A little bit of inspiration!

IHPGuestDT by cutscropscreativityMarch 19, 2014

Hey folks!

I’m back today with a post for i {heart} papers! Today I have some journaling cards for you! No I don’t do Project Life. I did last year but it was all digital and sadly I didn’t finish it. BUT I still have a ton of the journaling cards and I figured they could be put to good use for card fronts!

So I decided to make a few and keep them handy for quick cards. Well, you know the feeling when you are all pumped up to start and then nothing! :O Yup that was me yesterday. Where did I turn to for inspiration? The latest Iron Craft Season 2 episode ofcourse! Julie asked a fun question on what everyone’s favorite trends were and the TOP answers so far were 1. Watercolor, 2. Stencils and 3. Diecuts. Not surprising eh?

I’m not one to fight trends so I got my distress inks out and got busy watercoloring! I used ONE sheet of paper from this paper collection. I wanted to do this for the longest time! See how many cards I can make with one 6X6 sheet of paper! Wanna see how many I made?

Here they are…

Yup I made 7!! They were so much fun that I kept going. And I didn’t even finish the paper sheet :O If you noticed, I also used the third most popular Iron Craft trend – diecuts! Fear not, the stencils shall be used in future!

And another group shot of the cards…

Supplies listed below:

Distress Inks	WPlus9 Happy Trio	Avery Elle Papel Picado	Memento Inks
Quickie Glue Pen	Steampunk Spells

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http://static.inlinkz.com/ppr.jsHope you liked the cards! And if you haven’t already, go check out the latest Iron Craft episode! You are in for a treat 🙂

Thanks for stopping by!

10 Comments

Gabby on March 19, 2014 at 11:05 am
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Great designs. Wow, 7 from one 6×6 sheet? Wow! Like how you used the triangle shapes. 🙂

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1. Chaitali on March 19, 2014 at 11:52 am
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  Thanks Gabby! I could probably make 7 more with the leftover paper 😀 Watercoloring is so much fun too that it was hard to stop!
  
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Berina Febin on March 19, 2014 at 12:30 pm
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wow!! that’s awesome!! 7 cards from 1 sheet!! everything is so nice and beautiful…
-Berina
Moxie Craftie

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1. Chaitali on March 19, 2014 at 1:43 pm
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  Thanks Berina! I just saw that I posted photos of only 6 :O Got to correct that soon!
  
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Maureen Hayes on March 19, 2014 at 12:43 pm
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Beautiful cards, and so many from one sheet of paper! Now you have inspired me to pull out the watercolors and get moving.

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c on March 19, 2014 at 1:20 pm
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WOW – talk about maximizing your paper, and with such gorgeous results! Love the variety of colours and images! I’m feeling a surge of inspiration coming on….
c

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Pattie Jns on March 19, 2014 at 1:38 pm
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WOW! these are gorgeous. isn’t it amazing what happens when we don’t put pressure on and just create. Well done. That distress ink is so versital, I did one on my blog in a time frame of 7 mins. was a PTI challenge. these can be used for so many occasions. Love them.

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1. Chaitali on March 19, 2014 at 1:44 pm
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  Yea is super duper easy to mess with distress inks! I just put some down on my craft sheet, spritzed water and squished the card in it. Different results each time!
  
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Pattie Jns on March 19, 2014 at 1:55 pm
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thanks for the inspiration, and economy does help too. what can be done with what we have…Super

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Bridget on March 21, 2014 at 4:45 pm
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I love your watercolour backgrounds – there’s so much life and movement and light with this medium – GORGEOUS cards!

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