Inspiration

I love inspirational challenges. They are so easy for me. The first picture is the room where I got the inspiration. It was in the Better Homes and Garden Magazine.

The first card is a vase of daffodils --like the one on the coffee table.

The second card was inspired by the bench, the pillows under the bench, the Roman blind which all came together with Scene from the Garden.

I love the colors together. They are so bright and cheery.

IC185 INSPIRATION

It is very late, but I wanted to upload these cards. This was the Saturday inspiration challenge from SplitCoastStampers.com. The inspiration was a web site with children's shoes -- funny, creative shoes. We are to take an image as our inspiration.

I would have liked to spend hours with my punch, punching different characters, but I need to sleep and tomorrow is the annual day with the whole family.

So, these are the ones I got done.

Here is the web site:
http://www.bugalookids.com/

I uploaded the inspiration picture and the card I did.
If you would like the instructions for the pig, e-mail me at

jofacets@gmail.com

Inspiration 184 -- packaging

The Inspiration Challenge this week was to look at some packaging on the following website and get inspiration to make a card. Here are my cards and the packaging that I chose as my inspiration. I find it much easier to design cards when I have an inspiration or a sketch. . . rather than no direction.

The green card was suppose to be Tic Tack Toe. But, I didn't like it. So I changed it to make it Air, Water, Land -- Can you tell I do preschool curriuculum?




http://lovelypackage.com

Can you tell I love my CuttleBug Embossing Folders. Now, Sizzix has come out with some pretty ones as has Spellbinders. Before the weekend is over, I will have new ones ordered.

Bird Flying IC182

Some time in your life, life is hard. It happens to all of us. This card is for my friend who has a tough time right now. There is light after darkness.

The inspiration challenge for splitcoaststampers.com (SCS) was to take a book cover as your inspiration. I really had never really looked at things around me to inspire me to make a card, but SCS has stretched me. Here is the book and the resulting card.

I love to make cards with birds. I have this bird adapted. If you want a copy, e-mail me at jofacets@gmail.com. Give me your e-mail address and I will e-mail it to you.

jofacets@gmail.com

Pink and Brown IC180

I was so tickled. Yesterday I had found all of my pink and brown ribbons and decided this weekend was going to be pink and brown weekend. And then the SCS Inspiration Challenge-- a room full of pink and brown -- and flowers. So I got to use my new SU Textured Impression Die (Embossing Folder) and started making pink and brown cards.

This first was not easy for me as I felt I had the proportions way off. So I kept adding more and more "stuff" until I felt it was as good as I was going to get it. I couldn't stop. I had to finish it off by adding SU Crystal Effects and Irridescent Ice. Here it is.

I have added a couple more.

Now, I am adding the rest.

IC179 Elmo Windy Kite

The Inspiration Challenge challenged my Punch Art capabilities. . . The challenge was to take one of the Bonjour Mon coussinn's pillows and make a card. Here is the picture of the pillow and the card I made. I had to make the picture in a 12X12 page, take a picture of it -- then put it on a card. That works well.