I guess threatening asparagus to grow wouldn't work, would it? Or anything, for that matter (oh, why don't you just grow up??)
I used a very old PSX asparagus stamp, which I love and a very cheap Michael's stamp, which I also love. Made a little 'barrow border', added an encouraging word, and a torn dictionary definition of 'asparagus.' I stamped and watercolored the asparagus with peeled paint Distress and then overstamped with the espresso truffle.
I love the last line of the definition: 'the word was corrupted to sparrowgrass in the 17th century and that form then came into general use, but since about 1800 it has been confined to the uneducated.' Whew, thank goodness I've never been that uneducated.
Date: Thursday, May 23, 2013 GMT Views: 1215
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Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 97790
Thu, May 23, 2013 @ 12:55 PM
Beautiful card, Jean. Great PSX asparagus image...and your colored it expertly. The wheelbarrows going across the bottom are great and the definiti9on of "asparagus" finishes it off.
Registered: June 29, 2004 Location: Sugar Land. Texas Posts: 83679
Thu, May 23, 2013 @ 1:01 PM
Love that row of wheelbarrows and the lovely bunch of asparagus. Great card for this challenge. It was a fun challenge today.
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Registered: October 19, 2007 Location: Packer Country, WI Posts: 77690
Thu, May 23, 2013 @ 1:25 PM
Love the definition from the dictionary page you used....clever. Liking the border you made with the wheelbarrows. Now you're making me hungry for a quiche. Thanks for playing in the challenge.
Registered: August 1, 2006 Location: Missouri Posts: 27153
Thu, May 23, 2013 @ 3:05 PM
What a really cool looking card. Love the dictionary element. I like the asparagus image too. My husband is a truck driver and once took a load of asparagus to New Jersey. The person there said, "oh, you are the guy with the grass." Since then my husband asks me to fix "grass" when he wants asparagus.
