab choice to play with, but know what you mean with the paper hehe

Jo said...

I love this card, the colours are fantastic, a really hard dare this week but you have made a really fab card!

jo xx

Rika said...

Just beautiful!

Kimberly White said...

So impressed with your card! It's beautiful! (And I cheated a little - adding the patterned paper strip!) Good for you about your stash diet! I've been on one since January (although I have bought stuff about 3 times since then I think). I've started putting together a kit from my stash every month - of stuff I really like, stuff I've never used but have had for a while, and stuff that I think will challenge me - it's really helping my stash get used while it's still kinda current and has actually changed how I do shop when I go ... Thanks for stopping by my blog! Have a great day! Kim