Good Monday everyone! I sure hope you are having a better stamping day than I am!
Today's Try a new Technique was an easy one... make a speckled paper by brayering on some color, then spritzing with Simple Green. Simple enough... and I didn't really have any trouble doing that. Why I didn't just use that as my bg and go from there, I don't know! I decided I wanted to try another new technique for me... to make a shaker card. I had purchased this cute little Studio G $1.00 stamp at M's and wanted to try to make it a shaker. Well... long story short... I thought I could figure this out without looking up the tutorial because I was in a hurry.... yeah, right!!! I actually did figure it out but only after ruining the first try by forgetting to put my image in before I closed it up... so I had a shaker, but no scene. Then I tried to put the scene behind it, but the snow covered too much of the snowman up... he was buried in snow up to his head!
So... I finally got that done.. and the image is stamped on the bordering blue paper I had made for today's technique. I punched out some snowflakes out of the same paper, and decided on mounting all this on a white panel which I ran through the bug. Well.... I don't have a cutting system other than my nesties, and I only have one size of them, so after trying to make a template and cut with my Fiskars finger blade, I decided to use my nestie and figure out the size from there, because I knew my nestie was bigger than my image. So... I cut a silver "ring" to take up the gap. OK... not too bad yet. Cut out my silver base and laid it on the card but it looked like it was in outter space among the stars and snowflakes, so I cut the red panel to ground it, and stamped the sentiment. But... not being Sparklegirl... I don't do plain space well at all, and it looked plain! So.... I added silver greenery and "berries"... still doesn't look right but I'm at that point that any more on this card and it won't stand up! My ribbon is too small but what a perfect color match... and I didn't have any wider ribbon that looked right. So... there you have it.
If that wasn't bad enough... my first upload with a much better explanation disappeared into outer space along with my snowglobe the first time!
Hope you have a better day than I have, and if you've read this far you get extra points! You might even get added to THIS elve's NICE list!!! Thanks for looking!
Date: Monday, December 1, 2008 GMT Views: 1226
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Registered: April 22, 2006 Location: SCS in NC Posts: 20914
Mon, Dec 01, 2008 @ 10:27 AM
LOL.... I have had one of those days just not today. Thank goodness. Love the image, love the snow, love the explanation, but most of all I love you silly girlfriend. This is terrific. I am so proud of you for trying all this new stuff. Great job....You are at the top of my nice list. Hugs....go have an iced coffee....
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Registered: August 9, 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado Posts: 33063
Mon, Dec 01, 2008 @ 10:36 AM
aww, girl... for what it's worth, I think it is PERFECT. You sound like you're having 'one of those days' that I have frequently. The end result, however, is delightful!
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Registered: April 20, 2005 Location: The only Eaton Rapids on the Earth, Michigan Posts: 57568
Mon, Dec 01, 2008 @ 10:38 AM
All that work paid off, Grace. This is beautiful!!! I think we've all had days like yours today and, yes, they can cause you to trip your hair out! BUT, you persevered and made a beautiful card.
Registered: September 12, 2004 Location: Redmond, Washington Posts: 54468
Mon, Dec 01, 2008 @ 10:45 AM
I think this is wonderful, Grace!! All of your little details are just lovely, I'm sorry you were frustrated but the end result is SO pretty!! Now go have some chocolate
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Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105182
Mon, Dec 01, 2008 @ 11:07 AM
Best laid plans...wow! What a time you had! I would have given up a lot sooner! The results are worth all the effort...I love the little globe, and the addition of the branches and berries is just right, IMHO. Of course, it is RED, so that makes it perfect!
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