Memories Handmade Card
The latest Caardvarks challenge is sponsored by Hero Arts and boy do I love their wonderful stamp products, not to mention their inspiring blog! The challenge starts from a sketch and the entries already submitted are very cute indeed. I finally got some of my craft items here in Italia and created a memories themed card from a variety of elements I had around. I feel a bit handicapped because so much of my stuff is still in the USA, but you make do with what you have! Well, I’m also a klutz when it comes to cutting straight – the Xacto knife and me are just not very compatible I guess!
The memories card is created from some thick chocolate colored paper with a Japanese toys, rice paper design on top. Then I included the memories stamp for the greeting part and some mini tarot card pictures fanned out on top. I like how the credit to the artist still shows on the mini tarot cards especially. At the bottom I used some of my jewelry supplies and beaded up some pearl accents on gold wire. Obviously I took some liberties from the sketch layout, but I think it turned out nice. Also, my low quality picture from my iPhone makes it look sort of vintage, perhaps appropriate for a memories card?
Check out the many wonderful entries off the Caardvarks blog and also take a look at more cards in the Flickr Group.
Posted on March 23, 2009 at 6:04 pm | Showcase
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ooooooooooh! i just ?loooove? those mini tarot cards! so, so, SOOOOO very cool!!!
How cool are those mini tarot cards … what a clever design.
What a fun mix of elements! Great card!