2 Sketches 4 You - Kazan's Sketch 27

In orange mood this time. :) I bought some K & Company tags and was looking at ways of incorpo- rating them in my card- making. I quite like the result, seems like all my cards these days are very experimental! ;)

Also, exciting news - I have received my MM Slice. I'm yet to decide if I like it, it is my second cutting machine after Cricut and I decided to buy it as I simply had enough of this big chunky machine Cricut is. What I have noticed straight away though is that Slice does not cut all the way through the thicker paper. I've adjusted the blade but still have problem with this... I'll report back as soon as I decide if I like my new machine or not :)

Have a look at 2S4U

This is very exciting - 2 Sketches 4 You is celebrating the first year if its existence therefore:

"On June 1st we are going to launch The 1st Annual 2 Sketches 4 You Ulitimate Card Showdown and it is going to be the biggest and most fantastic card challenge competition imaginable."

This is extremely exciting and I personally can't wait! :) Follow this link for more details.

2S4U Laura's Sketch 26 "AnnaW is a rebel"

It was quite funny yesterday. I spent the whole evening making the card and followed the sketch exactly. When card was done I've decided it was too big and the size didn't work so I cut the whole piece in half and fixed it so that everything fitted. After that I've changed the ribbons and embellishment and added flat back pearls and...here we go, the result is as per pictures. I'm yet to decide if the whole thing works but every time I look at this card I'm intrigued so I hope everyone looking at the pictures will feel the same :)

"Remembering Moments" card and tutorial

Another weekend, another card and tutorial. this time something different - green and brown card with colorful feature - stamped Tilda by Magnolia on a snow white cardstock. I quite like this card although if I did it again I would change some of the elements. :)

On a different subject I ma ekstatic about making the top 5 in the last week's challenge on 2S4Y. I could not believe it and I am so very happy! Also, my YouTube audience has grown and this is equally exciting. I'm so glad that the videos are well received and I'm starting to receive first comments and ratings.

New name, new card and new tutorial

New name - my YouTube tutorials have a new name - "A day in a week with Anna W". I really like it! It has been suggested by one of the ladies from the papercraft forum and she got herself a lovely set of stamps this way. :)

New card - as per picture. I absolutely love the colours and this card is another interpretation of Kazan's latest sketch. Same layout, very similar products but no acetate anymore. Just pure paper.

New tutorial - I have filmed the cardmaking process and you can find in on YouTube!

2 Sketches 4 You - Kazan's Sketch 26

Here is my interpretation of Kazan's sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You. I love creating cards on acetate and it seems that out of all my YouTube videos, the "Clear base card" tutorial is the most popular one.

I took these pictures this morning and I'm not sure about them. The weather isn't great today, no sun, bit of rain so the picture in natural light is quite dark and grey. Because of this I've decided to take aonther one, this time in artificial light. If the weather gets better this afternoon I'll have another go. :)

Weekend

Weekend was nice but much too short. I watched StarTrek (loved it), created my very first stamp with Imagepac (ok, results were not great mainly because of my printer) and entered a card competition. Here is my humble entry, I'm quite proud of it!

Competition for the best name of the cardmaking tutorials

I could not come up with the name myself so I'm asking you to help me :) The rules are quite simple - please put forward an idea for the carmaking tutorials name by 15th May and author of the best idea will receive alphabet set of stamps by See D's.

Please put your comments either under this post or on YouTube under the cometitition video.

YouTube link

2 Sketches 4 You - My interpretation

Here is my
interpreta-
tion of Laura's sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You. I run back home today to make sure I'll catch some daylight to take a picture. Ok, I didn't run...but I cycled. VERY FAST! ;)

To the world...

...you may be one person but to one person you may be the world. - Bill Wilson.

This was intended for my friend to give to her future husband on their wedding day but...well, lets be honest it is slightly too pink for a guy ;) I really like the colours though. There is one more thing left - I am thinking of putting some Swarovski crystals in the middle of the flower. At the moment the center looks quite bare...

Olive card

I've recently made a post on Facebook comparing card made 2 years ago with the recent one. I'm glad that I've been taking pictures of most of my creations as I can now see what progress I've made.

For some people card making is just a hobby, something to do in the evenings. For others it is a form of expressing their thoughts, moods, feelings for other people. Some always stay in their comfort zone and rarely challenge themselves, others try new things, learn new techniques, are not afraid to try something they have never tried before.

It took me a while to accept that I'm not naturally talented. I can't draw (even though my Mum is extremely talented) I can't paint, I'm terrible at taking photographs. I do have an eye for shapes, colours and symmetry though. I know I will never be an amazing card maker, but I want to be as good as I can and challenge status quo.

So here is yet another example of me getting outside of my comfort zone. Because I won't try to get comfy anymore :)

Moving my blog

I have decided to move my blog from my website to the proper blogging site. This is mainly because I can't link my website blog to YouTube and few other sites. so here we go, new beginning :)

To start with here is the provcess of creating the card below. The whole process took me 3h but I quite like it!