Sunday 18 September 2016

The Craft Barn Alpha/Dictionary Challenge - Letter O

I started my postcard for the Craft Barn Alpha/Dictionary Challenge just after the revealing of the letter to be used but then the Paralympics began and I had to resume my summer of sport watching. It seems I have done very little else these past few months!

The current letter is "o" and I have chosen the word octagon. Like so many crafters I have a few (thousand) scraps left over from projects and it really is time I started dipping into them to justify the reason for having kept them. I cut the octagons from some scrap background pieces and over stamped them with stamps from a new Crafty Individuals plate that I won for a knock down price on the auction site. The background was brayered using some left over paint from a previous project and then stamped using Distress Ink. The dictionary definition was computer generated.


Postcard recipe
Paper Card 
White recycled card
Anna Marie Designs Super Smooth Printer Card 200gsm
Inks/Paints 
Worn Lipstick Distress Ink
PaperArtsy Fresco Paint
Ranger Archival - Jet Black, Watering Can
Stamps 
Crafty Individuals CI-207
Other 
Definition - computer generated Typewriter font

6 comments:

Julia said...

ooh Maggie, this is beautiful. Choosing octagan for the dictionary challenge word was a very clever idea. I love all the blues and greens and lovely meadow images. This is a great project.

Crafty Claire said...

A lovely page and a great way to use the shapes. Great backgrounds and colour combinations for the octagons xx

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

This is adorable, but of course, I had to laugh because you managed to use a dragonfly, which would have made Jane happy. I am really impressed with these octagons, and love how you used leftovers to your advantage, too. Lovely postcard and a super choice of words.

Craftyfield said...

I have this very plate, one of my first with the CI Tree plate! Great use of these scraps, I tend to use them but I always create MORE than I use...

Mickie said...

Super card - thanks for joining in the Craft Barn Alpha challenge and good luck in the draw xx

sally said...

Brilliant idea for the word! Great choice of colours too.

Sally