Has it been crazy hot where you are? And humid, too? A walk outside around here is feeling like walking thru a steam room. ItÂ’s pretty bad when it feels as if youÂ’re wearing the air like a wetsuit. As Dr. Suess might sayÂ…I do not like the heat. I do not like it one bit. I do not like it even one little bit.
For todayÂ’s Inspiration Challenge (IC551), we have a Pinterest Board full of Tim Holtz inspiration. I was inspired by THIS card.
(I DO like these colors. I do like them a lot.) And cattails & dragonflies are what youÂ’d probably see in a hot, humid area. You can tell itÂ’s hot because of the blazing orange above the dragonflies. I die cut a stitched rectangle out of the white linen c/s then sponged on the oranges from the top down and the green/turq from the bottom up. Then I put it into my Misti, stamped the cattails & dragonflies w/ Memento, added some color w/ Copics, then over stamped w/ Versafine. Just a touch of the splatter bg. was added here & there. The greeting was die cut in a double stitched circle & I sponged the outer circle w/ the same colors.
Funny thing about the bottomÂ…I scored the top fold in the wrong place which made the front shorter & back too long. Instead of rescoring it (which would make it look funny & all), I cut off the excess on the back & added a sponged strip w/ part of the grid border on top. I guess another case of a mistake turning into an opportunity for change.
Thanks so much for looking! Closeups, the inside & Copic colors are on my blog: The Write Stuff
Date: Saturday, June 25, 2016 GMT Views: 1405
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Registered: August 15, 2007 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 50413
Sat, Jun 25, 2016 @ 10:48 AM
I like these colors together, too! And your "mistake" turned out to create an interesting layout. Beautiful card! And it's hot here today...in the high 80's now but the feels like temp is 96....we're expecting some big storms later today...
Registered: August 12, 2011 Location: Peoria, AZ Posts: 29195
Sat, Jun 25, 2016 @ 1:29 PM
It has been miserable here in SC with the humidity too! You just don't want to do much at all! Your card is so gorgeous love the layout and beautiful colors!