Happy Hump Day!
It’s Wednesday and I wanted to give you all a little taste of things to come and get you excited for the weekend. (As if you needed a reason to be excited.) I’m going to be starting some fun new concepts here on Artsy Crafty Katy that I hope you’ll enjoy!
To kick things off, I’m going to continue with the theme I started in my last post – Mother’s Day. We’ll run with this theme for a few weeks and then we’ll change it up. As part of the monthly theme I’ll be doing two features. The first is the Technique Spotlight where I’ll provide you information on a technique that I think is fun and will be something you can incorporate into your projects right away. The second will be a Monthly Challenge. I’ll provide you certain criteria that you’ll use to create a project. I’d love for you all to share your monthly challenges with me on Pinterest too! I’ll explain this further when I introduce the challenge for this month.
Ok, enough chatter! It’s time to share some inspiring ideas by some very talented crafters. Let me know if you can figure out what the common thread is that ties all these great examples together. This commonality is going to be the feature of our first Technique Spotlight!
This design is so sweet. I think the water color effect behind the flowers is perfect for a Mother’s Day card.
http://inkitupwithjessica.com/category/techniques/
I love the use of mixed media on this card. There are pearls, paper, brads, flowers and hearts. Stunning!
http://lynn-mccorry-2.blogspot.com/2010/04/two-mothers-day-cards.html
This next inspiration uses several different textures and layers to create lots of visual interest.
http://www.snail-loves.com/1/category/mother/1.html
This might be my favorite out this batch. You’ll notice that it uses the same flower stamp from the first example, but that’s not the common thread. I think it’s the mix of textures and angles broken up with the single flower that grabbed my attention.
http://stampwithbrian.com/2013/03/10/happy-mothers-day-pp136-color-challenge/
If you’re an advanced papercrafter or feeling ambitious, this one is for you! Three dimensional cards are so much fun!
http://blog.paper-source.com/how-to/how-to-mothers-day-pop-up-card/
And this last card should give you the biggest hint about what our Technique Spotlight will be about.
http://www.susiewittwer.com/2011/10/guest-designer-at-lily-pad-cards.html
I’ll give you a couple of days to look over these beautiful inspirations and get your own wheels turning. Stay tuned because this weekend I’ll introduce our very first Technique Spotlight! I’m so excited!
Happy Crafting!
Artsy Crafty Katy 