Creative Crew 2024 - March

It's posting day for the Creative Crew. What exactly is the Creative Crew? We are a group of 7 card-making friends from various US locations who have a fun monthly creative adventure with a secretive twist. 

One of the group's members hosts each month. As host, she chooses a theme and then sends each of the group members a theme-appropriate image and some designer paper. The host can also include a sentiment and/or special item if she chooses to do so. The group members all receive the same items, but there is to be no conversation about what was received or the cards we're making. Then, on the 15th of the month, we all reveal our cards.

It's always fun to see how each person uses the image/papers.  

This month it was Carol's turn to host. She chose the theme...

National Poultry Day

(which is on March 19th)

Carol sent us the amazing rooster image from Stampin' UP!'s Rustic Rooster stamp set and several pieces of designer paper from the Paper Studio Country Road collection.

THANK YOU, Carol!

Here's my card:

I wish I'd thought to take a picture of the main panel paper - before I altered it. It was light-colored with a tile effect. It was beautiful but I just thought I wanted something a bit darker so I took a risk. EEK! I gently rubbed my Taylored Expressions Sweet Potato Pie ink pad across it. I actually did more than one pass until I was satisfied with the look. Of course I don't know what I would have done had it not turned out, since I didn't have another piece of it. But sometimes a gal just needs to take a risk and see where it goes.

I colored the rooster with Faber Castell Polychoromo colored pencils.

Be sure to check out all of the Creative Crew cards:

Barb

Carol

Darlene

Jeanette - that's me

Lorraine - SCS Gallery

Terry

Tracie

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

I used the following things from my own stash (in addition to the items Carol sent)...

Cardstock: Accent Opaque 120# White and SU Misty Moonlight

Dies: Honey Bee Sweet Stack Rectangles, MFT Stitched Rectangles, and Sizzix Squares

Ink: Taylored Expressions Sweet Potato Pie

Other Items: Love from Lizzy Black Strips, Paper Studio Cork Dots, and Ribbon from an unknown vendor