52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge
The prompt for Week 5 is "Precious".
There are all sorts of things that we consider "Precious". For me my Grandson Jacob is precious. Jacob will be one years old this week and he is a Down Syndrome baby.
This first year has not been an easy one for Jacob, his parents, sister and extended family. For the first five months of his life he was mainly in hospital, eventually having a major heart operation. For this reason and a million others, Jacob is my "Precious".
The tag I have made for Week 5 consists of two layers of a die cut flower (using a Tim Holtz, Alterations Sizzix die). On each petal I have written words relating to Jacob.
Don't forget, I would love to know if you are following this challenge and any of your creations.
I had a pleasant surprise this afternoon. While flicking through "Simply Cards & Papercrafts" magazine (issue 159), I spotted a card I had submitted to them back in the summer. Later this afternoon, Postie delivered a free gift in relation to the published card, three packs of decoupage papers.
For this card I used a Stampin' Up "Floral Boutique" patterned paper and Spellbinder die from the "Renaissance Jubilee" set. The sentiment is from a Papertrey Ink stamp set called "Fillable Frames Sentiments".
The prompt for Week 4 is "My Bed".
I started by embossing an off-cut of patterned paper. I used a Stampin' Up, "Boho Chic" embossing folder. I then stuck the paper onto some card and cut it into a tag shape. I inked the edges which highlighted the embossed pattern.
I then drew cloud outlines on card and cut them out, inking the edges. I wrote on the clouds and stuck them to the tag. I die cut a butterfly and added an arch of "z's" above the word snore.
I seem to be in Spellbinder mode at the moment. This card is made with layers of Spellbinder die cuts. Some are elevated with foam pads, others are flat for definition.
I found out that my neighbour will be celebrating her 60th birthday tomorrow so made this card for her using some Spellbinder & Sizzix dies.
Week 3 Prompt is "Winter".
Little did I know when I set the prompts that this week would be so apt with recent weather conditions, however, I am feeling a little cheated as we have not had snow here in Anglesey!
My thoughts on Winter are "Cold, Clear, Starry Nights = Frozen Puddles" in the morning. Which I attempted to interpret with this tag.
This was actually my third attempt at a tag for this prompt. Who would have thought it could be so difficult! I was originally aiming for the the feathered frozen windscreen effect you get when you need to de-ice the car, but it just wasn't working for me, so I moved on to "Plan B". My crafting attempts don't always work the first time! Here are the tags I ditched.
