I had a lot of fun and frustration with this week’s Inspired By theme, FALL MUGS. The inspiration photo really captured my interest with the warm colors and those fun mugs. I was particularly focused on the owl and fox mug and put my thinking cap on. I was initially going in another direction and then I remembered the adorable Sweater Weather set from MFT Stamps designed by the talented Birdie Brown.
So here’s where the frustration comes in. I decided it would be fun to pair these cute images with the coffee cups from an older Hero Arts club kit from 2018. I didn’t want the look of cut out images so I decided to apply my “not-so-great” masking skills. It took four attempts to finally get it right and I confess I had to walk away a few times.
Here’s the fun part. I decided to try to salvage the three previous mishaps with some creative die cut cover ups. The results were pretty cute, in my opinion, and I ended up with a total of four fun cards to send to my sisters.
I used Distress Inks to watercolor on watercolor cardstock and then bit of Prismacolor colored pencils to added shading, mostly on the first card and a little on the others.
We hope that you are inspired to join the fun (and maybe a little frustration) this week. We’d love to see how you’re inspired to use your crafty stash. ~MarDi
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