a big mess of mistakes! What’s on yours?
It being Wednesday, that means it’s time for another What’s On Your Work desk! I have to admit that I’ve really found myself anticipating this challenge each week . . . hopefully this week I’ll be able to make it through all the desks and see what everyone’s been up too. I think that’s what makes this so much fun . . . you get a small glimpse of everyone else’s work areas!
I have to admit that I started one project . . . a flower. I wanted to play with die cutting all the pieces with printer paper, misting, drying . . .
it came out okay. I love all the depth and dimension I was able to get with the misting, scrunching and drying. I even matched my colors up with some designer paper before I started so I could move forward with my project . . . or at least I thought I could move forward.
I decide on the shape of my card. I die cut the base with a Grand Scalloped Circle die, die cut a smaller circle from the designer paper and settled on adding a border. The flower totally over powered the design of the card and in no way, no how whatsoever, matched the designer paper!
Not to be discouraged, I shit canned the flower and moved forward with a sentiment as the focal point.
At one time I used this sentiment ( . . . dreams . . . from Penny Black) at least once a week. Now I think the card is lacking something. I would have gone with a bigger ribbon, but the scallops of the card ruled that out for me. In essence, I ended up with a card that could be easily sent in the mail without tons of padding and extra postage.
The edges of all the cardstock is sponged with Antique Linen Distress Ink and the sentiment is stamped in Archival Coffee. I drew faux stitching around the edges because it needed a little something.
That’s about it for me today! Thanks for stopping by and remember . . . life is short, embrace the adventures that come your way!
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