Last night I saw a sketch challenge that I thought looked like fun. I picked a card stock, background paper, stamps, ink and began. The stamp I chose was too large for the area so “no problem” I shrunk it down. Not quite that easy however. My printer doesn’t copy yellow or green very well and I had chosen a green ink to stamp with. After too many to count tries I got just what I wanted. It looked a little boring so I thought I’d water color it. “No problem” except I forgot I had copied it so when I applied the watercolor the printer ink smeared and the paper got puckered. “NO problem” I’ll copy it again on water color paper. I did that and colored it but in doing so I got a few tiny paint drops on the paper. No problem” Ill stipple the whole piece and it will look like they are supposed to be there. But now the image piece is a cream color & my card & background paper are too white against it. “No problem” I’ll just put a little distress ink on the edges of the cardstock & background paper to soften the color. That worked except in doing the background paper I wrinkled it. “No problem” I’ll just run it through the Cuttlebug with a folder & you won’t be able to tell it’s got a wrinkle in it.
So, after many hours and “no problems” I have an end result! TFL
Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 GMT Views: 1065
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Registered: November 3, 2005 Location: Fairport Harbor, OH-IO, Lake Erie shoreline Posts: 60190
Thu, Aug 26, 2010 @ 6:58 PM
And your end result is beautiful. I've never thought of shrinking a larger image! This worked perfectly for you. I love the papers and this is a great sketch. This is so worth all the time you took.
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Registered: July 19, 2007 Location: rural Saskatchewan Posts: 1823
Mon, Sep 20, 2010 @ 8:50 AM
I was just checking out my gallery and noticed your comment - thank you, so of course I had to find your card. I too laughed - NO PROBLEM. Great job on overcoming all of your problems. The end result is lovely and your have an awesome gallery. Thanks for taking the time to comment on my "challenge" as well.