It is June 1st and that means the Index Card A Day Challenge has started again. This is a 61 day challenge to make art everyday on an index card. It is a way to try and get your crafty or arty mojo pumping. I tried my hand at this challenge last year and made it through 14 days. I am going to try and make it the full 61 days this year!
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Last year I focused on stamping, but this year I am going to focus on die cuts. I need to show my Cricut machine and my Big Shot machine a little love, so I am going use die cuts on many of my cards this year. I am also going to try to practice my ink blending over the next two months as well. This is not a requirement of the challenge, but I found it helpful last year to have some ideas of what I wanted to practice on these cards. This way I have a jumping of point instead of just staring at a blank card.
On my first card this year I used a die cut from Tim Holts Thinlets set Gearhead. This die set comes with 21 individual dies that cut out a slew of different size and shaped gears, but it also comes with this one die that cuts a corner piece. I cut this piece out several weeks ago not knowing what I was going to do with it. In the background I blended the Stampin' Up inks So Saffron and Pool Party. I then used a Fiskar stamp with Archival ink Coffee by Ranger to stamp out the flowers. Lastly I added the two butterflies with my Martha Stewart three butterfly punch. I really love the hard and soft feeling of this card.
I hope that you will feel inspired to try this challenge. It is never to late to start. Please come back tomorrow to see the next card in the challenge.
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