Busy but sincere

This is a stretch to fulfill today's ABC challenge, which is "K is for kissing". While the sample cards all used stamps sets with kissing images, I chose to use the technique of stamp kissing.

The result is a little busy, but - maybe due to my intense caffeine intake this morning - I like it. Some of the letters are raised with foam tape. I think I need to stamp off the paper in the top right corner, so I might add that - now that I see the picture of the card. Forever critquing ...

Supplies: All CTMH. Stamp sets: You've got flair, Headline alpha large, Spot on backgrounds. Ink: Grey wool, Heavenly blue, Outdoor denim.

Ok. So, it's 8am now and I need to "really" start my day. I must say, though, what a great way to begin a day, crafting and creating. I {heart} vacation!

OCD meets collage

The challenge on Saturday for 365 Cards was collage. So, when I think of collage, I think of piling all sorts of stuff ... and in the end it looks like an organized hodge podge. (Wow, that's an oxymoron!)


Well, the creative muses hit me (or so I think - you decide when you see the card!) ... and while this card is completely out of my OCD mentality of straight lines and measured spaces, I had a lot of fun creating.


I went through my scraps box. If you look closely at this card (and you have looked at my recent cards), you will recognize the papers. I just tore and glued. Tore some more. Glued some more. Until all the white space was gone. Tah dah, my collage!


So, then I had to decide on a sentiment. Hmm ... who would actually want to get this card and realize that it was a creative canvas and not simply a paper scraps dumping ground?


Hmm ... birthday? No.
Congrats? No.
The generic, thinkikng of you? Maybe.
And then, I found it.







Isn't the sentiment perfect for a card front filled with random this-and-thats? Well, I think so.


By now you've noticed that aside from the papers, there are no embellishments. Purposeful omission. This card fulfills the zero embellishments on the ABC challenge blog.


Had it not been for the challenge, I would have added a flower or a button, or something. But now that I look at it, the card seems complete. Surely, there is enough going on with the 20 different patterned papers!



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