Hi! This card was made for today's Ways to Use it Challenge: Let's Play and also for today's Stampin' B's Challenge: Use a flower as the main image and a button.
Okay...I have to admit this straight up...I took over an hour to make this card...Way over...I actually made 3 different ones! I just didn't like them. Seriously...I have 2 cards from this morning in my "Card Gone Terribly Bad" box! Believe me, that box is WAY over filled! LOL
For the background on the focal panel, I used double faced tape to adhere mini dominos! (Yes, they hold. No, they are not very heavy.) Next, I stamped the sentiment in Noir Palette Hybrid Ink. It works because it is a hybrid. And, you can use a sanding block if you mess up! I sanded off that sentiment 3 times! LOL
Next, I decided to use this rose for the flower in the Stampin B's challenge. I know, it's big, but I wanted it to look "out of the box." I think that worked. Next, I didn't like how the base panel looked plain, even after I used the MS border punch. So, I stamped the flourish in Spring Roses for the "Spellbinders Look Alike Framing." (This flourish has more "layers of swirls, but you can just see the "top." Well, if you really look , you can see it through the holes left by the MS punch...Geez, I didn't even notice that until right now...Oh, well, I'm not changing this again! LOL)
The rose was sponged in with Paris Lights and Sun Flower.
Registered: April 4, 2008 Location: Sahuarita, Arizona originally from New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 18436
Thu, Mar 04, 2010 @ 7:01 AM
very pretty card Faith.... Love the button treatment and the colour combo..... very nicely done. I am also sure that your throw aways were very nice also...
Registered: June 14, 2009 Location: Keller, Texas Posts: 8597
Thu, Mar 04, 2010 @ 7:06 AM
Your third try was very successful! Such a pretty card and on target for the challenge. Thanks for sharing your struggles with this card. I have a box of rejects also, and every so often I pick one up and remake it or use parts of it on a better card.
Greywolf
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Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105198
Thu, Mar 04, 2010 @ 8:47 AM
I love the dominoes! Thanks for admitting you have cards that have gone wrong......gives me hope!! I wish you had done something to show how you and Markie play 500 Rummy. Thanks for THAT story in your comment to me!
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