I made this for a Monday challenge with a small group of SCS friends. We were to make a card with kraft and pastels. First off I was thinking pastel colors as in card stock, last night I found out pastels means chalks (oh brother!)
This is my story!
1. OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! What a nightmare this was for me! This is the first time I went from Plan B all the way through the alphabet!
2. This was the point that I was in control. I took this little kraft notebook I had and masked and stamped the flowers.
3. This is where I was sorta still in control. I chalked the flowers which was sorta okay, I chalked the flower centers which was sorta okay. I tried to chalk the background...used a little red, covered up that big mistake with orange, covered that up with tan, covered that up with brown, covered that up with black. Not okay!
4. This is where I was totally out of control! I had to cover up the entire mess so thought maybe my glimmer mist would do something. I tried to daub it on, tried several different colors (copper, then coffee shop, then tiger lily) Yikes, made it way worse. Then I began to think, this thing is going in the trash so who cares! I sprayed the entire thing with Tiger Lily Glimmer Mist which was sorta sparkley but the flower petal color was completely gone.
5. Then I took my water pen, that sorta brought out the color until it dried. Then I pulled out a yellow marker, that ruined my yellow marker. I had only one more thing to try. Yellow acrylic paint! At least they look like flowers now and I can live with it!
6. Note to fellow group members. Don't even go there! There is chalk on this thing!
Date: Monday, January 7, 2008 GMT Views: 778
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Registered: April 12, 2005 Location: SW Michigan Posts: 63356
Mon, Jan 07, 2008 @ 5:01 AM
What a stunning notebook Cindy. I don't care if you used acrylic paint in the end, at least there is chalk layered in there. Maybe Tosh can pay for your therapy sessions? Did you have to add any new letters to the alphabet? Did you invent any new words?
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Mon, Jan 07, 2008 @ 5:50 AM
Loves great to me. You know I'm not against tweaking any rules.
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