Hero Arts Extra Post - Creating a Card with Limited Parameters - My Craft Roulette Card

Helloooo, Arties!! Welcome to another Hero Arts Extra Post! For the 95th episode of Craft Roulette, I happened to be the guest artist. I wanted to write a post about it and share the card I created during the show!

A few months back, Mary Gunn Funn invited me to appear on her show. You can learn a lot more about Craft Roulette on their website. Here is a snippet from the About the Show section:

“Craft Roulette is a weekly live show hosted by Mary Gunn FUNN and produced by her son, Stephen. The show was conceived organically and has progressed over time to become a live-crafting destination & creative community. Everyone is invited to play along!”

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On the show, the Wheel chooses a limited set of parameters to guide the creation of the project. These limits do not show up until the wheel reveals them. So, the participants have no way of planning ahead of time. These limits help focus one’s creative energy by narrowing the options available. This forces the crafters to use what they have on hand to create.

Sometimes, we can suffer from decision fatigue and end up not creating anything when we do not intentionally limit the scope of our projects. Crafty challenges do this for us, too.

The wheel treated me kindly and gave me some fairly easy guidelines:

  1. Project - Postcard
    This meant I had to make something with inspired by a postcard or that reflected the feel of a postcard. I could also have made a postcard. I chose the Postage Stamp Infinity Dies for this.

  2. Colors - Muted + Pop of Bright
    The palette had to consist of muted colors and a pop of bright. I chose gray Copic markers with a pop of red and some Raspberry Jam Ink.

  3. Element - Globe(s)
    A globe could have meant a spherical map of earth, but it could also mean a circle. I chose a Nesting Circle Infinity Die to create a window.

  4. Random - Horizontal Lines
    This was kind of a throwaway kindness from the wheel. The design had to include a horizontal line. So I used buildings from the A Warm Welcome stamp set and coordinating frame cuts.

I appreciate you spending some time with me today. If you are excited about the supplies I used in this post, you can pick them up using my affiliate links in the grid of supplies below.

Have a wonderful week!

Daniel

CM587 A Warm Welcome | Hero Arts
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DI968 A Warm Welcome Frame Cuts (D) |...
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DI345 Nesting Postage Stamps Infinity...
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DI199 Nesting Circle Infinity Dies...
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AF228 Raspberry Jam Mid-Tone Shadow...
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AF244 Soft Sky Shadow Ink | Hero Arts
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MI003 Ink Blending Brushes | Hero Arts
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CH321 Clear Hero Hues Enamel Dots |...
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Scotch Foam Tape - 3/4" x 36 Yards |...
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Hero Arts Floral Hues Ink Cubes Pack
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Platinum 6 Die Cutting And Embossing...
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