Hi everyone,
Many of you will know our Top 3 guest today as she is a contributing DT member for several of the most popular craft blogs, it is the very talented Buttons herself... Jenny of Pushing the right buttons!
I've been artistic and crafty all my life, sewing, drawing, stitching,
sometimes for pleasure, often out of necessity. As a keen genealogist I
needed to find a way of presenting my extensive family history research
and discovered the joys of scrapbooking. One thing led to another and
card making for friends and family soon took over. A persistent Hels
Sheridan encouraged me to start a blog in April 2012, I discovered the
world of Distress, and it all grew exponentially from there. As a
qualified teacher I have a real passion for sharing techniques and ideas
with anyone who'll listen! After all, isn't this about 'sharing the
love'?
I was delighted to have been placed in the Top 3 for the June 2014 challenge and given the opportunity to be a Guest Designer at Country View Challenges for their August theme 'Word Play'. Having seen the standards set by previous guests I knew whatever I created for this theme it would need to be something special.
So this card started with a paste-stencilled background that I made, loved and puzzled over, particularly as this month's challenge theme requires words or phrases to be used. Do you keep it simple and just die cut some letters to put on top? Do you attempt to layer things over the whole lot and risk making it way too busy? Well no, in my case you grab a Bigz die and (with heart in mouth) chop into the middle of it to create a frame for the rest of your design. And as a bonus you are left with the central section for another card/project!
So this card started with a paste-stencilled background that I made, loved and puzzled over, particularly as this month's challenge theme requires words or phrases to be used. Do you keep it simple and just die cut some letters to put on top? Do you attempt to layer things over the whole lot and risk making it way too busy? Well no, in my case you grab a Bigz die and (with heart in mouth) chop into the middle of it to create a frame for the rest of your design. And as a bonus you are left with the central section for another card/project!
A stunning project Jenny, and a fabulous example of our theme this month - thank you so much for joining us today.
We're delighted to see the gorgeous projects you've already entered, a fabulous variety of genres and colours - keep them coming folks please! >:o)
We'll be announcing our Pinterest Blog candy winner shortly so please watch for that and we have more on Monday with Gabrielle, see you then.
Chris and the team xxx
