Tuesday, 22 October 2013

10 Minute Craft Dash Challenge

I tend to obsess over my cards, shifting things around and playing with the layout and design well after it needs any tweaking. So when I saw the 10 Minute Craft Dash Challenge - the challenge being to make a card in less than 10 minutes - I knew I needed to give it a try.

I began by getting all my supplies out on my table: paper, embellishments, sentiment sticker, adhesive, border punch, trimmer. Then I sat back and thought about the design of the card. When I had a pretty clear idea in mind as to what I was going to do, I started the clock.

Phew, I was sweating. I am not used to working under this kind of pressure. When my border punch got jammed, and my adhesive runner pulled the back off my paper (why?) I thought for sure I was not going to make it. But I pushed through and finished with only seconds to spare.

This is the card I made:
Time to make: 9 minutes and 53 seconds.

What an awesome challenge. It really forced me to focus and get down to business.

I think what really made it work for me was having my materials at the ready before I started the clock and keeping my card design fairly simple.

I am linking up my card over at the 10 Minute Craft Dash Challenge.
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12 comments:

  1. Leslie Germain22 October 2013 at 16:31

    Another great card!

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  2. Paulina22 October 2013 at 21:56

    This card turned out beautiful! You highlighted the colors perfectly and I love all those pretty flowers!

    Thank you so much for joining us in the 10 Minute Craft Dash. I hope you'll be able to join us again soon!

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    1. Crafty Cucumber23 October 2013 at 15:59

      Thank you Paulina. I had a lot of fun participating in this challenge and look forward to the next one!

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  3. Betty24 October 2013 at 04:23

    This is awesome. Love your patterned papers. Thanks for playing along with us in the 10 Minute Craft Dash and hope to see you again.

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    1. Crafty Cucumber24 October 2013 at 21:14

      Thanks Betty. I will definitely be playing along with this challenge again. So fun!

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  4. Rachel Izakowicz24 October 2013 at 14:51

    This is so lovely - great papers and design. Thanks for playing with us at the 10 Minute Craft Dash!

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  5. Leigh Penner24 October 2013 at 23:52

    Very pretty! Great mix of patterned papers!
    Thanks so much for playing along with the 10 Minute Craft Dash!

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    1. Crafty Cucumber27 October 2013 at 20:48

      Thanks Leigh. I love mixing patterned paper - it is my favorite technique. Thanks for reading.

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  6. Caryn2 November 2013 at 06:58

    Love your bold patterns - mixing dp's scares me to death!!! Thanks for playing along with the 10 Minute Craft Dash.
    Hugs,
    Caryn xxx

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    1. Crafty Cucumber2 November 2013 at 17:22

      Thank you Caryn. I love mixing papers - it is my favorite scrapbooking technique. Thanks for visiting.

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