Hi! This card was made for todayÂ’s Sketch Challenge.
What a weekÂ…IÂ’m serious. ItÂ’s been ridiculous! Actually, it all started when Markie decided to wait until the last minute to start working on his History Fair Project. Oh, and itÂ’s only 50% of his grade! He and Mark put in 53 hours of work between Friday and Monday night on the project. Today, Markie came home from school with the INSTRUCTIONS for the project. Yes, it seems that the Marks did all that work for NOTHING! The entire project was to have less than 500 words used on the project board! They had done so much work that they had to start all over this evening. And, believe it, it took them 7 hours. ThatÂ’s a total of 60 hours. On a project that should have taken less than 5!!!!
So, IÂ’m stamping this evening. I wanted to participate in a challenge this week, as IÂ’ve been so consumed with work. I miss stamping every day, and have vowed to stamp at least one card a day from now on. I need this time to relax!
These images are from the new Floral Tea stamp set from MarkÂ’s Fines t Papers. I stamped the stacked teacups and cut off the bottom cup to use with the teapot. I stamped the images in AdirondackÂ’s Pitch Black and colored in with Copics. (The base paper and paper I used for the images is Classic Flax.)
Finished card size: 4 ¼” x 5 ½”
Total time to complete: 42 minutes.
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Wed, Jan 19, 2011 @ 3:42 PM
WOWZERS! Great colors and texture and coloring. WOW WOW WOW! This is Fab-O. Love it. TFS :0)
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Wed, Jan 19, 2011 @ 4:57 PM
If I didn't see you in the gallery today, I was about to hunt you down! I would have HATED to leave the cold and snow here for Florida, but I would have sacrificed to be sure you were doing OK. And here you are, so I'll put the posse on hold. Good to see you stamping. Love your pretty card. Hope you are doing well.
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Registered: June 28, 2007 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 26692
Wed, Jan 19, 2011 @ 5:59 PM
What a gorgeous card, Faith! I am glad you got some stampy time in! I am so glad that dang history project will soon be behind you! Jeeeesh! Sounds like a doozie!
Registered: October 4, 2005 Location: California, USA Posts: 3706
Wed, Jan 19, 2011 @ 6:33 PM
What I think is that this is GORGEOUS, Faith! So glad to hear that you got some time for you. Sorry the Marks put so much time in when it wasn't needed -- boy, have we been down that same road a time or two -- LOL!