You've Got This Between The Lines

This is a story of rejection, transformation and persistence!  Have you ever had a plan for a card that seemed perfect and about which you were excited?  You maintained the excitement and worked feverishly on the card and then - when it was finished - thought "Meh" ?  If so, do read on - this story is for you!

I really love colouring in the free Sale-A-Bration paper Inside the Lines and had a panel that I'd already coloured with watercolour pencils.  I'd mainly coloured the flowers shades of pink but had thrown in a few yellow ones so that I could put it with anything.  

I'm sure you can see why I didn't like this card!

The inside of the card

Pretty soon I had envisaged a card using this panel in an offset position and trimmed with a large, bold yellow flower.  I laid out my panels and tested them against a variety of papers before I made my selection and finished my card.

I put it in my light box and took a photo of it and that was when I looked at it and went "Meh"!  I threw it into a corner of my craft room, deciding that I could never feature it on my Blog  or even use it.

Eventually I felt sufficiently guilty about it languishing, alone and rejected, in the corner that I decided to try to give it a face lift! 

The rescued, rejuvenated card

I found I could peel off the decorative panel without causing too much damage (with the help of my long, thin paper piercing tool) and simply added some layers of Rich Razzleberry and Whisper White.  I embossed the Whisper White layer with the Lovely Lace embossing folder.


Whilst it's still not one of my favourite cards, I will at least use it now.

I also added some dimension

So the moral of this story is, if you've made something that you don't like - don't despair and don't throw it away.  Take out your scalpel and give it a face lift!



Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie




Product List - To visit my online store, click on one of the product images below (Australian Residents only)

You've Got This Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[139575]

Love & Affection Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141545]

Watercolor Pencils

[141709]

Aqua Painters

[103954]

Lovely Lace Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[133737]

Inside The Lines Designer Series Paper

[143830]

Blooms & Bliss Designer Series Paper

[141654]

Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

[119981]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

Rose Red A4 Card Stock

[108613]

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

Sneak Peek - Love & Affection Horizontal Easel Card

Today I have another sneak peek for you.  I've used one of the flower images from Love and Affection and a new set of borders called ... Mixed Borders!

New products: Love & Affection and Mixed Borders

I watercoloured the flower with Smoky Slate and Calypso Coral and punched it out with a circle punch.  I added a Rhinestone Jewel to the centre.

The borders are very cleverly designed with a gap in the strip so that there is a ready made space for a sentiment or embellishment.  My circle was a little larger than the ready-made gap, however, since they are photopolymer stamps, it was really easy to manually line up the borders where I wanted them.  In fact, I'd already adhered the stamped circle before I decided to add the line of dots and it couldn't have been easier to do!  I stamped my borders in Basic Black onto Calypso Coral cardstock.  I added little rhinestone jewels to the centres of the four mini flowers and silver glitter (see below) to the tiny little flowers.

The horizontal easel card is made from Basic Gray and the layers are Smoky Slate, Whisper White and Calypso Coral.

The open horizontal easel card

The support for the easel is Smoky Slate and I kept it simple - just adding a sentiment from Rose Wonder and an image from Love and Affection which I punch out with a circle punch.

To make things a little easier for myself - I stamped the entire floral image in Calypso Coral and then went over the leaves with the fine end of a Basic Gray marker.  I then used the dotted half circle image from Mixed Borders to add a border.  I simply "bent" it to the shape I wanted and stamped several times around the edge - fortuntely, it fit perfectly!

I cut out the sentiment with one of the label dies from the Project Life Cards and Labels framelits.  I punch a circle from Calypso Coral to layer the stamped circle.   

I wanted to add some sparkle to the centres of the little flowers but discovered that I didn't have any silver Dazzling Details - a terrible oversight!  So I used the Dazzling Details and sprinkled it with silver glitter - problem solved!

The new products that I've pre-viewed here are:

Mixed Borders          141932

Love & Affection       141545

Dimensions for the horizontal easel card

.  Cut a piece of Basic Gray cardstock to 9" x 6"; scored on the long side at 4 1/2" and 6 3/4"
.  Cut a piece of Basic Gray cardstock to 6" x 4 1/2" for the front of the card
.  Fold as shown in diagram and adhere the front panel.

Diagram 1 for Horizontal Easel Card

Diagram 2 for Horizontal Easel Card

Thank you for visiting

'Til next time

Stephanie

Current Product List - click on any of the images to purchase from my online store

Rose Wonder Photopolymer Stamp Set

[140697]

Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits

[135707]

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

[121689]

Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate

[131291]

Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock

[124392]

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

[126983]

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

[131179]

Many Marvelous Markers

[131264]

Sneak Peek - 2016-17 Annual Catalogue - Affectionately Yours

I fell in love with this suite of goodies the moment I saw it!  There are some beautiful papers in the DSP pack and I love the little embossing folders! (There are two designs in the pack).

For this card I used the letterpress technique with Night of Navy ink on Crumb Cake cardstock.  I added one of the gorgeous Classy Designer buttons (carrying over from the current catalogue) that we were given at On Stage and I would have loved to have threaded it with the new Night of Navy Solid Bakers Twine!  Instead, I hunted through the sewing box I inherited from my mother and found a gorgeous old reel of Button Thread.  It's the wrong colour but, feeling sentimental, I used it anyway!  I hate to think how old it is!

For this card, I embossed a piece of Night of Navy cardstock and then used a sponge dauber to rub Whisper White Craft Ink over it.   The little matching stamped flower is from a stamp set that I received at On Stage, called Love & Affection.  It doesn't show in the picture, but I added clear Wink of Stella to the petals and gold Wink of Stella to the centre.  I punched it out with a 1 3/8" circle punch.

These are the new products I used:

Affectionately Yours DSP                  141632

Floral Affection Embossing Folder    141713

Love & Affection stamp set               141545

Thank you for visiting today.  If you click this link   - it will take you off to see wonderful projects from other members of the Crazy Crafters Team - they're very talented so it's really worth the visit!
You can also vote for your favourite projects and find out who  won last week (7.30pm AEST 22/4/16 to 29/4/16).

'Til next time
Stephanie