Big Pieces Thank You,...Grrr...

Editted at 8:13 AM to add last picture and comments


I really wanted to make something special tonight but my coloring skills were way out of whack. Not sure why but nothing was blending right and I couldnt find my pencil sharpener to give me a sharp tip. I am sure I'll do better when I can straighten up my craft space and find my tools. my children have been working on a few end of the year projects and nothing is where I could find it. The image to the right is what I came up with. Not my best work. I am not happy with it, but tomorrow I will try doing another one and tweak the card. I always like when I can tweak and show the differnce a good nights sleep can make. So until tomorrow I hope you'll enjoy this substitute.





It was like an oven in my craft room, no breeze to be found, and very muggy tonight. I wanted to have a new card that wasn't cased, so when the roses I wanted didn't turn out I created this. Actually three other base images and this was the best of the three( again not saying much for my abilities tonight). The roses would have been better if I had stopped before I added the brown edging. Sometimes knowing when enough is enough makes all the difference.


This card uses a light blue background I am not certain the color it came from the stash pile, and SU Chocolate Chip cardstock. I used my Cuttlebug Spots& Dots A2 Embossing folder and a brayer to add SU Chocolate Chip ink, on the blue matting. I used my Riveting set and a SU 3/4" punch to make the circle sentiment and layered it on circles stamped with SU 1 1/4" & 1 3/8 " Punches. This was slid over the knot tied with Offray "Dippy Dot" ribbon in Brown & Blue. I wanted to round the image matting but didn't have a cricle punch the right size to slip the strips into, so I just used the spool of ribbon as a guide lining it up with a ruler and tracing it.
I added stitch marks with a Chocolate chip marker. The flower was stamped in Bashful Blue and then the edges dabbed with a Teal Pigment inkspot and then embossed with Stamp'n Stuff Kaleidoscope Irredecent embossing powder and mounted on a dimesional over the white base. It is a lot more shimery In Real Life. It has a nice bluish glimmery sheen.

I used M'bellish Brown Rivets to attach the image to the base.

I tried coloring the center of the flower but didnt like how it turned out, another laps in judgement, so I punched a 1/4" circle of Choc Chip cardstock and glued it on. A lot of trial and error took place tonight, (alot of error). What your seeing is definately not my best work, but isn't that what makes this craft so much fun because every once and awhile it clicks and you know its finished. Tomorrow I intend to "FINISH" this card. I'll add it to this post when I do.....

....so check back maybe we will all be pleasantly surprised. Until then ...Happy Stamping.....

PS... I am going to post some more blog candy when I get close to 2000 Hits.

Edit:

Okay I am tired. I made the mistake of going back in my craft room last night to pick up a few things before I went to bed. I finished the card at a round 1 am. I decided to stamp the image from Both Way Blossoms on watercolor paper with Timber Brown Stazon ink. I then watercolored it with my new pin point H2O painter I picked up at a local hobby store.

I used my Generals Watercolor pencils and some Crayola watercolors to paint the image.

I also brought the image up on the back ground and moved the three rivets to the side edge of the picture. I knew, I would love the roses more. Other than the ink getting on my background when I brayered it I think this card is definately "finished". I just didn't want to stay up and wait for my computer to reboot to crop and post my picture, or I would have posted it around 1:30. Hope you like the Change, let me know what you think! .....and Once again Happy Stamping!!!!