This is one of my entries for the Clear Dollar Stamps Guest Designer challenge.
This card has a dork story with it. I decided to make a purple bug, but I really didn't know what my theme for the card was other than purple (for the CDS challenge). I gathered up the supplies I would use (decided to watercolor this one): ink, stamps, scissors, and....an AQUABRUSH??? WHERE WAS MY AQUABRUSH??? I own at least 3 of those things, yet could I find a single one? NO! There is a common theme in my posts, you may notice, of me losing stuff. I looked & looked. Now, I probably could have found a paintbrush to use, but that didn't cross my mind til later. I needed my supplies "NOW" because I was going to go sit at McDonald's & play with stamps while the kids played in the play area. I finally decided to take a blender pen for my "brush."
At McD's I got a cup of water and I kept dipping my blender pen into water to color this car. The crayons were not working very well, but thankfully I had wc pencils with me. I used those. It isn't nearly as smooth & flowing as with an aquabrush, but it is colored!
I got the little images cut out & assembled all of them. I found the hardware & ribbons I wanted to use. I cut out the label to fit and dry embossed pieces. Still, I had no theme.
I did not have a saying in my bug set that really fit this card. I don't yet have the other bug sayings sets. I just couldn't find a saying anywhere that would work with this card. Then I thought, "Purple, purple, purple...." and I thought of some verses in the Bible that had PURPLE in them! The ones I thought of had to do with women. I thought of the Proverbs woman and of Lydia, a woman who sold purple fabric, which would have been sold to the royalty, most likely (if I have my Bible history right!). It also is a color of royalty.
All of that was fine and good, but how to use that on this car? I thought of the word "BLESSED". I looked & did not have a stamp that just said, "Blessed." THEN I spotted the little lamppost blessings set & saw THIS stamp! Blessed Blvd.! What could be more perfect than a BLessed blvd. for a purple car???
I decided to use some of the Proverbs verses to put inside. I was tickled pi....I mean purple, when God gave me these ideas to put this together!
Thanks for looking!
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Tue, Mar 31, 2009 @ 3:53 AM
Cute litte card, Lori!
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Tue, Mar 31, 2009 @ 1:13 PM
How sweet! These bug cards are always just adorable! I like how you used varying shades of purple to give the card contrast, and the crystal lacquer on the window!
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Tue, Mar 31, 2009 @ 6:54 PM
Aww, I wish I had a card like that!....drats, I mean a CAR like that...well, a card too, but I love the purple bug! Just adorable and the 'blessed blvd' is great. Awesome card and fun layout, my TWIN!