Okay, so it's a stupid name. Look what I gave me to work with! Hmph. Snort.
So, I saw this sketch and immediately knew I wanted to use that window. Problem 1: couldn't find it. Looked EVERYWHERE. Finally gave up (after organizing all my dies and labeling them... I've got issues) and started to do something else. Went to put something away, and there was the window and another die from the same company. WOOT!
Problem 2: It's wider than 4.25. Okay so 5x7 card works. Yepper doos. I sure hope my friend has someone she likes to write a lot to.
What? What does that have to do with anything, you ask? Well, why else do you think the standard card size is A2? Because there's not much writing room in the one half. SOOOOOOOOOOOOO if you want to write a lot, you can. You just use the other half, add a few sheets of paper--whatever. If not, you don't look like a lazybones taking a 5x7 card and writing two sentences on it. You also don't look ridiculous by making your usually miniscule cursive into the size of a 7th grader girl who fills up a sheet of college ruled paper with four sentences.
So, then I cut out the wrong color pink for the background, wasted a ton of paper cutting just the right part of that tree, found the right pink again, and generally made a mess of things.
Oh, and as I stamped the sentiment, I also stamped every birthday one from that DVD case onto a sheet of paper as a cover image AND onto a piece of card stock so I can find my stamps easier. I also labeled the edge of the box. Finally.
And that Christmas tree made out of words? Yeah, it's being stored with Christmas stamps now instead of all my birthday sentiments.
Will wonders never cease?
P.S. I added the TINIEST hint of antiquing to the insides of the window panes and the outside of the thing. If I had not used PTI's GREAT THICK paper (Gina K's would be even better!!!) then that window wouldn't have survived. So, if you want to add a bit of depth (and it's tiny, but it does make a difference), use GOOD PAPER.
Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 GMT Views: 1178
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Paper: PTI White, SU Stripes, My Minds Eye or Memory Box trees, PTI Pink and Smokey shadow
Ink: Unity Burnt umber or something like that. Brain fry
Accessories: Ummmm Maison or Madison (don't remember which) window from a company with a green and white paper envelope. oh and SU border punches scalloped and well, whatever that one is
Techniques: I call it "making a mess that turns out pretty nice anyway
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1-easy (or would have been if I didn't add in all that organizing and stuff.
Registered: March 30, 2004 Location: Central Wisconsin Posts: 2607
Tue, Mar 05, 2013 @ 8:59 PM
I love this card - and I think I own some of that patterned paper It's nice to hear that someone else creates the way I do. I'm forever getting sidetracked with things that need labelling and organizing.
------------------------------ ~~Cheryl, with a "C"