Another playdate with Claire, another armful of bounty to
share with the world.
I’m flying out to see my parents and sister in New Orleans
for Thanksgiving and we will be seeing some family friends that I haven’t seen
for years. My mom encouraged me (coerced feels more appropriate though) to
bring some sets of cards for the family friends. So I roped Claire into the
fray and we made loads of sets of cards to give away.
I’ll start with my favourite of the session: these embossed,
inked and tied heart DL cards on the headline. I did them in reverse of each
other, making a little set of four. This card was a major faff, all the
techniques going into the stamping and inking and what not. I’m pleased it’s
going to a good home.
The next one is one that Claire did – the zebra and yellow
combo is super sweet. I said at the time I never think of yellow and black but
it’s a stellar combination.
Then we both did a similar card using tags in pink and
green. As CG mentions
on her blog, we followed completely different inspirations from Pinterest
and yet we ended up making very similar things. How funny. I think one of these
sets should go to my sister as she’s all about pink and green. (mine are the top, CG's are the bottom, for reference)
Next we have the quilted pattern I made using Claire’s
scallop square punch. These papers really spoke to me and they’re blue and
brown which is a combo I can’t get enough of. My mom will probably like these…
Then we have Claire’s black and pink winner. We played a lot
with that raffia-style thread. It’s super thin and easy to work with.
Then we made some engagement cards but I won’t post those as
I’m going to be hand delivering them this weekend! The best thing about playdate sessions is that you see someone using the kit you have in a different way, or trying a technique with a common tool that you'd never considered. It's much better to craft with a friend than to craft in isolation.
All in all a super productive Sunday session. I had to dash
off for a work dinner but otherwise I think we could have stayed all night
making these. Well until Claire’s husband kicked me out for talking nonsense
and being a liability for drinking/crafting at the same time. It’s happened….a
few times.
Ha ha, cracking up reading this..remember the playdate with NO adult supervision....
ReplyDeleteSo many times we are left unsupervised! Why?! S and O know better!
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