Hello Friends!
Today’s card #1 was inspired by a picture in the Stampin’ Up ’20 – ’21 Annual Catalog, page 100, using products from the Playing With Patterns Suite. The picture in the catalog features one of the mini-Paper Pumpkin boxes that’s included in the suite, but I just really liked the bold, bright colors used and opted to mimic that picture, modifying it into a card with some little changes.
I was thrilled with the Playful Alphabet Dies in the new catalog, probably because I love words. I know that likely sounds funny to most, but it’s true. English classes were always my favorite subject in school from grade-school on, and spelling just came naturally to me. I loved spelling bees and competed at a county level more than once.
And, I love, love, love different fonts. Back in the “olden days” when the internet was new, one of the first things I stumbled upon was free fonts… oh my! How the world just opened up and sang to me! I don’t even want to look to see how much memory on my computer hard drive is occupied by fonts….let’s just say, I have a few to choose from when I sit down in front of my computer!
The Playful Alphabet Dies are just simple block letters, but boy do they make a statement on a card. They pop right off the page at you, no other fancy image necessary to grab your attention! So much fun! This metal dies set includes multiples of the “popular” letters, making it so simple to lay out what you want to say and cut the letters all at once.
As noted in the second card below, the negative space can be used also for a whole different look which is so fun! While Stampin’ Up didn’t ask me what I wanted, they certainly read my mind with the Playful Alphabet Dies! A huge thank you to the Stampin’ Up design team for this one!!!
The Playful Patterns stamp set that’s bundled with the dies is a whole lotta fun also. The background for my card base was stamped out in coordinating colors for fun patterns and the rest of the card design was based on that!
As far as the second card, it was made with leftovers from the first card, another stamped background on DSP, and a bit of ribbon! DONE! I’ll admit it was sort of an afterthought, or I might have been more careful in lining up my letter dies for the first card. But the way it is, gives it a bouncy, playful, “quirky” look that’s just kind of fun! Continue reading “Use Your Scraps!!!”