a card a day in may - 5/2: SMILE

Hello, again! A couple weeks ago, I polled all of my crafty friends over on Twitter, asking if they blog every single project they make, or just the ones they feel are the most "blog-worthy". In case you didn't know, I happen to fall in the latter category. ;) But, I wanted to hear others' views on the subject, and was actually surprised by the 50/50 response. Most interesting was a comment made by my friend Jennifer McGuire, who said that she thinks it's great to just blog them all... because even if I don't like a particular card, someone else will. And that really resonated with me. Enough so, that it inspired me to do something different here on my blog.....

Therefore, I bring you, A Card A Day In May! :) I decided that for one month, I would blog a card every day: the good, the bad, and the what-was-I-thinking. LOL They may not all be newly made, the point is just to post a different card every day for 30 days. And if you've read my blog a while, you know that this is HUGE for me. I'm sooo not a daily blogger. But I really wanted to challenge myself in this area and thought this might be a cool idea. Who knows... maybe it will stick! LOL

Since yesterday's ABNH Topsy Turvy challenge blog post counts as my first card of the month (5/1), here's today's:


I knew as soon as I saw this set (Hero Arts CL491) that this particular sentiment would look GREAT color-blocked. So that's what I did: just stamp the image on a few scraps of paper, piece them all together, and voilá! Since the image is so bold, I went with a bold black mat, too. This particular card happens to be an older one, and one that I really like. ;)

Alrighty Aphrodite... thanks for bearing with all my ramblings, and I guess I'll see you tomorrow with another card! :)

SUPPLIES
stamps: Hero Arts CL491
ink: Memories black
paper unknown (miscellaneous scraps)
other: Hero Arts pearls, pop dots