Looking back on the art I’ve been making for the past few months I’ve done quite a bit of digital work. I started really delving into Procreate when we went on Vacation earlier this year, and I haven’t stopped exploring the possibilities since. While planning for our vacation in late February and early March of his year I opted to take only my camera and iPad. No knitting, no sketch book, no art supplies. This was the first time I’d ever taken only my iPad, with the intent of creating art while on a vacation. I had a plan to limit my supplies and challenge myself to only using procreate. My plan worked, I learned a lot about procreate and I enjoyed to process. The biggest thing I learned was how very freeing being able to sit on the couch or the porch at night with just an iPad and a pencil was. There was no figuring out where to put supplies, or how to juggle a sketchbook on my lap, or being confined to the table. The other bonus ...
Let me start this post with a little background. My Bestie and I are card makers from way back and we live over a 1,000 miles apart. We were talking a week or so back about how we've both taken classes or been part of maker groups over the years and been disappointed by the lack of inspiration we got out of the experience. We spend a lot of time texting each other photos of projects, why couldn't we do our own thing? And there it was, the idea of trying a Bestie Card Challenge Swap.
We swapped three envelopes or ziplock bags by mail to challenge the recipient to make three cards. Each envelope or ziplock contents was to make one card and you had to use all of the elements included. You could alter the elements in any way by cutting, inking, embossing, etc., but you needed to use all the bits from one envelop or bag on one card.
So what exactly did she send me?
Let's get to the cards, shall we? First I want to point out that I loved the push to leave my own comfort zone. She sent me several color combos I wouldn't have selected on my own.
My favorite of the three is Card #1, I'm just really attracted to the color combo. The others are equally cute, but the colors of #1 just speak to me. Which one is your favorite?
We swapped three envelopes or ziplock bags by mail to challenge the recipient to make three cards. Each envelope or ziplock contents was to make one card and you had to use all of the elements included. You could alter the elements in any way by cutting, inking, embossing, etc., but you needed to use all the bits from one envelop or bag on one card.
So what exactly did she send me?
Let's get to the cards, shall we? First I want to point out that I loved the push to leave my own comfort zone. She sent me several color combos I wouldn't have selected on my own.
My favorite of the three is Card #1, I'm just really attracted to the color combo. The others are equally cute, but the colors of #1 just speak to me. Which one is your favorite?
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