Hi! This card was made for today's Ways To Use It Challenge: Ric Rac...
Okay....Ric Rac...Hmmmm....Do I own Ric Rac? Didn't I give it all away? I walked into my bed room and lay on my bed for inspiration...I already had this Gina K. Designs stamp in mind, but what about ric rac?
Then, Speedy the Cat ran into my room and jumped up onto the HUGE pile of "giving to Goodwill clothes" heaped in the corner....He dug around for a moment, stopped for a bath, and then dug some more. He finally reached the BOTTOM of the heap and yanked out the UGLIEST jumper I have ever seen...(It was given to me during my teaching years...It still had the TAGS on it! LOL!) I looked at it and there on the bodice was artichoke ric rac!LOL! Speedy the Cat to the rescue, AGAIN! I swear, I wouldn't tell you this, (because I wouldn't even believe it!), but MARKIE and the dirty kids from down the street were there watching "Cars" again with the cats and saw the entire thing! I picked up Speedy the Cat and hugged him 'til he hissed!LOL!
I used a seam ripper and "cut" the ric rac off the jumper...This took about 45 minutes because I couldn't find the seam ripper....How in the world did it get in the DISH WASHER????
So, I teamed the ric rac with some lace and loopy ribbon!
Sara the Screech Owl was stamped 3 times onto Very Vanilla. I colored various areas with markers and cut them out. I layered the cut-outs with dimensionals.
The layers are heavily sponged with Classic Inks.
The Hodge Podge Hardware was colored with a Sharpie.
Registered: May 5, 2006 Location: In the land of rubber & ink Posts: 531
Thu, Jun 19, 2008 @ 7:05 AM
Faith,
I love your cards!! You are very talented and even more so, I just love reading about your cats and how they inspire you. It always makes me chuckle. Thank you!
Registered: March 11, 2008 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 39766
Thu, Jun 19, 2008 @ 7:10 AM
I was wondering how you were going to work ric rac into one of your cards. Well you did! And you did a wonderful job. Love your colors, ric rac, loopy ribbon and how you came about to have ric rac in the first place! LOL Great card. TFS :0)
------------------------------ Cathy B aka: Mutnik ....or is it Nutmeg?! I get so confused!
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Registered: December 6, 2004 Location: southeastern North Carolina Posts: 285
Thu, Jun 19, 2008 @ 7:15 AM
I need a Speedy the Cat to help me. All my Cat does is sleep. (and yes that's his name...Cat...so original.) ANYWAY...your card is beautiful and the story is great!
------------------------------ Doris
"May the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer." Psalm 19:14