CAS3.Day 5

Here we are at Day 5 for Online Card Classes Clean & Simple Card Making 3! WooHoo! It's been a week already and I've learned so much!

Today I learned how to make stripes using only paper, Post-Its and Distress Ink.

This was actually the second card I made: the first one totally stuck together with the tape and I couldn't help but tear the piece right across the middle--YIKES! This one tore a little bit towards the bottom, but I hope my repair looks acceptable. I really want to do better than acceptable, but this was my first one to post for today's class...there's always room for improvement, right? As creative people, are we ever really happy with our work? Sometimes! But the critical eye never rests...

I simply masked off stripes with Post-It paper that fortunately arrived in my Happy Mail today, along with other goodies for the class. Then I inked and sponged different colors of Distress Inks to create the stripes going both directions. I left a little white space, too. Finally, I added the sentiment from Stephanie Barnard's Stamps of Life and put a few colorful gems of bling here and there to direct the eye towards the center.

Hope you like this and give it a try. It's not hard, just a little weary creating the same line over and over. My mojo is coming back after yesterday's stressful procedure on my back, and I'm not so shaky, thank goodness! I'd have wobbly stripes if I was! Ha!

Thanks for stopping by! I appreciate your visits and comments very much! I always learn from your comments--it helps to know what stands out to people who view my cards. Take it easy and have a good Friday!