Catching up on Two of the Challenges

I have two new Full Deck Challenge cards to post today. They are #11 and #12. Both lived up to the word "challenges" especially #12. But that's the purpose of the project. I just didn't realize it applied to every aspect from the concept, to the planing,to the techniques and especially the execution.

The prompt for this one was black & white with a splash of color and stencil or texture paste. If you are wondering about the number 10 in the upper right corner, that was one of the screw ups. This is actually #11. I decided on the gauzy overlay with black sequins at the last minute. I had already added some black dots as one of my items brought forward and the sequins overlapped some of the dots. My constant color is Magenta. The texture paste fulfilled the texture paste prompt.

Prompts for #12 were holes and drippy paint. My idea was to use donut holes and apply the drippy paint as frosting. In hindsight I should have given up on that at the very beginning when creating the donuts was not going as planned. But I plowed ahead and each element required me to find a way to "fix" the first try. All in all, a bit of mess. Hopefully I learned a lesson on this one. Chocolat is my constant word and the dots are my carry forward

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ALPHABET CHALLENGE

I am going to include my latest collages for the Alphabet challenge in this post since I am caught up on the Full Deck Challenge. The prompts for D are: Document wallet, Daisy, Distressed and Decoupage.

This one is not without mistakes but it did come together better than the two above. There is a little tab sticking out on the left that is inserted in a pocket. Technically the pocket (document wallet) should be on the front but I had already glued another piece that the pocket was supposed to be behind, so I had no choice but to put it on the back.

Although the photo was not one of the prompts it really was the catalyst for this card. It's an old postcard with a handwritten note on the back. I had to give up the message for the photo but I thought it was worth it. The buttons are not part of the prompts either but it is okay to add extra items.

This is the insert for the pocket.

I wanted to show a close-up of the button so you could read the name on it.

Following that we have E with the prompts: Emboss, Eight, Embroidery, and the Bonus: Egg.

Believe it or not I started with the egg and then aqua took over. The embroidery is at the center of the bow-tie. I chose to skip the embossing and substituted the bonus-egg.

And the last one for today's post is F with prompts of Fish, Flower, File Folder and Frame.

This one wanted to curl a bit but I am getting better at getting them to lay flat. I actually did E and F before I did D. On this one I used the bonus-fish to replace the file folder.

I think I am caught up with posting but I do have a couple in progress so a new post should follow soon.

On The Upswing

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