Thursday, June 30, 2011

Thanks Debbie Olson

Good morning blog surfers! I hope your Thursday is off to a good start!

I've been working on a digital card using an adorable new Two Peas in a Bucket kit, but I'm just not happy with the way things are going! The card I made was just okay, nothing special, no wow factor, which is okay. I suppose. But I know I can do better! And to do my creative team job right, my project needs to inspire you and make you want the kit, right?

When your creative juices dry up, what do you do? I turn to my favorite blogs to get me fired up again. The other day I wanted to play with some of my latest Papertrey Ink stamps and since I'm pretty new to stamping, I didn't really know where to begin. So I hoped onto Debbie Olson's blog and found a super cute card to lift.


This is the card I created with Debbie's help. Isn't this an amazing design?!?! I love Debbie's work and I love Papertrey Ink. I secretly want to be a Papertrey Ink girl. Oops, I let that cat out of the bag! ;)



It was cool to recreate Debbie's card, to experience just how she combines the Papertrey Ink stamps and die cuts together. I never would have thought to stamp the flap of this seed envelope. Cute, huh?


I'm also pretty new at coloring with Copic markers and using Debbie's card as a guild, I was able to see how to color these beautiful flowers.


I love all the little details that Debbie puts into her cards like the little butterfly.


Here's Debbie's card. Mine turned out almost as cute as hers! And I had a lot of fun doing a self-taught Debbie Olson class!

Now maybe I can get back to my Two Peas digital assignment and create something with a little more zing!

Kathy :)

8 comments:

Diana Fisher said...

I love Debbie's site. Such wonderful projects, and your card is amazing!

Jean Martin said...

I love Debbie too! She always makes clean and fantastic cards. She really takes good care with all the little details. Kathy...I think EVERYONE secretly wants to be a PTI girl! lol! :)

Audrey Pettit said...

Really, really adorable, Kathy!! I just love your card. :)

Lynn said...

Great job in the CASE! Copics scare me but you have them down! Ps your comment today gave me a good laugh....dude!

cnelson said...

Both cards are PURE LOVELINESS!

Julie Overby said...

It is super cute! What would we do without the web, hey?

BabyBokChoy said...

It's hard to imagine that your creative juice gets dried up!! lol. This is gorgeous!!!

Angie Delarie said...

That is a adorable card Kathy! love it

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