long time, no see! i hope your stamp-a-faire day of stamping is progressing nicely. by now, your work space might be a little or a lot messy, but push most of those "real" stamping supplies aside and get your hardware store haul ready. it's time for the unconventional materials challenge!!
Just like the popular television show, you will be challenged to incorporate unconventional materials into a card. Visit your local hardware store and purchase unconventional materials with a $10 budget. Get really creative and try to make it "difficult" for people to tell that the unconventional materials were even used on your project! Be sure to take a photo of your receipt next to your new supplies to add to your blog post before you dig in to start creating! You may integrate any basic paper crafting supplies or tools as well.
do you spy my hardware store finds? in fact, the only "true" stamping supplies on the card are the fine linen card base and the stamped sentiment, along with cover plate: stripes diagonal and beautiful blooms II #3 dies used to emboss and cut...
i spent $9.34 and a little over an hour in the hardware aisles of home depot. i tried so hard to find one more thing to get me just a little closer to $10, but there was nothing cheap enough. my time probably breaks tim gunn's usual constraints, but luckily nichole didn't specify that! i'm sure the "real" customers were wondering what i was doing as i studied this little thing and that over and over, lol! but it was so much fun to search and plan. i ended up with foil tape [embossed layer detail], reflective safety tape [white flowers], and two types of little washers [flower centers]. i will definitely use the rest of these supplies on other cards as opportunities present themselves. the washers are especially fun. and self adhesive foil tape - self adhesive + foil - enough said. clearly, i love the polish and shine of metal! so, what about the teal and red flowers, you ask...
well, any good card maker who finds herself near paint swatches knows to grab a few handfuls! free, colorful card stock? yes, please! so after i chose my hardware, i headed over a few aisles and spent even more time on color. i love paint cards like this for a specific project. not only do they offer fun color combos, they give you proportions of the color to try in how they lay out the card. this was just the inspiration and direction i needed to transform my hardware haul. big flower in teal, small in red, leaves (a small flower cut apart) in lime - easy peasy!! i can't wait to see what everyone else found and transformed...
nichole | ashley | dawn | laurie | lizzie | melissa
#sofun!!
:) lexi
