This morning, I want to share with you something both fun and awesome! Most of you who follow my blog or who have browsed around it are aware that I tend toward coloring images when I'm making cards and I rarely vary from that tried and true formula (OK, so it's a rut. Give me a rut and I'll furnish it!)
However, I've joined a small group of crafty ladies (3 of us so far but we hope more of you will join us, thereby increasing the fun) who are trying to stretch their comfort zone by following a 'recipe' of four "Must Do" things and another three "Can Do if you choose" things in making a card or other project. One of us chooses the Must Dos and the Can Dos, makes a sample card (or other project), emails a photo of it to each person in the group, along with the list of Must and Can Dos. The single catch is that one of the Must Dos is given to the next 'Cook' (cook = recipe) by the person who made up the previous recipe. It does NOT have to be something they had in their recipe, just something they have designated as a Must Do for the new recipe.
This is only the second month we've done this and it was my turn to choose the recipe items. I was given the first Must Do of Make it Monochromatic. I added three more items to the Must Do list:
1. Make it Monochromatic
2. Make the
Sentiment your focus - Sentiment can be die cut, stamped (digi or rubber), &/or typed/ computer font/ hand written
3. Use "Paint Chips" - If you can't get any of those from your local paint store, make your own by coloring card stock "chips" to look like paint chips
4. Use patterned paper in the background - if you don't have any dp, make your own & use as much or as little as you like
The additional three Can Do items are:
1. Use a Die Cut
2. Use your favorite color
3. Use summer fruits
Here's my sample which I photographed & emailed to the other gals this morning (actually, I emailed the URL of this post to them but they'll get all the info when they visit.) They are NOT required to CASE this card; they are only required to follow the four Must Do parts of the recipe to make anything they like.
Paint chips (scraps) in purples (my favorite color)
"Awesome" sentiment cut w/ Your Next Stamp die
Stampin' Up dp scrap used for the sentiment
Background dp is a scrap from the basket
The other players have as much time as they want to complete their projects, post them to their blogs whenever they are finished, and send the rest of the group a link to their blog post, but the next Recipe will be sent out by our next 'Cook' on or just before August 1, regardless of how many have or haven't finished the July Recipe. There's no deadline for completing the July Recipe because there are no rules other than the four Must Do items and there are no kits to send or receive, no prizes, no pressures, and no drama. We are in this simply because we want to try some new things with a little shared inspiration.
Think you might like to try this one or to join our fun Recipe group? Email me and I'll get you added to the list. Does a particular recipe not appeal to you? Fine, don't use it; just wait for the next one. We'll keep emailing you the new recipes once a month as they are ready. And every few months (depending on how many Cooks we get on our list) your name will come up in the rotation and it'll be your turn to make up a recipe with one Must Do item supplied by the previous Cook. :-D
Challenges:
