Howdy peeps! How are you? I've been a stamping fool. Now don't laugh.......I have been stamping, and I think I'm a fool to try and enter this Artisan Award contest.
I stamped alot yesterday, (inbetween laundry, taxes, cooking, cleaning and trying to be a good mom) and since my stamping mojo was apparently off having margaritas somewhere, I decided to just copy a card I had seen. You know, just to get things lubed up again. I needed some thank you cards and thought I'd get that checked off the "to-do list".
They took me hours but they came out really cute. And not at all like the card I was going to copy. I am such a slow stamper. I popped them in the mail today and I'll show them here in a day or so after they are received.
I had planned on staying up late last night because you know how you get on a roll and you have all these great ideas starting? That was finally starting to happen for me and then I had to stop everything and get Grace in bed. Well, that made me realize I was tired. So I didn't get anything posted here and I went to bed. Sleep deprivation makes for a grumpy mom.
Of course my mojo needed a jumpstart again today. So why not check out the Stamping 411 sketch? I haven't played over there in weeks. I love their sketches.
Here is what I ended up with. Only took me about 2 hours. Which is kinda fast for me.
Refuge and Strength set. Kraft, soft suede, whisper white and old olive cardstock. So saffron and soft sueded inks. Paper piercer, 3/4" circle punch, 2 step bird punch, hemp, polka dot embossing folder (wart maker), aquapainter and dimensionals.
I've been thinking Easter cards lately. Can you believe its only 5 days away? Can you believe I have to leave my family that day to go to Iowa? Geez.........
I almost considered saving this for the Artisan Award contest but its not really AA contest quality.
I used the computer to make the sentiment. Looking at it here, I wish I had moved my palm fronds (yes, those are palm fronds) down and showed the cross a little more.
You can't really see it here, but my button was a little too small for my banner. So I punched out a 3/4" circle of Soft Suede, distressed the edges and glued it behind the button. Made it just the right size.
I also took my aquapainter and with a really wet brush picked up some Soft Suede from my ink lid and then flicked it onto the cross panel. Who needs a spritzer?
Everything kinda sticks out from the card. I think I need to figure out how to do picture editing because it looks so much nicer in person. Kinda washed out here. But its cloudy today, we have a storm coming. Not that it will actually rain but you never know.
Alrighty then, I'm going back to the grindstone and see if I can whip up some creative genius for this contest.
Thanks for stopping by.
Blesings, b.
p.s. I just went over to the Stamping 411 site to get their link and I see Robin has made a card using the same set as me! Great minds think alike.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
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5 comments:
Well this card was worth every minute of those two hours! You did a great job. I especially love the way you placed the palm fronds around the cross, and the wrapped twine around with the button too. Thanks for playing along this week!
Well, I love your card so much Beth! Great idea with the AquaPainter! this is really beautiful, especially your 'palm' fronds! I knew what they were! :)
So very pretty. Love your color choices.
So pretty!! Thanks for playing along this week with us over at Stamping 411!!! We love seeing everyone play along!!
This is just gorgeous! I love the dimension that the embossing folder adds and your beautiful palms! Great job!
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