I am playing along with WT524 challenge today and Linda is asking "Tortoise or the Hare"?
So here is my story....that should tell your right off which one I am!
This will come as no surprise to those that are closest to me. Although I do have a Hare moment now and then I am sooooo the tortoise!
How long do you think this took me? I would say it should have taken 15 minutes tops, right? Nope. You are looking at 1:26:58:31. Yes, One hour, twenty six minutes and change.
That's not even talking the time I spent hunting a sketch challenge.
I found Freshly Made Sketches #179 and I was off. Well, sort of. First I colored the umbrella multi colors and didn't like it so I had to stamp a new umbrella and color again. I did use Chameleon markers to color so that was probably the fastest thing about this card! Because I wanted to pop up the umbrella I stamped the umbrella next to the sentiment and colored halfway up the umbrella. Next I masked off umbrella and sentiment and stamped raindrops. That's when I realized that the raindrops had the bottoms cut off at the sentiment. Most of the time that would be a cool look to have partial images but this just looked weird with pointy things above the sentiment.
So...............I had to start all over. Stamp the sentiment, stamp the umbrella, color the image, mask, stamp the raindrops MORE CAREFULLY this time, and finally add foam dots on umbrella and glue at the top, 1:26:58:31 it was done.
There's a reason they call me the slowest stamper in the East! Note that I couldn't just type out that I was a tortoise but had to give you moment by moment action. I wear my tortoise ways well. Muahahhaha!
Don't laugh, ok, you can laugh. After seeing Robin Lee's card I realized I left off part of the sketch!!!!!!!!!!!!! I totally forgot I was going to add some ribbons or paper ..........and now I think I stamped too low to fit it in. This tortoise has a screw loose today!
Date: Thursday, March 26, 2015 GMT Views: 1642
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131475
Thu, Mar 26, 2015 @ 2:40 PM
I'm laughing here, because your tortoise card process is so like my hare card process! But, I know all too well that while a busier card is more forgiving, if you are going for a CAS look like this everything has to be just right - and that can, indeed, take forever!
Registered: October 30, 2007 Location: Posts: 26718
Thu, Mar 26, 2015 @ 2:47 PM
Well, this is the slowest tortoise in the Midwest telling you that I LOVED your story and can so relate to it!!!! It's a good thing we love the process so much!
Registered: December 15, 2011 Location: Abilene TX Posts: 11275
Thu, Mar 26, 2015 @ 2:51 PM
Oh, I can so relate! I'm a champion hare most of the time, if you are referring to hare- brained, that is. I'm actually a giant tortoise when it comes to crafting.
Your card turned out to be wonderful in the end, so it was worth the teeth gnashing, right?
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Registered: May 18, 2004 Location: Southwest Michigan Posts: 36972
Thu, Mar 26, 2015 @ 3:51 PM
Well, you have me laughing my head off, Angie : ) Mainly, because I can TOTALLY relate - I have so many times when your process of starts and re-starts is my story as well! That said, I really love this card with the gradient green on your umbrella, raindrops and great sentiment.
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Registered: March 5, 2007 Location: Coatesville, Pennsylvania Posts: 44920
Thu, Mar 26, 2015 @ 5:30 PM
Tortoise screw loose or not, this card is fantastic!!!! I LOVE how you colored the umbrella! The rain drops are just perfect too!!! Great work!
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Registered: May 25, 2006 Location: So. Oregon Posts: 121695
Thu, Mar 26, 2015 @ 6:58 PM
nope, sketches are more like guidelines anyways right? I love that this is so elegant with the design and I firmly believe deep in my soul that every single thing in Take Ten Magazine is a hoax... ( the fastest I have ever done one is in like 20 minutes) (and make it longer if I have to color)
Registered: September 12, 2007 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 61357
Thu, Mar 26, 2015 @ 7:30 PM
I see you're a very precise stamper! You know exactly how long this process took you. I totally get your story. It happens to all of us ~ some more than others (which would be my category). I think your umbrella and rain drops turned out perfectly. Darling card, Angie.
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