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




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You've Got This Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Love & Affection Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Watercolor Pencils

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Aqua Painters

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Lovely Lace Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

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Inside The Lines Designer Series Paper

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Blooms & Bliss Designer Series Paper

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Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

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Whisper White A4 Card Stock

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Rose Red A4 Card Stock

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Basic Black A4 Card Stock

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Stampin' Dimensionals

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Lovely Lace and pearl

Metallics, lace and pearl - seems like a good combination

This is a bit of an unusual card for me - I have used some product not carried by Stampin' Up.

I've just returned from a month in England.  Naturally, I simply had to visit at least one craft store while I was there and some gilding wax jumped into my basket!

I'm still a little jet-lagged and feeling a bit out of touch with my craft space but I was eager to try out the gilding wax.  The Lovely Lace embossing folder seemed like a good test for it and I tried all five (you have to get it when you see it, right?!) of the colours that I brought back with me: Silver, Copper, Ultramarine, Enchanted Gold and Golden Light

My test piece was never intended to see the light of day but the more I looked at it, the more I liked the strange mix of colours and random application!

I kept the card design simple to let the embossing speak for itself and added some Copper Metallic Thread and a Metal Rimmed Pearl because lace and pearls are a classic mix!

Thank you for visiting
'Til next time
Stephanie


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Lovely Lace Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

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Metal Rimmed Pearls

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Copper Metallic Thread

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Basic Black A4 Card Stock

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Delightful Dijon A4 Cardstock

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Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

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Layering Circle Framelits Dies

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Creative Crew August Challenge - Saying "Goodbye" to Summer - Colour

Colour Focus

Well, all good things must come to an end and I'm sad to say that this is my last month on the Creative Crew team.  It's been such an honour to be part of this team and also very enjoyable - I'm going to miss it but wish the new team all the best - I know they'll come up with lots of beautiful inspiration for us all.

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Can this be "Goodbye" to Summer??  

What can I say - any theme based on seasons is going to end up topsy turvy in one part of the planet or another!  But I rather enjoyed putting my numbingly cold winter hands to work with some lovely warming colours!  I feel warmer just looking at this card!

Heat Embossing with an embossing folder

The top layer uses the emboss resist and stamping with an embossing folder techniques.

I used versamark to ink up the Lovely Lace embossing folder, placed a piece of Whisper White card stock on top and pressed it evenly with my hands.  Then sprinkled with gold embossing powder and applied heat with a heat gun.

Then I used sponge daubers to apply ink: Cherry Cobbler at the bottom, Watermelon Wonder in the middle and Crushed Curry at the top.  I took a bit of care to blend the colours and wiped the ink off the embossing with a tissue and added a few Candy Dots in Cherry Cobbler and Crushed Curry.

I stamped a flower from Birthday Blossoms in Versamark onto the Crushed Curry card stock and heat embossed with gold embossing powder.  Then I sponged carefully and lightly with Cherry Cobbler and Watermelon Wonder - fading out towards the ends of the petals.  Then I cut out the flower. 

The little flower is punched from Crushed Curry card stock with an Itty Bitty Accents punch, the centre and edges are sponged with Watermelon Wonder and then I put a Cherry Cobbler Candy Dot in the middle.

The Sentiment is from Birthday Blossoms and I stamped it onto Whisper White using Cherry Cobbler ink. I sponged Crushed Curry ink into the banner by just using an edge of a sponge dauber.

I used the Tags and Labels Framelits to cut the sentiment into a symetrical label using the method I describe in this post.  I sponged the edge quite generously with Crushed Curry ink and then added a thinner edge of Cherry Cobbler.  Then I made a slightly larger label with Crushed Curry card stock and layered them together before sticking them to the card with dimensionals.

The card is made from Watermelon Wonder card stock layered with Cherry Cobbler and Crushed Curry.

Do join in the fun - whatever season you're currently experiencing!  I look forward to seeing your creations at Splitcoaststampers.

Thanks for looking.

Stephanie

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