In many ways this card happened by accident. I had viewed a couple of tutorials about using up scraps, checked out a card that looked interesting but now I cannot locate it to acknowledge its creator, and I needed a masculine style card for someone. The small banner die is from an unbranded set and is so thin that it is not very useful. Having the idea to use it on scraps seemed to me a good way to get some use out of it. Initially I was going to glue each strip in staggered lines butting each piece up against another. But I had the strips in my hand, which is sore today and promptly dropped them onto the white piece. They looked kind of interesting the way they scattered so I glued them that way. The white piece is the inside of a frame I used a while ago, the notes are stick-on puffy shapes I’ve had forever and the sentiment comes from one of my first purchases from GKD, and is quite old now. When I went to glue the layer onto the gray card front, it also fell and rather than try to straighten it I decided to leave it as is. Then I went around the whole thing with a black fine pen and over that with a glitter pen.
One card for two challenges makes me feel pretty good about myself. As I incorporated the double dare the card also works for a 3rd challenge too.
It is an okay card and in a way I like it, in another I don’t. It is certainly different and with my hands being the way they are it is fortunate I could create anything at all. Thanks for stopping by.
Links to the challenge blogs:
Just Add Ink #655…Add Music! – music notes and sentiment fulfill the requirement here.
Challenge #139 “We Dare You” Masculine Project partnering with Festive Friday – Plaids, die cuts and possibly the shape of the layer qualify this one.
Lavender House Creations 
You did a good job! I do remember those words, but do not remember what image came with it. Are your hands giving you fits?
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Thanks Lisa. My hands are quite arthritic and occasionally give me grief. I have been doing some gardening so probably I aggravated them. Today was a day out with my hubby, so no work at all and they have settled again.
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Interesting, fun card. It may be for the musician who was stuck on composing that score and threw all the pages in the air and this was how they landed. LOL….
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I love your tongue in cheek comment. It made me smile. Thanks.
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Love the random drop of your stitched banners including several checker patterns and using the negative of a die cut frame made a perfect layout for your masculine card… sounds like everything just fell in place. Liked your doodling around the frame and the music notes and sentiment were perfect. Thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble’s triple-dog dare and using and sharing your card at Festive Friday’s Inspo List challenge.
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Thanks so much. Took a day off today so hopefully I can craft over the weekend without any mishaps.
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Such a great way to use up your scraps – it really works! Hope your hands aren’t giving you too much pain – take care x
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Thanks Deborah. Getting old and arthritic makes life challenging sometimes. Better today because I’ve done absolutely nothing except walk a beautiful display garden.
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It’s funny how random things like dropping the bits of scraps makes us look at them in a completely different way. This has certainly given your card a free and easy feeling perfect for a music theme. Thanks so much for joining us at Just Add Ink this week. Kerry, DT
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Thanks so much. I like happy accidents such as this one.
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Another great use of scraps. So colorful!
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Thanks a lot.
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What a fun design, so clever and love how the strips look with the notes mixed in. Great card! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Double Trouble and at Festive Friday!
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Many thanks. It is fun to play along.
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What a fun card for a musician. I have a grandson-in-law that would love this. Even with painful hands you create beautiful cards. Hope you can find some relief for the pain.
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Thanks Gerry, a day off doing nothing with my hands helps a lot. Gardening and crafting don’t really work well together.
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What ‘happy accidents’ to create a very unusual and interesting pattern – I may have to try dropping things to see what happens. Great background colour and loving that hand drawn line. xx
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Quite a few of my cards are a result of an accident or a messy desk and they sort of create themselves.
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Johanna, when I saw your card with its musical notes I immediately thought of jazz! The untethered nature of your card and its random placement of elements are how I perceive jazz music in a very visual way!! Thank you for playing along with us at Double Trouble, and our partner Festive Friday!!! -Donna
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Thanks so much for the comment. I found it very thoughtful and appreciate it very much.
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I love the carefree design of your card, Johanna! The patterns and colors are so festive with the musical notes. Great sentiment, too. (I also have arthritic hands – they are beginning to resemble claws – but getting old isn’t for sissies, so, like you, I manage.) Thank you for joining us at Double Trouble Challenge #139. — Melanie R.
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Thank you so much. I agree getting old isn’t for sissies. LOL.
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“Where hands fail, fun card is created.” 😉 Couldn’t help myself. It’s a fun card and the quirkiness adds to it. Glad you were able to create when you are having so much trouble with your hands.
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Thanks Golda. My hands bother me when I am working in the garden and then they ache for a few days afterwards. I try to garden every other day otherwise I’m in trouble.
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Smart to do it every other day. My grandfather used to eat a few raisins that had been soaked in rum, I think, every day to help with his arthritis. My dad has a few dark cherries every day and a half a glass of red wine in the evening (doctor recommended that) which seems to help his arthritis. Glad you have found a way to deal with yours.
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A great way to use smaller scraps of paper. Lovely musical notes. Chantell Just Add Ink
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Thanks so much. It was fun to participate.
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What a fun card! It is wonderful to try something new and have it turn out so well. Thank you for playing along with the Festive Friday and Double Trouble Challenges!
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Thanks so much.
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What a creative thing to do to come up with how to place the banners. I really love that sentiment too! I believe in that! Sounds like something is going on with your hands. I send a prayer for healing! Thanks for joining us at Double Trouble 🙂
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Many thanks. My hands are arthritic and at this time of the year they bother me because I’m often outside gardening. Its a catch 22 thing, I need to garden but my body sometimes says no.
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