28 Cards in 28 Days: Part 4

This is a brief update on my progress toward making 28 cards in 28 days as part ofBig Pictures Classes' "28 Cards in 4 Weeks" online class. I finished three more of Aly Dosdall's 28 designs.

One of my personal goals is not to skip any of Aly's card designs since each one so far, incorporates a different card technique. It's a great opportunity to improve many card making skills.

I love Aly's version of the hanging heart card, which is design #5 in the class. However I didn't have a mini-clothespin with which to hang the heart on the clothesline. Hmm, what to do? Aha!

I took some 18 gauge copper wire and jewelry pliers to make a mini-hanger. I'll defnitey make more of those. They're such cute card embellishments and I can think of lots of uses for them.

Design #6 just didn't speak to me, probably because I don't have any youngsters to send cards to. Aly featured a cute little stitched felt owl with googly eyes holding the balloons along with a "Get well" message.

I envisioned the balloons taking someone up, up and away, so drew a little girl airborne hanging happily onto the strings. The stamped message, "A laugh is a smile that bursts" is suitable for many occasions.

Aly herself wouldn't recognize this card as her 7th design for the class, except for the yellow polka dot banner flag. Her's is a good luck card featuring four leaf clovers made from ribbon on a stark white background. Sometimes it's fun to just take a design idea and run with it ... in a totally different direction.

Twenty-one days to go; 21 designs to tackle.