Good afternoon everyone! It's raining in the DC area today, and creating on a rainy day is just about one of my favorite things in the entire world. I love the sound of the rain pounding outside mixed with little feet pounding on the inside mixed with my papercutter cropping away papers and fabrics and just about anything else I can think to dig into. It's such a peaceful feeling to me...like all is right in my world...
So today I decided to do a simple set of cards to jumpstart my creativity.
Cards are such an easy thing to start with because you have no photos to match colors or moods to, you just have a blank canvas that will look great with any color combo and direction you want to take them in. In my case I wanted to do something super general that would work with the paper airplane overlays from Vol25. (Just wanted to quick mention that these overlays are SO easy to load and use! You can find a tutorial here on the EyeCandy blog. And you can also win a set by leaving a comment here.)
First, I just created a simple design for the card that included the overlay and the brief greeting and printed it on a piece of cardstock (I made 10 in 4 different colors), cut and folded it so that I could add a little embellishment to make it more visually pleasing.
Next, I printed the same exact sheet on scraps of patterned paper (be sure to use papers that have patterns that are small enough to show up in such a small space!) that I temporarily attached to a piece of white cardstock:
And then to complete the project, I simply cut out little airplanes and pop-dotted them over the ones printed on the original cards. I used 1 for some, and 2 for others, but I love the fact that it's really simple with just a tiny punch of extra "something" so I kept the extras to a minimum.
And the result? A 10 piece set of cards that are unique and easy-to-make!
And that's how we do jumpstart Wednesday! :)
So for our first sponsored jumpstart project, I want to give away this card set...all you need to do is tell me where the best trip you ever took was-in a plane or otherwise! I'll announce the winner next Monday. Good luck!
Peace and Inspiration,
Cheryl
oh my goodness....so adorable! love the idea (and i'm totally going to copy it)
Posted by: amy | June 16, 2010 at 06:36 PM
These are pretty cool, so simple yet effective!! Hmmmm best trip was on a coach around New Zealand. I was travelling on my own but I made friends with everyone else on the coach and we had a blast. Fun times!
Posted by: Alexa | June 16, 2010 at 06:37 PM
These are such cute cards! What a great idea!
The best trip was the most recent one I was on - just my husband and I celebrating our 10th anniversary. We went to Vancouver Island and it was so relaxing.
Posted by: Heather M. | June 16, 2010 at 08:19 PM
OH WOW! SO SO SO COOOOOOOOOOL! Love!
Posted by: Jen Johner | June 17, 2010 at 01:33 AM
Love the addition of the paper airplanes to this card set. So simple. So cute.
The best trip I've ever taken had to be our family wedding vacation. Seriously. We wed in Las Vegas in the Little White Wedding Chapel [in the drive through!], dined in Egypt/Luxor, had wine in Paris/Paris Hotel and rode the gondola in Venice/Venetian. Then, we headed to Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon. A trip to never forget --- and we'll be putting it on repeat next year when we return to Las Vegas to renew our vows in the same manner, but this time with our kiddos and 10 years later.
Posted by: Sherry Cartwright | June 17, 2010 at 08:31 AM
I'd have to say Mazatlan, MX when I was single. Went with a couple friends. Had just started dating a hot guy who I have now been married to for TEN years;) - was a beautiful, lovely time!
Posted by: Janna | June 18, 2010 at 08:34 PM
Super cute ... My best trip was to Puerto Vallarta last month ... and I got engaged!! It was a surprise (to me) and it was so much fun just to celebrate our future for the rest of our trip. :)
Posted by: jen | June 21, 2010 at 06:11 PM