Ok, here's something semi new just because I haven't posted in such a long time! This was the card I gave mom for mother's day. It's got a little shabby chic going on. My style really is shabby chic with lots and lots and lots of embellishment. I've been cruisin some of my favorite blogs lately and noticing that I'm not really liking the direction cardmaking is going (of course there is the few exceptions to this comment). Simple and blank. Or weird color combinations. Mind you there is nothing wrong with weird colour combinations, but when they don't jive they just don't jive!!! But I guess to that everyone has their ups and downs when it comes to being creative. Heck I certainly do. It takes me 7 days to complete one scrapbook page. At the rate I'm going I won't be even close to completing my wedding scrapbook before the end of the year. Anyhow, I'm totally addicted to Basic Grey paper lately, although the mindboggling patterns can be difficult to work with. Really now, how does one overembellish a piece of scrapbook paper that is already so busy it makes your eyeballs roll? I guess you just enhance it.
1 comment:
Your "shabby chic"? Not too shabby!
Seriously, I love the card and think it looks fantastic. I'm not sure why card trends would veer towards the simplistic, unless they're being made by people who don't have a lot of time, or are for Martha Stewart.
Thing is, if you're going to make a card for someone, I would think they would enjoy something that you obviously laboured over for awhile, and also something that looks creative and handcrafted, not something that looks stamped out of a machine. That's what I'D like, anyway.
And I know a lot of people would agree with me. So keep making these awesome cards!
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