Pink Cupcakes
One of the first things I wanted to do differently on this blog was take high quality photography of my artwork. I’ve seen a lot of craft blogs and the one thing I disliked the most was the fact that the pictures were always shady and hard to see. Turns out no matter how hard you try, sometimes it is just not easy to get a great shot. My lightbox doesn’t seem to want to cooperate this week. Nor does my camera; no matter how many times I’ve cleaned out the guts, it’s still got dust inside. I am going to have to schedule an intervention with my husband in hopes that he can take the brush to it (something I’m just not comfortable doing with my Canon EOS 30D).
Another goal was to start using the stamp sets that I purchased from Stampin’ Up instead of having them just sitting there. So, this is the first card (of many, I’m sure) that uses one of the first sets I purchased; ABC Images. 28+ little itty bitty stamps that have a different image for each letter of the alphabet, plus an ABC & 123 stamp as well. I can think of a lot of cute gift ideas for a certain little boy I know… but perhaps when he’s a little older.
The Rule of Thirds
One of the single most important rules I apply to all (most) of my cards is similar to the Rule of Thirds in photography; everything that you place on the card should be done in thirds. Take a look at the card- it has three major embellishments and each embellishment in itself has a “third” applied to it.
1. The star paper at top is approximately 2/3s of the card (partially hidden by the ribbon).
2. The pink paper at the bottom has three cupcakes.
3. The blue striped ribbon has a bow 1/3 of the way in and I’ve placed it right in the “Rule of Thirds” hotspot to visually draw the eye to the bow when initially looking at the card.
If you use these general rules, you should be able to pull off a visually pleasing layout every time you work with paper.
Of course, here comes the confusing part of this conversation- I wouldn’t always apply the rule of thirds to all sizes of cards. For me, it’s more visually appealing to have a matted image in the center of a square card.
I also tried to take a picture that would showcase off the minimal amount of glitter I used. Hope you can see it in this picture!
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how is it that I did not know that you do this? huh???