Same but different stripes

I had coloured this image in Florida in February and he was too cute to not use but the colours are very bright so the stripes also had to be bright lol.

This design is so simple but effective and a go to if I don’t have a layout in mind.

Making cards stripes 3

The stripy cards aren’t ending anytime soon lol, I can’t seem to stop using these making cards images either. I am definitely obsessed lol.

The colour of this one is a change for me though and was because I had ordered the new distress colours and crackling campfire was just waiting to be used. In reality I only ordered it because it was reduced but I will admit to liking it a lot in real life.

Making cards stripes 2

This was the card I showed my friend and she thought was for her daughter, I was going to go with the same colours but decided to mix it up slightly and I do mean slightly lol.

These stamps from making cards are probably my most used stamps ever, I reach for them all the time but I do think I will run out of people to send them to before I run out of times I want to use them. 

Making cards stripes

This card came about during a chat with a non crafty friend, I was showing her a card and she asked if it was for her daughter as it was very her and I thought maybe I should just get on and make her the same card. I did say I have made a lot of stripy cards and she made a very valid point she asked “have you enjoyed making them” I said “yes” and she said “what’s the issue then, the people you are making them for don’t know you’ve made 20 of that design, they just think she made me a card”. Her words gave me a different perspective and renewed my enthusiasm for making, that’s the danger sometimes with this hobby you forget that it’s about the recipient and not about the latest technique or stamp, not that I don’t want the latest stamp or to use that new technique but it should be organic not forced. 

Ingredients

Image: making cards magazine

Stripes: morning mist versafine clair and peacock feathers distress ink

Dies: Blueprints 29 from MFT