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Saturday, August 18, 2012

Another 5 Minute-er

I've talked about it before but I am always challenging myself to reduce the time I spend on a card.  Sure I love technique and I'm just as happy as the next person to spend hours creating something that I just love!  But sometimes it's just fun to whip something out without spending a ton of time.  I saw a card on the Hero Arts blog this morning where Joy Taylor made a confetti inspired card that I just thought was the coolest...gotta be able to do it in less than three minutes....kind of card!
You can see hers HERE.  Cute, fun and simple, huh?

So I thought...I can do this very quickly and create a couple of cards for my participation in the Operation Write Home project.  Cards for submission there need to have little dimension, no glitter, etc.  I thought this would be perfect.

Here are my versions:
 One was done with Basic Grey papers....the other with My Mind's Eye.
I used random circle punches and just adhered them to the cardstock...some were mounted on foam tape or dimensionals.  I used a Hero Arts sentiment, as well....stamped directly to the card base.

Easy peasy...2 cards...less than 10 minutes FLAT!

I entered this in the following challenges:
Hero Arts Blog challenge: Clean and  Simple 
Clearly iStamp: Clearly Inspired Challenge #58: Circles

Happy Crafting!

9 comments:

  1. oh so true! doesn't matter how long I spent to make a card everyone loves them no matter what. Love the contrast of the blue and yellow against the white. really pretty

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  2. Cool. There's a challenge at Clearly i Stamp CIC58 Circles that you can enter this card in.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  3. Such a brilliants idea, thanks for sharing Susan

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  4. Susan such a brilliant creation love the play of circles!!

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  5. Wow, your cards came out super cute and they look like they took alot longer to make. I love the colors and the stamp sentiment you used. I will try some myself. I also would like to make some cards for our heroes this year. Hugs always!

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  6. Well, those cards are just AWESOME! I love both the papers you used but how different they look. Great cards!

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  7. Hey Susan. some really great cards.

    Judie

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  8. Fantastic! What a great look you've created with circles and beautiful patterned papers!

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  9. Love these cards, they look so easy. Just some circle. But who would have thought that only cirscle would make such nice cards. TFS. ana

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